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Ebbsfleet manager Danny Searle has revealed a proposed deal for a striker fell through just before the weekend. Searle was keen to bring in a forward after injuries to Rakish Bingham, Nathan Odokonyero, Kwame Thomas and Dominic Samuel. It left Dominic Poleon as the only fit striker at the club and Searle had agreed a deal to bring a forward in on loan from a Football League club before last weekend’s home match with FC Halifax. However, that deal fell through at the 11th hour. “We lost one right on the deadline of trying to get someone done,” disclosed Searle. “We thought we had him signed and…