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Ebbsfleet manager Harry Watling has set the record straight after making a double substitution at half-time on Saturday. The Fleet trailed 2-0 to high-flying Rochdale and Watling withdrew top scorer Dominic Poleon and Greg Cundle at the interval. There was a superfluous amount of abuse directed at Watling prior to the start of the second half but the Fleet boss has confirmed Poleon was taken off due to injury. “I could have changed everybody,” said Watling. “I hear the groans of the fans when Poleon comes off, one or two individuals behind me told me what they thought. “But they don’t know wha…

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