Wealdstone manager Matt Taylor showed clear frustrations about his side’s misfortunes as they went down 1-0 at home to Sutton United on Tuesday.

Charlie Waller’s 11th-minute strike was enough to condemn Taylor’s side to a third consecutive National League defeat, having lost to Dagenham & Redbridge and Oldham.

“I’m really frustrated as I stand here, as I think it was a game of two halves. We didn’t implement what we wanted to in the first half, and they’ve scored a goal that the player who scored it might not score again,” said Taylor.

“Everything that can go against us is going against us at the moment, but what I was really pleased with was the reaction I got from the players after half-time. They were excellent.

"They went out and changed the momentum, changed the feel, and changed the tempo, and we were the only team that looked like they were going to score.

"We had eight shots in the second half. We’ve hit the target four times, so I think it’s clear to see where we need to be better.

"We’re creating lots of chances, which is great, but we’ve really got to take them now because I loathe being frustrated. What I want to do is stand here praising the players for their performance levels and the result.

“If we continue believing in the process, I have no question we just will start picking up results, but we’ve got to be more ruthless in front of goal. It’s the key message from me to the players.

"It’s the key message, I’m sure, from the supporters because they’re with us. They were almost trying to suck the ball into the goal at the end.

"We can’t quite finish with a goal, but I learnt a lot about the players and from my perspective, that’s obviously a positive, but I’m extremely disappointed to be standing here having lost a game of football.”

As Stones prepare for two games in 48 hours this weekend, Taylor will need to utilise his squad and feels no different about the task ahead.

“We also have to take into consideration every game we play will be different. Every opposition we face will pose a different threat, and we’ll have areas in which we feel we can expose," he added.

"We are rather depleted at the moment and the players taking to the pitch, and the changes we made today, we tried all that we could to be positive and make another real impact on the game.

“First half we were nowhere near the level I expect with regards to the basics of football. Although in the second half I felt we were a different team with a different mentality, and we’ve got to take that into Saturday. "But we’ve got a lot of football coming up, we’ve got a game on Saturday and again on Monday. Is it going to stretch the squad? Yes. We’ve got to start getting players back out of the treatment room.”

Wealdstone’s next game sees them head to Hartlepool on Saturday prior to August Bank Holiday Monday’s visit of AFC Fylde to Grosvenor Vale.