Honest Wealdstone boss Gordon Bartlett admits his side have underachieved so far this season and has called on his players to take responsibility for improving their form or risk being replaced.

A 1-1 draw at Basingstoke Town on Saturday left the Stones third bottom of the National League South with seven points from ten games.

Bartlett has maintained throughout the first two months of the season that performances rather than results are the measure of where his side are, but knows they have not been good enough so far.

He said: “We have a chance of achieving better things but we have underachieved. Collectively we have to take responsibility for that.

“On Saturday I felt over 90 minutes the players let themselves and the fans down.”

Asked what had disappointed him in the performance against Basingstoke, Bartlett said: “Our ball retention has been poor; our lack of energy and desire was my concern on Saturday. The game was there for the taking.

“We’re ten games in now and there is a lot more to come. We were down here at this stage last season and I signed one or two to get out of trouble.

“No-one can say they haven’t had a chance because everyone has been left out at some point this season. I am sure we have got the players to turn it around.

“Results are better than they were earlier in the season and I am very much performance based.”

Bartlett continued: “We have got a far stronger squad at this stage than we had last season but they fact is we are not doing as well as we would all like.

“We have not achieved enough and they have to accept that. We have got to work that little bit harder. If they don’t soon they I might have to bring others in.”

One player Bartlett has signed recently is Cambridge United’s young midfielder Matt Lowe.

He was a second half substitute at Basingstoke after his journey to Hampshire took him four-and-a-half hours due to traffic.

“It was typical of our season,” admitted Bartlett.