Wealdstone boss Gordon Bartlett insists there is no reason to panic despite his side’s winless start to the season continuing after being thrashed 4-0 at home to Bromley.

The Stones are the only side yet to record a victory in the Conference South but Bartlett is refusing to worry about his newly-promoted side’s chances this year.

Bartlett said: “We are not going to let Saturday worry us but there are things we need to improve on which should help us get over the hurdle in our search for our first win.

“We are taking time to settle but there is no panic on our side whatsoever.”

The manager added: “We have to take the positives and learn very quickly that we can’t afford to have dips in games and give presents to other teams.”

Wealdstone got off to the worst possible start at Grosvenor Vale as they fell behind after just four minutes. Poor defending allowed Damian Scannell far too much space to head home the visitors’ opener.

Bromley extended their lead when incisive approach play resulted in Louis Dennis firing home their second goal.

Jonanthan North briefly kept the Stones in the game as he made his third consecutive penalty save this season after keeping out Adam Birchall’s spot-kick.

But this only delayed further goals, which arrived when Pierre Joseph-Dubois and substitute Moses Ademola rounded off Bromley’s victory.

Bartlett said: “They’re one of the favourites to win the league and they punished us for every mistake that we made.

“If you look at the overall game then we probably had as much of the ball as them but they looked menacing going forward every time they went forward.

“I’ve no complaints because there was a gulf in class between the teams. You can’t afford to make mistakes as we did against good sides. But it was a valuable lesson for us and the first time we’ve been well beaten this season.”

The Stones boss continued: “It was a rude awakening for us but that’s what can happen at this level.”

Wealdstone have struggled to create chances this season and the manager insists improving this is a priority ahead of Saturday’s match at Hayes & Yeading United.

He said: “We have been a bit too predictable and we just have to be a bit more creative. Our lack of creativity is more of the problem at the moment.

“I would like it to be our first victory this weekend. We know it will be a tough game against one of the established sides in the division.

“But we hope to get a win sooner rather than later and I’m sure that will the springboard to more success.”