The anger was evident in the tone of Wealdstone manager Gordon Bartlett's voice after seeing his side's dominating performance against Havant and Waterlooville last night undone by more lax defending.

The hosts were beaten 1-0, with the only goal of the game coming from Theo Lewis' free header when the Hawks midfielder was left totally unmarked from a free-kick to nod beyond Jonathan North.

Individual errors have dogged the Stones' start to the season, leaving them with four points from their opening four games and already three off the play-off positions the club are aiming for this campaign, having again invested in the side over the summer.

The veteran manager cut an exasperated figure after another early set-back, and one he said the whole team should take responsibility for.

He said: "It’s frustrating. You can’t complain too much about the overall performance, but to concede goals like that in consecutive games – if a fella outjumps you, and they score, you hold your hand up.

"Eddie [Oshodi] did that on Saturday. Tonight, at the moment, we haven’t found the culprit, but the nice thing about football now is there’s a video. So we will find out.

"If someone hasn’t picked him up in the first place, no one will accept responsibility. If that happens, it’s an organisational thing between the players.

"They need to get somebody in there, that’s communication and responsibility. We as a side, we have to accept that. We know our jobs, but if we haven’t carried it out, we’ve seen the end product of that.

"You’re always looking for leaders. They will always be that much more dominant when you’re doing well and winning, and sometimes when you’re not the voices get a little bit quieter.

"They’ve got to stand up, be counted, and we’ve got to get through this. There’s no disasters, but this cannot continue. We’ve got to sort it out collectively. We expected to be doing well, and so far we’re not."

Wealdstone were on the front foot throughout without being able to break down a stubborn Hawks side, who were well-marshalled and comfortably dealt with a barrage of second-half corners from the hosts.

Abobaker Eisa earned a first man-of-the-match award since his move from Uxbridge, and Bartlett was pleased to be able to draw a positive from his new recruit's performance.

He said: "If we defended the way they did, we’d have got a point. They got bodies in the way, on the line, and those are the things you need to do if you’re going to be successful.

"What we’ve got here, is a tremendous crowd, there’s no doubt about it, but when things start to go wrong it puts some pressure on the lads and they don’t always do the natural things. They might take the safe route rather than having a gamble.

"Eisa’s definitely got something about him. He can be a little bit naïve, and hasn’t played quite as well in the past couple of games. He will make wrong decisions, but he’s exciting, he’s got pace, and he makes things happen. I’m very pleased with him, but he knows and we know there’s more to come from him."