Gordon Bartlett says he will not make any panic additions before Wealdstone’s clash at Metropolitan Police in the FA Trophy on Saturday after joking he’d have more players in the treatment room than on the pitch.

The Stones have picked up four points in three days by following up Saturday’s 2-0 win over Bath City with a 2-2 draw against Whitehawk on Monday, secured by Josh Hutchinson's injury time goal.

But that point came at a cost for the Stones with skipper Tom Hamblin (dead leg) and influential midfielder Elliott Godfrey (foot) both withdrawn through injury.

The good news for Bartlett is that Saturday represents a break from the National League South with a trip to Imber Court in the FA Trophy third qualifying round. But the bad news is the Stones are back at The Vale on Monday evening with Gosport Borough the visitors in the league.

“We’ll assess the walking wounded come Thursday but it’s not looking good,” said Bartlett on Monday night.

“God knows what sort of side we’ll have on Saturday. We’ll probably have more people in the treatment room than on the pitch.

“There won’t be any panic because within a couple of weeks we won’t be far away again.

“You don’t sign somebody and then have a surplus. The bad news is we have a couple of games coming up where we might be a bit light – the usual story with this season,” he chuckled.

Wealdstone took a first half lead against the Hawks when Jonny Wright tucked home. However, two goals in the second half from Danny Mills turned the game in the visitors’ favour. But Wealdstone kept plugging away and were duly rewarded when Hutchinson stabbed home from a short corner deep into injury time.

Despite the point, Bartlett didn’t get the performance he was looking for. He said: “That’s not a performance at all. That’s great work ethic and if the lads pull together and show spirit like that [we can go far].

“At times we played some decent football but it was a bit sloppy on other occasions. But they’re a decent side and I’d have settled for point beforehand.”

He continued: “They’re a good footballing side – as we know. We said they’d have more of the ball than us so what we needed to be was solid and keep a good shape. That was exactly what we did and we felt we could catch them on the counter-attack.

“I think we conceded two poor goals in the second half. It was very frustrating but we made a bold decision with about 15 minutes to go and went 4-4-2 – which left us very open – and we got something out of it.

“We deserved it because the work ethic over the last two games has been excellent, particularly without the ball.”

Click here to read the match report from Wealdstone's 2-2 draw with the Hawks.