It was a scathing but truthful assessment of what was Welwyn Garden City's worst performance in a while - "terrible".
City manager Marc Weatherstone did not hold back after the 2-0 loss at home to Stotfold, a result that kept the Eagles positive run against their hosts going.
But the fact Welwyn did not kick on after the midweek Herts Charity Cup semi-final success was more on the mind of the boss, as was the ending of their faint Southern League Division One Central play-off hopes.
A frustrated and angry Weatherstone said: "I’d have thought after a good midweek win over St Albans City, we’d have been up for this, but we were terrible.
"The play-offs are gone now but we still have seven games to go and my target is to better our points tally of 54 last season and finish higher than ninth, our finishing position last time.
"If any players think the season is over and that they’ll coast the last few games, they won’t be at this football club for very much longer."
Weatherstone gave first-team debuts to central defender Bradley Gothard and striker Coree Wilson and brought Panny Boxer and Charlie McDonald back into his midfield, both having been ineligible for the midweek win in the Herts Charity Cup semi.
Lewis Taaffe also returned after injury.
Zuriel Otseh-Taiwo, Carlos Velasco and Dennis Halliday, scorer of three in his last two games, were all on the bench.
Ironically, considering how the game finished, WGC began it the better side and had several chances in the opening quarter.
Skipper Brad Wadkins got on the end of a Layne Eadie corner to head over, while Stotfold keeper Alfie Bonfield made a fine save from Taaffe’s clever shot on the turn, turning the effort around in fine style.
New boy Wilson found Taaffe with a pass, took the return, but then placed his deliberate shot for the far corner just wide.
Stotfold hadn’t had an attack, let alone a shot before the 25th minute, but in their first raid they scored.
Impressive teenage winger Patrick Matejko took a through ball, scooted down the right wing and pulled a cross back into the middle, where Haroon Merial struck a sweet low effort past Donny Green in the home goal for 1-0.
Within six minutes it was 2-0. Again Matejko got away down the right. The ball went right across the area for Mitchell Gooch to drive another low effort beating Green all ends up and again finding the corner.
From that point, the Citizens looked a beaten side.
Weatherstone rang the changes early in the second-half, Velasco and Lewis Jones quickly replacing the struggling Crilley and Read in defence with Boxer and McDonald dropping into WGC’s back-line.
Later in the half, Halliday and Matty Whichelow were introduced, but little WGC could try seemed to lift a real lack-lustre performance in the second-half.
Bonfield produced another fine save, turning a shot away after the hard-working Wadkins found Taaffe and he aimed for the corner.
New striker Wilson got away in an isolated home attack, held off a challenge but blazed WGC’s only other chance over the bar, as the game petered out on a very cold afternoon.
And most in the 159 crowd couldn’t wait to hear the final whistle that put an end to one of WGC’s poorest performances in a long time.
WGC: Green, Corbit (Whichelow 78), Eadie, Crilley (Velasco 55), Read (Jones 65), Gothard, Boxer, McDonald, Taaffe, Wilson (Halliday 78), Wadkins.
Sub (not used): Otseh-Taiwo.
