Jim Cooper will be ringing the changes at Met Police after a bank holiday of disappointment.

Defeats at Hampton & Richmond (1-0) and at home to Wingate & Finchley (3-1) has left the Met 17th in the Ryman Premier Division.

Cooper said: “We were awful at Hampton, and although we were better against Wingate, we need to make changes.

“Defensively we have been poor. Last season we had one of the meanest defences in the league, and now we’ve already conceded 15 goals – that is not good enough.

“We’ll be bringing in players and some will go, and we need to be sorted before the FA Cup on September 12.”

He added: “We’ve not been helped by losing key players to injury, although I am hoping to have Matt Pattison and Craig King back for this weekend.”

Met are at Farnborough on Saturday, and not making the trip will be Ryan James, Dan Brown and Orlando Smith. Cooper does not know if the trio will make the trip to Bognor Regis Town on Tuesday, but they may be available for the FA Cup first qualifying round visit of Sittingbourne.

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