BOSS Rich Hunter blasted his Royal Wootton Bassett Town troops as they turned in a tepid performance to go down 3-1 at Binfield in the Hellenic League Premier Division.

Bassett travelled to Hill Farm Lane attempting to end their three-match winless run but that never looked likely as they fell behind inside 10 minutes when Jon Bennett broke the deadlock for Binfield.

The visitors did at least manage to get to the break all-square after Dan Bailey brought them back level midway through the first half.

However, Hunter’s men never looked like threatening a winner after the restart and Liam Ferdinand soon restored the hosts’ lead before substitute Luke Hayden added gloss to the scoreline with Binfield’s third in the closing stages.

“It was our worst performance this season. We lacked any quality and desire all game,” said Hunter, whose side are down in 10th in the table.

“The players didn’t turn up at all and we got punished. Binfield deserved to win the game.

“It’s very disappointing from a manager’s point of view when you hammer home basic principles like hard work and desire to win, and you don’t even see them as a minimum.

“I made it very clear to the squad that they let themselves down but we now have opportunities to rectify this and I will be expecting a huge improvement in training and next Saturday’s game.”

Jeff Roberts’ Highworth Town were without a fixture at the weekend, although they remain in fourth in the table.