Adam Lakeland surprised no one when he promised changes to his King’s Lynn Town side for their midweek trip to Rushall – but where does he start?

Lynn’s shoddy performance at Peterborough Sports on Saturday suggests there are more candidates for the bench or a seat in the stands than there are replacements.

The cold fact is that Lynn were disappointingly out of sorts in a derby game that seemed to mean more to their hosts.

Few players came out with credit. Goalkeeper Paul Jones was one – his magnificent early penalty save was a reminder of his prowess after missing 10 games with a knee injury.

And new signing Finlay Armstrong, who had been at the club for just 24 hours before being thrown into the fray, looked more than capable.

But there are plenty of questions. With defenders Freddie Sass (calf) and Kyle McFadden (hamstring) out injured for between three and four weeks respectively, can Josh Coulson play seven games in the next month, if required? Is Greg Taylor a loss to the midfield when he steps back into his traditional backline spot? Do you prefer Fin Barnes over Ross Crane?

All over the park there were mistakes and sloppiness that could be the difference between Lynn being genuine National League North promotion contenders and also-rans.

Lakeland stripped the paint off the Turbines dressing room walls at half-time so the message is clear: no repeat at Rushall on Tuesday.

Up front he will still be without Gold Omotayo, but Jonny Margetts - who has started just 15 of Lynn’s 28 league games – should be involved. Without them, Lynn can look toothless up front, as they so obviously did at the weekend.

When Lynn are fit and firing on all cylinders, they’re a good side, but it is clear they need reinforcements up front, because ambitions probably won't be realised if they don't strengthen.

Lynn will have to adapt to an artificial pitch at third-from-bottom Rushall, but the playing surface won’t be the sole reason for Lakeland’s changes.

“I'll be making at least a couple on Tuesday,” he said after the Peterborough Sports loss. “I don't generally change the team a great deal unless maybe tactically we need to tweak it or we have injuries, which has obviously been the case today, but I also need to to acknowledge that we've not been good enough today. We've lost and I want to win so I will be making at least a couple.”

What he will expect is his players to take responsibility for producing a response.

“The players have to pick themselves up,” he said. “It can't be me all the time, or Sam (Walker) all the time. The lads have got to pick themselves up. But what I said to them is, I want them to be disappointed because we want to build a mentality that we don't like and accept losing games of football.

“Today, we've got to take our medicine because we've not done enough and we've lost and we've deserved to lose. But I also don't want people coming in with faces like slapped backsides on Monday morning, because that won't help us on Tuesday. And what I do expect us to do is to go there, put in a big performance and try and win the game and we're more than capable of doing that.

“We know it's going to be a difficult game. Rushall are obviously fighting for their lives. It's artificial, which I think will really suit some of our players, if I'm being honest, maybe not one or two, but some of some of our lads think they'll be able to move the ball, handle the ball well on that pitch.”