Terry Brown has demanded a reaction from his wounded side when they return to Blue Square Premier action following their FA Trophy flop last weekend.

The Dons were dumped out of the competition by Blue Square North side Workington 3-2 in a Kingsmeadow upset, despite twice taking the lead through Nathan Elder and Danny Kedwell.

And with Forest Green Rovers up next on Saturday, Brown will not stand for a repeat.

He said: “A few days removed I am still incredibly disappointed with the Workington result.

“We had the opportunity to be in the last eight of the Trophy and that chance may never come again.

“We blew the chance and I feel we really did blow it.

“You can carry one or two players through a game but we must have had at least six players on Saturday that were off-form in a really below-par performance.

“Now it is of paramount importance that we get back to winning ways as quickly as possible.

“We have not won in the league since Mansfield (Jan 16) and the simple fact of the matter is we need points and fast.”

Brown had hoped to exorcise some demons by fielding a strong side at Tooting on Monday night in the London Senior Cup.

But the plan failed on both counts - a starting 11 featuring the likes of James Pullen, Ben Judge, Jay Conroy and Jon Main not only struggled to break down a disciplined Terrors side, but the game was abandoned with 20 minutes remaining with the Dons 1-0 down.

Brown added: “I gained absolutely nothing from that game.

“The best I can say about it is that we had no one pick up any nasty injuries.

“If the game had gone on I am pretty sure we would have lost as we never looked like scoring.

“But it was getting colder out there and I do not think the ref had any choice to be fair.”

More bad news for the Dons came this week with the revelation that Ross Montague is due to face eight months on the sidelines following his cruciate ligament injury.

And with Luke Garrard, Luke Moore, Andy Little and Lewis Taylor all suffering similar injuries over the past two years, boss Brown admits he cannot believe his luck.

He added: “I am absolutely gutted for Ross.

“We have had five cruciate ligament injuries in the past 18 months - I have only had eight in my 18 years of management, so to have five so fast is ridiculous.

“I just feel so sorry for Ross.

“It is a year to the day that he did the ligament in his other leg and he was just getting back to full fitness, and we will help him all we can with his recovery.”

AFC Wimbledon’s next three matches: Feb 6 Forest Green Rovers (h), 9 Tooting & Mitcham (LSC, a), 13 Cambridge United (a)