One person who won’t be panicked by Braintree Town’s 3-0 Vanarama National League defeat at Lincoln City is new manager Hakan Hayrettin.

The new boss’ time in charge of the Iron started with a loss at Sincil Bank as goals for the Imps at the start of either half proved costly.

Nathan Arnold struck for the hosts in just the third minute, while Luke Waterfall headed in just after half-time, before Jack Muldoon’s thunderous strike wrapped things up in the dying minutes.

The result meant Braintree stayed in the National League relegation zone, but in between those Lincoln goals, Braintree threatened and went close on a number of occasions.

Hayrettin said he saw enough quality from his team to believe they could build, but admitted that there was still work required.

“We knew this would be a difficult job and a hard task,” he said.

“There’s no doubt about it; we need to look at things and go again, but there are no dramas.

“There is no panic.

“We just have to work hard to turn things around.

“There are things we need to work on.

“We knew it wouldn’t be easy but there are no dramas here.

“We just have to be up it, we have to be ready and we have to get people bright and alert so they’re ready for the fight.

“I think we’ll be fine.

“There is plenty to work with here.

“There are some good boys and they need structure and discipline, so with some desire and professionalism, we can be alright.

“You need those qualities in any team.”

Hayrettin admitted the loss of his two starting centre-halves – Jon Ashton and Jake Goodman – to calf and hamstring problems within the open 35 minutes hit his team during the match at Sincil Bank.

He added: “It’s a challenge for us, but we have to stay upbeat and be up for the challenge.

“It’s unfortunate that we had the two centre-halves come off injured and that affected the balance of play.

“I can’t take anything away from what Lincoln have done, but it did affect us.”