"I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen."

So said Hollywood icon of the 1940s and '50s Alan Ladd and while the man famed for acting appearances in classic blockbusters such as Shane and the Black Dahlia was assessing his own performances on the silver screen, the same could be said by pretty much any of Braintree Town's players on Saturday.

Few emerged with too much credit from their display against Solihull Moors at Cressing Road.

The BT Sport TV cameras were there and broadcast to a wider public than the Iron are used to reaching, but too many fluffed their lines and - like Alan - will surely feel let down when they look back on their screen appearances.

Manager Hakan Hayrettin said to me before the game that it was a chance for players to show that they are not prepared to be the division's whipping boys, but he admitted in the aftermath that they had been "out-bullied" by their visitors.

Oh dear!

True, Braintree are not the first side who have been beaten by Solihull Moors this year.

The West Midland side are oozing confidence; they are fourth in the table after the weekend's action and while their direct, physical style of play may not be appreciated by all, it's proving effective.

However, Braintree's staff and players have to take a hard look at how they stood up to the challenge because it's one they are likely to have to face again.

Where were the players who faced up to high-flying Salford on their own turf and left the promotion favourites grateful for a last-gasp goal to rescue a point?

Where was the high tempo and fearless forward thrust that epitomised their win at Bromley?

They have shown since boss Hakan Hayrettin came in following Brad Quinton's departure that they can be a side to stand tot-to-toe with any in this division, but they have to show that bravery week-in week-out rather than the timidity displayed on Saturday.

It was the 15 minutes after half-time that wrapped up the points for Solihull, but the tone was set early in the game.

Moors threw everything at Braintree in the first ten minutes and while the Iron held out admirably in that opening spell, the visitors had a blueprint how to win the game.

Braintree were just unable to secure any type of possession to impose their own game on the visitors and it wouldn't have been unfair had Solihull been two or three ahead by the time the clock reached ten minutes.

The Iron's players recovered well and had a far better second part of the opening 45 minutes, but that first spell had shown Solihull how the points would be won.

They knew that if they came out like that again after the half-time interval, it was unlikely that Braintree would be able to continue holding out and so it came to pass.

Within 30 seconds of the second half starting, Braintree were behind and the game was effectively over.

It was surprising how they crumbled, but the sad thing for me is that the Iron allowed themselves to be dominated at the start of the game because Solihull, despite their lofty position in the table, really weren't a side who should have had such dominance.

Braintree have shown that they have the personnel to get themselves out of trouble and dominate possession themselves, but this performance must surely increase the chance of changes being made.

A new manager will always want to mould a squad and this may have accelerated the process for Hakan as he's got a side who are now five points away from getting out of the relegation zone and he can't afford displays like this one.

They erode confidence quicker than anything and Hakan and Danny Searle are going to have their work cut out building the players up this week.

I've seen plenty of Iron fans being damning on social media in the aftermath of this game.

While criticism is warranted on this occasion, a lot of those were considerably quieter when Iron were picking up seven points from their first three league games with Hakan as caretaker manager and the players have to find a way to screen out negativity.

Focus on Salford, Bromley and Dover rather than Solihull because one off day - admittedly very off - doesn't make Braintree a bad side.

I'll hand back to good old Alan Ladd for a parting quote that the Iron's players may do well to heed as they prepare for their trip to Harrogate Town this weekend.

He said: "I'm going to make it. Nothing is going to stop me. Nothing; I want it too much."