Unfortunately, Brown was spot on with his description as his side lacked imagination and failed to deal with the Lambs' gameplan — pretty much gifting the visitors the three points on the opening day of the season, and their first victory over the Shots.
But if that wasn't bad enough, Brown now has a fresh injury crisis prior to tonight's trip to Canvey Island with the news that John Brough, Tobi Jinadu and Chris Nurse are all ruled out, thus piling on the agony.
While fans should not despair and write the Shots' season off before it has even begun, defeat is always hard to take, and with eight players making their League debuts in an un-tested side, against Mark Cooper's well-organised outfit, this was never going to be an easy start.
But while Brown was left with nowhere to turn, he refused to use that as an excuse for defeat.
He said: “It would be easy for me to say it's the first time the back four have played together and the front two, they're all brand spanking new and I did say it was going to take time.
“But I'm not going to make excuses today, we weren't good enough, we didn't defend in the right areas. We knew what their threats would be, and we didn't combat those threats, fair play to Tamworth they came with a game plan and they deserved the points.”
With his “nightmare pre-season” over, the start of the league has unfortunately gone much the same way for Brown, this was a new side that should have been given time to gel over the pre-season, but with so many comings and goings, Brown has been unable to do that — and it showed.
“That was an abysmal performance in the first half and I've told them so, I expected more from the midfield and more from my wide players.
“Overall I felt it was slightly better in the second half but I was bitterly disappointed in the manner we played, we set out our stall to get the ball wide and play football but we continually lumped the ball forward.”
And with a back line of giants in comparison to the Shots, that was simply playing into Tamworth's hands as they dominated the aerial dual.
Brown ranted: “What bothers me is the goals we conceded and the manner in which we conceded them, and a lack of work ethic, we didn't work hard enough in the 90 minutes and that bothers me.
“It frustrates me so much that all week the gameplan we talked about was getting it to people's feet but instead it's just easier to lump it forward so I'm bitterly disappointed, I thought our back four was a catalyst for their win today and I've told them that.
“There's a lot to be put right, I've got a lot of work to do but Tamworth did very well, we were never going go score a goal today it just wasn't meant to be.”
Maybe it wasn't meant to be as the Shots were twice denied by the woodwork, but getting a striker in less than 48 hours before the start of the season is hardly the best preparation for a side tipped to win the title.
Even more concerning is the fact that new loanee Chris McPhee from Brighton & Hove, is only at the Rec for a month, taking the Shots back to square one next month.
The boss has undoubtedly been hampered in his preparations by a torrid July, and certainly could not have expected the amount of injuries to claim his men, followed by the length of time that it will take to get them back out onto the pitch.
“Tim Sills isn't ready yet and I haven't got the facilities to replace him, Steve Watson or Gary Holloway, you put them in today you've got a different side. But I haven't got them and I'm not going to make excuses I won't have them Tuesday or next Saturday so we got to formulate a system or a side that is a bit stronger defensively.
“Tamworth made some good signings and they're a big solid unit, you have to break them down and stop giving free kicks away and we gave away about 14 in the first half and gave them the first two goals. We stopped doing that in the second half, but to continuously do it in the first half shows a lack of savvy.”
With Sills only half fit, Bertie Brayley was given the nod alongside McPhee up front, while Tamworth brought summer triallist Julian Alsop and former Shot Hugh McAuley back to Rec after capturing the duo over the summer.
The Lambs set out their stall early on, winning a corner before a minute was even clocked up, Brayley's clearance fell to Matt Redmile who put the ball back into the mix, but keeper Nikki Bull collected from Simon Hollis' driving header.
The Shots went closer as Lambs skipper Aaron Brown hauled down McPhee just a yard outside the area, and was lucky just to see a yellow card.
Ahmed Deen took the resulting free kick and curved in a shot the bent past the wall only to hit the corner of the goal.
The visitors took the lead on 16 minutes, from McAuley's free kick, Alsop nodded down for Brown side-foot the ball home.
Six minutes later it became two as Ade Smith got the better of Hassan Sulaiman down the left wing to square the ball for Hollis. The midfielder found himself in acres of space with no defender to be seen, and made no mistake in slotting into the bottom left corner.
Whilst James Dormand in the Tamworth goal had little to do as the Shots were limited in their attack, his counterpart at the other end was kept busy. Twice Alsop, continually winning the physical battle with Brough, headed towards goal, only to see both efforts well saved by skipper for the day Bull.
Another McAuley free kick was almost put into his own net by Chris Nurse and from the resulting corner Redmile headed over, as the Lambs continued their aerial domination.
With the home side in desperate need of a goal, Brown replaced the ineffective Nurse with Sills, at half-time, dropping Brayley back into an attacking midfield role, but it was the Lambs who went close to scoring again.
Tris Whitman was gifted a chance to make it three as the midfielder intercepted Brough's poor back pass, Whitman went through one on one with Bull but the keeper did just enough to put him off his run as he fired wide from a too-tight angle.
The Shots tried to launch a comeback, Sills heading down from Scott Guyett's cross but Brayley hit the bar with his header to top what was proving to be a frustrating afternoon.
After the Shots third corner on 55 minutes, the home side finally registered their first shot on target — Brayley heading into the keeper's waiting arms.
With the search for a breakthrough came renewed vigour as the Shots looked to salvage their earlier frailties.
Sills broke through but saw his effort wide of the post before McPhee broke forward to cross for new boy substitute Michael Gordon to strike on the volley straight into the arms of Dormand.
Lambs substitute Bob Taylor was then allowed another one on one with Bull after a further display of poor defending, but the keeper yet again stood firm and blocked well to thwart the effort.
At the other end, the Shots thought they had halved the deficit as Brayley put McPhee through, he slotted home with a goal that had the fans cheering, only to see his effort ruled out for offside.
Now, with a trip to Canvey Island coming tonight (Tuesday, ko 7.45pm), Brown has been dealt a blow with the news that Brough and Jinadu will not play after picking up knocks in Saturday's game.
This leaves the boss with only Yeovil loanee Scott Guyett as an experienced centre half, although as the Mail went to press the boss was desperately searching for a replacement. However it could mean the first league start for youngster Dave Winfield.
Also missing will be Nurse who is now injured, leaving Brown with another hole to fill in the centre of midfield.
“It doesn't get any easier, in fact it's a nightmare. I'm looking to get someone in for the centre of midfield and I desperately need a centre half but it doesn't look good,” said Brown.
The boss has signed striker Paul Kitson along with ex-Arsenal and MK Dons winger Gordon and former Boston United midfielder Jermaine Brown, the boss may well shuffle his pack.
Indeed, bringing in new faces to strengthen the back line and bolster the midfield are becoming more crucial with the news of these fresh injuries, although what effect this will have in terms of getting some stability is yet to be seen.
“I've given the players a bit of a tongue lashing in there, so hopefully they'll come back on Monday in a more positive frame of mind because that's when we start addressing the problem on the pitch in training.
“It's going to be a difficult August for us and I don't think we'll have anywhere near our strongest side out until September. We can't afford to get beaten by anybody at the Rec, I expect this to become a fortress and it was anything but today.”
SHOTS: BULL 8, Hamilton 6, Guyett 6, Brough 5 (sub Tobi 60mins, 6), Sulaiman 6, Deen 6, Nurse 4 (Sills 45, 6), Lee 6, Crittenden 6 (Gordon 45, 6), Brayley 6, McPhee 7. Not used: Weait, Scott.
Ref A Sainsbury. Att 2641.
With thanks to the Aldershot News.