It's a management thing

[Sandyman]

Although not a Brentford supporter, after reading this, one can see why they are having a decent season. This is what Bees manager Andy Scott had to say after getting one over Mark Wright of Chester this weekend:

"For me personally it was nice to get one over on one of my former managers. I didn’t have the best of times under his stewardship at Oxford and that is down to him and what he did to me. So I really enjoyed that win today and wish it could have been five or six.

Well it wasn’t a personal thing but in my opinion he couldn’t manage the players. He ruled his regime with threatening and violent behaviour and none of the players enjoyed it and I certainly didn’t.

To be honest I’ve probably taken a lot out of that managerial regime and done everything the opposite way and that is why it is working for me and not for him.

What goes around comes around and I have been waiting for today, big time. Been waiting for today and I was desperate for us to play well. To play well, win and keep a clean sheet, you know, it is nice.

Makes you realise if you stick to your principles and people enjoy working for you for a reason. He’s had a lot of jobs in the last five or six years but is not for me to say why.

No, it is just a level of behaviour by a manager to any player that is unacceptable. Whether it is verbal or threatening or just general intimidation, it is not nice to be around and it makes going into work very difficult and as a group as well that is probably why we were third from bottom when he got the sack. But we picked up after that because we had someone able to motivate us.

I learned a lot from that six month spell and how not to do things. That has worked in my favour. It was not a nice six months but I have taken it into my managerial career and it has made me a better person and a better manager."

The analogy is obvious. Liner's and DOM's should take note but the imperial powers of Old Street won't allow that.