Andy Scott is his own worst critic after hitting rock bottom

There cannot be a manager in the Football League who is more critical on himself or his players than Andy Scott, whose Brentford team have slipped back to the bottom of League One after Saturday's 3-1 home defeat by Oldham.

There are never any half measures with Scott when it goes wrong. Defending is either "scandalous" or "ridiculous".

But even though Scott hands out barbs that the Brentford board could use against him, it would be both ridiculous and scandalous for the manager to be replaced.

Hopefully the people who run the club saw enough of Scott's ability in the last two seasons — promotion from League Two followed by a highly-respectable ninth place — to avoid any knee-jerk decisions.

The reality is, Brentford are just about punching their weight at the bottom end of football's third tier. It may not seem likely it at the moment but Scott gets players to perform for him and he can turn their fortunes around.