Brentford boss Andy Scott has threatened wholesale changes if there is a repeat of the first-half horror show that saw his side humbled 3-1 by Bristol Rovers at Griffin Park.
Charlie MacDonald’s well taken second-half volley from outside the box proved to be the only highlight as the Bees suffered their heaviest home defeat since a 3-0 reverse against Hereford United in April, 2008.
The uncharacteristic display saw Myles Weston and David Hunt withdrawn from the action before half-time, but Scott admitted any of his side could have made way for the introduction of Marcus Bean and Sam Saunders.
And the manager, who has enjoyed an otherwise solid start to life in League One, says it is a move he will repeat if there aren’t signs of improvement come this weekend’s trip to Yeovil Town.
“Not concentrating, not doing your jobs, not wanting to be ruthless, not accepting how teams are going to play, thinking you are better than you are; all of those things were a factor today,” he fumed.
“We’ve got to take the last 45 mins today to Yeovil and forget the first 45 mins, but if it happens again I’m not going to tolerate it. That was not defending in any shape or form of the word and I’m not going to accept it.
“You’ve got to show a bit of character. The crowd was on their backs, quite rightly. We weren’t passing it and were conceding poor goals, but they did show plenty of desire and passion and we got clapped off at the end.
“All the crowd want to see is you giving everything you’ve got and doing what you can for the Brentford shirt. We weren’t doing that in the first 45 mins and that is not acceptable.”
Scott felt Rovers keeper Mikkel Andersen, a former Bees loanee, could have seen red on another day when he hauled down Steve Kabba in second half, but admitted it was fairly irrelevant given the nature of the goals his side conceded.
“You make your own mind up [on whether the keeper should have received a red card]. From my point of view 99 times out of a 100 he probably goes,” he added.
“I don’t think the linesman helped him out too much by keeping his views to himself, but that is all irrelevant if you concede goals like we did.
Brentford have not suffered back-to-back league defeats since November last year and he believes his young side most concentrate on their consistency to prevail this season.
“They are young players and it is a newly formed team. Our levels of performance over the last six or seven weeks have been exceptional.
“There are going to be times when maybe it doesn’t click, but when they don’t, you’ve still got to get the basics right and be organised and we weren’t in the first 45 minutes today and we got punished for it.
“To be a good side you’ve got to be consistent and work hard and be organised week in, week out and that is when you can take the plaudits at the end of the season.”
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