Scott: Consistency is key for Brentford (From Your Local Guardian)

Scott: Consistency is key for Brentford

12:57pm Wednesday 25th August 2010 in Brentford By Graham Moody

Andy Scott wants his Brentford team to bring consistency to their game and use last night's cup win to kick-start their season.

The Bees have played well in their opening three league games but have just one point to show for it, from last Saturday's 1-1 draw at Swindon Town.

They upset Hull in the Carling Cup last night though and Scott has challenged his side to take that performance into Saturday's home game against newly-promoted Rochdale.

"Consistency is a word I’m going to use yet again, and I’ve used it in previous years," said Scott.

"But, when you step up a level, you have got to be consistent at that level and when you’re setting a standard you need to keep to it and beat it as well.

"If we produce that performance every week, for one, everyone is going to enjoy coming to watch us at Griffin Park and, second, they will have a lot of entertainment and, thirdly, we’re going to do well.

"The question is can we do that week in, week out?

"From what we have seen this season I am pretty confident we can do that and work on it and improve on bits and pieces.

"It is a work in progress and I’m not going to shout from the rooftops just yet, but there are certainly a lot of improvements and there are more to be made."

Charlie McDonald got off the mark for the season against Swindon on Saturday but David Prutton's equaliser just before half-time denied them three points.

Scott though is refusing to panic with his side sitting third bottom and is instead confident they will come good.

"I was happy with the way we were playing, apart from the first 45 minutes at Carlisle," he said.

"Since then I’ve been happy with the way we’ve been applying ourselves and playing and we have just succumbed to a few silly errors.

"The most pleasing thing about it for me is how we have brought so many new players into the club, and our work ethic and ability to go to the end is still there and the new ones have taken it on board.

"I’ve said all along I am confident in this squad because I know the capabilities of the players and any disappointment along the way, I know we will react to it.

"We haven’t won in the league yet, but we know we can win games.

"Our belief before the cup game was very high and we knew if we performed well we had a chance."