Ex-Blue Carsley not looking for full-time mamnagerial role

After the match, new Brentford boss Lee Carsley ruled out staying in the job beyond the end of this season.

The ex-Everton midfielder was appointed as the Bees’ interim boss on Monday following the departure of Marinus Dijkhuizen but speaking after his team’s 2-0 home defeat to Birmingham City the following evening, Carsley made it clear that he doesn’t want the job on a permanent basis.

I did not ask to be a football manager and it certainly wasn’t something I put my hand up for it. I don’t want the job permanently.

Carsley had been working as head coach of the development side at Griffin Park and he says coaching the youngsters is where he wants to be, rather than in the spotlight as a senior manager. I’m still involved with the England under-19s and I think the development side to the game is a beg strength of mine. “It just happens that I’ve been asked to be a caretaker manager at my last two clubs”.

‘When I retired from playing, my first thought was not “I want to be a manager”.

Carsley’s comments are sure to puzzle Brentford fans after a unusual six months in west London where Mark Warburton’s contract was not renewed despite leading the club to the play-offs last season.

“I wouldn’t have thought I could go back to being the development coach – it’s always hard to go back”.

“I think they are a good team and they are good players”.

Brentford lost to Birmingham thanks to second-half goals from Michael Morrison and former Bees striker Clayton Donaldson, but Carsley is confident the side can halt their slide down the table. On our day we are nowhere near as terrible as those teams. “We have a few clever players in there who know the game and as it went on our fitness levels got better and better and we attacked well and thoroughly deserved our two goals”.

“If we are in the bottom three I’ll cry as it shouldn’t be happening”.

“They have got to believe in themselves”, he added.