Copied verbatim from the Lincolnshire Echo;
Scott cracks as the fans attack Monday, August 29, 2011
THEY often say pressure kills rational thinking and it seems that Grimsby boss Rob Scott is another manager feeling the strain of expectation.
For those who have not seen it yet, there is a remarkable video on You Tube of the former Rotherham player taking a Mariners fan to task over their poor start to the season.
It was filmed after their defeat to Darlington this weekend and as you would expect it is laden with some rather colourful language.
Scott appears as if he is on the edge of a full-scale meltdown given the amount of unrest that is growing at Blunder Park.
But what I found particularly astounding was that he told a supporter, in his own inimitable way, that if he didn't like it, then don't bother turning up.
If I was the chairman John Fenty, I do not think I would be particularly pleased with my manager telling a customer to stop contributing to the gate receipts.
No matter how irate this supporter was, he contributes to Scott's wages and is well within his rights to vent his frustrations.
And let's get it right, he will not be the only customer unhappy with the Mariners' progression, so is Scott going to tell them all to not bother turning up?
The last time I saw something like that was when George Foster confronted some Lincoln fans and he lost his job not long afterwards.
I'm sure the majority of Boston fans have had a little chuckle to themselves at Scott's implosion after he walked out on them last season.
The two clubs are still in dispute over compensation for Scott and Paul Hurst, who also left with him.
At this rate we will end up having a tribunal for two out of work managers.