Neal Ardley praised his Notts County players for their response to his half-time dressing down as they came from behind to beat Aldershot.
The Magpies climbed upto third in the table as a result of their 3-1 victory at Meadow Lane which was their fourth successive win in the league and cup.
But Ardley revealed how he was fuming with their first-half performance which saw them go into the break on level terms after Callum Roberts wiped out Craig Tanner’s opener.
Two goals in the second half from Kristian Dennis then sealed the win and boss Ardley was pleased how his players fought back to claim a crucial three points.
“I sent Neil Cox in at half-time to be bad cop, but I ended up being that as well,” he said.
“It wasn’t good enough first half.
“I didn’t just shout at them. I challenged a few and asked ‘are you happy with that?’ because I knew it would rile them.
“There are winners in there so if you tell them what someone is doing to them on their own patch, you get a reaction.
“We needed tempo and to get in behind them.
“We needed to get in their faces so going backwards and sideways left me fuming but credit to the players because in the second half we were excellent.”
