'Exciting' - New Crawley Town manager reveals what kind of football Reds fans can expect from his side

Elliot joined the Reds after the departure of Scott Lindsey and will have a few days to prepare for his first game as Crawley manager, with an away game against Wycombe Wanderers coming up this Saturday.

When managing at Gateshead, Elliot’s football was very good, and even a similar approach to what Crawley have adopted recently.

This was a big factor in Elliot joining the club, as he said: “That was a huge factor because you see the players and the way they play and what they already have instilled in the last year, so exciting to come in and work at a level where you can start here rather than start on the ground again.”

When on the pitch, Elliot has a plan for Crawley with one aim: to score goals.

He said: “Ultimately, I’m a big believer in the players. You can give any player information, but they have got to be brave enough to go and do it and these players exude that in every single scenario I’ve seen, there willing to play, they can go away to big stadiums, big clubs.

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"They make this place rocking, and I think teams know coming here that it will be very tough, that we are going to dominate the ball, we will have real good structure, but the fact is that what I want to see is that everything we do is to score goals and to attack the goal.

“Whether we build up from the back, whether we switch the play, whether we’re going over a press, through a press, whether we are getting into wide areas. Whatever it may be, it is to score goals and that’s what we want to see.

“We want to see exciting football, we want to see our exciting players, our talent, we want to see them in front of the goal, backing themselves and I think if we do that, we won’t regret anything as we’ll leave everything out there. The good thing with that is we can review and assess that and become a little bit better next week.”

With Elliot only arriving recently from Gateshead, he is not going to jump in and make any big decisions yet, seeking fairness and for everyone to have a chance.

He said: “I’m not going to make any major decisions, we have got a big squad, everyone in the squad has their own strengths and they can contribute.

“I’m a big believer in that everyone in the squad deserves an opportunity and I think it is important we make sure we assess everyone and give everyone; not a clean slate because they have all been in a positive but give everyone an opportunity to express themselves.”