Rob Scantlebury reckons he is orchestrating a mini-revolution at Carshalton Athletic, and it appears to be working.

Scantlebury took over the managerial reins permanently in November after the sacking of Stuart Massey.

Since then, his record of two defeats in nine games has lifted the Robins from a Ryman Division One South relegation scrap to 12 points clear.

He said: “It can be argued that any new manager will generally get extra points out of a team, but I’m also a fresh face, with a fresh way of thinking.

“It’s mostly organisational – I have a good backroom staff now, with guys from different backgrounds including sports science and physiotherapy.

“We have pre-match meetings and we train twice a week – it’s just little tweaks here and there.”

Scantlebury is Robins’ fifth manager in less than three seasons, something he knows is detrimental to results on the pitch.

“Stability would be great for this club, for the youth set up and for the kids coming through, so they can see something growing, rather than chopping and changing,” he said.

"We also have a young bunch of boys in the team, the likes of Tommy [Bradford] and Bobby [Price], who want stability as well." 

In an effort to address the instability that has plagued the club in recent seasons, Scantlebury has signed the young guns, including Price, Bradford, Sean O'Toole and Mickel Miller.

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"The contracts show I have faith in the players - they are only ever going to get better and I want to concentrate a lot of time on those boys," he said.

"I also have a good crop of U16s and academy boys coming through, and we will push them on this season and next, and then we have another group coming through after that, and they are even better."

The Robins host East Grinstead Town this weekend, looking to avenge a 2-1 defeat at the end of October, which happened to be Massey's final game in charge.

Scantlebury said: "We need to get more consistent, we’re more roller-coaster than anything else at the minute.

"That’s partly down to me finding how best the team plays, and it’s partly a mental issue as well.

"We tend to perform better against teams from the upper half of the table, so we need to get over that.

"We need to play with more flair and imagination – but it’s going to be tough."