Brighton manager Peter Taylor has slammed the ideas surrounding his transition from temporary England manager to the Nationwide League Second Division.
Taylor, who has been with the South Coast club since October, says that the change from being in temporary charge of England to the third tier of English football is no indignity. He also feels that the pressure to succeed is no less in either role.
He said in a newspaper interview: "I know people look at me thinking 'you were England manager a year ago, now it's Brighton.'
"The Brighton players are surprised I am their manager, but the only difference is that I might give David Beckham something harder to do in training that I would a Brighton lad.
"It's not just the beauty side of football I have experienced, it's everything in a year."
The Seagulls boss said that he had been too close to his players when at Leicester and he would learn from experience and be more single-minded in his approach to management.
"My regret is that I listened to the experienced players too much, and I've learnt," Taylor told Express newspaper.
"I'm not as close to the Brighton lads. If I'm sure something is right then I will do it."
Although he is settling in at Brighton, the pain of dismissal without completing a full season in the job still causes pangs.
"I'm still not the happiest about Leicester. I like Dave Bassett but when I read that it's the toughest job he's ever taken it's a million miles from the truth.
"They've had one win and Leicester are off the bottom, so how can it be the hardest job?
"It is very tight and not an impossible situation. I should have had longer. Others who were against me said differently."
Taylor says that he will be vindicated in his beliefs if the Leicester side he helped to build stays up under Bassett's guidance.
"The last thing I said to the players on the day I left was 'Don't you [expletive] go down.'
"I don't want them doing badly, that does me no favours. I want them successful because that proves my judgment."
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