Micky Mellon: Sack fear is what drives me on

Mellon, who takes his side to former club Fleetwood in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy second round tonight, is disappointed to see high-profile colleagues Brendan Rodgers and Dick Advocaat become early casualties at Liverpool and Sunderland respectively.

The Town chief also saw his successor at Fleetwood, Graham Alexander, sacked after three straight defeats seven days ago.

And while he has sympathy for the victims of the managerial merry-go-round, fear of failure motivates him not to experience it again.

"It's that pain that drives you on at times because you don't want to go there," said Mellon, who was dismissed by tonight's opponents in December 2012 despite unprecedented success.

"It's what drags you in on Sunday mornings and Mondays wanting to work hard and being full of enthusiasm again – the fear of failure.

"It's what I call the full circle of management and he (Alexander) hass got to repair, recover and react now and come back again.

"I have sympathy for everyone who's lost their jobs.

"I feel for them all and I've been in that position at Fleetwood and I know what a lonely place it becomes."