Hakan Hayrettin is demanding that his Braintree Town troops "go to war to get three points" after taking the Iron helm as their new manager.

The 46-year-old former Luton Town coach and Grays Athletic and Thurrock manager has been appointed as boss following the departure of Jamie Day last weekend in the wake of their 1-0 Vanarama National League defeat by Forest Green Rovers.

Hayrettin takes charge of a Braintree side who are sitting in the relegation zone and faces a tough trip to face ex-Iron boss Danny Cowley's Lincoln City in his first game in charge on Saturday.

That will be followed by a home game against Boreham Wood on Tuesday and Hayrettin knows the task ahead.

But he is very clear about what he expects from his players.

Hayrettin said: "I like desire, drive, determination, passion; people who are going to roll up their sleeves when things aren't going well.

"I remember coming here as a first-team coach for Luton and it was the toughest game we had and I remember Braintree coming to Luton and beating us there.

"It was so difficult to get results and the reason it was so difficult was that Braintree teams always work very very hard for the cause.

"People who will run through a brick wall and we need that ethos to come back in.

"I think it's there within the lads and it's a matter of dragging it out of them.

"We'll drag them to get them on to the right path because you have to do that.

"The mentality of the players has to be that every time they cross that white line, they know that we are going to war.

"We go to war to get three points and we keep doing it consistently.

"It will be like a rugby scrum and we'll push teams back as far as we can go.

"At this time of the season, I believe that's the right way.

"There's no point saying 'we did OK'.

"When has OK ever won you anything ?

"It has to come from the head down and that's me so I'm going to make sure I'm not rotten.

"If we lose a game, I'll be the most upbeat person you'll find - nothing will ever change and we'll never be too high and never too low.

"The most important thing is that collectively we do the right things."