The list of managerial heavyweights who Hakan Hayrettin has to pull his inspiration from is impressive and he is now looking to bring those experiences into his post as boss of Braintree Town.

In his playing and coaching career, the 46-year-old has operated under and alongside the likes of current Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill - as a player at Wycombe Wanderers in the early 1990s - and Dagenham and Redbridge manager John Still, who he was coach to in the Hatters' successful promotion campaign three years ago.

And Hayrettin wants to use the skills he has picked up to lead Braintree up the Vanarama National League table, starting at Lincoln City on Saturday.

The new Iron boss said: "Martin O'Neill was my manager for two and a half seasons and I've worked with people like John Still, Barry Fry and Frank Clark.

"I have been very fortunate in my career to have worked with people like that.

"Martin was a very deep thinker and I'm a deep thinker as well.

"Barry Fry was very entertaining and he knew how to get under your skin; he would know how to galvanise and John Still is a master at this level.

"I learned a lot from him and I've been very fortunate to have been associated with people like that.

"But there comes a time in everyone's career when you have to stand alone and if I can pick a quality from each of them and put it into my own style then I'm sure we will have a good season.

"We'll never be too high or too low.

"We will lose games; the chairman has said he doesn't expect us to be winning every game but he has also said he expects us to fight for the cause and that is exactly what we're going to do.

"The status of this football club is the most important thing.

"It's a tricky start for us, but every game at this level is tricky and we'll go to Lincoln to try to win the game.

"We won't be sitting back."

Hayrettin will be changing things from the way that they were done under previous boss Jamie Day as the Iron are sitting in the relegation places and he expects the players to buy into his way of doing things.

"The first step is to implement my ideas to the team," he added.

"Everyone has to buy into that, but it's not going to happen overnight.

"I don't expect miracles overnight, but if you can implement your ideas and get them to understand what you require as a manager and what you feel will benefit the team and the squad for the football club then there will be room to manoeuvre.

"Buying into something is the most important thing.

"If you don't do that, you have a problem.

"We will change things.

"People say that if it's not broken then don't fix it - well at the moment the league table isn't lying and we need to change it.

"That's no reflection on Jamie (Day).

"He's a personal friend of mine and he'll probably go to his next job and be fine, but for us now, I said to the players that we will be positive and my approach is going to be completely different.

"Everyone has to jump on that bus and get on that journey.

"If they don't get on board then changes will be made."