STEVE COPPELL is relishing the chance to help reverse Town's fortunes but insists he has no interest in elbowing Andy King out of the manager's seat.

The former Crystal Palace and Brentford boss led his first Town training session yesterday and wasted no time in letting people know who was boss Mr King!

Speaking exclusively to the Evening Advertiser, Coppell said: "I don't want to be seen as some kind of predatory vulture who is just waiting in the background for more bad results, before coming in to take over.

"Andy asked me to come in and I will be doing my upmost to help him.

" I will stay here as long as I'm needed and as long as I'm wanted.

"If I felt I was putting pressure on Andy by being here, then I would say 'this isn't working' and I'd go.

"He is grafting away like you wouldn't believe and if I can lighten the load a little, I will be delighted.

"I'm sure we have different ideas and styles but if we can blend them together for the benefit of the team then everyone will be happy."

Coppell is enjoying just being out on the pitch again having been 'twiddling his thumbs' as he puts it, since leaving Brentford in the summer.

He said: "I hope I can provide a different perspective.

"I am not a shouter, a bawler and a screamer. I put everything into what I do and I expect the same from the players I work with."

The new first team coach said there was no big secret to his success, despite the so-called 'miracle' he performed at Brentford.

He said: "As I pointed out, we achieved success through an awful lot of hard work. You can't expect instant improvement overnight."

Coppell, who graced the shirt of both England and Manchester United during his playing days, said one of his first tasks was to try and remove the tension from Town's players.

Coppell said his first meeting with the players, the away dressing room at Cheltenham, gave him an immediate insight into some of the problems to be addressed.

He said: "I sensed straightaway that there is a tightness in the players.

"They are scared of making mistakes.

"I can understand the crowd's frustration but what the team needs is help, support and a little understanding.

"It wasn't pretty and it wasn't effective at Cheltenham but analysing the game afterwards, I don't think you could point the finger at any of the players and say they weren't trying."

But however long or short Coppell's stay proves to be in Wiltshire, he is anxious to get back on the managerial merry-go-round.

He said: "I have ambitions to go as far and as high as I can in management.

"But my immediate ambition is to help Swindon Town get three points against Northampton Town tomorrow."