Crystal Palace hero Mark Bright has revealed how he set a young Scott Parker straight at Charlton Athletic.

Bright now manages Palace's loan players.

He told The Sun: “Parker joined us at 16 and in training and I was one of the senior players and you try and pass on your knowledge - you give them a dig, you shout at them and Scotty didn't like it, it threw him a little bit.

“The reality of coming into a first-team environment was tough where we are trying to win games.

“He was taking chances, trying flicks and dribbles so I put him right.

“And he came to and said 'Can you not shout at me, can you just talk to me.'

“I said 'I'll treat you like I treat everyone else'.

“Scott is now retired and a first-team coach at Fulham.

“He tells me you can't talk to the young players the way you spoke to me - in an uncompromising way using foul language.

“You have to emphasise to them how important it is you can't do that in the first team, you will lose games.

“Before it was tough love from the senior players to make sure you survived."