WITHOUT a win in four games, play-off ambitions hang by an ever-thinning thread at the Walkers Stadium.

So it's perhaps no surprise to learn that, according to assistant manager Derek Fazackerley, there have been a few 'harsh words' flying around the Leicester City dressing room this week.

SWEDE TEAM: Sven-Goran Eriksson (left) and his assistant Derek Fazackerley have already made an impact at Leicester City.

When it comes to disciplining his teams though, words are the only things that fly under Sven-Goran Eriksson's leadership.

There is no hair dryer treatment, which has inspired Manchester United to so many famous comebacks, no kicking of boots in frustration (another well-known, if much more infrequent, occurrence at Old Trafford).

That is not the Swede's style.

So while that four-game winless streak going into tomorrow's game at Scunthorpe has seen the Foxes lose valuable ground in their race to sneak into the top six, Eriksson's management style ensures the same can't be said about players' confidence.

"He's not that type of person," Fazackerley told the Telegraph when asked whether the former England boss ever lost his rag.

"In the last two days, the players have realised exactly what he's about because it's the first time since we've come to the club he's had to have one or two harsh words.

"He doesn't do it by throwing tea cups around, or hair dryer treatments as one or two famous managers are known for.

"But the players are told in no uncertain terms their responsibilities, what they're expected to do and how we expect them to achieve it.

"If they do that, there isn't a problem. If they don't, we have to do something about it and that eventually might mean changing personnel.

"I've seen him lose his temper, but not dramatically and never to shout somebody down. If he has to have a discussion with somebody, he does it in the privacy of his office. He's a great man-manager.

"Just because he doesn't lose his head or go ballistic doesn't mean the players aren't well aware of what is expected of them."

To find out why Fazackerley thinks Eriksson will be a success at the Walkers Stadium and what has happened to a side that had won seven games in eight days prior to their current winless run, see a four-page match preview in Friday's Scunthorpe Telegraph.