Paul Trollope has defended one of his players against a Gus Poyet blast, according to the Brighton Argus.
Brighton boss Poyet was unhappy with Jeff Hughes' role in a stormy finale to the game with saw Elliott Bennett booked and Glenn Murray sent off.
The Albion manager felt defender Hughes had too much to say and tried to influence referee Chris Sarginson in his decisions.
Poyet told the Argus: "If he was a foreign player complaining to the referee it would be in every newspaper. If he was Uruguayan or Argentinian they would call him a cheat.
"I would like to send a message to Hughes. He needs to be careful. He is supposed to be British or Irish.
"I don't know if British people are changing. He has been asking for yellow cards and going down and complaining too easily. I thought it was the British mentality that you didn't do it.
"So Mr Hughes, I'm very disappointed with you."
But Trollope told the Argus: "I think Elliott Bennett got booked for one of those tackles where the striker is coming across and the full-back is clearing it up the line.
"Sometimes the striker can make contact with a full-back and sometimes the full-back can kick through on to the boot of the striker. That's the way the referee sees it.
"There was a little bit of afters but from my point of view I didn't know and I didn't see if Jeff was involved in that incident."
Trollope admitted his side slipped up by having Danny Coles red-carded soon after Murray had departed.
He added: "We got caught down the side in a one-on-one situation, the lad (Ashley Barnes) produced a good bit of skill over his head and he has taken him down.
"So no complaints. It was frustrating because there was a message straight away after their lad got sent-off to be calm and not give him an excuse to send off one of ours.
"It evened it up, ten against ten. It was a hot afternoon and some of the tempo went out of the game.
"But even then I felt quite comfortable. We had limited them to very few chances."
The Richmond and Twickenham Times pointed out that in-form Brentford made it nine games without defeat by drawing 0-0 with Rovers at the Memorial Stadium in our previous home game.
With both sides safe in the top half of the table, there was a distinct end of season feel to a game played in glorious sunshine.
The R & T Times reported: "In the opening exchanges some patient build up play from Rovers eventually saw Charlie Reece attempt to chip Szczesny from the edge of the box, but his effort was a couple of feet too high.
"Five minutes before the break, substitute Darryl Duffy made an instant impact when he played in Andy Williams down the right but his shot was superbly blocked by the out-rushing Szczesny.
"Early in the second half Brentford failed to clear a Rovers corner and the ball fell to Duffy, whose weak shot was deflected over the bar by an off balance Osborne. From the resulting corner on he left, Daniel Jones' header was cleared off the line by Sam Wood.
"Midway through the half an early long ball down the right found Williams and he just got the better of Osborne before firing over the bar..
"The best chance of the second half fell to Rovers when Eliot Richards created space down the right and cut the ball back to Chris Lines, who brought a tremendous point blank save from Szczesny from just six yards out.
"Lewis Grabban could have won it for Brentford in the closing stages when he was clean through, but his shot was blocked by Andersen."
The Southern Daily Echo reported how Southampton "thrashed" Rovers 5-1 at the Memorial Stadium.
Rickie Lambert ended a three-game goalless run with a brace against his old club before second-half goals by Morgan Schneiderlin, Adam Lallana and Jason Punch-eon all but ended Rovers' own play-off hopes on a dramatic night.
Jose Fonte gave away an early penalty, which Jeff Hughes converted, before Saints came storming back with Lambert's goals putting the visitors 2-1 ahead by the interval.
The Echo also carried a story that according to Saints' legend Matt Le Tissier, Rickie Lambert can become one of Saints' all-time great number sevens.
Lambert had taken his tally to 34 goals for the season when he found the net twice at the Memorial Stadium.
Only Manchester United's Wayne Rooney can match that tally in the English professional leagues.
Le Tissier is perhaps the most famous in a long line of legendary number sevens at Saints, including Terry Paine, Alan Ball and Kevin Keegan.
He believes Lambert can join that list if he continues his current form over the next few seasons.
"If he stays at Saints and keeps playing and scoring the way he is, Rickie will be up there with the number sevens of the past," said Le Tissier.
