Some people thrive on micro-management, for others it’s suffocating.

In football, it’s fairly rare for an owner and chairman to have offices that overlook the club’s training ground, but at last month’s fans forum, Scott Duxbury explained that was one of the aspects of the job at Watford that new head coach Valerien Ismael welcomed.

The idea of having the owner, the chairman and other key staff available to him via just a very short walk at London Colney was, Duxbury said, something Ismael was very pleased about.

And that’s exactly what the head coach said himself this week.

“I think it’s good. I have no issue with it. I know this way from Germany,” he replied when asked.

“I think it is actually an advantage, and I’ll tell you why: at least everyone can feel the intensity of training, the way we train, the work we put in on a daily basis and they can have an understanding of what we do quickly.

“As well as that, we can also have a chat very easily. We don’t have to wait two or three weeks or even months to meet each other. That gap is too big.

“It’s always an action situation when we can chat with each other at any time, and talk about training, transfers, the club in general, other things we need.

“I see the owner being here at the training ground as a big advantage.”

Duxbury had also said that having an owner that was very distanced from the day-to-day running of the club was something Ismael had pinpointed as a reason things went wrong at West Brom.

“Yes it was the opposite at West Brom and I was not happy. It was difficult to have that communication,” said the Frenchman.

“You need to communicate and have that understanding between everyone, and if someone has a question then you can get an answer straight away. If I have a question, I would like an answer straight away and not wait.

“I had a good experience at Besiktas as we had the same situation as we have here, and I can only speak positively about this set-up. It is good for the manager.”

Of course, there are always jokes that Pozzo’s office has a revolving door such has been the turnover of head coaches since he bought the club 11 years ago.

Ismael is not phased by what has gone on before.

“I think, if you see last season in the Championship, 12 managers were sacked. So it’s not just about Watford, it’s a situation for every club,” he said.

“Last season was difficult for a lot of managers throughout Europe, not only in England. There was a lot of pressure.

“When you know that, as a manager you put that pressure aside and you just focus on your job.

“At the end of the day your job is to win games. If you win games with consistency, then you do your job well. If you lose, then at some point the club will need to take decisions.

“They are the rules, not only at Watford but everywhere. We come here with a positive mindset and we have a good feeling. Everyone wants to work together, and we are here to create something with hard work, discipline, a strong mindset, a good attitude and to prepare ourselves for the league.

“At the end of the day, the league is about winning games. Success without winning games doesn’t exist.”