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Tivoli Gardens' coach Glendon 'Admiral' Bailey admits his team may need to curb their behaviour, after a second straight altercation, in consecutive fixtures, this time against Boys' Town on Sunday night.

However, the many-time title winning coach does not believe there is anything particularly wrong with the way his team approaches the game, as the team's forcefulness is a natural part of its persona.

On Sunday night, when the team suffered a 2-1 loss to Boys' Town, a fracas involving Boys' Town's Renae Lloyd and the Tivoli pair of Kemar Flemmings and Jameel Thompson developed. Lloyd and Flemmings were ejected in time added on. The melee was the second occasion in the last three games that Tivoli have been embroiled in a controversial game, following their Jackie Bell encounter with Arnett Gardens where three players were sent off and Bailey himself was asked to vacate the touchline.

"Over the years Tivoli have been a very aggressive club, but at the end of the day, us and teams are okay," Bailey told Star Sports.

"On the field we are a very aggressive team. Yes we have to try and control the discipline, as we are getting too many cards, but in terms of the aggressiveness we are showing that is just us," he added.

According to Bailey, trying to curb the behaviour of the team too much could be detrimental as it has been a big part of their success in the past.

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"We have been successful where that is concerned (aggression) and you don't want to take away the aggressiveness of your team. The discipline part of it we have to look at it, but in terms of the aggressiveness we can't take away aggressiveness from the team, we can't do that," Bailey said.

"It is not just us, there are other teams too; one person can't fight themselves. They get provoked, but yeah we need to behave better."

The coach also believes that better officiating can go a long way in alleviating some of the problems the game currently faces and petulant behaviour needs to be spotted and punished early.

"We are saying they need to keep a close eye on the game and try and get to it and stamp it out as early as possible."