Rotherham 1-0 Brentford: Alan Stubbs and Dean Smith reaction

Alan Stubbs praised his side's character after claiming his first victory as Rotherham manager by beating Brentford 1-0 at New York Stadium.

Their first three points of the campaign were secured thanks to Danny Ward's cool finish after 32 minutes.

Stubbs was pleased to get off the win after a draw with Wolves on the opening day and then back-to-back 3-0 away drubbings to Aston Villa and Brighton.

He said: "The mood was good anyway but it has lifted the mood for the fans and the club.

"We have had as difficult a start as anybody in terms of who we have played. I thought we got a really good result against a good football team.

"It's important to win every week but this league is one of the most difficult to do it in.

"We knew Brentford would cause us problems and you could see that in flashes. I'm delighted for the players."

Stubbs also hailed his defence for getting their first clean sheet and added: "It's not rocket science, if you keep clean sheets you have a good chance of winning games of football.

"I don't feel like anyone has really cut us open for the goals. We haven't helped ourselves.

"To think that you can play 90 minutes of attacking football is very difficult. There's going to be periods where you have to be very organised and show a lot of commitment and character."

Brentford head coach Dean Smith saw his side carve out a number of chances but they could not get past Rotherham keeper Lee Camp.

Smith bemoaned his side's lack of a final ball and finishing and said. "I can't be displeased with our performance. I thought we played well and the better team lost on the day but that's football sometimes.

"We opened them up a number of times in the first half with really good play. There was one where Scott's (Hogan) touch let him down and one where Lasse (Vibe) put it wide.

"Camp also had to make a good save from Ledesma.They just had the more clear cut of the chances."

With Alan Judge sidelined through injury, Smith is looking for wide players to add to his squad.

He added: "We need to bolster our numbers in wide areas. Once the window shuts, what you've got is what you've got.

"If you're missing a player like Alan, you're going to miss him because he's quality but we went in to this game as the form team.

"We have won 10 of the last 14 games and some of them were with Alan and some haven't. There was a lot of belief there."