Like chalk and cheese

That is the view of Nigel Jemson who was a player at Gigg Lane under both men.

And as he looked ahead to tomorrow's clash between the two managers, as Warnock's Blades take on Ternent's Clarets at Bramall Lane, he confessed: "I will definitely be cheering for Burnley, not Sheffield."

The 32-year-old striker is currently club captain at Shrewsbury Town but will be forced to miss the rest of this season with an injury.

And he admitted the only regret he had about making the move to join Ternent at Bury, then in the first division, was that he did not work with him for long enough.

"Stan was a good boss and it is a shame I was only with him for a short time," he said.

It was four years ago last month that Ternent paid Oxford United £100,000 for the former Nottingham Forest striker and he explained: "He left in the summer to move to Burnley and I was disappointed.

"When a manager has brought you to a club you want to get the chance to work with him and I did not really get that. He bought me to help get Bury out of trouble, we stayed up but then he moved on.

"He obviously impressed me when I first met him and I could tell he was a good motivator. I am not surprised that he has done so well at Turf Moor."

Jemson's memories of Warnock, the man who succeeded Ternent at Bury are less pleasant as he admitted: "As soon as he came in I knew I was not his kind of player, to put it politely.

"He was a lot more direct and it was disappointing for me as I would never have come to the club if he had been here, he would not have wanted me.

"He would have been looking for a more direct type of player.

"All the time he was there I was trying to force my way in to the team but I knew I was never going to get in, he just didn't fancy me. In the end I took a pay off to leave even though I had one year left on my contract."

One example of the different approach of the two men came on the training ground according to Jemson.

"Neil Warnock used to like everyone to get the shin pads on and get stuck in while Stan was more meticulous, he would concentrate on the way he wanted you to play.

"Neil would be keen on working with the players he had been around before and so it was hard to get in."

That is all in the past now for Jemson although he admitted he has been following Burnley's progress, and not just because of his former manager.

"I know a few of the lads there like Dean West, Lennie Johnrose and Tony Ellis," he said. "I spoke to Tony a few days ago and it sounds like things are going well there.

"I would be absolutely delighted if they went up because I have nothing against Stan, he just left Bury too soon for me."

While the Burnley boss has a number of key selection dilemmas to address, Blades manager Neil Warnock is expected name the same line-up that did the Clarets a favour by defeating play-off rivals Millwall 3-2 in a thrilling game in midweek.

Michael Brown and Rob Ullathorne, the two players who went off injured in controversial circumstances against West Brom last weekend, are going to be missing again but Paul Peschisolido will start alongside Steve Lovell who is on loan from Portsmouth.

The Canadian striker has a foot injury but he is planning to delay any treatment until the end of the season.

The only doubt surrounds the participation of Jean-Philippe Javary, a French midfielder who was the captain of his country's successful youth team a few seasons ago. Warnock is concerned he may be unable to play two big games in a short space of time and so Nick Montgomery is standing by.

Perhaps the fact they have both managed Bury is not the only similarity between the two men. Warnock is a Blade through and through, from the day he was passed down through the terraces as a young boy.

As for Ternent, his love for Burnley dates back four decades ton the time he arrived at Turf Moor as a wide eyed teenager from the North East.

So there is no doubt that both men are desperate to emerge from tomorrow's match victorious.