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Berg will do it his way
9:02am Thursday 1st November 2012 in Sport
By Andy Cryer, Blackburn Rovers reporter
Henning Berg
HENNING Berg’s former director of football Jan Age Fjortoft insists Blackburn Rovers have not appointed a ‘yes man’ – with the Ewood Park legend being unveiled as manager this morning.
Rovers confirmed yesterday that Berg has agreed to be the club’s new boss and he is due to meet the squad at training this morning.
Berg, who made 296 appearances in two spells at the club between 1993 and 1997 and from 2000 to 2003, will initially arrive on his own and be given the chance to assess the current backroom staff, before deciding what, if any, changes are needed to move forward.
The 43-year-old was a key figure in helping Rovers to the Premier League title in 1995 and in his second spell at the club he won promotion back to the top flight and then the Worthington Cup in 2002.
Some Rovers fans fear global advisor Shebby Singh has been searching for a manager who will be his puppet, and believe that is the reason why he has opted to ignore more experienced contenders.
Berg himself though, has already been critical of owners Venky’s back in May and his former Norwegian team-mate Fjortoft fully expects him to be his own man.
Former Swindon and Middles-brough striker Fjortoft was director of football at Lillestrom when Berg was initially appointed their manager from Lyn in 2008.
Fjortoft departed just a few months later, as Berg continued for three years before being fired in 2011.
He said: “Henning is his own man.
“People say the owners wanted to appoint a yes-yes man but, from my experiences of him, he isn’t that.
“Henning had said earlier in the year he could not believe any manager would take the job with the owners the way they have been and that made headlines in Norway at the time.
“I expect he will do things his own way at Blackburn.
“When you come to a club you have to find ways of working with your bosses and that is what he will do.
“Henning is a person who will work 24/7 at whatever he does.
“He is always thinking about improving things and is someone you always expected to become a manager sooner rather than later.
“He did okay as a manager in Norway and will come to Blackburn as a new generation of coach. He has a foot in the old years but also is a very much a coach of the future.
“It is all about getting a chance and he has got his chance to come in.
“In football management you have to plan long term but you have to get results short term. That is what Henning will try to do.”
As a pundit for Norwegian TV channel TV2, Berg said the following about the Blackburn job in the summer.
“To manage a Premier League club would be nice, even a Nationwide club,” he said. “However, if you should manage a club, it is essential to have the right owners.
“To join as a manager of a club with such owners are insane. There is no real managers with credibility who would take over a job like that.
“You shoot yourself in the foot.
“You are there for a few months, nothing works and you can’t do what you want. The situation surrounding the owners must be clarified first."
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Comments (39)
9:10am Thu 1 Nov 12
Arte1875 says...
9:16am Thu 1 Nov 12
NO NAY NEVER says...
9:30am Thu 1 Nov 12
dangerous dave says...
Apart from being way down the fans wish list of Managers your statement says it all - just needed a job!!! The only way you will prove some credibility to the fans is to get shut of Black and Hendry and bring in your own backroom staff otherwise the appointment will be seen as just another 'yes' man.
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW BLACK HENDRY SINGH.
9:32am Thu 1 Nov 12
SouthernRover says...
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9:39am Thu 1 Nov 12
dangerous dave says...
Just another puppet with little understanding of the problem at Ewood.
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH BLACK HENDRY
9:46am Thu 1 Nov 12
dalem18 says...
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SouthernRover says...
Venkys own the club, accept it, get over it, and support the team!
How in any way are you helping the situation?
Clown...
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ronnie clayton says...
what`s going on suddenly all these names/posts come out from new names that have been either hidden or invented for a new agenda , its like arise you the rocks spiders ,whrer have you all been ,for months nothing and now rage at Dave for saying things we might not believe but we all think.
Hendry will be the definining issue ,if they have the balls to send him on his swindling ways , or if no one there has the guts to do so, we will still be on our way to the moneyhungrygreedy corruptland. this is their choice do the owners want decency/ genuinety and really want to bring honesty / decency back to Rovers it is now in their court.
3:07pm Thu 1 Nov 12
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3:42pm Thu 1 Nov 12
SouthernRover says...
They both add nothing to the support and fan base of the club and could be just as big a factor in not getting promoted as any of the names they go on and on about (if not a bigger factor - negative idiotic "Fans")
4:04pm Thu 1 Nov 12
jogalot says...
He says he is in charge of football and he will make the decisions and not be influenced by Shebby etc. Give him a chance to prove it, and get behind him when he makes the right decisions. Some may take time, and success on the field will take time, but GIVE HIM A CHANCE!
I am just as suspicious as you about the ulterior motives of Venkys, Shebby, Agnew, Shaw, Black and Hendry, so let's give Berg every encouragement to sort out the wheat from the chaff. He is in charge, not anybody else. If he isn't we'll find out soon enough.
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9:34pm Thu 1 Nov 12
kenbro says...
Regardless of what we think of Venkys - and I don't think much - Berg is the only thing us supporters have going for us at the moment. We ought to hope for the best and get behind him and the players. This mess isn't going to straighten out overnight, but give him a chance. No good going on about who we might have signed as manager. It's over, so get used to it. Good luck to Berg.
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