BURNLEY'S 'Beast' is about to lose some of his fright factor!

Beefy keeper Brian Jensen is used to scaring opposing strikers into submission with his strapping frame.

However, Clarets boss Stan Ternent has ordered the big Dane to shed some of the pounds he has picked up warming the bench at West Brom.

Ternent said: "Brian didn't have a lot of football last season, so the more he plays the better he will get.

"But he needs to get in better shape and drop a little bit of weight. His fat content needs to come down a little, which he is aware of, and once he does that I will have a good goalkeeper on my hands - I hope."

Jensen is already on a strict regime to reach his target weight - which is still something that, given his overall size, should probably remain a well-kept secret!

He laughed: "I had an extra training session yesterday, so I'm working on it. I think a lot of weight went on when I initially had the injury, but I'm doing all the weights and the pre-season has helped me."

In the meantime, it will be the full-sized Beast hunting for revenge at the Hawthorns tomorrow.

Jensen still feels bitter about being dumped on the sidelines by incoming Baggies boss Gary Megson, who followed him into Albion following Brian Little's sacking in 2000.

And after receiving a rapturous reception from grateful Baggies fans tomorrow, Jensen will then set about settling an old score.

He added: "I'm looking forward to the game that's for sure and I would love to beat them.

"The fans there know who I am and I don't think I have anything to prove there.

"They like me and I have nothing against them.

"The only person I have something to prove to is Gary Megson - that he was wrong to get rid of me.

"To be fair, he brought in a quality goalkeeper, but then he brought a third one in last summer and that was never the ideal situation for me.

"That was his decision and that's just the way things are in football, but I have to prove that he should have considered me a bit more."

Jensen also feels he owes Burnley fans a performance after his nightmare debut against Crystal Palace last weekend.

The Dane was at fault for two of the Eagles three goals, and although he bounced back to become the midweek hero in the penalty shoot-out at Chesterfield, he is keen to bury a few demons at his old stamping ground.

He said: "The first game was not my best and the only thing you can do is not read the newspapers and get on with it.

"It happens once in a while and I just had a bad day, but now I feel I have a point to prove to the fans.

"Luckily the game at Chesterfield came so quickly and I could prove who I really am straight away. Now I have to be more consistent."