2 weeks Ago
Friday night's 2-0 defeat against Middlesbrough saw the fans turn on the head coach, as well as Venky's and the board. Despite that growing anger, Ismael insists that he can turn around the situation at Ewood Park. "Nobody was expecting that.
It's clear. I never start like that," Ismael said on his first six games. READ MORE: Valerien Ismael responds to Blackburn Rovers job chants and growing pressure "If you see my record, it's something actually new for me as well.
But you can explain that if you look behind the scenes and the problems, how the team performed for six months, which player won on the line-up. "When I start my first game against Norwich, when I see the squad ahead, and tonight, then it's a massive, massive difference. "It's clear.
So when you start to lose one game, two games, you get into the confidence. But as I say, I take the challenge. "I am focused on my job.
I know we deal with the adversity at the minute. I didn't take anything personally because I know that everyone wants to win, love football. "It is a challenge.
So I stay focused on my work, stay focused on my staff, on the players, stay positive. We know it's just a situation and at some point it will go away.".
