Winterburn denies Blackburn unrest

Blackburn coach Nigel Winterburn has backed Paul Ince to turn things around at the club and dismissed claims the players have lost confidence in the manager.

Rovers have not won for 10 Barclays Premier League matches, losing the last five in succession, and have slipped to 19th in the table.

There have been rumours of dressing room unrest but Winterburn, brought in by Ince to work on defensive tactics, said that was not the case.

“I don’t think he would be at Blackburn if he didn’t believe that [he could turn things around],” he said.

“The players are certainly behind him and it looks like the board will back him as well.

“That is the most important thing. It doesn’t matter what other people think, it is just case of starting to put the results right on the pitch.

“That will dispel all the rumours flying around at the moment and that will happen very quickly.”