Mike Jackson has ditched his ego and is drawing on all the experience at his disposal to try to keep Burnley in the Premier League.
The Clarets have climbed out of the bottom three after picking up 10 points from four games since Jackson was appointed interim manager. Jackson stepped up following the shock sacking of Sean Dyche and the Clarets appear to be in a three-way battle with Leeds and Everton to avoid the final relegation spot.
Burnley captain Ben Mee has been seeing life from the other side of the touchline as he works his way back to fitness and Jackson revealed midfielder Ashley Westwood, who suffered a serious ankle injury last month, is also helping out behind the scenes.
“It’s about you not being too proud of your own self when you can use other information around you,” said Jackson.
“He’s joined our club in the ‘Batcave’, watching the analysis, watching games. (Westwood has) great experience as a player, good knowledge. He’s looking to get into coaching, he’s doing his coaching badges.
“He can have different insight into what midfield players are seeing, so that only helps us. Credit to him. That shows his character. He could sit at home now but he’s not, he’s thinking, ‘How can I help?’.”
Jackson’s remarkable success since stepping up from his under-23 role at short notice has earned him a nomination for the Premier League manager of the month.
“I’ve just heard that now,” said the 48-year-old. “It’s good but it’s about the whole group. It’s about everybody continuing to do what we’ve been doing over this last couple of weeks.
“They go out and play the games. There’s a lot of people involved in doing this. I’m just a humble guy. I never look at it for me. It’s nice but it’s not something I crave or that means loads to me personally.”
The survival stakes were raised externally this week with the club’s financial results revealing that a significant proportion of a £65million loan taken…
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