Brian Jensen Q + A

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:17 am

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Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:24 am

"If you had the power, what one thing would you change about the game?
Cheating, diving. There's too much of it. Sometimes players go down for a free-kick or a penalty, I don't mind that. It's a part of the game and we can't change it. It's called game management."

, the Wigan game

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:27 am

BEEEEAST

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:28 am

One of the good guys!

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:31 am

Sidney1st wrote:"If you had the power, what one thing would you change about the game?
Cheating, diving. There's too much of it. Sometimes players go down for a free-kick or a penalty, I don't mind that. It's a part of the game and we can't change it. It's called game management."

, the Wigan game

Haha..you were quick there,but you know what he means.

claretdom · Post by **claretdom** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:34 am

Sidney1st wrote:"If you had the power, what one thing would you change about the game?
Cheating, diving. There's too much of it. Sometimes players go down for a free-kick or a penalty, I don't mind that. It's a part of the game and we can't change it. It's called game management."

, the Wigan game

Clearly you haven't suffered from the injury known as bruised ego. Can rule players out for weeks

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:36 am

tim_noone wrote:Haha..you were quick there,but you know what he means.

I do know what he means, I don't mind Jensen tbh.

Fretters · Post by **Fretters** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:47 am

"There are some managers and people who do bear grudges – I won't say who - but from my point of view, that's just small-minded people."

Dig at Cotterill, I reckon.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:48 pm

For one minute I thought he was trying to get another testimonial

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 5:53 pm

Fretters wrote:"There are some managers and people who do bear grudges – I won't say who - but from my point of view, that's just small-minded people."

Dig at Cotterill, I reckon.

Could have been but equally could have been Stan or Laws, he didn't get on with either of them.

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:11 pm

Only meet him once but did come across as a top lad with a good sense of humour, actually called me "Beast"

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:23 pm

Q...Brian, why did you drop so many crosses?

A...Because i was a butter-fingered buffoon who was nowhere near as good as many thought.
In fact, i thought Lee Grant was much better than me.

DCWat · Post by **DCWat** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 6:37 pm

Even in his one pretty good season with us (and he made some great saves) he made some absolute clangers.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:04 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:Q...Brian, why did you drop so many crosses?

A...Because i was a butter-fingered buffoon who was nowhere near as good as many thought.
In fact, i thought Lee Grant was much better than me.

Mmmm......penalty save against man utd springs to mind 1..0 burnley. That will do me!

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:07 pm

tim_noone wrote:Mmmm......penalty save against man utd springs to mind 1..0 burnley. That will do me!

Here for ten years and one penalty save will do for you

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:09 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Could have been but equally could have been Stan or Laws, he didn't get on with either of them.

Or maybe a website editor.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:11 pm

Ten years at burnley must have been doing something right.... nowt to do with one save.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:15 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:Or maybe a website editor.

Not aware of any website editors having managed Jensen to be honest - Stan used to regularly criticise him and Jensen has been very critical of Cotterill and Laws previously.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:16 pm

tim_noone wrote:Ten years at burnley must have been doing something right.... nowt to do with one save.

It was you who said it

Bop · Post by **Bop** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:21 pm

At Sandbach Football Club tonight. Still a beast.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:24 pm

Yes... i remembered a goalkeeper who made a vital save on our first game in the premiership agaist man utd.as opposed to a butter fingered buffoon. 1..0

TheFamilyCat · Post by **TheFamilyCat** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:25 pm

ClaretTony wrote:Not aware of any website editors having managed Jensen to be honest - Stan used to regularly criticise him and Jensen has been very critical of Cotterill and Laws previously.

He did say "managers and people".

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 10:27 pm

TheFamilyCat wrote:He did say "managers and people".

Never met him or spoken to him so at least it's not me

ablueclaret · Post by **ablueclaret** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:03 pm

Could have been a better keeper than he was, particularly should have dominated his box more, but then was never as bad as some would have.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:06 pm

Some people really do like the sound of their own typing.

Very good keeper for us. Anyone who plays 300 games over ten years for a club has something about them.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:15 pm

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Very good keeper for us.

That may be your opinion but it was certainly not mine

Steve1956 · Post by **Steve1956** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:21 pm

Nice guy,Good Keeper.end of!

ElectroClaret · Post by **ElectroClaret** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:23 pm

He could stop some shots but on the whole he was f*****g shoite.

His handling in particular was dreadful.

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:34 pm

ElectroClaret wrote:He could stop some shots but on the whole he was f*****g shoite.

His handling in particular was dreadful.

In your opinion thats fine. How do you come to the conclusion he was a buffoon....or did you been buffon?

clerkenwell.claret · Post by **clerkenwell.claret** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:37 pm

Is it not the case that Brian was the best keeper we could hope for at the time.

He was a great servant for our team at a time when it was more thin than thick.

bedfords · Post by **bedfords** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:41 pm

Beeeaaast!

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:52 pm

Burnley 1 sheffield utd 0 well done beast!! Could have been soooooo.... different.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 9:38 am

ClaretTony wrote:That may be your opinion but it was certainly not mine

You are entitled to that opinion.

And me mine. And the 6 managers he played for. And the siginificant number of keepers he saw off including several internationals over 300 Burnley games.

A bad keeper doesnt make 300 games for one club. In fact a bad one doesnt make 30.

Without Jensen we wouldnt have got promoted to the premier league and had we not done that who knows where we would be now.

And if anyone says we could have done better. Well apparently we tried with the likes of Kiraly, Coyne and co

People say he only had one good season. Well if thats true it was a bloody important one. But it isnt true.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:12 am

Seemingly never the best 'Keeper at the Club in all the time he was here, yet continually got the nod in front of 'superior' teammates.
300+ appearances, lots of key performances(good and bad), a Wembley win and promotion under his belt and a year in the Prem.
lots of Players would swap their career for Brian Jensen's in a heartbeat.

He also provided me with one of my favourite terrace moments of all time when, after a poor first half for him at the KC Stadium, an irate website editor came rushing down wet concrete steps to remonstrate quite loudly and vociferously about his pet hate to members of the group I was standing with, and very nearly fell right on his arse. The look on his face was a bloody picture. If ever I'm feeling down, I think of that moment and smile.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:42 am

Lord Beamish wrote:Seemingly never the best 'Keeper at the Club in all the time he was here, yet continually got the nod in front of 'superior' teammates.
300+ appearances, lots of key performances(good and bad), a Wembley win and promotion under his belt and a year in the Prem.
lots of Players would swap their career for Brian Jensen's in a heartbeat.

He also provided me with one of my favourite terrace moments of all time when, after a poor first half for him at the KC Stadium, an irate website editor came rushing down wet concrete steps to remonstrate quite loudly and vociferously about his pet hate to members of the group I was standing with, and very nearly fell right on his arse. The look on his face was a bloody picture. If ever I'm feeling down, I think of that moment and smile.

claretblue · Post by **claretblue** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:48 am

his performance at home to reading in 2008/9 season was remarkable (save after save, block after block) and enable us to get 3 points we never looked like....with the battering their forwards gave us!

Longside4evr · Post by **Longside4evr** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 10:53 am

Made me proud at Chelsea that night in the cup, he did a job for us but stepping up a level showed his faults
Could not fault his commitment in our promotion season did what was needed everyone's favorite player to extent
You can get away with mistakes in the championship stepping up a level for Brian was a bridge to far
He gave us a good showing for a season and a bit and of that he held his own when it mattered at a critical time for the club because it was $hit or bust time
good shot stopper was the big guy but possessed butter fingers but respect the man UTC

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:02 am

claretblue wrote:his performance at home to reading in 2008/9 season was remarkable (save after save, block after block) and enable us to get 3 points we never looked like....with the battering their forwards gave us!

One of the best keeper displays ive seen. Reading were some attacking force. 70 odd goals they scored that season. Yet in the play offs we kept two hard earned clean sheets.

Then in the final. You only have to look at the seasons sheffield utd have had since against ours to see how important that was. Hard to believe how they have fared.

Lord Beamish · Post by **Lord Beamish** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:10 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote: Then in the final. You only have to look at the seasons sheffield utd have had since against ours to see how important that was. Hard to believe how they have fared.

Poor Sheff Utd. Missed out on Automatic Peomotion, then pipped in the Play-Offs, and all along they were managed by the balloon-headed, Warnock-wannabe Kevin Blackwell.
It all went pear-shaped the next season, they were relegated the season after that and it's taken all this time to get back on an even keel.
They'll be back in the Championship next term, but I suspect they'll find it hard going. Lots of teams are now light years in front of them financially.

Claretmatt4 · Post by **Claretmatt4** » Sat Apr 01, 2017 11:57 am

That Arsenal game was ridiculous.Must have made about 8 saves on one on ones.

Christ we were sh1te at defending back then

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 12:32 am

Nice to see the beast at turf moor tonight and receiving the applause.

Dom · Post by **Dom** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:10 am

His distribution was probably the worst I've seen from a Burnley goalkeeper, first few seasons it felt like he kicked it out of play every single time. But he was key in getting us promoted.

Inchy · Post by **Inchy** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 8:17 am

Jensen was always a bit dodgy, but most keepers are at the level we were at. He had some awful games and some amazing games. When all is said and done he was a key player in our promotion season and those who cannot see that are blinded by their hatred for the 'Breast' shouts and love of jogging bottoms

NL Claret · Post by **NL Claret** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:10 am

Favourite manager.........Owen Coyle
Least favourite manager......Brian Laws

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:32 am

Can anyone think of another player who divides opinion amongst Burnley fans as much as Brian Jensen???

tybfc · Post by **tybfc** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 9:46 am

NL Claret wrote:Favourite manager.........Owen Coyle
Least favourite manager......Brian Laws

That went down well in the Foundation Bar last night before the game. Not.

IndigoLake · Post by **IndigoLake** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:03 am

I don't understand some of the vitriol towards Brian Jensen. He had his limitations but he also had some great moments with us.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:52 am

scouseclaret wrote:Can anyone think of another player who divides opinion amongst Burnley fans as much as Brian Jensen???

George Boyd. Scott Arfield. Jeff Hendrick. Andre Gray. Sam Vokes. Ashley Barnes. Tendayi Darikwa.

SammyBoy · Post by **SammyBoy** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 11:16 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:George Boyd. Scott Arfield. Jeff Hendrick. Andre Gray. Sam Vokes. Ashley Barnes. Tendayi Darikwa.

David Jones.

scouseclaret · Post by **scouseclaret** » Wed Apr 05, 2017 1:41 pm

None of those engenders the depth of feeling that seems to be reserved for the beast.