Shebby Singh calls for patience from Blackburn fans in search for new manager

Blackburn global advisor Shebby Singh has asked the fans to remain patient as the club continue to search for a new manager.

Reaction to reported rejected approaches for Tim Sherwood and Billy McKinlay have not been overly positive among Blackburn's fanbase. The former Rovers midfielders are coaches with Tottenham and Fulham respectively but are managerial novices, prompting parallels to be drawn with Kean's credentials upon his full-time appointment in January 2011. Singh is committed to examining a wide range of options and retains a keen interest in "next big thing" candidates of Sherwood and McKinlay's ilk. "It has been (more difficult that expected) simply because we try to look at football from different angles," he explained. "You've got three different types of potential candidates. One is the young, untried, next big thing - dynamic, forward-thinking candidate. "Then you have the bittersweet group - they have had a little bit of success here, a little bit of success there and they have tasted both sides of football. "In the third category you get the wise old head. So while we know what a wise old head can bring, while we know what the bittersweet group can give you, we cannot just brush aside the potential, the possibility of something that can happen."