Neil Sillett has taken over as Farnborough's new manager, replacing Dean Austin who has been sacked. Sillett, the son of former Coventry manager John, has given up his job as a Fifa-licensed agent to land the job.
He will be assisted by ex-Bristol Rovers boss Garry Thompson, who becomes first team coach.
"I have been really pleased with the players' reaction and they are behind what we are going to do," Sillett told BBC Southern Counties Radio.
"There's a lot of negativity around at the moment, but we're going to be as positive as we can."
Before becoming an agent, Sillett had spells as physiotherapist at Portsmouth and Derby County.
He takes charge of Boro for the first time on Saturday, when they host Leigh RMI - the Conference's bottom club - at Cherrywood Road. The Hampshire side's last victory came at Leigh on 27 November - but since then, they have been on a run of 14 league and cup games without a win which has left them third from bottom of the Conference.
Ex-Tottenham defender Austin had originally arrived at Farnborough as director of football in June 2004, taking over as manager the following month.
But he admitted: "Despite what I've had to take, I have enjoyed my time there.
"The fans have been unbelieveable towards me. I have worked with some great people. They don't deserve what is going on at the moment.
"We [Austin and former chairman Tony Theo] worked very hard in the first six weeks to get the infrastructure in place.
"But the foundations were laid, and someone else has come in and knocked those foundations down.
"There is a massive cloud of negativity over the club, there is no harmony."
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