In his first major interview since joining Fulham, Ben Pringle drew a contrast as wide as the Grand Canyon between his last gaffer and the one he has inherited.

The new Whites midfielder reckons he’s in clover compared with life under Steve Evans at Rotherham after a torturous season in which the Millers escaped Championship relegation by the skin of their teeth.

Pringle exercised his out of contract status to join Whites and savour life under Kit Symons.

The 26-year-old Geordie pulled no punches revealing what he left behind at the New York Stadium.

Fulham 1-1 Rotherham: Steve Evans to the fore

Pringle said: “The gaffer here seems very calm and likes to think about things and do them in his own way, which isn’t ranting and raving.

“Whereas Steve Evans is in your face shouting and swearing and all the rest of it. If you don’t get it done; you don’t play kind of thing.

“I said that when I first met Kit; having a laugh and a joke about going from one experience to another.”

Pringle had a corker of a game against Whites at the Cottage last season for a 1-1 draw, (see gallery) and admitted he was playing for himself as much as beleaguered Rotherham after Evans tried to offload the winger to Millwall in January.

It made Pringle realise in no uncertain terms his time was up in south Yorkshire.

Jump: Ben Pringle celebrates Fulham's Nikolay Bodurov's own goal in the 3-3 draw at Rotherham last season

“On the Monday Steve Evans said I’m going to get a new deal for you,” explained Pringle.

“By Tuesday night they’d accepted a bid by Millwall and he was telling me to go, which was a bit strange as they were rock-bottom and he was trying to sell me Millwall as an exciting proposition.”


Fast forward to last month and Symons headed off the likes of Bolton, Leeds and Ipswich to capture Pringle.

“The size of the club and players, and Fulham ambitions made them a lot bigger than the other clubs that were interested,” he added.