Fleming has returned from Perth to assume control of the English club's programme following the abrupt departure of coach Craig Doble.
Six months after its inception, the Burnley centre appears on rocky ground, with Doble having fled and parents concerned at the lack of communication.
But Fleming, the former Green Island and Otago United coach who has been working for Burnley in Perth, is - in his buoyant style - confident smoother waters are ahead.
''I think, on the ground, things are all right,'' Fleming said yesterday.
''It's just the lack of communication that the parents want to sort out.
''This role is not only coaching. It's dealing with registration, arranging training, letting people know what is going on. Those sorts of things weren't happening here.
''Parents want the programme. They're keen as mustard. They want their kids to get really good coaching, and we believe we can provide that. Kids who come through us are better players.
''It's going to work. I'm going to make sure it works.''
Fleming accepted it was Burnley's responsibility to make sure its Dunedin-based coach was ticking all the boxes, but said it was a basic requirement for the coach to keep parents of children in the programme informed.
He plans to stay in regular contact with the Burnley academy staff in Perth, and it is likely the head of the programme will make more regular visits to Dunedin.
Fleming has not heard anything regarding Doble, who is understood to be in England, with Burnley investigating reports of unpaid bills in Dunedin.
Fleming's first priority is making up coaching sessions that had been cancelled.
''I have to make them all up. Some groups missed three or four sessions, some might have missed 13 or 14.
''We'll get everyone sorted out and those sessions will be made up.''
Numbers have fluctuated at the Dunedin centre. Fleming said there were about 50 young players on the books, and it needed 65 to 70 to really be secure.
Fleming, who will resume work with the King's High School football academy and may coach the Green Island premier side again, was planning to return to Dunedin anyway, but may have gone back to Perth for another stint.
He said the Burnley programme there was thriving, with 500 children involved. He spent a ''full-on'' six months coaching mainly 15- to 18-year-olds.
