Blackburn Rovers striker Jason Roberts: We are 100 per cent united & fully behind manager Steve Kean

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Blackburn Rovers striker Jason Roberts has reassured the club’s supporters that the players are behind manager Steve Kean and they are fighting hard to retain their Premier League status this season.

Rovers haven’t won in their last six league games, something which has caused speculation around Kean’s future, but experienced striker Roberts insists that the whole club is working together to turn their fortunes around.

“Everyone is 100 per cent united in our cause and I think you could see that in our performance against Fulham,” he told the Lancashire Telegraph.

“It was a performance that was never lacking in effort, we were all pulling in the same direction and it would have been a credible point.

“Without a doubt we are all fully behind the manager. Steve Kean has come in and is someone who is respected by every single one of us.

“We are disappointed we couldn’t have got more results for him on the pitch and we have to take responsibility as players. Certainly we see Saturday a real opportunity to put it right.”

The club’s recent form has caused some fans to become disgruntled as they slip closer to the Premier League relegation zone but Roberts insisted the players are giving everything they’ve got to pick up more victories.

“I struggle to think of any time when one of our players has not gone out there and given his best,” he continued.

“We go out there with a personal pride, to play well for ourselves, our family, for our football club, for our manager.

“That being said, we are where we are and we want to be doing better for the club, the manager, the fans and for ourselves as players.

“We know we have to be doing better, our professional pride will make sure we go out there and work as hard as we can, like we did at Fulham, and hopefully we will come away with the points.”

And the first hurdle for Rovers to overcome is a tough Lancashire derby against Blackpool on Saturday, and Roberts called on the club’s supporters to make Ewood Park a tough place for teams to come.

“The crowd have always been behind us 100 per cent,” he added.

“We hope the crowd will be with us on Saturday and to help us beat Blackpool and to stay with us for the 90 minutes.

“I am sure part of Blackpool’s team talk will be ‘keep them quiet for the first 30 minutes and see if we can get the crowd on their back’.

“We as a club want success and the fans want success so it would be great if we could again have their support for 90 minutes to get us to our goal.”