Jon Dahl Tomaason admitted Blackburn Rovers are in a serious situation after one win in their last 11 Championship games.
Following their victory over Queens Park Rangers at Ewood Park, Rovers are now just five points above the bottom three. Fans are concerned about a relegation struggle despite the team earning five points out of a potential thirty-three.
Rovers’ first two months of the season have been terrible both on and off the pitch, as they enter December around the play-offs.
Tomasson acknowledged that there are warning signs, but their league standing should not be shocking given the summer budget cuts.
“It’s a very serious situation but nothing has changed,” he stated. “It was really bad in the summer, when a hand grenade altered everything and reduced the budget.
“Steve Waggott talked about remaining in the league and developing guys because it’s a challenging time. I have a tad bit more ambition.
“It’s not about me, it’s about the team, they’re sticking together but it’s not great when you aren’t winning.”
“I told the club in the summer, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise. The alarms are set to go off,” he said.
“Fans are the reason we play football, and they ought to be included in the narrative. They’ll be around for ten or twenty years.
“That’s always important to be very transparent with them. They keep you alive and this matters to them on a daily matter.
“The form overall, we were doing ok until December. December was not a good month but January is over. If you look at the results, February can be a good month. January was not as good as November but not like December. Hopefully, we get a February like November.”
Defeat against QPR came after conceding two avoidable goals in the second half. The first was unfortunate, Ilias Chair’s shot bounced off the post, onto Aynlsey Pears and in.
The second saw Joe Hodge given the freedom of the box to pick his spot after running from deep. It came after a quick turnover of possession and means Rovers have conceded 55 goals.
Tomasson felt the team created enough chances to get something from the game and praised supporters for staying behind the side.
“We are disappointed to lose the game. I thought we started very well, a good chance for Ben (Christene), he could’ve scored then,” he said.
“I don’t think we hit the heights of Monday, where we really played well. At the end of the day, we scored a good goal but created plenty of chances to score goals.
“We conceded two unnecessary goals where we should do better. We know they’re dangerous in transition where we lost balls where you shouldn’t lose balls.
“The lads and the fans showed great character. We almost got the draw, we had two, or three good chances, big opportunities to get the second. Credit to the players the fans for staying behind the team.
“It’s not nice to concede goals, we know that. Normally if you concede, you’ve made a mistake and the opponent has done something well. The goals today, what happened?
“The first goal was unlucky, we had plenty of players in the box. Chair is a very good player, we probably should’ve been closer to him. He hit the post and we were unlucky it hit Pears and went in.
“The second goal, we lost the ball when we had control and then he was suddenly free. Still, when you concede chances, give them away, you have to look at what went wrong.
“You also have to look at when you created bigger chances than your opponent, which I think we did. I think we should have scored more, we started bright and could’ve scored.
“When I see the team play and try to get back and the fans behind the team, it’s great to see. The spirit is very nice to see.
“We’re not happy to lose, like our fans are, players are and everyone is.”
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