Blackburn Rovers coach Owen Coyle has warned his squad that several members will be dropped unless they start to improve after another Championship defeat.
The Rovers, 1.91 to go down, remain second bottom of the Championship after losing 2-1 to Aston Villa on Saturday.
Coyle’s men have only won one game in their last five encounters and the former Burnley manager admits their recent performances have not been good enough.
Villa forward Jonathan Kodjia punished Blackburn for their mistakes and Coulee admits certain players have let him down. Coyle has refused to name those players but he has urged his team to respond before they are dropped.
He told the Lancashire Telegraph: “We gave ourself a great opportunity to get ourselves three points with how well we played and the goal we scored, and if the truth be told we shot ourselves in the foot.
“I think back to Bristol City and how soft a goal it was, through an individual error.
“I’ve been loyal to a number of players in that team and it means that if we have to chop and change, if we have players fit and available because obviously we have been decimated by injuries, then that’s what we’ll do because we can’t keep gifting up goals.
“That’s not down to great play from Aston Villa, it’s not down to tactics or anything else, it’s just down individual standing up to be counted, being resolute and having the mental strength to say, ‘I’m not giving anything up’.”
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