We must start getting wins, says Blackburn Rovers boss Owen Coyle

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Blackburn Rovers boss Owen Coyle believes his team have to start winning games after a winless start to their Championship campaign.

Blackburn Rovers boss Owen Coyle has admitted to the Lancashire Telegraph that his team must start winning matches – and soon – after starting the season with no wins from their first seven games.

After finishing last season in 15th position in England’s second tier, Rovers have made their worst start to a league campaign in 20 years – losing five and drawing two of their first seven games.

Now, with Coyle set to face his tenth game in charge of the Lancashire club since being appointed over the summer, the former Burnley and Bolton manager has admitted that his team needs to start transforming promising performances, into solid points on the board.

Speaking on Rovers’ upcoming clash with Rotherham on Saturday, Coyle stated: “Like any game in the Championship you want to win the game – and it’s come to the stage now when we must start getting those wins on board. There’s no getting away from it.

“We think we’ve performed to a decent level, knowing there’s more to come from us the more we work together, but if we look back at the last four games, Burton and Fulham at home, and QPR and Leeds away, we should probably be unbeaten and maybe sitting with six or seven points.

“As it is we’re not so we’ve got to understand those margins are very fine in attaining the points to go with the performance.”

Blackburn remain the only Championship team yet to register a win this season – with the former Premier League club having conceded a total of 15 league goals thus far whilst scoring only six in the process.

Manager Coyle remains confident, however, that his club can put an end to their recent poor form, emphasising the importance of securing their first victory sooner rather than later.

“Saturday is all about winning those three points and getting us up and running – and when we do that the Championship has shown you can go and win games back to back,” he added.

“But the key is always winning that first one and getting that monkey off your back. The first two performances of the season were terrible, dreadful, and then we had the Cardiff game with the own goals and everything that happened.

“But if you take those three games out of the equation, the last four performances in the league have been of a decent standard and should have resulted in more points than what we’ve achieved.”

Rovers’ opponents on Saturday, Rotherham, have also made a disappointing start to the season, taking just six points from their first seven encounters, and currently find themselves fifth from bottom in the table.