Blackburn Rovers boss Steve Kean hopes protesting fans do not unsettle his players as they battle against the drop.

Kean hopes protesting fans restrict their anger to outside Ewood Park for Saturday's crunch Barclays Premier League clash with Norwich.

He said: "I hope that the protest is small. The fans inside the ground of late have been excellent and the travelling fans have been very good.

"We have a young team that has certainly performed better when the atmosphere has been hostile towards the opposition and I am hopeful that they will continue to support us.

"We have a focus and that is on breaking the sequence that we are in, making sure we can get a good start in the game and I am very confident that we can get a result this week.

"If you can go to Anfield and draw, and go to Old Trafford and win, there is no reason why we can't beat Norwich and Wigan at home and take something from the games away at Spurs and away at Chelsea.

"If you can go to tough away grounds and dig something out, and win our home games I think that will be enough to keep us in the division."