Blackburn Rovers skipper Christopher Samba says the players - not manager Steve Kean - are to blame for their relegation battle.

Rovers lost again on the weekend - this time to West Bromwich Albion.

Samba said: "We are not here to discuss the manager. He is doing his job and trying to lift us. But the players are responsible - we are on the pitch.

"It is our job. It is too easy to blame the manager. We were not good enough. As a team we have not proved we are good enough to stay in the league at the moment.

"We are devastated. We are so low. The mood in the dressing room is down."