DANNY Murphy says he would be happy to stay at Blackburn Rovers next season if a sensible decision is made on the club’s next manager.

Murphy has backed Gary Bowyer to be given the Rovers job on a permanent basis and revealed he would be willing to stay for the final year of his lucrative Ewood Park contract if that happened – even though he has featured only once since Bowyer took caretaker charge for a second time.

The 36-year-old said: “We need stay in the division and then depending on who the new manager is and how the club is going to move forward will decide what certain players do – myself included.

“I’ve got another year left on my contract, I’m happy to stay and try to build a promotion push next season.

“The way Gary and Terry (McPhillips) have gone, I would personally leave them in charge.

“They know the club, they care about the club and you can’t argue with what they’ve done in the 10 or 11 games they’ve been in charge.”

Murphy has been left exasperated by the number of managerial changes at the club this season, but believes the owners’ hearts are in the right place.

“I spoke to them when I signed and in my opinion their intent is very good and they are decent people,” said the midfielder.

“Where they have maybe gone wrong a little bit is listening to too many different people at once.

“There have been too many people within the hierarchy all making different decisions and that leads to anarchy a little bit.

“I think when you go through the instability we’ve had this season and the number of managers we’ve had, you don’t give yourself a chance.

“I thought I’d seen it all, I thought I’d been around the block but this has been eye opening for me this season if I’m honest.”

And Murphy believes discontent among fans has also affected Rovers’ home form this season.

“What was happening was the home games were an opportunity for the fans to vent their anger and frustration,” he said.

“When you’ve got some younger players or new players who are not going through a good spell, it affects them on the pitch.

“What happened to us I think is our home form hit a real bad spell and it was because of the fans’ frustration.

“But to be fair to them they have every right to be frustrated, it’s not been a bed of roses.”