ROVERS have netted seven times in their previous two away games despite enjoying less than 50 per cent of possession in each.

Tony Mowbray’s side have been clinical in front of goal and their pressing high up the pitch has been particularly impressive.

The Ewood boss says his side has evolved over the last month to one which looks at their most threatening on the counter, and he has been delighted with his side’s application without the ball.

“We’ve been clinical,” he said. “They haven’t necessarily been dominant performances with the ball.

“The team is developing and growing and it’s not necessarily a ball domination side, I don’t see us having 75 per cent possession in games but I do see a team that can turn the ball over and be a threat instantly.

“We’ve been getting the ball to the strikers quicker.

“The team evolves and you find an identity of what the best qualities are and as we evolve with this group of players I don’t really foresee us having ball domination week-in, week-out.

“At one of my other clubs, West Bromwich Albion, we would generally have ball domination for a whole Championship season and win football matches controlling the game.

“This group isn’t a group that does that but we do have threats on the transition and can catch teams out on the change of possession.

“We’re not submissive to the ball in letting teams have the ball so to counter attack them but we are playing higher up the pitch and have been good out of possession and asking questions on the transition.”

Marcus Antonsson has four goals in his last three games while Bradley Dack and Joe Nuttall have also been in good form.

Mowbray added: “You could argue that game-time for Danny Graham and Dominic Samuel might not have been as much as they would have wanted and had they played as many minutes recently then they would have scored that amount of goals as well.

“It’s good to have the options to change it and they are champing at the bit to get on the scoresheet and show that they can do it as well.

“In those top areas of the pitch you expect dynamic football players and you have to be mindful of the workload of the players and we have got four or five of them competing for two or three places depending on how we use them.”