I WAS on my way back from Brighton when I heard the report that Gary Bowyer had been sacked. I immediately thought, ‘no, it can’t be true’, and then I got a text to say it wasn’t.

There is no way Gary deserves to be in that position, anyway.

I’ve said it for a couple of seasons now but I think he’s done a great job in sorting everything out.

He’s got this transfer embargo to contend with now and the players that he has brought in are the only ones he can afford.

He’s working on a tighter budget and it’s going to take time for this team he has had to build to gel together.

I’d read reports over who had gone and who had come in over the summer but Saturday was the first time I’d had a chance to watch Blackburn this season.

And you what? I was fairly impressed.

Looking at the performance they produced I don’t think you could turn around and say that’s a team that’s going to be in trouble at the end of the season.

You have days when the ball doesn’t go in the back of the net – and Saturday was certainly one of them.

Blackburn had more than enough chances but, at the end of the day, if you fail to take them, there’s a good chance you will get punished.

But despite the result, I thought they worked very, very hard and, particularly in the first half, I liked what I saw.

But they do need a result tonight against Bolton.

If you’re a manager you’ve always got it in the back of your mind that you could get sacked. That’s part and parcel of the job.

But, as I said, I don’t Gary think should be in that position, certainly not after four league games.

Of course they will have wanted to start the season better but if they keep on performing like they did on Saturday, and working as hard as they did, they’ll win more than what they will lose.