Rovers boss Tony Mowbray has warned his side to be wary of the dangers of the run-in as they head in to their final 10 league games.

Blackpool in 17th are the visitors to Ewood Park this afternoon while ninth-placed Bradford are the highest ranked side Rovers will play in their upcoming seven fixtures.

Mowbray’s men have played the current top six home and away but having been posed problems by those in the lower reaches of the table, the boss isn’t taking anything for granted.

He said: “Every three points is huge for the team and I have no fears that this team will turn up and be there every game and if someone is going to beat us then they are going to have to play really well and on top of their game.

“That happens, teams near the bottom of leagues can beat teams much, much higher at this stage of the season because the urgency of the situation kicks in and they realise that if they don’t get their fingers out then they will get relegated.

“We have seen that teams near the bottom of divisions can pick up lots of points. There was a classic case of that last season where Burton, Birmingham and Bristol City, as we did, found a way to win games and points at the end of the season.

“This season, with 10 games left we’ve played the top six home and away so you could say the run-in is alright but the run-in is dangerous because whether they are fighting to get in the play-offs or they are fighting to stay out of the bottom four the urgency of every game is higher.

“We have to make sure we are ready for every challenge in front of us.”

Mowbray has admitted that the players in the dressing room are driving the squad forward, keen to win promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt.

So the Rovers boss says his approach is somewhat different to what it was back in the early months of the campaign.

“At the start of the season you are laying down the ground rules and working on different aspects of the game, putting down a blueprint and then you are repeating the blueprint constantly every day,” he explained.

“Every week that goes by you’re learning from the mistakes and developing how your team plays.

“Here we are now months later the teams knows what is expected, the message is a lot different.

“The team are managing the team now as I’ve said, I guide them along the way, select the team but I don’t have such in-depth meetings now of every fine detail of what we have do, when we do it and how it works.

“I don’t feel I need to bore them with that fine detail now, they know it and drive it themselves.

“If someone is not doing it then they are told by the players on the pitch.

“I just watch over it and make sure it keeps functioning.”

Mowbray has won promotion before with West Bromwich Albion and on what experience he can use from that, he added: “You have to keep the ship steady, keep a calm, thoughtful approach to each game and understand how your team functions, understand what kind of team you are and the strengths and weaknesses of the opposition and then you go and let them play.

“The players don’t want to play in this league, they want to get out of this division so there is an urgency in them and a desire from them to make sure game every game is addressed as it should be, very professionally and focussed.”