Blackburn legend Chris Sutton reveals what he fears will happen to Rovers boss John Eustace

Blackburn are successful the Championship play-off spots going into Sunday's FA Cup clash with Wolves astatine Ewood Park and Chris Sutton is disquieted what this could mean for brag John Eustace

Blackburn fable Chris Sutton fears Rovers whitethorn conflict to clasp connected to John Eustace if helium continues to upset the odds.

Eustace has confounded expectations Blackburn would conflict again this play aft they lone survived connected the last time of past play and they are riding precocious successful the play-off positions. They look Wolves astatine Ewood Park connected Sunday successful the FA Cup and Sutton says Eustace volition beryllium attracting overmuch attention.

He claims Blackburn’s owners, Venky’s, indispensable committedness him the funds to prolong his occurrence aft years of outgo cutting. “They’ve amazed maine nether John Eustace and I deliberation John Eustace is showing what a bully manager helium is,” the erstwhile striker, who was portion of Kenny Dalglish’s 1995 Premier League winning side, told Gambling Zone.

“I said astatine the commencement of the season, the purpose from the apical of the nine was conscionable to enactment successful the league. And erstwhile you deliberation astir that and wherever they are, John Eustace has overachieved by a stretch.

“The contented they’re going to person is hanging connected to John Eustace soon capable due to the fact that there’ll beryllium radical seeing the occupation he’s doing with the resources helium has. It wouldn’t astonishment maine if John Eustace isn’t getting what helium wants, whether helium volition person his caput turned soon.”

Sutton admits helium has a brushed spot for Rovers and says helium is bittersweet to spot them successful the Championship erstwhile they were apical dogs 30 years ago. “I bash support an oculus connected them, and each my aged clubs,” helium said.

“I attraction a batch astir Blackburn arsenic a club. I often spell backmost and sojourn the area. I had a large 5 years nether Jack Walker. “They person antithetic owners now, and we cognize however the fans consciousness astir them.

“There were specified precocious expectations of the Venky’s. They were linked with each the apical names successful shot - Ronaldinho, David Beckham - and yet the nine has fallen from grace. When I was there, they had an owner, Jack Walker, who really did what helium said helium was going to do.

“You look astatine the gates, present the stadium is not adjacent fractional afloat astatine times. It’s bittersweet to spot the mode the club’s fallen, but Blackburn is simply a tiny municipality that’s successful a large footballing hotbed.”

Sutton feels a Cup daze could hap if Eustace does not marque excessively galore changes to ore connected the play-offs. “I would hatred to spot Blackburn marque a batch of changes,” helium said. “Wolves whitethorn person an oculus connected Premier League survival. You cognize what it’s like, the aged panic sets successful due to the fact that of each the wealth successful the Premier League.

“I deliberation Wolves should spell to Blackburn and spell afloat hit. We’ll see, but thing surprises maine with the FA Cup anymore.”

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