Mark Hughes is confident Robbie Savage's replacement - Aaron Mokoena - will not let Blackburn down.
South African to fill in for Savage
Mark Hughes is confident Robbie Savage's replacement - Aaron Mokoena - will not let Blackburn Rovers down.
Mokoena is likely to step into the breach after Savage was ruled out for six weeks after suffering a knee injury in Sunday's 2-1 win at Tottenham.
The South African replaced Savage at White Hart Lane and is due to start Wednesday's Carling Cup tie at Portsmouth.
Rovers boss Hughes feels he now has a squad capable of coping in the absence of key players and has backed Mokoena to be a more than able deputy.
Unlucky
"We've got ready-made replacements - Aaron Mokoena, who in fairness can count himself a little unlucky to find himself out of the side when he did," said Hughes.
"Aaron, we know, will never let us down. We can compensate more easily now than possibly we could in the past."
Blackburn have won six games in a row, but Hughes is aware that his team are entering a tricky three-match phase.
He added: "We've got a difficult period.
"We're away at Portsmouth, Liverpool coming up very quickly at home and then (Manchester) United away again. We're enjoying it, we're playing well and we're winning games."
