VINCE Grella has warned his Rovers team-mates ‘everything we have worked for is at stake’ as he looks to help ease the current hurt engulfing Ewood Park.

Blackburn Rovers’ Australian midfielder insists their Premier League predicament can not be over-exaggerated but is determined to ensure a forgettable campaign ends with happier memories.

Grella, who is hoping to have recovered from a slight groin injury for Sunday’s relegation battle at Hull City, admits the threat of relegation is hanging over everyone’s heads as Rovers look to undo their own mess.

A win at Hull could lift Rovers out of the drop zone ahead of a tense looking season finale and, as far as Grella is concerned, all eyes must be focused firmly on the ultimate prize.

He said: “Apart from our livlihoods, it is the prestige of being in the Premier League at stake at the moment.

"It is one of the top leagues in the world and we want to be in it.

“It is every player’s dream to be playing in the Premier League and there is no way we can let that opportunity slip from our grasp.

“You have to know where you are in the league because if you are down there there is something going wrong.

"You can’t just shut it out and forget it.

“It is about knowing what the problem is, trying to fix it and start fixing it as well.

"It is not such an easy equation but we are working very hard. With the new manager we have been doing a lot of work.”

Without an away win since the 2-1 victory at Newcastle United in late September, Rovers have struggled all season to move away from the dreaded bottom three.

Sam Allardyce’s appointment as boss, replacing Paul Ince, has led to a revival in form but, after four draws from his eight league games in charge, the fight to preserve their top-flight status remains a daunting one.

He said: “It does hurt the players as much as anyone else.

"Your pride and as a footballer you always want to be the best and on top of your game and that does not happen when results don’t come.

“You are obviously not happy. But we can fix it, we have to keep working on our game and I think keeping up the consistency and the good play.

“I think sometimes we have played well in bits and pieces during games but when we have played well we have to keep that consistency up to score and create chances to put the opposition under pressure.

“The results have been okay, but we can work on it and get better.

"We all know that and we are doing everything we can to get out of that situation.”

* Full match preview in Saturday's Lancashire Telegraph.