Saturday's 3-1 Premier League defeat at Stoke means Kean has the unenviable record of just six wins in 34 league matches since taking over from Sam Allardyce last December. Within 12 seconds of kick-off at the Britannia Stadium, a portion of the small contingent of travelling supporters were chanting "Kean out". The Rovers boss, who it was revealed this week has signed a new contract, said he empathised with fans but he was not affected by their calls for his sacking. "I put it to the back of my mind. I am focused on the job," he said. "I think if there are a few fans shouting then they can shout what they want. "They can voice their frustrations; we are frustrated we didn't get anything from this game so I can share their frustrations. "All I want to do is for the fans to go home happy because they have seen us winning and play well. "If the fans are complaining and shouting against me, I just want them to go home and have a good weekend. "We are working for the same thing. Hopefully I can turn them around, hopefully we can turn them around because I don't just think it is me, it is the players and the rest of the fans - the majority of the fans - who want the same thing." Opposite number Tony Pulis, who saw his own side's four-match losing streak in the league ended, offered Kean some advice. "I've been fortunate - or unfortunate - to be a manager for a long time and it is a lonely job when it is not going well," he said. "The most important thing you learn and you have to focus on is you cannot affect what happens outside your club. "What you can affect is the players and the performances and you have to concentrate really hard - and that is difficult. "He is a young manager and if he wants to stay in the game and be managing for a long time he has to overcome that. "It is difficult but you have to accept it." In a terrible first half, Stoke took the lead through Rory Delap's glancing header from Jermaine Pennant's 28th-minute free-kick. A minute into the second half, Mauro Formica should have equalised but completely missed his kick from four yards and Stoke went on to extend their advantage with a deflected long-range drive from Glenn Whelan and a left-footed effort from Peter Crouch. Ruben Rochina pulled one back four minutes from time but it made no difference to the result. "We gave ourselves too much to do and we were certainly disappointed with the third goal," said Kean. "We probably should have taken a couple more chances. We had a penalty shout (for a second-half foul on Hoilett) and a couple were deflected wide. "I think the defining moment was when Formica didn't manage to catch it (at the start of the second half). "That was a big moment as I thought that would put us back in the game." Pulis was relieved to see his side record their first points since October 15. "Losing four on the bounce in the Premier League is something we've experienced a couple of times and we just wanted to get out of that bad run as quick as you can," he said.
