Jones played a leading role on Saturday in securing Rovers their first victory since January. The 1-0 win over Bolton at Ewood Park moved Rovers closer to Premier League survival and silenced the away fans who had taunted their hosts with chants of 'You should've kept Big Sam'. Kean still has work to do to justify his appointment in place of Sam Allardyce, sacked in December following the takeover of the club by the Venky's Group. But Saturday's thoroughly-deserved win, courtesy of Martin Olsson's first-half toe-poke which caught goalkeeper Adam Bogdan by surprise, was a move towards doing so, and the signing of USA international Jones, who joined on loan until the end of the season in January, from Champions League semi-finalists Schalke would be another step forward. "I think Jermaine's been in this form for a number of weeks," Kean said. "At times it looked as though there were two of him in there. He was getting back, he was screening Kevin Davies, he was pushing up into midfield. "Then he was driving on, that's the type of energy he's got. I thought he was absolute quality. "We're desperate to keep Jermaine and he wants to stay. We tried to fix a price with Schalke, but we couldn't so we've just got an agreement with Schalke until the end of the season. "And if we can do some good business then hopefully he's going to be a Blackburn Rovers player for pre-season." The only worry for Rovers might be the fact Felix Magath, the coach with whom Jones fell out, has since been replaced in Gelsenkirchen by Ralf Rangnick. Kean has been eager to bring a more attractive brand of football to Ewood Park, but before yesterday's win the facts spoke for themselves. Rovers had taken 21 of their points this season under Allardyce and just 14 under Kean, with both having taken charge of 17 games. "Looking forward to seeing Blackburn's attractive football (I've) been hearing Kean talk about," Bolton striker Davies posted on Twitter ahead of the game. But if, deep in a relegation fight, Rovers have had to place the emphasis on substance rather than style, they were still far to good for their woeful opponents. Olsson ran David Wheater ragged all afternoon and the hosts had enough chances to make the win more comfortable, even if Bolton hit the post through Rodrigo Moreno when the game was goalless. That post turned out to be one of Davies' last as he today announced he was leaving the social networking site. "Reason for leaving is partly due to abuse that nobody needs really. After 18 years in pro football abuse is part of the job description," he said. His manager Owen Coyle also felt Rovers had not exactly moved away from the long-ball style they had grown renowned for. "Conditions weren't ideal with the wind certainly swirling about and it certainly suited the high ball, so fair play to Blackburn, they've won the game," he said. Coyle was, though, keen to focus on the positives after a second straight defeat. "We've made remarkable progress in 16 months from a team which was one of the favourites for relegation," he said. "What we have to do now is try and finish the season strongly. We've three games left, two at home against Sunderland and Manchester City, and one away against Blackpool. "We have to go and gather as many points as we can to finish in a nice position in the league and show that we've made progress and then in the summer try to add to the squad we have."
