Blackburn chairman John Williams has placed assistant manager Ray Mathias and first team coach Archie Knox in temporary charge of the club.
The move comes after manager Paul Ince was sacked on Tuesday following a run of 11 games without a win.
Mathias was assistant to Ince at Macclesfield Town and MK Dons and joined Rovers when Ince took over in the summer.
Knox was assistant manager to Sir Alex Ferguson at Aberdeen and Manchester United and arrived at Ewood Park in the summer to team up with Ince.
"We have just got to carry on with the players and make sure they're OK for Saturday," Mathias told Sky Sports News.
"If anything happens before that game the chairman will let us know. At this time we will all be in charge.
"The situation will be that I'm assistant and Archie is first team coach and we will work together to make sure the team go on."
Mathias admitted that it was not just those closest to Ince that felt the disappointment as everyone had been affected by the day's events.
"It's a massive disappointment. Everyone is feeling it," he said. "The players you can see it in their eyes it's a great loss but knowing the gaffer he will bounce back."
The Rovers assistant manager was also quick to deny the rumours that Ince had lost the faith of the Blackburn dressing room.
"It's all paper talk, it's a load of rubbish. There's no happier dressing room than ours."
Mathias also pointed out that the chairman has not told him who he expects to fill the vacant hot-seat and the pair are both uncertain as to how long they will be in temporary charge.
"We have got to go from day to day, he (chairman) assures us he had not spoken to anyone at this point in time so we will have to go on what he says," he added.
"It's not a big job. We have played 17 games so there is a long way to go yet. The players are focused and looking forward to do it for the gaffer on Saturday.
"At the end of the day we are here today, a decision on the gaffer has been made and we need to go along with the club now."
Mathias fell short of calling the decision a harsh one but did state that 17 games was a short period to prove yourself as a manager.
"It's a small amount of games for anyone to be judged on but we have to get on with our job now," he declared.
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