Jason Roberts has urged his Blackburn team-mates to build on their morale-boosting victory over Stoke in Sam Allardyce's first game at the helm.
Allardyce had an immediate impact on Rovers' fortunes after being appointed as Paul Ince's replacement, guiding the Ewood Park outfit to their first win in 12 league games.
But with Rovers still in the relegation zone ahead of the busy festive period, Roberts knows there is a long way to go before they pull themselves clear of danger.
"He (Allardyce) hasn't been here that long but we've worked on the organisation and philosophy of the team and I think the Stoke result showed a little bit of that," he said.
"We were happy not only with the win and the goals, but the manner of the performance.
"We put a shift in. People might look at that and say why didn't we do that in the past (for former boss Paul Ince) but that is football sometimes.
"It (one win) is not going to be good enough. We need to make sure this continues.
"It can't be a case of the new manager coming in and us performing for one game, we need to do it for the whole time he is here.
"The result gives us the belief that we have got a monkey off our back because we hadn't won for a long time.
"It doesn't change the world. We have to go out and perform again on Friday (against Sunderland) and we know we have to go and do better.
"I'm sure we will all endeavour to do that. We have worked hard the last couple of days and I'm sure we will be working even harder in the future.
"I won't take anything for granted and will be working hard to ensure I keep my place."
Roberts, who scored Blackburn's second against Stoke either side of two goals for Benni McCarthy, also paid tribute to the players behind them for keeping a first clean sheet in 10 matches.
"We all worked hard for that clean sheet and that is where the credit has to go," he added.
"We looked like a proper team. We have to make sure we put that kind of performance into every game, win, lose or draw."
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