BLACKBURN 7TH in premier league 23/01/2011

1 Man Utd 22 11 1 0 34 7 2 8 0 14 12 +29 48
2 Arsenal 23 7 1 3 25 11 7 3 2 23 11 +26 46
3 Manchester City 24 7 3 2 18 10 6 3 3 19 10 +17 45
4 Chelsea 22 8 2 1 24 7 3 3 5 14 12 +19 38
5 Tottenham 23 6 5 1 17 9 4 3 4 15 17 +6 38
6 Sunderland 24 6 5 1 15 8 3 5 4 13 16 +4 37
7 Blackburn 24 6 3 3 17 10 3 1 8 14 27 -6 31
8 Newcastle 23 4 4 4 26 15 4 2 5 10 18 +3 30
9 Bolton 23 5 5 1 22 13 2 4 6 12 18 +3 30
10 Stoke City 23 6 2 4 16 12 3 1 7 12 16 0 30
11 Liverpool 23 6 3 2 19 10 2 2 8 11 21 -1 29
12 Blackpool 22 3 2 4 15 16 5 2 6 17 22 -6 28
13 Everton 23 3 5 3 14 15 2 7 3 13 14 -2 27
14 Fulham 23 4 5 3 16 14 1 6 4 9 11 0 26
15 WBA 23 5 2 4 16 17 2 2 8 13 26 -14 25
16 Aston Villa 23 5 4 3 16 13 1 3 7 9 26 -14 25
17 Birmingham 22 3 6 2 10 11 1 5 5 11 20 -10 23
18 Wigan Athletic 23 2 6 4 11 21 2 4 5 8 16 -18 22
19 Wolves 23 5 2 5 15 18 1 1 9 9 23 -17 21
20 West Ham Utd 24 3 4 5 14 19 1 5 6 10 24 -19 21


This was well into Kean's tenure as manager. Also, Blackpool were 12th!
What happened? Blackburn were doing better here than they were just before Big Sam left and Blackpool were surviving comfortably. What exactly happened?
I think Blackpool is within touching distance, but Blackburn...
so far away...