However, McGovern told BBC Sport that the appointment of Megson should have come earlier, saying: "I think Gary had enough confidence in his own ability to think he could keep them up but he's not been given enough time.
"It's an exceptionally difficult task for the manager, because he will want to improve the squad but he's near enough going to have to create something out of nothing.
"They are going down a league and they won't find it easy but there's no reason why they can't come straight back up.