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9:32am Wednesday 17th October 2007
ROVERS midfielder David Dunn is hoping the club's disappointment at being knocked out of the UEFA Cup will prove to be a blessing in disguise.
Mark Hughes' men were beaten 3-2 on aggregate by Greek side Larissa last week, despite winning the second leg 2-1 at Ewood Park.
Last season, Rovers had Thursday night games in Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Holland and Germany to contend with as well as their domestic programme.
It put a strain on the Rovers squad, but it's one that Dunn and his team-mates won't have to contend with this season.
And the 28-year-old star is hoping the reduced workload will be worth its weight in trophies.
He said: "It was disappointing to be knocked out of the competition. I think we gave ourselves too much to do from the first leg. That's unfortunate but there's still three big competitions to play for and we're looking forward to the challenge.
"We would still like to be in the competition, that goes without saying, but less games hopefully will mean we're fresher going into the league games and the other cup games."
Rovers lie sixth in the table and their next big cup game comes on October 31 when they travel to Portsmouth in the fourth round of the League Cup.
Dunn was a member of the victorious Worthington Cup side of 2001/2002 that beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 at the Millennium Stadium and is hoping to play at the new Wembley in the final again in its latest guise - the Carling Cup.
He added: "We've got a big game against Portsmouth in the League Cup. The League Cup is one we won not too long ago and it would be nice to get to another final.
"The manager, staff and all the players - every game we play we want to win. I'm sure every team does. We've got enough ability in the squad to beat anyone.
"That's the mentality and the attitude we've all got now."
Several Rovers players are still away on international duty and return for the weekend's visit of Reading.
And Dunn is hoping he and his team-mates can make it five wins on the bounce with victory over the Royals.
He said: "It's been a really good start. Coming into this international break, if someone had said we'd be sixth at this point in the season then we'd have snapped their hand off.
"We're hoping to get something from every game we have. Reading have done really well since they've been promoted and it's not going to be an easy game. But if we do things right and we play like we know we can then we'll be fine."
sad, says...
11:10am Wed 17 Oct 07
Jason, Burnley says...
11:13am Wed 17 Oct 07
tressa green, says...
11:13am Wed 17 Oct 07
Just the facts wrote:well said
Hibbeg, You want a response in context with the article so here are 3 relevant points: 1) Burnley aren\'t in Europe, havent been for a long time and probably never will be again. Rovers will most likely be there again next year. 2)We are still in the League Cup my 6 fingered friend, your lot aren\'t. 3)The next time a Dingle player has his commitment questioned following an international call up for a \"Major \" nation (Not Albania etc - spiritual twin home of the inbreds) you may come on here and have bragging rights. Until then accept your place as the worst side in East Lancashire. Debate over.
Finger Bang, Blackburn says...
11:15am Wed 17 Oct 07
Finger Bang, Blackburn says...
11:19am Wed 17 Oct 07
Finger Bang, Blackburn says...
11:22am Wed 17 Oct 07
ROBERT the BRUCE, GRAYS BAR GREENOCK says...
11:39am Wed 17 Oct 07
hibbeg, The South says...
11:46am Wed 17 Oct 07
Jason wrote:LOL - Bores the life out of everyone who can't resist responding!
I can think of a few advantages to not been in europe. 1) save a bit of cash, i know tickets are only bout a tenner but if you think about it if we played at least 5 games thats fify quid saved ( a nite out ) 2) no more sunday kickoffs ( apart from the spurs one but we are away anyhow ) 3) More of our players will stay injury free (fingers crossed) But the Hibbeg thing it comes on ere and lets face it bores the life out of anyone who reads his 'opinions'.
W.H.B.R. SISTER, DINGLE TOWN says...
11:59am Wed 17 Oct 07
Finger Bang wrote:NO HARD SISTER YOU IDIOT CAN YOU NOT READ YOU RETARD
W.H.B.R. wrote:Keyboard hardman alert!dave wrote:WATCHOUT OR I WILL GET MY LITTLE SISTER 2 CHIN YER P..CKW.H.B.R wrote:What\\\'s ya problem? Gimpdave wrote: Can you hear Hibbeg sing? No No Can you hear Hibbeg sing? No No Can you hear Hibbeg Sing - I can\\\'t here a fooking thing SshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhWHAT A P..CK
Nick, Brownhill says...
12:01pm Wed 17 Oct 07
Finger Bang, Blackburn says...
12:02pm Wed 17 Oct 07
Dinglebaiter, Laughing at jealous little hibbeg and his Rovers obsession says...
12:08pm Wed 17 Oct 07
hibbeg wrote:The only thing you can wind up is your father's Victorian mechanical buttplug.
Jason wrote: I can think of a few advantages to not been in europe. 1) save a bit of cash, i know tickets are only bout a tenner but if you think about it if we played at least 5 games thats fify quid saved ( a nite out ) 2) no more sunday kickoffs ( apart from the spurs one but we are away anyhow ) 3) More of our players will stay injury free (fingers crossed) But the Hibbeg thing it comes on ere and lets face it bores the life out of anyone who reads his 'opinions'.LOL - Bores the life out of everyone who can't resist responding! I make 1 valid, well constructed factual point and everybody goes mad. Face it retards you just love it but I love winding you up more. The problem is your all braindead and you have a superiority complex totally unjustified by your European failures. Now about that record
Finger Bang, Blackburn says...
12:12pm Wed 17 Oct 07
W.H.B.R. SISTER wrote:Lol - like I said - keyboard hardman alert!
Finger Bang wrote:NO HARD SISTER YOU IDIOT CAN YOU NOT READ YOU RETARDW.H.B.R. wrote:Keyboard hardman alert!dave wrote:WATCHOUT OR I WILL GET MY LITTLE SISTER 2 CHIN YER P..CKW.H.B.R wrote:What\\\'s ya problem? Gimpdave wrote: Can you hear Hibbeg sing? No No Can you hear Hibbeg sing? No No Can you hear Hibbeg Sing - I can\\\'t here a fooking thing SshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhWHAT A P..CK
W.H.B.R, DINGLE TOWN says...
12:21pm Wed 17 Oct 07
Finger Bang, Blackburn says...
12:34pm Wed 17 Oct 07
W.H.B.R wrote:I'm can't work out whether you are on a wind up pretending to be stupid or you really are that stupid - either way I'm guessing your fellow Burnley fans are despairing with your playground style posting, as it only reaffirms the stereotype image of Burnley fans being backward.
LOL SO YOUR LITTLE SISTER IS HARDER THAN YOU
Finger Bang, Blackburn says...
12:40pm Wed 17 Oct 07
Jay wrote:......just..........
Why do you lot even respond to the bell ends on here? This forum has become a bit of a joke, it used to be quite good for a bit of footy chat in the afternoon!! Ignore them and they'll go away - at least thats what my mum told me :)
MikeD, Oslo says...
12:41pm Wed 17 Oct 07
Jimmy, Burnley says...
1:19pm Wed 17 Oct 07
hibbeg wrote:I know I'm not the only Rovers fan that questioned the wisdom of entering the Intertoto and striving to get into the comparatively poorly rewarded UEFA Cup competition (even less money than the Chumpionship) and then concentrating on that competition to the detriment of the League campaign (Premier Leage that is). Notwithstanding the obvious dissapointment, I'm happy that we can now concentrate on success on 3 fronts rather than 4 (as opposed to Burnley's sole worry of maintaining their place in their inferior division). At least we only have to suffer the humiliation of being turned over by a 'pub team' once in a season, Burnley are looking to avoid that fate every time they play.
I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ve heard it all now - It\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s a blessing we\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'re out of Europe - LOL Work all season for entry to Europe and then you are truly blessed when dumped out by a Greek pub team. What a joke! Here\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s a thought - Why bother entering europe when all you will be is embarrassing and blessed? Perhaps the likes of Bentley and Savage need as much rest as possible as they have potential international commitments (or perhaps not as one tells England to p off and the other has a feud too many! Face it retard btards you\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'re a disgrace. I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'ll look forward to more sheep, inbred etc jibes because you can\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t stick to the story in question or facts. You muppets! After 3 - It\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s time to play the music - - - -
hibbeg, The south says...
1:54pm Wed 17 Oct 07
MikeD wrote:Any Rovers fans on here visiting the Burnley pages? Errmm - YES!
Any Rovers fans on here visiting the Burnley pages? Frankly I couldn't care less about the place or its football team. It's a sh*thole somewhere near Yorkshire with an irrelevant football team. All I need to know. End of. I wouldn't waste my time reading about their team nor give my opinions to their illiterate fans. Which makes you wonder why so many Burnley fans seem to spend time reading about Blackburn and boring us with their drivel. You might get the impression that they are more interested in Blackburn than Burnley. I can only guess that they are repressing their true feelings and are closet Blackburn fans. Isn't there some kind of program that can help these poor b*stards. Does anybody know of a safehouse - maybe we can smuggle them out of Burnley so that they can finally live in peace and express there true feelings of love for the Rovers?
Dr Feelgood, Down by the Jetty says...
1:59pm Wed 17 Oct 07
HAMISH., Rammy says...
2:30pm Wed 17 Oct 07
hibbeg wrote:Well done mate calm down pills are the order of the day, even money Dinglebaiter is treated as out patient at the local mental hospital, they just can`t hack it.
MikeD wrote: Any Rovers fans on here visiting the Burnley pages? Frankly I couldn\'t care less about the place or its football team. It\'s a sh*thole somewhere near Yorkshire with an irrelevant football team. All I need to know. End of. I wouldn\'t waste my time reading about their team nor give my opinions to their illiterate fans. Which makes you wonder why so many Burnley fans seem to spend time reading about Blackburn and boring us with their drivel. You might get the impression that they are more interested in Blackburn than Burnley. I can only guess that they are repressing their true feelings and are closet Blackburn fans. Isn\'t there some kind of program that can help these poor b*stards. Does anybody know of a safehouse - maybe we can smuggle them out of Burnley so that they can finally live in peace and express there true feelings of love for the Rovers?Any Rovers fans on here visiting the Burnley pages? Errmm - YES! The muppets are always on there and that\'s why I decided to come on here a few weeks ago and start winding you up. Hasn\'t really worked has it - LOL. Full of your superiority and smugness that belies your own downfalls. Players snubbing the national team, criticising the national team, fighting in europe with each other, losing to Donkeys - With Rawvers you are never far away from some kind of ineptitude (look it up in a dictionary) You can\'t face dealing with Claret fans that are more intelligent than you which is why you resort to the same old 6 finger, dingle jibes. I post on here for various reasons as follows: 1 To wind you up 2 To tell the truth (which clearly hurts) 3 To wind you up again Your team stinks and Mr Jimmy \"What sort of numbskull goes to watch the crap on offer at the Turd when you can watch PREMIERSHIP football at Ewood for LESS!!!\" ask yourself if you want to watch players giving 100% or a set of mercenaries for LESS (wonder why it\'s less) Anyway Bye for now and keep dreaming of Europe (and our record) such that it can be a blessing when youre out this time next year
Jimmy, Burnley says...
3:31pm Wed 17 Oct 07
James, Bristol says...
3:38pm Wed 17 Oct 07
Potsworth & Co, the dreamzone says...
3:56pm Wed 17 Oct 07
Hibbeg, the south says...
4:01pm Wed 17 Oct 07
hibbeg, The south says...
4:05pm Wed 17 Oct 07
James wrote:"despite our meagre resources" - 200 million legacy is hardly meagre.
\"I post on here for various reasons as follows: 1 To wind you up 2 To tell the truth (which clearly hurts) 3 To wind you up again\" 1 and 3 are accurate. Number 2 is nonsense. You post biased opinions that often lack any logic whatsoever. For instance, you cite our \"European failures\". You fail to realise that qualifying for Europe is an achievement that many Premiership clubs fail to match, despite having bigger attendances and more resources. You also seem to not have noticed how well we did last year, getting into the group stage and through it into the knockout competitions. I rather think that if Burnley had qualified for Europe three times in the last five seasons, and on one occassion got past the group stages, you\'d be crowing about their \"awesome European record\". Blackburn are a credit to the north. The fact that we are still in the Premiership despite our meagre resources speaks of brilliant management both on and off the field. We have players that are a credit to the shirt. People like Brad Friedel and Jason Roberts who devote their time to setting up academies and helping young players gain skills. I\'m sure if I tried hard enough I could find epic failures by Burnley and players who are complete tossers. However, I don\'t care enough. The league positions speak for themselves. Rovers are a brilliant team. Burnley are nobodies. Sorry, mate, but your logic is pitiful.
Jimmy, Burnley says...
4:19pm Wed 17 Oct 07
Jimmy, Burnley says...
4:25pm Wed 17 Oct 07
Jimmy wrote:Southampton.
Egil was a swap deal with Davis going the other way back to Burnley, so no extra expenditure. Can't argue on Davis the fat pie-munching, beer-swilling Clitheroe socialite, but he is now a first choice in the Bolton side. What about all the players that have cost next to nowt that Burnley would never get a sniff at signing.........Frie del, Samba, Warnock, Derbyshire, Tugay, Nelsen, Santa Cruz, Bentley, Khizanishvilli and so on and so forth. Never mind, you can always console yourself that the bargain basement cloggers that grace the Burnley side have cost even less than the £3m we paid for Shearer 15 years ago.
Jimmy, Burnley says...
4:27pm Wed 17 Oct 07
Jimmy wrote:£17m clear profit for home grown Damian Duff.
Jimmy wrote: Egil was a swap deal with Davis going the other way back to Burnley, so no extra expenditure. Can't argue on Davis the fat pie-munching, beer-swilling Clitheroe socialite, but he is now a first choice in the Bolton side. What about all the players that have cost next to nowt that Burnley would never get a sniff at signing.........Frie del, Samba, Warnock, Derbyshire, Tugay, Nelsen, Santa Cruz, Bentley, Khizanishvilli and so on and so forth. Never mind, you can always console yourself that the bargain basement cloggers that grace the Burnley side have cost even less than the £3m we paid for Shearer 15 years ago.Southampton. What you on about hibbeg £200m? Rovers have recouped more in the sale of players then they have ever spent e.g. Le Saux and Sutton to Chelsea, Shearer to Newcastle. They only expenditure that can't immediately be recouped is the £30 million spent on the ground. But unlike Burnley, Rovers would never consider selling there home ground anyway.
The lord is my shepherd.., Not here says...
5:06pm Wed 17 Oct 07
webfella, getting paid says...
12:32am Thu 18 Oct 07
Ron, Blackburn says...
10:44am Thu 18 Oct 07
BRAMWELL, rammy says...
11:30am Fri 19 Oct 07
Blue & White Pete, Blackburn says...
12:10pm Fri 19 Oct 07
Tha FA, Soho says...
1:23pm Fri 19 Oct 07
Ron wrote:please don't you embarass english football!
Yep! Nice one Dunny! Now we can concentrate on getting into Europe next year!
Jimmy, Burnley says...
1:45pm Fri 19 Oct 07
BRAMWELL wrote:"when us dingles grace the prem turf will be full"
How sad are **** fans!! lets face it for such a massive club your crowds are really **** arent they!! when us dingles grace the prem turf will be full every single week which is more than can be said for that shower of yours!! what have you got to show for the last decade!! you make europe but do **** all when there, you bait us about winning nothing asif your trophy cabinet is full! sad bastards with a superiority complex!! sui sui suicide!!
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Just the facts, Blackburn says...
10:54am Wed 17 Oct 07
You want a response in context with the article so here are 3 relevant points:
1) Burnley aren't in Europe, havent been for a long time and probably never will be again. Rovers will most likely be there again next year.
2)We are still in the League Cup my 6 fingered friend, your lot aren't.
3)The next time a Dingle player has his commitment questioned following an international call up for a "Major " nation (Not Albania etc - spiritual twin home of the inbreds) you may come on here and have bragging rights. Until then accept your place as the worst side in East Lancashire.
Debate over.