TURKISH midfield ace Tugay was presented with a special trophy to mark his outstanding contribution to the club at Blackburn Rovers' annual player of the year awards night.
The Maestro, as he is known to some of his team-mates, got a standing ovation when he stepped forward to collect the award, which was presented in honour of his seven years' loyal service to the club.
It remains to be seen whether the 37-year-old will still be at Ewood Park next season, with manager Mark Hughes delaying a decision over whether to offer him a new contract until Rovers' destiny is decided in the race for Europe.
Player of the Year - Roque Santa Cruz.
10:29am Tuesday 6th May 2008
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CommentPosted by: J.P, burnley on 10:33am Tue 6 May 08
is this same david dunn that told a crowd in a blackburn pub,he was off to bigger and better things when he left rovers!cant bieleve he got an award of you muppets!!
is this same david dunn that told a crowd in a blackburn pub,he was off to bigger and better things when he left rovers!cant bieleve he got an award of you muppets!!
Posted by: Zesh on 10:48am Tue 6 May 08
[quote][bold]J.P[/bold] wrote:
is this same david dunn that told a crowd in a blackburn pub,he was off to bigger and better things when he left rovers!cant bieleve he got an award of you muppets!![/quote] I can't believe that a Claret is stupid enough to post on the Rovers pages after the humiliating end to the season that you jealous little muppets have had!
Ha ha, your team is a complete joke!
Shouldn't you be on the Claret pages moaning about how rubbish your team is and how Brenda Flood is lying to you with the rest of the bitter little dingles? It's soooo easy taking the mick out of you daft little chumps!
LOL at Burnley FC.
J.P wrote:
is this same david dunn that told a crowd in a blackburn pub,he was off to bigger and better things when he left rovers!cant bieleve he got an award of you muppets!!
I can't believe that a Claret is stupid enough to post on the Rovers pages after the humiliating end to the season that you jealous little muppets have had!
Ha ha, your team is a complete joke!
Shouldn't you be on the Claret pages moaning about how rubbish your team is and how Brenda Flood is lying to you with the rest of the bitter little dingles? It's soooo easy taking the mick out of you daft little chumps!
LOL at Burnley FC.
Posted by: Conrad, oslo on 11:02am Tue 6 May 08
"is this same david dunn that told a crowd in a blackburn pub,he was off to bigger and better things when he left rovers!cant bieleve he got an award of you muppets!!"
I can't believe he thought this would provoke any rovers fans. I mean come on you dingles is that the best you can do?
Shame for you Rovers is such a well run club,that all the **** you throw never sticks but takes the spin of a boomerang right back at the turf moor. and what kind of name for a stadium is turf moor? was it jane austin that named your ground? haha! But it was smart of you to bring in alan mahon to learn you few tricks from your superior rival Rovers!
and I've seen your squad of unsworth,cole,akinbi
yi
are you trying to pretend its 1997? or are you just an elderly home in the 1st division? Shame you don't have frank sinclair anymore. I've heard he was the best player ever to grace the turf moor,haha! and our legendary striker is shearer and yours is andy payton! Andy Payton! he's not even half as good as jay boothroyd! ( which is jason roberts in disguise )
"is this same david dunn that told a crowd in a blackburn pub,he was off to bigger and better things when he left rovers!cant bieleve he got an award of you muppets!!"
I can't believe he thought this would provoke any rovers fans. I mean come on you dingles is that the best you can do?
Shame for you Rovers is such a well run club,that all the **** you throw never sticks but takes the spin of a boomerang right back at the turf moor. and what kind of name for a stadium is turf moor? was it jane austin that named your ground? haha! But it was smart of you to bring in alan mahon to learn you few tricks from your superior rival Rovers!
and I've seen your squad of unsworth,cole,akinbi
yi
are you trying to pretend its 1997? or are you just an elderly home in the 1st division? Shame you don't have frank sinclair anymore. I've heard he was the best player ever to grace the turf moor,haha! and our legendary striker is shearer and yours is andy payton! Andy Payton! he's not even half as good as jay boothroyd! ( which is jason roberts in disguise )
Posted by: J.P, burnley on 11:08am Tue 6 May 08
zesh you hypocrite!!your perm on burnley page..as for andy payton you clown from oslo,he scored more goals than santa cruz and roberts put together..CHECK IT OUT!!and dunn did say he was off to bigger/better things but he wasnt good enough!!ha,ha back to smallest club in prem!as for shearer he never mentions blackburn being close to his heart,after all he jumped ship,like rest of em!!!the laughs on you inbreds giving awards to players who call you a small club in public!
zesh you hypocrite!!your perm on burnley page..as for andy payton you clown from oslo,he scored more goals than santa cruz and roberts put together..CHECK IT OUT!!and dunn did say he was off to bigger/better things but he wasnt good enough!!ha,ha back to smallest club in prem!as for shearer he never mentions blackburn being close to his heart,after all he jumped ship,like rest of em!!!the laughs on you inbreds giving awards to players who call you a small club in public!
Posted by: jacky bagtoy, bLACKBURN on 11:11am Tue 6 May 08
HE SAID IT IN DARWEN TOO!WHEN HE HAD THAT CONVERTABLE B.M.W WITH PRIVATE PLATE,THE DINGLES RIGHT!
HE SAID IT IN DARWEN TOO!WHEN HE HAD THAT CONVERTABLE B.M.W WITH PRIVATE PLATE,THE DINGLES RIGHT!
Posted by: jeppo, yorks on 11:25am Tue 6 May 08
christ, are we bothered what he did or didn't say?? He's a quality player who enjoys playing for his home town Premier League Club. The worlds full of players saying how much they love playing at Burnley, eh - especially after saturday!
christ, are we bothered what he did or didn't say?? He's a quality player who enjoys playing for his home town Premier League Club. The worlds full of players saying how much they love playing at Burnley, eh - especially after saturday!
Posted by: Zesh on 12:01pm Tue 6 May 08
[quote][bold]J.P[/bold] wrote:
zesh you hypocrite!!your perm on burnley page..as for andy payton you clown from oslo,he scored more goals than santa cruz and roberts put together..CHECK IT OUT!!and dunn did say he was off to bigger/better things but he wasnt good enough!!ha,ha back to smallest club in prem!as for shearer he never mentions blackburn being close to his heart,after all he jumped ship,like rest of em!!!the laughs on you inbreds giving awards to players who call you a small club in public![/quote] LOL at Burnley fans!
So jealous, so inept, so obsessed!
It's just soooo easy!
PS How did you lot get on at the weekend?
LOL!
J.P wrote:
zesh you hypocrite!!your perm on burnley page..as for andy payton you clown from oslo,he scored more goals than santa cruz and roberts put together..CHECK IT OUT!!and dunn did say he was off to bigger/better things but he wasnt good enough!!ha,ha back to smallest club in prem!as for shearer he never mentions blackburn being close to his heart,after all he jumped ship,like rest of em!!!the laughs on you inbreds giving awards to players who call you a small club in public!
LOL at Burnley fans!
So jealous, so inept, so obsessed!
It's just soooo easy!
PS How did you lot get on at the weekend?
LOL!
Posted by: conrad, oslo on 1:00pm Tue 6 May 08
I remember andy payton from his barnsley days, which just proves my point that proves burnley are a second rate club for old players who can't hack it in the premier league.
you turf moor muppets couldn't even get the ball past Herbie Arthur, hahaha!
on a more serious note,it does look like the maestro have to hang up his boots for rovers. It would be weird to give someone an outstanding contribution award to the club after seven years, and then extend their contract.
I remember andy payton from his barnsley days, which just proves my point that proves burnley are a second rate club for old players who can't hack it in the premier league.
you turf moor muppets couldn't even get the ball past Herbie Arthur, hahaha!
on a more serious note,it does look like the maestro have to hang up his boots for rovers. It would be weird to give someone an outstanding contribution award to the club after seven years, and then extend their contract.
Posted by: The_Pom_From_Aus, Melbourne on 2:28pm Tue 6 May 08
Maybe you all should be thinking of getting all the Local teams back in the Prem, instead of **** at each other.
There is little money for teams like blackburn, burnley, bolton, preston, & the rest so start to think out of your little squares & open your minds for a change, it would be good to see more derby games with full grounds.???
i rest my case
Maybe you all should be thinking of getting all the Local teams back in the Prem, instead of **** at each other.
There is little money for teams like blackburn, burnley, bolton, preston, & the rest so start to think out of your little squares & open your minds for a change, it would be good to see more derby games with full grounds.???
i rest my case
Posted by: Monkey, Jungle on 3:50pm Tue 6 May 08
Im going to ignore all the rubbish that people have been saying about there respected teams and congratulate the legend that is TUGAY!!!
Im going to ignore all the rubbish that people have been saying about there respected teams and congratulate the legend that is TUGAY!!!
Posted by: david dunn on 6:20pm Tue 6 May 08
Yes, I hate playing in the premiership, for a club that is chasing europe.
It is so depressing getting to the training ground and seeing players like Bentley, Santa Cruz, Mcarthy, and Tugay at brockhall.
I wish i was playing for a massive championship club like Burnley, alongside greats like Varga, and Randall. I wish i was at selhurst park on sunday, losing 5-0 to a class side like palace, wheras rovers only managed a draw against average man utd the other week.
Yes, I hate playing in the premiership, for a club that is chasing europe.
It is so depressing getting to the training ground and seeing players like Bentley, Santa Cruz, Mcarthy, and Tugay at brockhall.
I wish i was playing for a massive championship club like Burnley, alongside greats like Varga, and Randall. I wish i was at selhurst park on sunday, losing 5-0 to a class side like palace, wheras rovers only managed a draw against average man utd the other week.
Posted by: Disgusted, London on 6:35pm Tue 6 May 08
I'm constantly amazed that the LET are prepared to allow people to post racist or insulting nonsense at the foot of every story they publish online.
Is there no admin?
Hardly the greatest PR to have this kind of nonsense along side their journalism.
Come on L.E.T clean up these comments and stop allowing racists to tarnish your image
I'm constantly amazed that the LET are prepared to allow people to post racist or insulting nonsense at the foot of every story they publish online.
Is there no admin?
Hardly the greatest PR to have this kind of nonsense along side their journalism.
Come on L.E.T clean up these comments and stop allowing racists to tarnish your image
Posted by: DAVID DUNN, BIRMINGHAM REJECT on 6:42pm Tue 6 May 08
IM TO YOUNG FOR BURNLEY OR ID LOVE TO GO TO THAT NICE CLUB.IF COYLE/FLOOD WERNT THERE.INSTEAD IM STUCK HERE,WITH YOUNG PRETENDERS LIKE BENTLEY/WORLD CLASS YOUR JOKING,IF HE WERE HED BE OUT LIKE A SHOT.AS HE SIGNED NEW CONTRACT??NO,HES WAITING FOR BETTER OFFER OF BIGGER CLUB...HE AINT GOING TO GET IT
IM TO YOUNG FOR BURNLEY OR ID LOVE TO GO TO THAT NICE CLUB.IF COYLE/FLOOD WERNT THERE.INSTEAD IM STUCK HERE,WITH YOUNG PRETENDERS LIKE BENTLEY/WORLD CLASS YOUR JOKING,IF HE WERE HED BE OUT LIKE A SHOT.AS HE SIGNED NEW CONTRACT??NO,HES WAITING FOR BETTER OFFER OF BIGGER CLUB...HE AINT GOING TO GET IT
Posted by: Chris, Rishton on 8:21pm Tue 6 May 08
TUGAY you are my Turkish delight, You are my Turkish delight, You are my Turkish delight. TUGAY you are my Turkish delight.
SOS CALL TO HUGHES. GIVE TUGAY A NEW CONTRACT. 1 MORE YEAR, 1 MORE YEAR
TUGAY you are my Turkish delight, You are my Turkish delight, You are my Turkish delight. TUGAY you are my Turkish delight.
SOS CALL TO HUGHES. GIVE TUGAY A NEW CONTRACT. 1 MORE YEAR, 1 MORE YEAR
Posted by: Alex, Bath on 8:48pm Tue 6 May 08
Please can we dispense with the vile racism that is being posted on these pages by a minority of 'non-Rovers' fans. Some more IP addresses need to be banned!!!
The article is about Tugay who is as good a player as any that have played in the Premiership, and he's played for the Rovers for 7 years - now that's pretty special.
I hope we can do something for him next year, he's a unique talent.
Please can we dispense with the vile racism that is being posted on these pages by a minority of 'non-Rovers' fans. Some more IP addresses need to be banned!!!
The article is about Tugay who is as good a player as any that have played in the Premiership, and he's played for the Rovers for 7 years - now that's pretty special.
I hope we can do something for him next year, he's a unique talent.
Posted by: Spanishblue, Spain on 11:41pm Tue 6 May 08
I hope the Rovers give Tugay another 1 year contract. He is a class act. I only manage to get over for a couple of games per year but I always hope he is playing. He is my sons favorite player. With regards to all the dingles replying on here, get a life. Concentrate on your own club, not someone else's. Most forum boards have a moderator, maybe they should get one on here to delete all the crap that is posted.
I hope the Rovers give Tugay another 1 year contract. He is a class act. I only manage to get over for a couple of games per year but I always hope he is playing. He is my sons favorite player. With regards to all the dingles replying on here, get a life. Concentrate on your own club, not someone else's. Most forum boards have a moderator, maybe they should get one on here to delete all the crap that is posted.
Posted by: Rover on 10:54am Wed 7 May 08
Naah been a great player for us,but at 38 its surely time to look to the future,and this love affair with Dunn is a joke,he is not good enough and is just getting away with lazy play because he is a local lad,i do agree with the dingle tbh.
Naah been a great player for us,but at 38 its surely time to look to the future,and this love affair with Dunn is a joke,he is not good enough and is just getting away with lazy play because he is a local lad,i do agree with the dingle tbh.
Posted by: Burnley Taxpayer, Burnley on 1:56pm Wed 7 May 08
I love the way football brings people together. reading the childish, spiteful comments between Burnley and Blackburn fans makes me realise what a pathetic pastime football really is if this is the level of hatered it engenders.
Get a life people, its only a silly game.
Another interesting aspect is that in all the other areas of this website people spend hours complaining about how foreigners are flooding into Britain and taking our jobs and houses, yet the same bigots seem happy to watch teams that have few British players in them?
I love the way football brings people together. reading the childish, spiteful comments between Burnley and Blackburn fans makes me realise what a pathetic pastime football really is if this is the level of hatered it engenders.
Get a life people, its only a silly game.
Another interesting aspect is that in all the other areas of this website people spend hours complaining about how foreigners are flooding into Britain and taking our jobs and houses, yet the same bigots seem happy to watch teams that have few British players in them?
Posted by: Burnley Taxpayer, Burnley on 1:56pm Wed 7 May 08
I love the way football brings people together. reading the childish, spiteful comments between Burnley and Blackburn fans makes me realise what a pathetic pastime football really is if this is the level of hatered it engenders.
Get a life people, its only a silly game.
Another interesting aspect is that in all the other areas of this website people spend hours complaining about how foreigners are flooding into Britain and taking our jobs and houses, yet the same bigots seem happy to watch teams that have few British players in them?
I love the way football brings people together. reading the childish, spiteful comments between Burnley and Blackburn fans makes me realise what a pathetic pastime football really is if this is the level of hatered it engenders.
Get a life people, its only a silly game.
Another interesting aspect is that in all the other areas of this website people spend hours complaining about how foreigners are flooding into Britain and taking our jobs and houses, yet the same bigots seem happy to watch teams that have few British players in them?
Posted by: Zesh on 2:12pm Wed 7 May 08
[quote][bold]Burnley Taxpayer[/bold] wrote:
I love the way football brings people together. reading the childish, spiteful comments between Burnley and Blackburn fans makes me realise what a pathetic pastime football really is if this is the level of hatered it engenders. Get a life people, its only a silly game. Another interesting aspect is that in all the other areas of this website people spend hours complaining about how foreigners are flooding into Britain and taking our jobs and houses, yet the same bigots seem happy to watch teams that have few British players in them?[/quote] It could be worse, we could all be self-righteous bores like yourself...
Spare us the GCSE level social satire kiddo, you're sending us to sleep.
Burnley Taxpayer wrote:
I love the way football brings people together. reading the childish, spiteful comments between Burnley and Blackburn fans makes me realise what a pathetic pastime football really is if this is the level of hatered it engenders. Get a life people, its only a silly game. Another interesting aspect is that in all the other areas of this website people spend hours complaining about how foreigners are flooding into Britain and taking our jobs and houses, yet the same bigots seem happy to watch teams that have few British players in them?
It could be worse, we could all be self-righteous bores like yourself...
Spare us the GCSE level social satire kiddo, you're sending us to sleep.
Posted by: Rovers girl, Blackburn on 8:38pm Wed 7 May 08
[quote][bold]Chris[/bold] wrote:
TUGAY you are my Turkish delight, You are my Turkish delight, You are my Turkish delight. TUGAY you are my Turkish delight. SOS CALL TO HUGHES. GIVE TUGAY A NEW CONTRACT. 1 MORE YEAR, 1 MORE YEAR[/quote] Tugays a living legend. I really hope he gets the one more year. Let's hope Hughes gives it to him!
THE FIGHT FOR EUROPE IS STILL ON!!
COME ON ROVERS!!
Chris wrote:
TUGAY you are my Turkish delight, You are my Turkish delight, You are my Turkish delight. TUGAY you are my Turkish delight. SOS CALL TO HUGHES. GIVE TUGAY A NEW CONTRACT. 1 MORE YEAR, 1 MORE YEAR
Tugays a living legend. I really hope he gets the one more year. Let's hope Hughes gives it to him!
THE FIGHT FOR EUROPE IS STILL ON!!
COME ON ROVERS!!
Posted by: Wilky, BLACKPOOL on 9:56am Sat 10 May 08
tugay is only just old enough to make it into the burnley 1st team!
i dont rate him anymore and think we shud depart with now!
he his a legend!
thanks for a fantastic 7 years tugay with some quality goals!
tugay is only just old enough to make it into the burnley 1st team!
i dont rate him anymore and think we shud depart with now!
he his a legend!
thanks for a fantastic 7 years tugay with some quality goals!
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