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Blackburn Rovers wait on Dunn fitness
10:38am Friday 30th November 2012 in Football
Blackburn Rovers wait on Dunn fitness
BLACKBURN Rovers will assess the fitness of David Dunn and Fabio Nunes ahead of Sunday’s East Lancashire derby at Burnley.
Dunn has been on the sidelines recently with a calf injury but is hoping to return for the derby, having scored the winner when the sides last played three seasons ago.
And Rovers boss Henning Berg this morning also revealed that Nunes is ‘getting closer’ to a comeback from injury.
Comments(52)
Return of the Magnificent se7en
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10:48am Fri 30 Nov 12
benal13
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10:55am Fri 30 Nov 12
Return of the Magnificent se7en
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11:15am Fri 30 Nov 12
dangerous dave
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11:31am Fri 30 Nov 12
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH BLACK HENDRY VENKEYS
Keen O to Get Kean Out
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12:22pm Fri 30 Nov 12
fanny_tickler.
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12:33pm Fri 30 Nov 12
AndyW
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12:36pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Could be quite a long wait then...
Captain Dreckley
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12:43pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Come on you blues
Burnley town centre needs a spruce up, give the Dingles an excuse to renovate it again
spike t
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1:34pm Fri 30 Nov 12
French Rover
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2:21pm Fri 30 Nov 12
makaveli96
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2:28pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Ronaldpetercooper
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2:39pm Fri 30 Nov 12
rovertillidie
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3:07pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Unfortunately he will not last the game but if we could get 60 mins from him and then bring on Rochina to torment the tiring dingles that could work....the question is can he last 60 mins!!
ChrisDeBerg
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3:43pm Fri 30 Nov 12
dangerous dave wrote:OUT WITH DANGEROUS DAVE
Messrs Shaw Agnew Singh Berg - what a way to run a so called club wanting to get back into the Premiership - pulling out of the cupboard the old crocks from time to time just shows we haven't got the calibre of players or settled team needed to win promotion - what a state of affairs!!
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH BLACK HENDRY VENKEYS
fanny_tickler.
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4:29pm Fri 30 Nov 12
dangerous dave
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4:30pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Sad to say Dunn's unfortunately finished as are the Rovers if they continue in their current form!!!
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH BLACK HENDRY VENKEYS
juanbbien
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6:07pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Whydidtheybanme?
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6:26pm Fri 30 Nov 12
dangerous dave wrote:Change the record and get behind the team for once
Messrs Shaw Agnew Singh Berg - what a way to run a so called club wanting to get back into the Premiership - pulling out of the cupboard the old crocks from time to time just shows we haven't got the calibre of players or settled team needed to win promotion - what a state of affairs!!
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH BLACK HENDRY VENKEYS
juanbbien
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6:29pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Whydidtheybanme? wrote:He has a point
dangerous dave wrote:Change the record and get behind the team for once
Messrs Shaw Agnew Singh Berg - what a way to run a so called club wanting to get back into the Premiership - pulling out of the cupboard the old crocks from time to time just shows we haven't got the calibre of players or settled team needed to win promotion - what a state of affairs!!
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH BLACK HENDRY VENKEYS
sheepdip
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6:33pm Fri 30 Nov 12
M.DANNY
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7:30pm Fri 30 Nov 12
katrew
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7:58pm Fri 30 Nov 12
dangerous dave wrote:True
chris de berg - Your heads in the sand!!!
Sad to say Dunn's unfortunately finished as are the Rovers if they continue in their current form!!!
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH BLACK HENDRY VENKEYS
spotonblue
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8:31pm Fri 30 Nov 12
fanny_tickler. wrote:Dingle
BBC News: UK Retailer Primark has reported a dramatic rise in demand for gentleman's underpants at the Blackburn department store in the week leading up to the derby game with Burnley. A Primark spokesperson claims the company has never seen anything like it in 10 years of trading. "The Blackburn townsfolk are obviously feeling the nerves kicking in ahead of Sunday's game, and accident's do happen". The rush on underpants shows no signs of slowing as emergency y-fronts are being shipped in by the lorry load.
spotonblue
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8:32pm Fri 30 Nov 12
fanny_tickler. wrote:Dingle
DUNN OUT!
roverfor60years
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8:41pm Fri 30 Nov 12
But two poor home performances and four goals conceded have shattered that confidence. I sincerely hope Henning Berg can turn things around, but I am beginning to have doubts.
We should have begun to see his influence by now, but in all honesty we look a bunch of misfits and not-good-enoughs, lacking quality and conviction. I know Berg has inherited this lot and I know that it would take some time to turn things round, but will he be able to?
I fully expected to see some backroom changes by now but has HB been told he will have to work with what he has got – or, even worse, does he not have his own trusted ‘team’? I don’t know what departures there have been since Sam went, but we seem woefully lacking on the coaching and training side.
The stamina has gone, the work rate has gone, the fitness has gone. No method, no fire, no punch. A pitiful midfield – and still seriously lacking in defensive ability, even though that problem has been staring us in the face for two years. Where is Gael Givet? Is he injured – or is he another victim of the old guard purge?
We are at sixes and sevens, unbalanced, careless. We have one of the top strikers in the league and we can’t get the ball to him. Peterborough apart, he is feeding off scraps.
How much influence are our deaf and dumb owners in Pune still wielding? Was HB the only applicant who was prepared to sell his soul to them? For what my voice was worth I pleaded with the Rao brothers and Shebby Singh in personal letters not to take another gamble with inexperience for reasons clear to everyone except them. The decision, I warned, could be their last chance to get one thing right after two years of calamitous mistakes.
Here we are hoping for the return of a ‘saviour’ in David Dunn for a derby game that would be highly embarrassing to lose when, in reality, if he is ‘fit’ he may not last much more than half an hour. How desperate can we get? I’ve been a great admirer of David down the years, but we have to face up to the fact that injuries have taken their toll and we may now only see cameo appearances from him.
The miserable defeat by Bolton may well be a defining point in our season. Chilling echoes of last season when the 2-1 defeat then was the beginning of the end of our life in the Premiership.
The last six matches have produced 5 points – W1 D2 L3. One win against a floundering side with massive internal disciplinary problems. Fast forward to the end of the season and that, if continued, equates to approximately 50 points (28 plus a further 22), which could be uncomfortably flirting with relegation again.
Berg has to turn our fortunes around completely in the next six matches – W4 D1 L1 or W4 D2 L0. To grab an automatic promotion spot with well over 80 points we can now afford to lose only another four or five games out of the next 27. A big ask and, on current form, highly unlikely.
Maybe Berg can sort it all out – but hopes are fading for this season. In that case, more Venkey’s chickens will be coming home to roost with the first £80million slipping through their fingers.
If relegation didn’t, then perhaps that will bring them to their senses.
roverfor60years
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8:42pm Fri 30 Nov 12
But two poor home performances and four goals conceded have shattered that confidence. I sincerely hope Henning Berg can turn things around, but I am beginning to have doubts.
We should have begun to see his influence by now, but in all honesty we look a bunch of misfits and not-good-enoughs, lacking quality and conviction. I know Berg has inherited this lot and I know that it would take some time to turn things round, but will he be able to?
I fully expected to see some backroom changes by now but has HB been told he will have to work with what he has got – or, even worse, does he not have his own trusted ‘team’? I don’t know what departures there have been since Sam went, but we seem woefully lacking on the coaching and training side.
The stamina has gone, the work rate has gone, the fitness has gone. No method, no fire, no punch. A pitiful midfield – and still seriously lacking in defensive ability, even though that problem has been staring us in the face for two years. Where is Gael Givet? Is he injured – or is he another victim of the old guard purge?
We are at sixes and sevens, unbalanced, careless. We have one of the top strikers in the league and we can’t get the ball to him. Peterborough apart, he is feeding off scraps.
How much influence are our deaf and dumb owners in Pune still wielding? Was HB the only applicant who was prepared to sell his soul to them? For what my voice was worth I pleaded with the Rao brothers and Shebby Singh in personal letters not to take another gamble with inexperience for reasons clear to everyone except them. The decision, I warned, could be their last chance to get one thing right after two years of calamitous mistakes.
Here we are hoping for the return of a ‘saviour’ in David Dunn for a derby game that would be highly embarrassing to lose when, in reality, if he is ‘fit’ he may not last much more than half an hour. How desperate can we get? I’ve been a great admirer of David down the years, but we have to face up to the fact that injuries have taken their toll and we may now only see cameo appearances from him.
The miserable defeat by Bolton may well be a defining point in our season. Chilling echoes of last season when the 2-1 defeat then was the beginning of the end of our life in the Premiership.
The last six matches have produced 5 points – W1 D2 L3. One win against a floundering side with massive internal disciplinary problems. Fast forward to the end of the season and that, if continued, equates to approximately 50 points (28 plus a further 22), which could be uncomfortably flirting with relegation again.
Berg has to turn our fortunes around completely in the next six matches – W4 D1 L1 or W4 D2 L0. To grab an automatic promotion spot with well over 80 points we can now afford to lose only another four or five games out of the next 27. A big ask and, on current form, highly unlikely.
Maybe Berg can sort it all out – but hopes are fading for this season. In that case, more Venkey’s chickens will be coming home to roost with the first £80million slipping through their fingers.
If relegation didn’t, then perhaps that will bring them to their senses.
Harwoodstblue
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9:53pm Fri 30 Nov 12
roverfor60years wrote:Excellent post and spot on with your observations. I don't think anything will bring Venkys to their senses. They've had all the advice in the world from people who know the game but listened to no-one.
Oh dear. Things are beginning to look a bit ominous. Before the Millwall game I was confidently thinking that the next two games would bring us six points and push us back into promotion contention.
But two poor home performances and four goals conceded have shattered that confidence. I sincerely hope Henning Berg can turn things around, but I am beginning to have doubts.
We should have begun to see his influence by now, but in all honesty we look a bunch of misfits and not-good-enoughs, lacking quality and conviction. I know Berg has inherited this lot and I know that it would take some time to turn things round, but will he be able to?
I fully expected to see some backroom changes by now but has HB been told he will have to work with what he has got – or, even worse, does he not have his own trusted ‘team’? I don’t know what departures there have been since Sam went, but we seem woefully lacking on the coaching and training side.
The stamina has gone, the work rate has gone, the fitness has gone. No method, no fire, no punch. A pitiful midfield – and still seriously lacking in defensive ability, even though that problem has been staring us in the face for two years. Where is Gael Givet? Is he injured – or is he another victim of the old guard purge?
We are at sixes and sevens, unbalanced, careless. We have one of the top strikers in the league and we can’t get the ball to him. Peterborough apart, he is feeding off scraps.
How much influence are our deaf and dumb owners in Pune still wielding? Was HB the only applicant who was prepared to sell his soul to them? For what my voice was worth I pleaded with the Rao brothers and Shebby Singh in personal letters not to take another gamble with inexperience for reasons clear to everyone except them. The decision, I warned, could be their last chance to get one thing right after two years of calamitous mistakes.
Here we are hoping for the return of a ‘saviour’ in David Dunn for a derby game that would be highly embarrassing to lose when, in reality, if he is ‘fit’ he may not last much more than half an hour. How desperate can we get? I’ve been a great admirer of David down the years, but we have to face up to the fact that injuries have taken their toll and we may now only see cameo appearances from him.
The miserable defeat by Bolton may well be a defining point in our season. Chilling echoes of last season when the 2-1 defeat then was the beginning of the end of our life in the Premiership.
The last six matches have produced 5 points – W1 D2 L3. One win against a floundering side with massive internal disciplinary problems. Fast forward to the end of the season and that, if continued, equates to approximately 50 points (28 plus a further 22), which could be uncomfortably flirting with relegation again.
Berg has to turn our fortunes around completely in the next six matches – W4 D1 L1 or W4 D2 L0. To grab an automatic promotion spot with well over 80 points we can now afford to lose only another four or five games out of the next 27. A big ask and, on current form, highly unlikely.
Maybe Berg can sort it all out – but hopes are fading for this season. In that case, more Venkey’s chickens will be coming home to roost with the first £80million slipping through their fingers.
If relegation didn’t, then perhaps that will bring them to their senses.
The reason they are "deaf and dumb" is because they were found out to be lying in the beginning, so are now 'keeping mum' so not to be caught out again. I feel they have so much to hide, hence their silence.
burnleyglentoran
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10:34pm Fri 30 Nov 12
............BREAKING NEWS..............
BURNLEY V. BLACKBURN.
Lancashire constabulary has just announced special measures, to be put into place for this Sunday's forthcoming east Lancashire football derby.
The mounted police unit will be wearing full body armour.
This is to prevent the horses being sexually abused by the Blackburn fans.
GameRoverMan
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10:41pm Fri 30 Nov 12
champs95
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11:07pm Fri 30 Nov 12
burnleyglentoran wrote:Silly dingle.
BREAKING NEWS................
............BREAKING NEWS..............
BURNLEY V. BLACKBURN.
Lancashire constabulary has just announced special measures, to be put into place for this Sunday's forthcoming east Lancashire football derby.
The mounted police unit will be wearing full body armour.
This is to prevent the horses being sexually abused by the Blackburn fans.
oggy 56
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11:54pm Fri 30 Nov 12
champs95 wrote:todays burnley express father and son david ad robert shaw born and bread in burnley convicted of child **** BORN IN BURNLEY THINK THIS BEFORE YOU WRITE ABOUT BLACKBURN POLISH
burnleyglentoran wrote:Silly dingle.
BREAKING NEWS................
............BREAKING NEWS..............
BURNLEY V. BLACKBURN.
Lancashire constabulary has just announced special measures, to be put into place for this Sunday's forthcoming east Lancashire football derby.
The mounted police unit will be wearing full body armour.
This is to prevent the horses being sexually abused by the Blackburn fans.
George White Bread
says...
11:56pm Fri 30 Nov 12
GameRoverMan wrote:Dungles? Come on my shoeless soup loving tramp friend, you must be new to this banter/abuse Mularky, at least get it right if your gonna dish it out.
Dunn is one of the few Rovers players who understands what this means to the Blackburn fans. He will be desperate to play and earn his place in Rovers history by prolonging this undefeated streak against the dungles. If he is halfway fit I would play him!
penrithrover
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1:13am Sat 1 Dec 12
ChrisDeBerg wrote:Out with "chris de Berg" ,WHOEVER he really is ! another "Berg"
dangerous dave wrote:OUT WITH DANGEROUS DAVE
Messrs Shaw Agnew Singh Berg - what a way to run a so called club wanting to get back into the Premiership - pulling out of the cupboard the old crocks from time to time just shows we haven't got the calibre of players or settled team needed to win promotion - what a state of affairs!!
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH BLACK HENDRY VENKEYS
Dan11
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7:55am Sat 1 Dec 12
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30K a week each of them and they are absolute passengers.
Harwoodstblue
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8:13am Sat 1 Dec 12
Dan11 wrote:Well done Venkys and Kean for signing up these two donkeys.
Dunn with one rusty old bollock and a strained calf is better than the two passengers currently in our midfield- Etuhu and Murphy.
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30K a week each of them and they are absolute passengers.
Again, well done you plonkers.
Ossywood
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9:10am Sat 1 Dec 12
Ossywood says...
We will still beat the 6 fingered sister lickers even with the worst side in rovers history!
I have just backed this up by putting a nice £100 bet on with William hill at a lovely 7/4, thus giving me a tidy £275 return which I will again celebrate with in my local!
Sunday is going to be a great day all round
Easy 3 points, free money and good ale!
Lancs - pensioner
says...
9:20am Sat 1 Dec 12
BFC 1 BRFC 0 Why?
Keans solicitor,
Your honour my client was told if he lost three games on the trot he would be fired, yet HB has done the same and is still there, I rest my case,
Lesson learnt Shebby, keep your mouth shut!
Bazzer
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9:25am Sat 1 Dec 12
Steven Kean
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9:30am Sat 1 Dec 12
Robbie
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9:45am Sat 1 Dec 12
Robbie
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9:47am Sat 1 Dec 12
burnleyglentoran wrote:Hmmmm. was the guy who was sent down for this not from burnley?
BREAKING NEWS................ ............BREAKING NEWS.............. BURNLEY V. BLACKBURN. Lancashire constabulary has just announced special measures, to be put into place for this Sunday's forthcoming east Lancashire football derby. The mounted police unit will be wearing full body armour. This is to prevent the horses being sexually abused by the Blackburn fans.
Robbie
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9:51am Sat 1 Dec 12
well done venkys!
trueblue72
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10:50am Sat 1 Dec 12
roverfor60years wrote:A really good honest assessment.
Oh dear. Things are beginning to look a bit ominous. Before the Millwall game I was confidently thinking that the next two games would bring us six points and push us back into promotion contention.
But two poor home performances and four goals conceded have shattered that confidence. I sincerely hope Henning Berg can turn things around, but I am beginning to have doubts.
We should have begun to see his influence by now, but in all honesty we look a bunch of misfits and not-good-enoughs, lacking quality and conviction. I know Berg has inherited this lot and I know that it would take some time to turn things round, but will he be able to?
I fully expected to see some backroom changes by now but has HB been told he will have to work with what he has got – or, even worse, does he not have his own trusted ‘team’? I don’t know what departures there have been since Sam went, but we seem woefully lacking on the coaching and training side.
The stamina has gone, the work rate has gone, the fitness has gone. No method, no fire, no punch. A pitiful midfield – and still seriously lacking in defensive ability, even though that problem has been staring us in the face for two years. Where is Gael Givet? Is he injured – or is he another victim of the old guard purge?
We are at sixes and sevens, unbalanced, careless. We have one of the top strikers in the league and we can’t get the ball to him. Peterborough apart, he is feeding off scraps.
How much influence are our deaf and dumb owners in Pune still wielding? Was HB the only applicant who was prepared to sell his soul to them? For what my voice was worth I pleaded with the Rao brothers and Shebby Singh in personal letters not to take another gamble with inexperience for reasons clear to everyone except them. The decision, I warned, could be their last chance to get one thing right after two years of calamitous mistakes.
Here we are hoping for the return of a ‘saviour’ in David Dunn for a derby game that would be highly embarrassing to lose when, in reality, if he is ‘fit’ he may not last much more than half an hour. How desperate can we get? I’ve been a great admirer of David down the years, but we have to face up to the fact that injuries have taken their toll and we may now only see cameo appearances from him.
The miserable defeat by Bolton may well be a defining point in our season. Chilling echoes of last season when the 2-1 defeat then was the beginning of the end of our life in the Premiership.
The last six matches have produced 5 points – W1 D2 L3. One win against a floundering side with massive internal disciplinary problems. Fast forward to the end of the season and that, if continued, equates to approximately 50 points (28 plus a further 22), which could be uncomfortably flirting with relegation again.
Berg has to turn our fortunes around completely in the next six matches – W4 D1 L1 or W4 D2 L0. To grab an automatic promotion spot with well over 80 points we can now afford to lose only another four or five games out of the next 27. A big ask and, on current form, highly unlikely.
Maybe Berg can sort it all out – but hopes are fading for this season. In that case, more Venkey’s chickens will be coming home to roost with the first £80million slipping through their fingers.
If relegation didn’t, then perhaps that will bring them to their senses.
Just to add that I'm fully behind HB but am getting worried about others influencing his decisions or certain stipulations about who has to play.
Murphy n Etuhu cannot play in the same side, both passionless, lazy, slow, going through the motions etc etc and I'd of hoped by now HB would of changed that.
Why is our best defender not playing... Givet?
Why is Simon not starting and getting a chance?
Why is JR not getting a partner up front?
What is so wrong with the proven 4 4 2?
I know HB inherited an ageing squad and Portugese freebies but changes have to be made, he's got to start putting his mark on the team quickly.
I'd be glad to see Dunny back tmrw to start the game, be it for 40 mins just to set the tempo and passion that we ate gonna need.
I've never been so nervous about playing the Dingles but on current form we could get drubbed as we have nobody willing to stand up and play for their shirts.
I'd even take a draw now.
I so hope I am proven wrong and the players are up for it because if we lose tmrw then this season is virtually written off and the vultures will start circling and we will be back to the boos n screams on a weekly basis.
Come on rovers, lets start the changes tmrw.
GameRoverMan
says...
10:55am Sat 1 Dec 12
George White Bread wrote:It started as a typo but then I thought it better described our inferior rivals. Also if you think about it for more than half a second if I was a shoeless soup loving tramp then I would hardly have access to a computer!
GameRoverMan wrote:Dungles? Come on my shoeless soup loving tramp friend, you must be new to this banter/abuse Mularky, at least get it right if your gonna dish it out.
Dunn is one of the few Rovers players who understands what this means to the Blackburn fans. He will be desperate to play and earn his place in Rovers history by prolonging this undefeated streak against the dungles. If he is halfway fit I would play him!
Harwoodstblue
says...
11:44am Sat 1 Dec 12
GameRoverMan wrote:He's a Dingle. What do you expect ? Brains ?
George White Bread wrote:It started as a typo but then I thought it better described our inferior rivals. Also if you think about it for more than half a second if I was a shoeless soup loving tramp then I would hardly have access to a computer!
GameRoverMan wrote:Dungles? Come on my shoeless soup loving tramp friend, you must be new to this banter/abuse Mularky, at least get it right if your gonna dish it out.
Dunn is one of the few Rovers players who understands what this means to the Blackburn fans. He will be desperate to play and earn his place in Rovers history by prolonging this undefeated streak against the dungles. If he is halfway fit I would play him!
blueblooded
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12:06pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Harwoodstblue wrote:As much as I look forward to our derbies, the thought of visiting that sh1t stained, stench filled, wooden shed that is the turd.
GameRoverMan wrote:He's a Dingle. What do you expect ? Brains ?
George White Bread wrote:It started as a typo but then I thought it better described our inferior rivals. Also if you think about it for more than half a second if I was a shoeless soup loving tramp then I would hardly have access to a computer!
GameRoverMan wrote:Dungles? Come on my shoeless soup loving tramp friend, you must be new to this banter/abuse Mularky, at least get it right if your gonna dish it out.
Dunn is one of the few Rovers players who understands what this means to the Blackburn fans. He will be desperate to play and earn his place in Rovers history by prolonging this undefeated streak against the dungles. If he is halfway fit I would play him!
Dungles is right. The only worthy reason for going there is the easy three points!
CoYB!
GameRoverMan
says...
12:38pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Harwoodstblue wrote:The more I think about it the better it fits - the dungles from Turd Moor.
GameRoverMan wrote:He's a Dingle. What do you expect ? Brains ?
George White Bread wrote:It started as a typo but then I thought it better described our inferior rivals. Also if you think about it for more than half a second if I was a shoeless soup loving tramp then I would hardly have access to a computer!
GameRoverMan wrote:Dungles? Come on my shoeless soup loving tramp friend, you must be new to this banter/abuse Mularky, at least get it right if your gonna dish it out.
Dunn is one of the few Rovers players who understands what this means to the Blackburn fans. He will be desperate to play and earn his place in Rovers history by prolonging this undefeated streak against the dungles. If he is halfway fit I would play him!
kazluvsrovers
says...
4:06pm Sat 1 Dec 12
burnleyglentoran wrote:get stuffed dingle!
BREAKING NEWS................
............BREAKING NEWS..............
BURNLEY V. BLACKBURN.
Lancashire constabulary has just announced special measures, to be put into place for this Sunday's forthcoming east Lancashire football derby.
The mounted police unit will be wearing full body armour.
This is to prevent the horses being sexually abused by the Blackburn fans.
Stone Island:
says...
8:44pm Sat 1 Dec 12
burnleyglentoran wrote:I think you'll find that it's Burnley, where the horse botherers come from. Pr1ck!
BREAKING NEWS................
............BREAKING NEWS..............
BURNLEY V. BLACKBURN.
Lancashire constabulary has just announced special measures, to be put into place for this Sunday's forthcoming east Lancashire football derby.
The mounted police unit will be wearing full body armour.
This is to prevent the horses being sexually abused by the Blackburn fans.
http://www.lancashir
etelegraph.co.uk/new
s/burnley/9956847.Bu
rnley_man_caught_wit
h_pornographic_image
s_of_horses/
burnleyglentoran
says...
10:04pm Sat 1 Dec 12
When a Burnley fan says his girlfriend has two left feet, it's because she's bad at dancing. When a B*******d fan says it, it's just because she's a horse.
NO NAY NEVER
Roverthere
says...
4:12am Sun 2 Dec 12
roverfor60years wrote:No chance, these guys are as thick as cs!
Oh dear. Things are beginning to look a bit ominous. Before the Millwall game I was confidently thinking that the next two games would bring us six points and push us back into promotion contention.
But two poor home performances and four goals conceded have shattered that confidence. I sincerely hope Henning Berg can turn things around, but I am beginning to have doubts.
We should have begun to see his influence by now, but in all honesty we look a bunch of misfits and not-good-enoughs, lacking quality and conviction. I know Berg has inherited this lot and I know that it would take some time to turn things round, but will he be able to?
I fully expected to see some backroom changes by now but has HB been told he will have to work with what he has got – or, even worse, does he not have his own trusted ‘team’? I don’t know what departures there have been since Sam went, but we seem woefully lacking on the coaching and training side.
The stamina has gone, the work rate has gone, the fitness has gone. No method, no fire, no punch. A pitiful midfield – and still seriously lacking in defensive ability, even though that problem has been staring us in the face for two years. Where is Gael Givet? Is he injured – or is he another victim of the old guard purge?
We are at sixes and sevens, unbalanced, careless. We have one of the top strikers in the league and we can’t get the ball to him. Peterborough apart, he is feeding off scraps.
How much influence are our deaf and dumb owners in Pune still wielding? Was HB the only applicant who was prepared to sell his soul to them? For what my voice was worth I pleaded with the Rao brothers and Shebby Singh in personal letters not to take another gamble with inexperience for reasons clear to everyone except them. The decision, I warned, could be their last chance to get one thing right after two years of calamitous mistakes.
Here we are hoping for the return of a ‘saviour’ in David Dunn for a derby game that would be highly embarrassing to lose when, in reality, if he is ‘fit’ he may not last much more than half an hour. How desperate can we get? I’ve been a great admirer of David down the years, but we have to face up to the fact that injuries have taken their toll and we may now only see cameo appearances from him.
The miserable defeat by Bolton may well be a defining point in our season. Chilling echoes of last season when the 2-1 defeat then was the beginning of the end of our life in the Premiership.
The last six matches have produced 5 points – W1 D2 L3. One win against a floundering side with massive internal disciplinary problems. Fast forward to the end of the season and that, if continued, equates to approximately 50 points (28 plus a further 22), which could be uncomfortably flirting with relegation again.
Berg has to turn our fortunes around completely in the next six matches – W4 D1 L1 or W4 D2 L0. To grab an automatic promotion spot with well over 80 points we can now afford to lose only another four or five games out of the next 27. A big ask and, on current form, highly unlikely.
Maybe Berg can sort it all out – but hopes are fading for this season. In that case, more Venkey’s chickens will be coming home to roost with the first £80million slipping through their fingers.
If relegation didn’t, then perhaps that will bring them to their senses.

blueblooded says...
10:44am Fri 30 Nov 12
You better be fit pie-boy, Sunday won't be a day for sitting around less you on the bench - which you probably will be big you don't make the grade.