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Blackburn Rovers wait on Dunn fitness
10:38am Friday 30th November 2012 in News
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.
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Comments (52)
10:44am Fri 30 Nov 12
blueblooded says...
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.
10:48am Fri 30 Nov 12
Return of the Magnificent se7en says...
10:55am Fri 30 Nov 12
benal13 says...
11:15am Fri 30 Nov 12
Return of the Magnificent se7en says...
11:31am Fri 30 Nov 12
dangerous dave says...
OUT WITH SHAW AGNEW SINGH BLACK HENDRY VENKEYS
12:22pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Keen O to Get Kean Out says...
12:33pm Fri 30 Nov 12
fanny_tickler. says...
12:36pm Fri 30 Nov 12
AndyW says...
Could be quite a long wait then...
12:43pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Captain Dreckley says...
Come on you blues
Burnley town centre needs a spruce up, give the Dingles an excuse to renovate it again
1:34pm Fri 30 Nov 12
spike t says...
2:21pm Fri 30 Nov 12
French Rover says...
2:28pm Fri 30 Nov 12
makaveli96 says...
2:39pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Ronaldpetercooper says...
3:07pm Fri 30 Nov 12
rovertillidie says...
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!!
3:43pm Fri 30 Nov 12
ChrisDeBerg says...
4:29pm Fri 30 Nov 12
fanny_tickler. says...
4:30pm Fri 30 Nov 12
dangerous dave says...
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
6:07pm Fri 30 Nov 12
juanbbien says...
6:26pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Whydidtheybanme? says...
6:29pm Fri 30 Nov 12
juanbbien says...
6:33pm Fri 30 Nov 12
sheepdip says...
7:30pm Fri 30 Nov 12
M.DANNY says...
7:58pm Fri 30 Nov 12
katrew says...
8:31pm Fri 30 Nov 12
spotonblue says...
8:32pm Fri 30 Nov 12
spotonblue says...
8:41pm Fri 30 Nov 12
roverfor60years says...
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.
8:42pm Fri 30 Nov 12
roverfor60years says...
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.
9:53pm Fri 30 Nov 12
Harwoodstblue says...
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.
10:34pm Fri 30 Nov 12
burnleyglentoran says...
............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.
10:41pm Fri 30 Nov 12
GameRoverMan says...
11:07pm Fri 30 Nov 12
champs95 says...
11:54pm Fri 30 Nov 12
oggy 56 says...
11:56pm Fri 30 Nov 12
George White Bread says...
1:13am Sat 1 Dec 12
penrithrover says...
7:55am Sat 1 Dec 12
Dan11 says...
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30K a week each of them and they are absolute passengers.
8:13am Sat 1 Dec 12
Harwoodstblue says...
Again, well done you plonkers.
9:10am Sat 1 Dec 12
Ossywood says...
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!
9:20am Sat 1 Dec 12
Lancs - pensioner says...
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!
9:25am Sat 1 Dec 12
Bazzer says...
9:30am Sat 1 Dec 12
Steven Kean says...
9:45am Sat 1 Dec 12
Robbie says...
9:47am Sat 1 Dec 12
Robbie says...
9:51am Sat 1 Dec 12
Robbie says...
well done venkys!
10:50am Sat 1 Dec 12
trueblue72 says...
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.
10:55am Sat 1 Dec 12
GameRoverMan says...
11:44am Sat 1 Dec 12
Harwoodstblue says...
12:06pm Sat 1 Dec 12
blueblooded says...
Dungles is right. The only worthy reason for going there is the easy three points!
CoYB!
12:38pm Sat 1 Dec 12
GameRoverMan says...
4:06pm Sat 1 Dec 12
kazluvsrovers says...
8:44pm Sat 1 Dec 12
Stone Island: says...
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10:04pm Sat 1 Dec 12
burnleyglentoran says...
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
4:12am Sun 2 Dec 12
Roverthere says...