According to Peter Fraser at Sky Sports News, Blackburn midfielder David Dunn admitted that the club has yet to have discussions with him regarding a contract extension. His current deal with the club ends after this season. Dunn said,

"My contract is up at the end of the season .

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We haven't done this for a while here are our best three picks for this week and the weeks ahead... Although we make no assurances they will be successful.

1. David Dunn

He's fat, he's round, he's only five point seven million pound... David Dunn. By a margin Blackburn's outstanding performer this season, Dunn has already notched four goals, and in only seven appearances.

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After the 2-0 loss to Liverpool in the Premier League last weekend, Man United really needed a win against Blackburn Rovers. United were without the injured trio of Rio Ferdinand, Ryan Giggs and Nemanja Vidic.
The Man United starting XI was- Edwin Van Der Sar, John O'Shea, Wes Brown, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Luis Nani, Anderson, Michael Carrick, Antonio Valencia, Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers
English Premier League
Old Trafford
Saturday, 31 October 2009
Kick-off: 1730 GMT

Swine-flu and poor defending will be the talk of the day, as Manchester United take on Blackburn Rovers in a late kickoff on Saturday.

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Three Blackburn Rovers players and two members of staff have caught H1N1 swine flu but Tuesday's League Cup Fourth Round match against Peterborough United will go ahead as scheduled, the Premier League club said.

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Handsy's REAL fantasy team
All those David Dunn (5.6M) and Christopher Samba (4.9M) owners may not have been worried when their (clearly benched) players weren't in the squad vs Chelsea this past weekend. But maybe there should be some worrying going forward. Latest reports out of Ewood Park are saying that the duo are suffering from "virus like symptoms" [read H1N1? Click to continue reading...

It was a weekend dominated by beach balls, by petty squabbles and by surprise results. Defeats for Chelsea and Liverpool showed the world that the big four monopoly on the Premier League is far from permanent, whilst in Lancashire Blackburn and Burnley re-introduced the nation to their own, explosive rivalry.

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Courtesy of F365:

Arsenal
* The Gunners are scoring an incredible average of 3.37 goals per Premier League game this season.

* If games ended after 45 minutes, Arsenal would be top of the table with 19 points.

* All Arsenal's points have been won against bottom-half opposition.

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Blackburn Rovers had emerged triumphant in the East Lancashire derby game against Burnley. Their first top-flight meeting after 43 years had ended with a 3-2 Blackburn win.Burnley's Robbie Blake scored a stunning 25 yards strike after only 5 minutes. But the lead was short-lived. David Dunn,Franco Di Santo and Pascal Chimbonda's goal sealed the points for Blackburn. Click to continue reading...

The English Premier League had two matches on Sunday, October 18, 2009 as Manchester City traveled to Wigan Athletic and Blackburn Rovers hosted Burnley. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

Wigan and Man City draw at 1-1 Video Highlights

Charlies N'Zogbia (45th minute) scored for Wigan and Martin Petrov (47th minute) scored for Man City as the two teams played to a 1-1 draw on Sunday.

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An instrumental Cesc Fabregas helped Arsenal bag SIX goals at the Emirates against Blackburn Rovers.

Rovers took a shocking lead through Nzonzi, before Thomas Vermaelen equalised with a fierce drive from outside the box.

David Dunn then saw his shot bundled in but Robin Van Persie replied instantly for the Gunners.

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An instrumental Cesc Fabregas helped Arsenal bag SIX goals at the Emirates against Blackburn Rovers.

Rovers took a shocking lead through Nzonzi, before Thomas Vermaelen equalised with a fierce drive from outside the box.

David Dunn then saw his shot bundled in but Robin Van Persie replied instantly for the Gunners.

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.Arsenal defeated Blackburn Rovers 6-2 in a thorough team effort in a Premier League encounter. Playing at The Emirates Stadium, The Gunners pulled off a superb performance with spirited goals with 6 different team members. It was the Rovers who got off to a good start as Steven Nnonzi headed in a Paul Robinson free kick [. Click to continue reading...

Captain Cesc Fabregas turns in a match winning performance- four assists and a goal, as Arsenal beat Blackburn Rovers 6-2 at home. Video highlights from the game. Final score:- Arsenal 6-2 Blackburn Rovers ( Vermaelen, Robin Van Persie, Andrei Arshavin, Cesc Fabregas, Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner/ Steven Nzozi, David Dunn) Half time score :- Arsenal 3-2 Blackburn [. Click to continue reading...

With yet another exciting Premier League weekend in the books it's time to review this weekend's winners and losers.

Winners Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane emerges from this weekend as the biggest winner. The Tottenham striker has had a relatively quiet start to the season, oftentimes playing second fiddle to the red hot Jermain Defoe.

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Colorado Rapids - The Rapids loss in Toronto has dropped them to a tie with Chivas for 4th in the West and with DC for 6th overall. Colorado still has a game in hand over most of the teams in front of them, but Chivas and New England are lurking right behind them with a game in hand over the Rapids. Click to continue reading...

Andy Reid, Jason Roberts, David Dunn. What do they all have in common?

No, it isn't that at regular intervals, their respective managers have prefixed the mentioning of their names with a string of expletives, bemoaning their inconsistency/fitness/existence. It isn't even that they have, at some stage of their careers, been signed for a sum that made most people remark "how much?

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. Blackburn Rovers notched up their first win of the season with a good 3-1 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers. El-Hadji Diouf broke the deadlock a little before twenty minutes, and slotted one home through the goalkeeper's legs to give the hosts a well earned lead. After the break, manager Mick McCarthy rallied his troops and made substitutions that [. Click to continue reading...

No big 'shocks' in today's 2nd round ties. Portsmouth got their first win of the season by thrashing Hereford United 4-1. Goals from Piquionne, Utaka, Krancjar, and Hughes securing Pompey's place in the next round. Blackburn saw off League 1 side Gillingham with goals from David Dunn, David Hoilett and Morten Gamst Pedersen. Click to continue reading...

The matches to watch after you realize that you once again have something to do other than masturabate all day on Saturdays.

Saturday

Chelsea v Hull City at Stamford Bridge First game of the season and it's actually a rematch of the first match ever at the Bridge back in Chelsea's debut 1905 season.

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Blackburn midfielder David Dunn is ready for the new Premier League season, vowing to "kick lumps" out of Manchester City this weekend.

Mark Hughes' men open their Premier League campaign at Ewood Park after a summer in which they have recruited over £100million of talent in a bid to challenge for a top-four finish.

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David Dunn says Rovers will cut Citeh stars down to size The Premier League kicks off again tomorrow and it seems that living up to cliches is so in this season. Firstly we had Arsene Wenger proudly confirming that he does see what he doesn't see and now Blackburn Rovers are freely admitting that their tactics [. Click to continue reading...

According to ESPN Soccernet, Blackburn are going to begin contract negotiations with midfielders David Dunn, Steven Reid, and Morten Gamst Pedersen. Both are entering the final years of their current contracts. Blackburn chairman John Williams said,

"David and Steven have both got a year left, so we'll sit down and have a chat with them, .

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Fancy a Bentley, anyone? David Bentley, that is. After a season at his boyhood club, Spurs boss, Harry Redknapp is ready to cut the midfielder loose. It looks like yet another player's boyhood dream will be crushed. We all have seen how Robbie Keane was shown the exit door at his boyhood club, Liverpool. Click to continue reading...

It could happen to your club

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is annoyed and frustrated that he cannot appeal the second yellow card given to Wilson Palacios, for a ‘foul' on Blackburn's David Dunn a fortnight ago in a game that saw Rovers come back from a goal down to win.

Redknapp says that the rules are "flawed" and that the Honduran should have been able to play against West Ham on Saturday.

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Dirk Kuyt has been hailed as Liverpool's unsung hero after helping sweep aside Blackburn Rovers.
With injury concerns consigning Steven Gerrard to the bench, Kuyt partnered Fernando Torres in attack for Saturday's visit of the Lancastrians.
And while the Dutchman was not among the goalscorers in a 4-0 romp for the Anfield outfit, his performance earned the plaudits of the opposition. Click to continue reading...

Jamie Carragher has illustrated the significance of today's lunchtime encounter with Blackburn to Liverpool's pursuit of Manchester United, making the bold declaration that it is the most important league game of his 13-year career at Anfield. "I'm not just saying that because of what happened against Chelsea, but the league has always been the priority of everyone at this club," said Carragher, ahead of a game for which Rafael Benitez will delay a decision on Steven Gerrard until the last minute. Click to continue reading...

I was sat in the pub around 2:20pm on Saturday, watching the Spurs vs. Blackburn game. It was 1-0 to Spurs, and while our goal had come from a rather dodgy penalty, we had bossed the whole game, and we could have easily been 3 or 4 up. I was imagining how my next blog entry on Seven Sisters Road would be a wonderful narration of Spurs' revival since the Carling Cup final defeat to Man.

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Carling Cup Quarterfinals
Manchester United v. Blackburn Rovers @ Old Trafford
Wednesday, December 3, 2008 – KO @ 20:00 GMT (3:00 EST)

Recent Carling Cup Results:

United:
United 3 – Boro 1 @ Old Trafford on September 23, 2008
United 1 – QPR 0 @ Old Trafford on November 11, 2008

Blackburn:
Blackburn 4 – Grimsby 0 @ Ewood Park on August 27, 2008
Blackburn 1 – Everton 0 @ Ewood Park on September 24, 2008
Blackburn 2 – Sunderland 1 @ The Stadium of Light on November 12, 2008

A Few Points to Ponder Prior to Kickoff

I don't entirely know what to expect from this Blackburn squad.

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David Dunn will be reeling from the news that the achilles problem he picked up against Hull on 23rd August is likely to see him out for as much as four months. Scans he has undertaken show that the injury is another serious one for the unlucky midfielder. Dunn is a very talented player who was looking somewhere near his best at the start of this season. Click to continue reading...

The Boomerang Boys
21 Players That Had A Second Spell At One Of Their Previous Clubs
1. Peter Beardsley (Newcastle, 1983-87 and 1993-97)
2. Henning Berg (Blackburn, 1993-97 and 2000-03)
3. Lee Bowyer (West Ham, 2003 and 2006-)
4. Lee Clark (Newcastle, 1990-97 and 2005-07)
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Soccerword's Premiership Team of the Week - 01

Goalkeeper: Shay Given, Newcastle

Defenders: Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea), Vedran Corlucka (Man City), Andre Ooijer (Blackburn), David Wheater (Middlesbrough)

Midfielders: Mikel Arteta (Everton), Deco (Chelsea), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle), Samir Nasri (Arsenal)

Strikers: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Dean Ashton (West Ham)

Honorable Mention: Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), David Dunn (Blackburn), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Julian Faubert (West Ham), Darren Fletcher (Man United), Obafemi Martins (Newcastle), Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

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Soccerword's Premiership Team of the Week - 01

Goalkeeper: Shay Given, Newcastle

Defenders: Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea), Vedran Corlucka (Man City), Andre Ooijer (Blackburn), David Wheater (Middlesbrough)

Midfielders: Mikel Arteta (Everton), Deco (Chelsea), Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle), Samir Nasri (Arsenal)

Strikers: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Dean Ashton (West Ham)

Honorable Mention: Ashley Cole (Chelsea), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), David Dunn (Blackburn), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Julian Faubert (West Ham), Darren Fletcher (Man United), Obafemi Martins (Newcastle), Fernando Torres (Liverpool)

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Premier League football is back, and the goals were flying into the net this opening weekend. Where to start?

Chelsea 4 - 0 Portsmouth
How about with Scolari's Blues as Chelsea thrashed Portsmouth 4-0. Joe Cole, Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard, and Deco all scored as Chelsea soared to the top of the table on goal difference.

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Premier League football is back, and the goals were flying into the net this opening weekend. Where to start?

Chelsea 4 - 0 Portsmouth
How about with Scolari's Blues as Chelsea thrashed Portsmouth 4-0. Joe Cole, Nicolas Anelka, Frank Lampard, and Deco all scored as Chelsea soared to the top of the table on goal difference.

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