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Allardyce hails feel-good factor
10th May 2010
Sam Allardyce hopes Blackburn's strong finish to the season will convince Morten Gamst Pedersen to stay with the club.
Pedersen, who is out of contract this summer, is yet to sign a new deal and a number of sides from around Europe are thought to be interested in him.
The Norwegian midfielder came off the bench at Aston Villa yesterday in what could be his final game for Rovers, to help them to a 1-0 victory and secure a 10th-placed finish in the Barclays Premier League.
That result followed a 2-1 victory over Arsenal and Blackburn lost only once in their final nine games, generating a feel-good factor at the club which Allardyce hopes Pedersen will want to remain a part of.
Asked if there were any developments with Pedersen's contract negotiations, Allardyce said: "No, I don't know yet. We are still keeping our fingers crossed.
"Hopefully the last two results will go some way to try and sort it out in our favour and he won't go anywhere else."
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| 4:00, Sun 9th May | ||||
| Aston Villa | 0 | v | 0 | Blackburn |
| 5:00, Mon 3rd May | ||||
| Blackburn | 0 | v | 0 | Arsenal |
| 3:00, Sat 24th Apr | ||||
| Wolverhampton | 0 | v | 0 | Blackburn |
| 3:00, Sat 17th Apr | ||||
| Blackburn | 0 | v | 0 | Everton |
| 1:30, Sun 11th Apr | ||||
| Blackburn | 0 | v | 0 | Man Utd |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Robinson |
| 2 | Lars Jacobsen |
| 3 | Stephen Warnock |
| 4 | Christopher Samba |
| 5 | Gael Givet |
| 6 | Ryan Nelsen |
| 7 | Brett Emerton |
| 8 | David Dunn |
| 9 | Jason Roberts |
| 10 | Benedict McCarthy |
| 11 | Vincenzo Grella |
| 12 | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 13 | Zurab Khizanishvili |
| 14 | Amine Linganzi |
| 14 | Paul Gallagher |
| 15 | Steven Nzonzi |
| 16 | Steven Reid |
| 17 | Keith Andrews |
| 18 | El-Hadji Diouf |
| 19 | Aaron Doran |
| 20 | Yildiray Basturk |
| 20 | Elrio Van Heerden |
| 21 | Martin Olsson |
| 22 | Nikola Kalinic |
| No. | Player |
|---|---|
| 23 | David Hoilett |
| 26 | Franco Di Santo |
| 27 | Michel Salgado |
| 28 | Phil Jones |
| 29 | Gavin Gunning |
| 30 | Maceo Rigters |
| 31 | Grant Hanley |
| 32 | Jason Brown |
| 34 | Frank Fielding |
| 38 | Mark Bunn |
| 39 | Pascal Chimbonda |
| Other Players | |
|---|---|
| Nick Blackman |
