DAVID Dunn believes lessons are finally starting to be learned at Blackburn Rovers – insisting there must be no return to the ‘tit for tat’ power struggles of last season.

Dunn has put pen to paper on a new one-year contract at the club and says stability is the most important thing this season under new boss Gary Bowyer.

Rovers had five managerial changes during the 2012/13 campaign, with disagreements over the right way forward between Shebby Singh and the duo of Derek Shaw and the now departed Paul Agnew.

And Dunn believes progress is being made.

“It’s good to see that the owners have now appointed Gary and look as if they’re making the right decisions,” said Dunn about Bowyer.

Singh has been less involved in football matters in recently, splitting his time between India and Malaysia.

“I don’t really know the background of what’s happened with Shebby, I’m not too fussed about that really,” Dunn said. “I’m just glad that the owners seem to be making the decisions and it’s not a load of tit for tat like it was last year.

“As long as there is one person making decisions and it’s not an ego or a power struggle, that’s certainly the right decision as far as I’m concerned.

“The only people who really matter to me are the manager, the coaches and my team-mates. I’ve always thought that the club should drive the club and we stem from that.

“In the last few years the players and the staff here have probably been driving the club a little bit.

“Stability is the key word in all of this. There are going to be times where we’re up against it but that’s when we’ve got to be patient as a club and stick with people.”

The 33-year-old was a regular under Bowyer and had contact with owners Venky’s over a new deal.

But when he was out of the team midway through the season, he feared his time at Ewood Park could be over.

“I did think that when I was sat on the bench and we were playing very average, to say the least, and I couldn’t get on the pitch,” Dunn said.

“Even at my age now if there’s a player who can change a game still, I am one of those players.

“It was frustrating and upsetting.

“But thankfully that is long gone now.”