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Financial problems in football are caused partly by no maximum wage worldwide in the game. All these clubs that have suffered financially over recent years have succumbed to overpayment of employees. Even those clubs who are relegated from the riches of the Premier League often find themselves in financial difficulties. Professional footballers; overpaid prima donnas.

Every time I click on the link to "Home Page" I get" Page cannot be found". Why?

There was another player with Marsh and Curry. Was it Stan Bowles?

It seems to all of us that Butterworth can only play for 20 minutes at present. I hope it's because of lack of match fitness and not his back again. That's why he cannot start at present.

He should be playing. He's their captain.

Whenever Luton had a corner, why was little Dolan not in the centre circle to give them something to worry about and maybe hit them on the break?

Says they're all home grown players. They're not. What's all that about?

No complaints from me either. Thanks for clearing up the time issue.

If something happens in a game whereby the ref has to take both teams off into the dressing room and they come back on 20 minutes later, are you telling me that at the end of the 90 minutes 20 minutes minimum will be added on? To me the ref on the deck time was the same scenario. Perhaps I'm wrong.

I know that added time is a minimum. But any extra time on top of that must be for subs or injuries DURING added time. I'm sure there wasn't 3 minutes of stoppage time after the game resumed to play out the minimum of 5 minutes of added time.

There was 5 minutes of added time announced. Then the ref collapsed and went off to be replaced. Surely only 5 minutes extra should be played when the new ref re-starts the game. The time the old (useless) ref was on the ground, was attended to and left the field is surely irrelevant to the game.

The Blakewaters. The Ewoodians. The Magnificents. The Quartermen. Or, because we are the only club to receive a commemorative shield for winning the FA Cup three years in succession, The Shielders.

Two of them.

The names of Scottish clubs have always fascinated me. We all know that Rangers and Celtic are from Glasgow. But St. Mirren are from Paisley, St. Johnstone are from Perth, Morton from Greenock, Raith Rovers from Kirkcaldy, Queen of the South from Dumfries. The list goes on. If Rovers ever go the way of Bury and a phoenix club rises from the ashes, we could call ourselves "King of the North" or " Kings of Lancashire". Finally a question. When did The Rovers play The Spiders?

It always makes me smile when I hear someone say they Hoovered the carpet with a Dyson. Perhaps, now, I Dyson the house with a Shark.

Or the left foot bullet from a Kuqi cross and that right wing corner to Tugay, both against Fulham?

"Vaxxed". The newest word to come after "Brexit". The dictionary gets bigger.

Leave the girls alone. I thought she was a good pundit. In fact, at one stage, I was dreaming she could take over from Moggadon.

What a fabulous game of football. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute; skill from both sides and lots of beef too. We have the best England team that I have ever seen, and that includes the 1966 cup winners because the game has moved on such a lot. It's such a joy to watch. I know they conceded a late goal to a very good, fighting Poland but watching how England play is heartwarming. Those of you who remember Rovers in 1992 to 1998 and remember those good times make sure you appreciate England now because it may not last. We must be top 6 in the world.

I read the second word as "I'm pathetic" which made me smile.

I love my tea. My mum used to have a large tea caddy (metal tin) into which she put two packets of Indian tea and one packet of Ceylon tea and mixed up the tea leaves thoroughly; no tea bags in those days. Assam tea is our staple brew. I tried Ceylon tea for a while but it isn't quite strong enough for me. However PG tips bags now occupy the tin that is labelled "Ceylon". They are equally as good as Assam. Kenya tea leaves a bitter taste. I have a Nespresso machine for making coffee. Roma is my favourite. However a quick brew of Nescafé instant is usually chosen when I'm in a hurry. Coffee is very occasional. Tea is the main drink; that is before the sun goes over the yard arm.....................then we assess the beer choices.

Regarding Sterling and shirt removal, everyone except Rigger seems to be missing the point. He intended to remove his shirt during the game before going onto the pitch. He knew full well he would receive a yellow for it. That automatically lets his team mates down. I don't care how many others do it or have done it. It doesn't justify the intent and the action. Just supposing something happened 5 minutes after he had scored whereby he received a second yellow. Southgate needs to address this with all of his squad.

Regarding the ITV coverage, some young upwardly mobile idiot has changed the format of the league tables. There was me staring at the extreme right hand column trying to figure out the points. I was looking at goals against. I finally found the points column on the extreme left before the games played. Whoever had this idea needs sacking.

It doesn't matter what the message was. He knows full well that if he takes his shirt off after scoring a goal he will receive a yellow card. He has let his team mates down badly tonight. He deliberately went onto the pitch to get booked. If he wants to give such a lovely heartfelt message he should do it on Twitter, Facebook or even You Tube.

What a silly absolute dickhead is Raheem Stirling. He is a black player in a hostile stadium where fans have been warned about racism and he removes his shirt to display some message AND GETS A YELLOW CARD FOR IT. What is Southgate doing? If I were manager I would tell all the squad no removal of shirts under any circumstances. I would get every player to raise his shirt before going on to the pitch to prove to me no message T shirt underneath. Stirling.........total knob. OK. I spelled his name wrong.