Mowbray's contract lasts until 2022. With the club reluctant to refund season ticket holders, due to the financial situation, I doubt much thought will be given to paying off Mowbray and his staff anytime soon. The events at Wigan show just how precarious the situation is for many clubs - Rovers included - due to the virus. I've no doubt that Mowbray will, at the very least, be given next season to try to break into the top six. With finances so stretched I'm not sure how he - or indeed anyone who took his place - will be able to rebuild the squad in the way that it needs. Personally, I like Mowbray and think, on the whole, he has done a decent job since he arrived. Like all managers he has made mistakes. Some of the tactics can seem strange - still no idea was a false 9 is - unless it's another way of describing Gallagher or Brereton in terms of non-scoring forwards. Those two have been huge disappoints and costly mistakes. A bit like Bob Saxton before him, he's been loyal to players and, like Saxton, that may ultimately cost him. But, due to the financial situation I suspect he will see out his contract unless he decides otherwise.

Looked like a nothing goalless draw until Walton's clanger. Why he is trying to catch a ball like that instead of punching it clear is beyond me. He's simply not good enough. For all our possession the front three looked toothless in terms of scoring. Rothwell, again, flatters to deceive whilst Gallagher looks a shadow of the player who was here a couple of years ago. Brereton was better but, again, never looked like scoring. Disappointing after last week but realistically we are a top ten team rather than top six at the moment.

Don't get me wrong Rev, I enjoyed the game once the problems were sorted out. But it simply reminded me that there is nothing like 'being there' as opposed to watching on TV. Sadly, I fear we won't get back until some time in 2021, particularly older folk like myself. But, as you say, the streaming service is better than nothing.

Once I came out and went back in it seemed to clear the picture and no problems after that - so I suppose I missed the first ten minutes or so. Pleased I gave it one last go to work as it was a very good team performance. Didn't seem to be a weak link anywhere - although Walton was dreadful for their goal. Evans outstanding in midfield and we seemed much fitter than Bristol. The prospect of watching possibly half of next season this way is pretty depressing as today proved beyond doubt, for me, that watching Rovers on TV is nowhere near as good as being there.

Terrible service - managed to get on but not worth watch with it freezing every few seconds. Going to watch Arsenal on BT. At the end of the day the buck stops with the Rovers they took my season ticket money and it will be the club I'll be contacting for a refund on Monday!

Looking at those minutes it suggests that until January 2021, at least, games are going to continue to be played behind closed doors. Will be interesting to see how they price the i-follow ticket for a half-season and how many they are able to sell.

Very sad news. I remember Jim's debut at Gigg Lane and at that point he became something of a cult figure for me - with the sideburns, balding pate and drooping moustache. He scored the best diving header I think I've ever seen when he came on as sub against Norwich City. A friend who is an Oldham Athletic supporter speaks so highly of him and, although not a great success at Ewood, he was a pretty consistent goalscorer wherever he played in the lower divisions. RIP Jim.

I think the last three months have proved beyond doubt that the words 'football' and 'integrity' should never be used in the same sentence - they are complete strangers to one another. The fact that Tottenham can contemplate such a loan, that Chelsea talk about spending fifty-odd million on a player and that Sunderland show such little respect for long suffering supporters shows the only priority with regard to football - money. After almost sixty years as a season ticket holder, my Dad getting me one as a kid and been renewing ever since - even the years I was away from Blackburn as a student - I'm actually giving serious thought as the whether I want to renew it. I suspect blind loyalty will probably tip my hand in the end but watching matches being streamed on ifollow, or whatever it is, really holds little appeal. I notice the new guy at the head of the Premier League is talking about a small number of supporters being allowed back in grounds, perhaps as early as September. Personally I wouldn't trust this government if they said it was safe to return to grounds - no doubt they, and the football authorities would be claiming that infamous 'ring of steel' around care homes was now in place around football stadiums. When money is the driving force, safety is always a dim and distant second in terms of priorities. I don't think I have ever been so disillusioned with the game that I've loved for so long.

Listened to the Oxford folk on the radio last week. They were talking about it being well into next year, at the earliest, before they would be likely to find a vaccine and even that, they felt, was by no means a certainty. Like Paul said earlier, people will make their own decisions about what they feel is safe. Personally, I don't see how any stadium can be safe and social distancing - which is going to be here until a vaccine or successful treatment is found - makes it even more likely that the future of football is going to be behind closed doors - Sky and BT will be rubbing their hands at that.

She was on the radio last week saying that it was unlikely that a vaccine would be found until well into next year at the earliest.

I'm opposed to resources being wasted on football rather than where they are needed. I appreciate that you have been opposed to the lockdown from day one but I look at the growing number of deaths and really don't regard football as all that important in the greater scheme things. Behind closed doors football is going to be the norm for the foreseeable future. Our way of life before the virus hit is not going to return until there is a vaccine and that may be a year or two away, if indeed one is created at all. Social distancing is here to stay with all the ramifications it will bring. Football, like the rest of society, is going to have to adapt to the new reality and, sadly, many clubs are going to find that impossible.

Sky/BT will keep the Premier League games - or the majority of them and certainly the key games. SKY/BT, as you say, are not going to give up the exclusivity to the major games. BBC may get the Premier League games that have no importance in terms of European qualification or relegation and very little audience pulling power. ifollow will end up with Championship games with one or two maybe making it to Quest. I think the interesting question is what happens next season. With the Oxford group now admitting that it is unlikely that a vaccine is going to be ready until some time next year - at the earliest and maybe not even at all - it's likely that the whole of next season will be played behind closed doors. With the costs of testing etc. I'm not sure how clubs in Leagues One and Two could possibly contemplate that and I suspect several Championship clubs will find it a stretch too far. The Premier League will be able to fund it from TV money - both from here and abroad - but I suspect the rest of football is going to really struggle. In twelve months time I will be amazed if we still have 92 full time clubs at senior level unless the government are going to prop clubs up with financial support.

I must admit Tyrone that I'm not expecting to be back in a football ground until the start of the 21-22 season - and even then I suspect it will probably need a vaccine before the government allow it or, indeed, many older folk would be happy to go back. I noticed in the government guidelines for sport they had mooted the prospect of 'behind closed doors' sport until a vaccine or successful drug treatment had been found.

I think you'll find care workers can't which is why the government said - only last week - that they planned to have all care workers in care homes tested by the END of June. The point you seem to miss is that if there are private tests available why aren't they being made available to the people on the front line who need them. A care worker in a care home is surely far more important, in terms of needing regular testing, than a footballer.

It doesn't make it right chaddy just because clubs have the funds to bypass the system and pay for private tests. In the meantime care workers in nursing homes can't get the tests and won't all get them until the end of June - if they're lucky - according to the government. Finishing the football season really isn't a priority when the death count mounts on a daily basis.

The papers this morning suggesting a number of players are refusing to sign it. Don't blame them. Sounds like the PL trying to cover their backs if players or their families succumb to the virus.

As most of next season will be played behind closed doors it really doesn't matter if it's longer or shorter. Next season will not be a proper season anyway.

Money rather than health and well being is what is driving the agenda for football in this country. Personally, I've been totally disillusioned and disgusted by the actions of our footballing authorities over this. There is no reason why this season can't be finished behind closed doors in September and October when the demand for PPE equipment and tests may not be as great. It's not like there will be any great urgency to start next season when it's likely to be played behind closed doors anyway.

Sensible decision under the circumstances.

It seems clear that next season will be behind closed doors - if it takes place. But ultimately, social distancing means that football cannot take place without putting the health of players at risk and, quite rightly, players are now objecting. The Government has today given plans for people in their workplace in the coming months and social distancing is a key part of that. Would you really expect football not to follow the health advice? As for PPE equipment - there is a worldwide shortage so how do you justify it being used by football clubs? Tests need to go where they are needed not to football clubs even if the PL want to pay for them. Why would any player put themselves on a long haul flight to Australia in the present situation - particularly as the government is advising against such travel. It may well be that some clubs go under during the next eighteen months - there are any number of businesses that will struggle to survive so football is not alone. Health is far more important than football chaddy. This virus has put the importance of football into perspective - compared to the lives of loved ones it's not important at all.

Nobody is going to be buying season tickets this summer for a season that is likely to be played behind closed doors. I really don't see how any government can agree to crowds gathering in football stadiums or any other sporting stadium until there is a vaccine or medication to treat the virus - and both seem a long way off. Personally, I wouldn't step foot in a football stadium until one or the other is operating. There is no way you can do social distancing in any ground - just passing someone to get to your seat puts paid to that. Social distancing is going to be with us well into next year so quite how footballers play a game whilst staying one or two metres apart is beyond me whether games are behind closed doors or not. I fully understand why players are reluctant to put their own and the health of their loved ones on the line. There is no way that the authorities should be asking them to do that - particularly if money for clubs is the driving force. At the end of the day the health of players and everyone else involved in putting on games is far more important than finishing this season or starting the next one. When frontline workers can't get PPE equipment and testing is still very hit and miss it would be criminal to put those resources into football. Ultimately, lives are far more important than football.

Sorry to see Rhyl go. Enjoyed a couple of pre-season Reserve friendlies there in recent years. Really friendly club and their officials were so welcoming - treating visiting fans as valued customers rather than a nuisance - Non-League clubs always seem to act that way. I think it was at Rhyl that I had one of my first sightings of the mighty Myles Anderson - but Big Sam decided not to sign him for some reason - can't think why.

I noticed that the Dutch League is unlikely to start again and an increasing number of League Two and One clubs are less than keen to finish the season due to the financial pressures of behind closed doors games. I believe Rick Parry had commented that supporters are not likely to be allowed in grounds until some time in 2021. With behind closed doors games to finish off this season - if they happen which has to be doubtful - and no new season ticket sales in the summer, I suspect football is going to undergo a major restructuring for those clubs that survive. The days of big money transfers and wages - certainly for clubs outside the top six - are likely to be a thing of the past - and not before time.

Couldn't agree more. I was reading this week that Germany are not likely to allow supporters into stadiums until some time in 2021. It seems likely that the start of the 2021-22 season would be a possible start date if a vaccine has been developed. Personally, I really don't see how or when the 2020-21 season will be allowed to start with spectators and I'm not convinced Sky will pay for a full season of behind closed doors football.

Agree with all of the above. Personally, I don't think football with fans will happen again until next year but if this virus is still around - which is almost certain - then I too would be very reluctant to venture into a football ground. It's at times like this that football and its importance is put into perspective.