Good Evans. I mean good heavens.

You don't win owt or get promoted with a dodgy keeper. And we've had dodgy keepers for years

What play-off push ?

Brereton instead of Armstrong...... non-goalscorer in front of goalscorer? Tony's gone lockdown stir-crazy

We all know what's going to happen. Tony will have been asleep for the past 10 weeks and the players won't be fit or in the right frame of mind. Bristol will go 2-0 up in the first 20 minutes and the game will be over.

It will be interesting to see how Rovers play and how well (or not) they have been looking after themselves during the pandemic. Has Mowbray been pro-active in keeping his players focused and ready for when play resumes? Has the club been making sure players are keeping fit and sticking to strict regimes during the lockdwon? Rovers have never looked the fittest squad under Mowbray so the layoff is unlikely to have done much good for the players. My bet is we'll look vastly under-prepared, not right mentally, and go 2-0 down in the first 20 minutes.

"The bowler's Holding the batsman's Willey" was a gem from TMS - John Arlott ?? So pleased cricket is returning to the free-to-air Beeb. Hope it becomes permanent. I don't pay to watch any sport on TV and never will.

We managed to get tickets for the Nuttall Street stand, towards the Darwen End. Can still see Fryatt in my mind's eye rising to head the ball home. Ewood absolutely erupted. Rovers had City rocking for about 10-15 minutes after that but once City went ahead again it was game over. The 4th goal was a belter by Coleman IIRC. Abiding memory was watching the Riverside Stand crowd opposite us sway back and forth. Ewood was dangerously over-full; how those barriers stood the strain I don't know. I was right about Ed Fryatt. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Fryatt

Saw Jim make his debut and it was an extraordinary sight seeing him run on the pitch. Balding, with a "rotund" figure, he looked more like an old farmer than a footballer and I couldn't believe we had signed him. Of course, like many II grew to like him alot and as has been mentioned he was one of the best headers of a ball I have seen. I beleive his son Ed became a pro on the US golf circuit, but I'm not sure. RIP Jim.

Elliott always maintained strict social distancing anyway when it came to marking opposition forward so his absence shouldn't make too much difference if / when Rovers start playing again. Hope he's OK BTW.

Crisps known as "chips" in the US? Are chips are their fries. And it's poor cheese too - gooey and of course adding alot of salt to the taste. . You haven't mentioned their tea making. Travelling round Pennsylvania a few years I must have had tea made 5 different ways - and none of them were the right way. They haven't got a clue.

And not a patch on steak pudding, chips and mushy peas smothered in gravy from the local chippy. Jambalaya muck by comparison. Meanwhile, the Westminster menu as grisly as ever: more Tory corruption. https://evolvepolitics.com/tory-housing-secretary-admits-helping-billionaire-ex-tory-donor-save-40m-in-tax-with-unlawful-housing-decision/?fbclid=IwAR0Ozkabu9E6LNZwOxB120lbpF2f2Wb0D_xZ7n7t9FCfpnZXbQSXCJibRY0

How about a hot, sweaty fast bowler pumping out spittle and sweat within a few inches of the poor old umpire?

It was a friend of Keith Andrews or Keith Andrews himself - certainly someone who would not tolerate any criticism of him.

Jack Walker hated ManU as much as the next man, and he saw a chance to antagonise Ferguson by snatching Kidd. Unfortunately, by doing so he also damaged Rovers because Kidd was never manager material. Rovers were badly managed by Walker after we won the title in 1995 - he failed to invest in players when we were the top dogs (Zidane and Dugarry anyone?) and a he made a hash of a load of appointments after Dalglish left (which he would not have done, if Walker had continued to spend). A championship winning club should never get relegated 4 years later, and it showed that Walker's BRFC was built on sand.

Money rather than health has been driving the government's agenda in the wider country from the start - not just football The herd immunity strategy was always designed to minimise the effect on the economy at the expense of people's lives. I don't blame football authorities for this - they need a lead from government. France provided it by banning all football until September

He's a £2 million a year embarrassment. No wonder he's hanging on

Another top Leeds player from the Revie era dies. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52479100

Robinson was definitely a centre forward. Don’t know why he was at Liverpool for only one season because they won 3 trophies that year including the league and European cup. Good player without being top drawer.

Bobby Moore would never have got a cap if Duncan Edwards had survived Munich

Sad to see one of the iconic footballers of the 1970s go in this way. Happily, the BBC recognised his importance as a player with a tribute on the 10pm News tonight. I liked Norman Hunter.

Rovers 1 Coventry 2 late 1966-67 season We were relegated from the old first division in 1965-66 and were pushing for promotion straight back up (no playoffs and only 2 promoted in those days) Crunch game against promotion rivals Coventry (managed by Jimmy Hill) went badly wrong with Mike Ferguson sent off and a loss that effectively put us out of the race. It had huge consequences. Rovers went on a downward path for the next 25 years and only got back to the top flight in the early 1990s, while Coventry won promotion and were in the first division for two decades. I

Well said mate

No doubt about that but it doesn't make it right that as an ultra wealthy individual he chose to avoid paying tax that pays for public services including the NHS, police, armed forces and schools by going to live in the Channel islands. Alot of people couldn't give a flying fig about football or Rovers - they're entitled to be miffed by the actions of him and other wealthy folk who avoid paying the taxes that the little people pay. Anyway, back to the coronavirus moral vacuums

Walker was a tax avoider - the worst kind of greedy capitalist because the tax he avoided paying would have helped to make the lives better of those who worked for him. Bill Shankly would have despised Walker.