jim mk2

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.

Quick wiki shows him resuming his career with other clubs after the first world war. Died aged 53 in 1947. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Dennison Great quiz by the way.

Denise Coates is a conundrum She pays herself an obscene amount of money every year and the money is made by fleecing mostly people who can least afford it. However, unlike many billionaires she makes no attempt to avoid taxes by shifting money offshore or in dodgy tax avoidance schemes, she still lives locally and puts huge amounts of money back into the community through among other things, the football club. So it's 2 and a half cheers for Denise.

Don't remember that to be honest but I enjoy the Law and Order UK series, made about 10 years ago with Bradley Walsh. Very slick and watchable and I even watch the repeats.

Shetland was a favourite - I like the dark, broody stuff. The last series was slow and rather boring though, probably gone on too long. Some of the accents were undecipherable too, you have to really concentrate to make out what they are saying

Line of Duty is very good with all its unexpected twists and turns but it's so far fetched - virtually every copper is bent! Cressida Dick hates it because it shows the police in a bad light and is unrealistic. She does have a point Bodyguard is another that promised alot but then got silly. I stopped watching after the 2nd episode.

Completely out of order.

FT is reporting that the PFA is resisting calls for players to take pay cuts in the coronavirus crisis https://www.ft.com/content/b2278645-eaf8-408f-bc9f-04478d32795c ....while MPs and others have accused them of living in a moral vacuum https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52120578 Barca players have agreed to take a 70 percent pay cut with no fuss and other La liga clubs have followed. Virtually all German and Italian players have taken at least a 50 percent pay cut. The difference is players in these leagues they may still be overpaid but they have the nous to realise they are part of something bigger. Discuss

If you look in his "completed listings" some shirts are selling and others aren't. There are some extraordinary prices though - £4,500 for a Cantona shirt and £1,750 for Paul Scholes boots. The seller has 100 per cent feedback so presumably the buyers are happy with their purchases.

Tbis is the one. Maybe Savage for Batty but the best players in every position.

Head injuries after a fall in a pub https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51928263

Vogel? Blimey, so memorable I'd forgotten him

England cricket tour of Sri Lanka called off Turn up at Ewood tomorrow - might be the last live footy match we'll see for a long time

Hello Chris Whitty.

Good post but the NHS has not been well funded over the past decade. Its funding has been cut in real terms and the pressure and cracks in the system are plain to see. I hope these scientists advising the government know what they're doing. We're very much out of step with measures taken in other counties and I think our scientists need to explain more fully their stance. Johnson had better get it right because he'll pay the price in political terms As for the football, it doesn't matter. The season's finished as far as Rovers is concerned.

Has this team been approved by the government's chief medical officer? The government's chief scientific officer prefers 4-3-3. What do you think?