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Flippant comment when many people are clearly struggling. https://blackburn.foodbank.org.uk/

Mowbray's quote was taken out of context but what he was saying is that Rovers will come under embargo if the club's revenues do not improve in the future. That's a pretty important story.

If the quote has been made up, and the story isn't true, the club should say so to stop rumours spreading.

There is a direct quote from Mowbray. All the club needs to do is ask him !

The club can quash this story straightaway by putting out a statement. Why has it not done so ?

Speculative stories don't need a response but there is a direct quote from Mowbray which gives a the story credence. Just because you don't like the journalist for some reason or the substance of the story doesn't mean it is not true or it can be ignored.

Being of a certain age I don't do Twitter but the club needs to be bombarded with messages to get a reaction

The club needs to put out a statement immediately confirming or denying this story. Have to say it is worrying there is a direct quote from Mowbray. Even the Sun wouldn't normally make those up

Neil Warnock, not considered good enough to manage Rovers by the Ewood hierarchy, today chalked up another promotion on his CV by leading Cardiff City into the Premier League. That could and should have been us but the Rovers management gave us Owen Coyle instead. Feel free to bang your head against the nearest wall...............

Pleased for Bolton and Phil Parkinson; to score 2 goals in 3 minutes late in the game to save themselves from relegation is a fantastic effort. Another Lancashire derby adds to the anticipation for next season.

i don't know how Ribery does it. Not only is he often the best player on the pitch, he is also the fastest. He's giving more than 10 years to many of the defenders he's up against yet leaves them for dead with pace, as well as skill. Gordon Strachan, another winger, said he changed his game and his diet when he got older to compensate for the lack of spring in his legs but Ribery shows no sign of ageing. Many wingers move into midfield too when they get older because they can't get past defenders any more. Conway obviously loves his football and still has alot to offer in my opinion, but he needs to rethink how he plays the game.

You haven't been watching Franck Ribery playing for Bayern this season. He's 35 yet often looks the fittest and fastest (and best) player on the pitch - he gave the Real defence the runaround in the recent semi-final. Age isn't a factor as much as hunger and enthusiasm for the game and keeping oneself very fit. Conway looks as if he could lose a pound or two.

Older players are as much a gamble as young Under-23s - Tony Mowbray please note. Are they still hungry to play the game and for success or are they going through the motions for one last big payday ? We've had few of the former and plenty of the latter over the years. The manager needs to talk to these players thoroughly and make a judgment

Pretty much agree except for Antonsson (no thanks) and Nuttall (not certain he's good enough for the L1 never mind the Championship). Conway has to be a question mark too. He's 32/33 but plays much older. Whittingham is a puzzle - classy player and proven goalscorer in the Championship. Is he worth persevering with or is he too old and his desire gone ? . We need 5 at least Championship (or better) quality players in.

......... but does Mowbray trust youth ? The signs are he doesn't.

Mick McCarthy says he wants to stay in football. He would be welcome any time at Ewood.

When and why did it close?

When are the Australian bowlers going to confess that they knew about the cheating plot too ? There's no way that a captain would make an arbitrary decision to rough up the ball without consulting his bowlers.

Smith's cheating, to plan and take sandpaper on to the field of play with the intent purpose of altering the surface of the ball, is an entirely different level to those two. And Atherton and Trescothick's is nothing compared to the systemic cheating in Asian cricket, which you've failed to mention. The whole truth has still not come out to my mind. There's no way the Australian bowlers would not have known about this. As a former bowler, I'd have been fuming if my team-makes had been tampering with the ball without my knowledge. The Australians have been known for their lack of sportsmanship for decades, which is why there's generally a feeling of schadenfreude around the world at this furore. Basically, the cheats have been found out and the low esteem in which they were held has sunk even lower..

Irrelevant. Different time, different era. Smith's cheating was more blatant, and pre-meditated. Atheron admitted he had been a "fool" but not a deliberate cheat. Trescothick used saliva from boiled sweet to rub the ball, which I don't see any different to the saliva from chewing gum that most players have in their mouths, so hardly in the class of Smith who used sanctioned the use of sandpaper to rough up the ball. Smith, Warner and Bancroft's cheating has taken the offence to a new level. They've all got off lightly.

In my playing days it was always the bowlers who mucked around with the ball. Picking at the seam was favourite. It seems inconceivable to me that 3 batsmen should decide to alter the ball without the knowledge of the bowlers.

Cue another Sam argument. Wherefore art thou, Gavin ?

McCarthy was my best pick before CoCo turned up. If Ipswich would like to do a swap with Mowbray I wouldn't object.

Smith doesn't deserve any sympathy. He knew exactly what he was doing but the rancid win-at-all-costs ethos in the team meant he was blind to it. He cannot expect an easy ride when he returns either - crowds will give him a hard time. No matter what he achieves in the rest of his career, his character as a person and record as a batsman is permanently stained . Warner would be no loss to cricket if retired today. Nasty and provocative player who does besmirches the good name of cricket.

VAR is fine in rugby but it isn't right for football. Rugby is largely a stop-start game of set pieces in which the ball is often hidden from view, including when tries are scored. VAR is useful in that respect. Football is (or should be) a free flowing, spontaneous game and VAR will only serve to make it less of a spectacle. Wembley left a sour taste because the decision didn't feel right. It's quite likely VAR will play a significant part and possibly ruin the World Cup.