Yesterday as I was walking back from town I saw some gig posters in a shop window and had a quick look to see what was on. A tribute act calling themselves "The Kinx" was unsurprising and may be fun and I could hardly believe that Sham 69 were still going, but the poster that really grabbed my attention was for "The Glitter Band" featuring Captain Sensible.

http://www.theglitterband.co.uk/

Now I may be mistaken but they might struggle to sell all the tickets for that one. By all means continue to play but you do realise the associations people make with that name so to still trade under that banner will be an issue as it is so strongly linked to Gary Glitter. I understand that if you used a new name people wouldn't know who you are but surely that's better than trading on the back of a convicted paedophile and advertising yourself to the pitchfork wielding members of the community.
   Opinion seems divided over Ian Holloway and his decision to make 10 changes to the Blackpool team who narrowly lost to Aston Villa last night. He has received support over his threat to quit should he be fined by the FA for not fielding a full strength team and others point out that as Mick McCarthy was fined last year for resting players ahead of a more winnable game with Wolves it would be unfair not to do likewise. The difference then was that McCarthy was upfront about his motives giving the FA no option but to follow there poor law. Every team indulges in this, although not necessarily to this extent and with the bigger clubs it is called squad rotation. The whole point of the 25 man squad was to bring more young British players through and last night Holloway fielded 8 Englishmen giving them a chance as he rested some of his more regular players. Sure he will have had one eye on the weekend but he still put out a team with the intention of winning and what was best for his team. As he said he does not want someone from the FA telling him what his best XI is and players will need rest at some stage. As it stands there is nothing from stopping a manager claiming a player has a knock or that there is a virus in the squad and the League Cup has been a regular arena for blooding younger players by the bigger teams for the last few seasons.