Crazy World

At 4pm this afternoon Liverpool will be at the Britannia Stadium to play Stoke in the first match in their attempt to win the Premiership in the 2015/16 season. During the transfer window they signed Christian Benteke from Aston Villa for a fee of £32,500,000, hoping he would be the answer to their dreams. Liverpool were able to pay this extraordinary amount of money because earlier in the window they had sold Raheem Sterling to Manchester City for £49,000,000 Tomorrow, West Brom will face up to Man City at the Hawthorns. Contrast this with the Prostate Cancer UK figure of £19,500,000 having been spent on research into Prostate Cancer last year.

They are talented young man. Over 10,000 other equally valuable men with a vast range of talents lose their lives to Prostate Cancer each year, not forgetting the many more who live with the consequences of the disease. I’m not blaming the players, it’s the world they live in. I could make similar illustrations about banking, celebrity, property, personal wealth etc. For me the bewildering part of it all is how we tolerate and accept that Prostate Cancer and many other diseases just are not worth the same kind of investment. Remember over 50,000 fans will be watching the encounters. Don't know the gender split of a football crowd but we can be sure several thousand men at the 2 matches will already know they have Prostate Cancer or receive the diagnosis in the course of their lives.

The summer transfer window is still open with plenty more deals to be completed. Last year the Premiership total spend was £835,000,000. Need I say more.

Climbing down of my high horse, hope PNE flourish in the Championship.