IN RESPONSE to the criticism of my attitude to Jack Walker (Sports Letters, April 11), may I say that I have looked again at his track record, but have not changed my mind.

I acknowledged in previous letters the fine ground and infrastructure and Walker's part in funding them.

However, it's his record on managers that really matters. His master stroke was persuading Dalglish to take over. In those early days, before Sky TV money came pouring in, the combination of a fat wallet and Dalglish's fame convinced many talented players to come to Blackburn. Where are they now?

Why is Jack responsible for getting them but not for letting them go?

Why did Dalglish leave? What about the manager that never was? Roy Hodgson and then Brian Kidd were hailed as Messiahs. Did either of them have a real chance to succeed?

At the start of this season, Walker stated it was imperative to regain Premiership status. It's not going to happen but already your correspondents are asserting that "next season" will be the one.

I still maintain that this conviction by the fans, that somehow Blackburn Rovers have a divine right to fame, has been kindled by the utterances of Jack Walker and has no basis in reality.

KEITH REYNOLDS, Hindle Street, Darwen.