Liverpool's Dalglish Speaks Good Sense About Muamba ahead of QPR game

It's very pleasing to hear that Muamba seems to be on the road to recovery. I have avoided talking about the affair up to now, considering it in bad taste to do so until it was clear which way it would all go, but with Muamba talking to members of his family, it seems that his brain and heart are both functioning and, to be honest, I feared that his body would recover but his oxygen starved brain wouldn't. All good news so far though and fingers crossed - I can't pray to a God I don't believe in - that he continues on the mend.

Sadly, some of the reactions have been predictably hysterical and distastefully emotive. I had to screen one "joke" left on comments, but these idiots abound in the modern world. More of a concern is the reaction of Mancini who, in typical knee jerk fashion, has called for increased screening of all footballers. What tosh! A cardiologist on TV said that screening can't pick up on all heart defects and Muamba has had four scans to prove the point!

Dalglish has talked good sense on this subject, however, claiming that the current screening procedures are acceptable and terming Muamba "unlucky". Spot on. Shit happens in life and whilst it was awful for Muamba to collapse on the field of play in front of 36,000 spectators, we shouldn't forget that people - ordinary people - die of cardiac arrests every day. I am not screened twice a year - which is what Mancini is calling for - and I am much more likely to topple over and die from a heart problem than a fit and young footballer. I do have a heart complaint actually, picked up when I was 40, but I do not have twice yearly screenings because it would be too expensive for the NHS.

So it is now time to put the Muamba affair into perspective. Play enough games of football and, sooner or later, somebody will die on the pitch. It happened to ex Hammer Foe of course. But just because shit happens, it doesn't mean you have to over react.

89,174 people died from heart disease in 2006. Muamba was lucky. The medical attention he received was prompt, a cardiac specialist was at the ground and he was moved to a unit specialising in the complaint. Had he died it would have been awful, but no more awful than for all those who do die of whatever complaint every year.

I wish Fabrice well but let's please keep the response proportional. It's all very well for money bags Man City to fund massive screening programmes but what about the Yeovils and Dagenhams of the football world? Life goes on, and sometimes doesn't. That's life and death. Get well soon Fabrice but let's move on regardless.