A minute's silence it is

And quite right too. How could you have had a minute's applause for a tragedy, it would have not been appropriate at all.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7201817.stm
With the whole football world watching this, my betting would be that city's fans will probably respect it anyway. They will sink to the level of Leeds United fans if they don't. Then again,
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2244784,00.html


United lost 3-2 in Saudi yesterday in a friendly that was suppose to net United £1 million. The one promising thing that came from the trip for me was the introduction of Danny Welbeck as substitute. I know it was only a friendly, but it is obvious that unlike most of the strikers we have had come through the ranks over the last few years he is going to be big and strong enough to make it at the top level. Everything else looks to be there also, good close control, great acceleration, good in the air and a good appreciation of team mates. He has got a really excellent chance of making at United. I wouldn't be sending him to Belgium on loan next year, i would send him straight to a championship team for the first part of the season to see how he handles it.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2244788,00.html

Bardsley on his way to Sunderland
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=525891


Henry Winter has a go at Gill's new painters and decorators in the telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=FCYUDRRQP1PK3QFIQMFSFFOAVCBQ0IV0?view=DETAILS&grid=A1YourView&xml=/sport/2008/01/22/sfntal122.xml
The world credit crunch and now the slump in the market's probably doing just the job at the moment. Though who will have the money to buy it from them? And how is the debt going to disappear?

No sign of an end to the turmoil at Anfield
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml;jsessionid=24W24HOMTUBYHQFIQMFSFGGAVCBQ0IV0?xml=/sport/2008/01/22/sfnfro122.xml
Good.
And more evidence that Hicks is one hell of a buffoon
http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/premier-league/article3359034.ece


Crash, the biggest fall in shares since September 11
http://news.independent.co.uk/business/news/article3359065.ece

The times describes why markets are jittery
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article3230791.ece
And here is nils Pratley's version in the guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/22/viewpoint

This smells like panic to me
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jan/22/useconomy.marketturmoil1

Whilst the government still don't convince anyone they have a clue what they are doing with Northern rock
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article3359072.ece
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2244691,00.html