Fergie lambasts Brown and his agent

He is right of course that some players just do what their agent tells them to do, and most of the time it's what suits their bank balance rather than the footballers career. But i am afraid with his history, his son Jason's elite football agency, he is probably the least credible person to be getting on his high horse about it.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/players-allow-agents-to-live-lives-for-them-says-ferguson-785489.html

Ferguson likes the look of Benzema, i bet he does, he is just what the doctor ordered.
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2259078,00.html
I would be amazed if we got him I'm afraid though, that debt is not going to get paid if we spend that amount on him. The only way that could happen is if we sell Ronaldo to Real or Barca first, but they might rate Benzema higher. And then come back a couple of years down the line, they might then come back in for Ronaldo anyway, and i am sure he will end up in Spain some day, so the Glazer's will hold out for the peak time to sell. Which will be 2 to 3 years time, if the debt doesn't get too serious before that is. All that is without mentioning Roman's billions at Chelsea, but i think Benzema would prefer one of the Spanish giants, he should if he has got anything about him.

The FA signal to FIFA their reservations about game 39
http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2259092,00.html

Sad but not surprising news about Paul Gascoigne
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/gascoigne-turbulent-life-of-football-genius-785158.html
I still think if he had signed for us instead of Spurs we would have won the league before 92-93, on the down side we would probably never have seen Eric either. Whether his life would have panned out any differently who knows, but i am certain he would have had a far more fulfilling and successful career. Maybe that would have made less prone to the booze and depression, one look at George best and the brazilian Garrincha shows that wouldn't necessarily be the case though.

News on the redevelopment of the other old trafford, Lancashire county cricket ground,
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/cricket/s/1037646_12m_opener_for_old_trafford
I am not sure about this, one of the reasons why the present ground is so ugly, is because it has been constructed in such a piecemeal fashion. I would much prefer them to have a grand plan for the stadium, and then build it in phases if it can't be done in one go. They can't get this wrong.

watchdog to order an energy price inquiry,
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/power-to-the-people-watchdog-bows-to-pressure-for-energy-inquiry-785585.html
Waste of time, the real point is was privatising the utilities a good deal for the taxpayer or a good deal for the shareholders. If it privatisation was a bad deal, is there a not for profit model that would be a better deal for for state and consumer, than can be put together. I can see that happening at some stage in the medium to distant future.

This sounds like a must read book, Nick Davies - Flat earth news
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/inayat_bunglawala/2008/02/dont_fence_us_in.html