Benfica target Queiroz

Not the worst news i have ever heard
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/12/ufnman112.xml
The tactical approach to the Lyon performance at Old Trafford had his grubby paws all over it.

Giggs not ready for coaching yet
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_united/s/1040322_giggs_not_ready_for_coaching_yet
Most people seem to think he hasn't got it at the top level any more. I disagree myself, i still think he has a lot to offer, i just think he is going to have to be used more sparingly. It would have been nice to see him coming off the bench on Saturday. He may not have the speed nowadays but he still has the brain, vision and technique to be a more than useful member of the squad.


Harry Redknapp has his say on Portsmouth's physical approach to last Saturday's cup tie,

"The referee was not on our side, that's for sure. He didn't have to be because there wasn't a bad tackle in the game. I don't remember one of my players making a bad tackle, not one, so I didn't agree with what Alex said there. He is entitled to his opinion after the game and if that is what he felt it is up to him but I don't agree with it and that's the end of the matter. I don't know why he said what he did, you would have to ask him about that. I only know what I saw and what I know and as far as I was concerned I didn't see any of our players go in with their studs up or try to make a bad tackle all game."

Happy Manchester day, i am not too sure about this, it would have to have a better name than that anyway.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1040347_happy_manchester_day
Not the most appropriate time to announce it maybe
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/manchester-police-chief-constable-found-dead-after-hillwalking-trip-in-snowdonia-794455.html

An interesting column from Martin Samuel on the competitiveness of European football
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/martin_samuel/article3532949.ece

More on the shenanigans at Loonypool
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/03/12/sfnbon112.xml

Credit crunch worries the central banks into more concerted action
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/mar/11/creditcrunch.economics
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/mar/12/11
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/03/12/dl1202.xml

Hamish McRae on chancellor Alistair Darling's dilemma
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/hamish-mcrae/hamish-mcrae-in-the-face-of-a-downturn-darling-will-only-make-matters-worse-if-he-pushes-up-taxes-794424.html

Monaco's millionaires plan fight back
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/mar/12/tax.incometax

Cecil Rhodes heirs show a colonial state of mind still exists as Simon Mann spills the beans from a prison cell in Guinea
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/12/equatorialguinea
Good to see a Thatcher named and shamed in that dirty money raking operation wasn't it. A chip of the old block.

Obama wins Mississippi as the race for the democratic nomination threatens to get dirtier
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/black-vote-helps-obama-claim-mississippi-794482.html

I will bet Tibet is a big worry for the Chinese, when the Olympics are staged in Beijing. That place will see a massive influx of police, army and spies to try and prevent any embarrassment.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-reminder-to-china-that-the-world-has-not-forgotten-tibet-794483.html

I watched the BBC4 programme Prime Ministers and the press barons on Monday night, and excellent it was too. The main lesson to me, was when a politician is brave enough and clever enough he can take the press on. Obviously Lloyd George was a political giant, but he wasn't in that strong a political position when he took Northcliffe on, as he was a prisoner of the Tories in the coalition government. And whilst Baldwin was not on the same planet as a politician, he was still strong enough in his position as head of the 30's national government to see off Beaverbrook and Rothermere in their personal battles with him. Does anyone believe any of our present day lot have that same steel in them. As i have said before we will know when we have a real radical left of centre government only when they dare to take Murdoch on, and are prepared for him to attack them with all guns blazing
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b0094z25.shtml?order=aztitle%3Aalphabetical&filter=channel%3Abbc_four&scope=iplayerchannels&start=2&version_pid=b0094z1k
There are 4 days left to watch it.