Rooney wants to stay in England

and at United i hope
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/european_football/article3492303.ece

Foster to return for reserves tonight
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/manchester_united/s/1039478_foster_set_to_return

A decent piece by Rob Smyth about the different tactical approaches adopted by the British sides in Europe this week.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/03/05/the_fast_and_the_furious.html
He is right about about us playing as if scared of everyone else, when of course it should be the other way round.

David Conn examines Randy Lerner's ownership of Aston Villa so far
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/03/05/lerner_gives_the_foreign_owner.html
He does seem to have done a reasonable job so far, but you would still want your club to be owned by someone with roots in the local area and hopefully in the club itself.

Sid Lowe writes about Real Madrid's exit at the hands of Roma and how losing to the Italians of all people was almost as bad as going out itself.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/03/06/you_only_win_when_youre_sinnin.html

Milan mourns the passing of legends, as team rebuilding looks to be the order of the day.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/milan-left-to-mourn-passing-of-its-legends-791933.html
They have been a good team, but not a great one, but they knew how to win in Europe, as we have found out twice to our cost.

Scary, a machine that will be able to read minds
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/mar/06/medicalresearch
the thought of a totalitarian regime getting hold of that is frightening

An interview with Forest Whittaker, who so brilliantly portrayed Idi Amin in the last king of Scotland and was pretty good as Kavanaugh in the Shield
http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,2262443,00.html
I had forgotten about Bird, i thought that was a pretty good film too