I have never bought the argument that he will go on and on, but i would have liked to have thought he would have learnt the lessons of the last time he announced he was going to retire and kept it to himself. Needless to say the choice of successor is going to be absolutely crucial to the future of the club. And if i was the Glazer clan i think i might be thinking it would be a good time to get out now. Because if the decision doesn't work out it will be as bad news for them as for us fans. Lets face it they have hid the price rises of the last two seasons on the back of his success, there would have been a lot more anguish and walking away from United over the last couple of seasons without it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/05/25/sfnpb125.xml
Gill plays the reports down but admits Quieroz would have a big claim to the hot seat if Fergie does go in the next couple of seasons
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7419047.stm
Ferguson just lives for the battle according to Hugh Mcllvaney
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/columnists/hugh_mcilvanney/article3998993.ece
Fergie says old boys will be increasingly used to fill jobs at Old Trafford
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1021590/Giggs-Scholes-set-join-coaching-line-United.html
As Solskjaer to take over the reserve team job next season and that he hopes Scholes and Giggs will in time take up coaching positions with the club
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1021590/Giggs-Scholes-set-join-coaching-line-United.html
Paul Wilson sums up the Ronaldo to Real Madrid situation up perfectly,
Just say no, Ron
It already seems clear what the soundtrack to the summer is going to be. Endless sniping between Manchester United and Real Madrid over the future of Cristiano Ronaldo.
If the Real policy is to wind up Sir Alex Ferguson they have obviously got his number. In the past couple of weeks he has ranted at everything from the Spanish press to the Real president to the club's pro-fascist history.
He does it quite well, to be fair. But one cannot help but think it would be more effective if he could stop Ronaldo stirring up speculation at every turn by constantly insisting his future options remain open. Of course they do. Everyone understands that. If Ronaldo would simply come out and say he will be at United next season and leave it at that he would make his manager's life a lot easier.
Grant is sacked, not a surprise really was it, though the speed of it was.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/05/25/sfnfro125.xml
Bizarre goings on at the bridge, as Mourinho seems to be in the running for a return.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/25/chelsea.premierleague
Patrick Barclay argues Grant failed to curb Chelski's nastiness, though that was surely never his brief. I am not entirely taken in by the argument that Abramovitch wants to see his team play great football either, it seems to me he just wants to win and have everybody acknowledge his toy club as the best club in the world as the man who can buy what he wants must see it.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/05/25/sfnpb225.xml
I never noticed Scholes and Neville trying to console Terry after the match in all the excitement, but it obviously reflects well on them. Whether he is the type of character that deserved that attention, i suspect not.
Hull city win play off to take their place alongside the big boys in the Premier League, its hard not to be cynical though, i just can't see them staying up.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/bristol-city-0-hull-city-1-windass-takes-hull-to-promised-land-833964.html
I saw the Derby County victory over West Brom in last seasons play off final and the one thing i took from it was whoever had won, they were going to go straight back down. Which of course Derby have duly done. I have seen Hull a few times this season to see how Campbell is doing, and although he has impressed me, though i am not sure if he will be good enough for United, he should at least be given a chance. But i can't say i have been impressed by Hull, Campbell aside and hopefully he will be coming back to United, i haven't seen a player who i would think is definitely a premier league class player. That means they would have to spend an unbelievable amount to stand a chance next season. Just look at Sunderland, they were far and away the best team in the championship last season, and then spent heavily in the summer, but they still struggled this season. If they hadn't have had probably the most promising new manager ( it feels weird calling Keano that, but that is what he is ) they may well have gone straight back down. It would probably be a good thing for football if they were successful because they would probably become a well supported team, i just can't see it happening next season.
Is Russian football going to be the country to challenge the English Premier Leagues current domination of European football.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/may/25/2
If it does happen, and there is every chance it will, it won't last as all those mega rouble Oligarchs fortunes are built on sand. That economy is going to hit a nasty down turn at some stage in the future, and i don't think too many Europeans are going to want to be playing there when that happens. Russia is not a democracy.
What is strange to me about this study into the activities of the German populace, that reports that the German people are pretty homogeneous is that they have this ideal that they are individualistic. I don't buy into stereotypes, i don't think that all Germans are humorless, but i have never thought of them as individualistic either.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/25/germany
Mike Brearley dissects the England performance at Old Trafford on day two of the second test against New Zealand
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/05/25/confusion_over_style_leaves_en.html
I have got to say England don't seem to be making any progress at the moment. The batting looks fragile, and the bowling line up doesn't look consistent or good enough to look forward to any kind of fight being put up to get those ashes back next year. And that is with an Aussie team missing Warne, McGrath and Gilchrist. Graham Gooch is worried about England's batting game plan
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tms/2008/05/england_batting_lacks_authorit.shtml
Brown is in serious trouble according to almost every paper. The plan seems to be, to make sure that when they lose the next election they don't get annihilated,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/25/gordonbrown.labour
I completely agree with this analysis by Matthew D'ancona that it is not just Gordon Brown to blame for the governments current plight, bu the whole Labour movements.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/05/25/do2501.xml
Alan Watkins on a possible sea change moment in our politics, it does have that feel to it,
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/alan-watkins/alan-watkins-this-seachange-is-a-gift-for-the-tories-833912.html
He has had a pop at the Guardians commentators in recent columns, and quite rightly too, how you yearn still to read Hugo Young's measured tones.
Wall street still nervous over credit crunch
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/25/creditcrunch.useconomy
Heather Connon reports that Russia is a emerging economic superpower, there are plenty who disagree
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/25/economics.russia
Whilst Brazil definitely is an emerging economic powerhouse, how long will Europe's top clubs be a magnet for the best of Brazil's young football talent as that wealth floods into the national sporting obsession.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/25/globaleconomy.brazil
I would feel a lot more comfortable about Brazil becoming more powerful as it is a democracy and by and large there is a respect for the rule of law.
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