Simply the best: The ginger prince

An observer article on the man it says is widely regarded by the players themselves as the best player at the club.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/18/manchesterunited.championsleague1
As well as Carrick and Anderson have done this season neither is really a replacement for Scholes.

Platini and UEFA want to do something about the debt issues surrounding football
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/05/18/sfnpb1118.xml
Good luck to him, it's just a pity our administrators or government didn't put a stop to it before it began. This David Conn book gives the lowdown on how it all went wrong, it's about greed as you might expect.



Paul Wilson makes a good point about Fergies idea of having more than 5 substitutes
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/05/17/fergies_final_sub_scheme_must.html
He is absolutely spot on

Cristiano Ronaldo yet another article on our Portugese number 7
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2008/may/18/manchesterunited.championsleague

Souness predicts another tense dour game, i fear he will be right, but i am dreaming he isn't and we come out and really try to take the game by the scruff of the neck and attack them.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2008/05/18/sfnsou118.xml

Vidic rates Drogba and thinks he is starting to get too many injuries and needs to protect himself better.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article3953601.ece

Young Welsh prospect Aaron Ramsey, a United target? he impressed me for the half hour he was on yesterday. I can't believe they didn't start with him in the side, he gave them a completely different dimension when he came on. I like the way he always seemed to know the right time to pass and the right time to run with it. He looks very promising and i wouldn't mind seeing him at United.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article3953810.ece

Are the democrats heading for a big victory in the next round of elections, the republicans have just been shocked after losing a Mississippi by election.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/18/johnmccain.barackobama

BAE Saudi contract affair continues to stir
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/18/bae.usa

Will Hutton argues that the Chinese earthquakes will expose rampant official corruption
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/may/18/chinaearthquake.china

Brown's chancellorship was overrated argues Ruth Sutherland and she is surely right.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/may/18/economicgrowth.creditcrunch