The ungrateful Tevez

Henry Winter wonders what Tevez is thinking, unfortunately it's obviously money.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/5342281/Manchester-Uniteds-Carlos-Tevez-must-recognise-the-genius-of-Sir-Alex-Ferguson.html

Hansen thinks Ronaldo is irreplaceable, his goalscoring record obviousy is, but then again we all thought Van Nistelroy was. A new team will have to be built without him sooner rather than later even if he does stay this summer, so i just hope Fergie has got his thinking cap on.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/5339996/Manchester-Uniteds-Cristiano-Ronaldo-is-simply-irreplaceable.html

Richard Williams on the long term vision of Ferguson, i am one of the few who always thought that Fletcher had something about him.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2009/may/18/alex-ferguson-manchester-united-richard-williams

Vidic on the continuing quest for trophies at United
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/may/18/nemanja-vidic-manchester-united-champions-league

the Ken loach film starring the king shows at Cannes to a warm reception. Eric chose a top director to work with, i thought Land and Freedom and the wind that shakes the barley were both cracking films.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/cantona-scores-at-cannes-1687107.html

Messi thiks they are just that bit better than United and will become the best Barca team ever. The performance against in last years semi and against the rent boys in this years semi. So with most of their defence missing on the 27th i'd like to think his confidence is misplaced.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/our-football-is-better-than-uniteds-says-messi-as-barccedila-lift-title-1686816.html




I only saw the highlights but it seems Jimmy Anderson is finally starting to live up to the promise when he first got into the England side. His pace and swing bowling both ways were superb, far too good for another dismal West indies side away from home. An with Stuart Braod doing very well and hopefully Freddie to come back firing on all cylinders we look like we have got at least three decent bowlers to take on the Aussies later in the summer.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/may/18/england-west-indies-second-test


Anatole Kaletsky on the economic woes facing continental Europe and whether the Germans will be up to the challenge of abandoning their economic history.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/anatole_kaletsky/article6308164.ece

Larry Elliot with an interesting column on energy resources and how it will affect the economy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/may/17/larry-elliott-energy-crisis

A column by the woman who set the ball rolling on the MP' S expenses scandal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/15/mps-expenses-heather-brooke-foi


Andrew Bird - Noble beast: I wasn't sure what i expected of this, but i was pleasantly expected. He is labelled as indie but there are loads of folk and pop influences and he seems to be totally original. He is a bit of a musical prodigy playing a multitude of instruments, violin and guitar included.
Bruce Springsteen - Working on a dream: The boss is still going strong with a strong follow up to the excellent Magic. I don't think it is quite as strong as the last effort but he is still a tremedous artist.
Franz Ferdinand - Tonight:I am not sure about this, to be honest. I like bands that take chances and try to broaden their musical horizons. But some bands can pull it off and some can't and at times on this album they fall into both camps. The one thing that was definite to me is that they sounded better when the guitars were to the fore.
Morrisey -Years of refusal: Although he is never going to revisit the glory years of the Smiths in his solo guise and with his backing band, it has to be said he recent solo albums have been consistently solid efforts. This is no exception, straight ahead rock with that singular voice that you couldn't mistake for anyone else.
White Lies - To lose my life: I had read the rave reviews for this debut album and so i was looking forward to listening to it, though i am usually wary of groups likened to Joy Division as they tend to be one dimensional. And that would be my citicism of this, whilst it is a reasonably good album, and there a couple of cracking tracks on it. There is no light and shade, it doesn't vary itself enough musically for me.