A " one man team " according to Fabregas

I hope Fergie pins that up on the dressing room wall before we play them next season. I think Rooney might be in the mood to show him, he is not quite right.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/5539203/Cristiano-Ronaldo-transfer-Manchester-United-nothing-without-him-says-Fabregas.html

Henry Winter on the way United should rebuild next season, putting Rooney back in the middle, that will have a lot of reds nodding their heads in agreement.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/5524811/Manchester-Uniteds-Wayne-Rooney-can-fill-gap-left-by-Cristiano-Ronaldo.html

Tevez next to go, according to the indy, it's what we have expected. I have to say United were right in the first place to think the asking price was too much. My only surprise are the reports that Fergie has tried to persuade him to stay. Anything over £20 million for a player who whilst he scraps and works hard for the team hasn't got that great a first touch and who's goalacoring isn't exactly prolific was not on.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/transfers/tevez-set-to-spurn-ferguson-1705345.html

I am glad we have finally got rid of the ego as well, i can't pretend we won't miss his goals, but i am certain we will be more of a team next season. Fergie won't have to structure the team to mask his his lack of defensive work. I can see our record against the rest of the big four being far better next season than it has been this season. Hopefully we will now see the best of Berbatov as well, i always thought playing him and Ronaldo was a luxury player too far. And with Rooney getting through his stint of work in the middle ( hopefully that is ) it won't matter as much that Berbatov is no Tevez, on the grafting side of things that is, of course. Where we needed that workrate was out wide where Ronaldo would have been and hopefully we will get someone to fill that right or left side. I just hope we are not going to be told that Nani is going to get another crack at that position. I have not seen that much of Valencia, but he did have a good game at Old Trafford last season. Supposedly he is fast, likes to dribble, puts a decent cross in and will track back to help out the defence. It would be nice if his goalscoring record was better, but the rest of it looks like just what the doctor ordered.



It's all kicking off in Tehran, i have read a lot of reports on the events leading up to the elction and since and nobody really seems to know what's happeing or what is going to happen next
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/15/rafsanjani-iran-elections

Robert Fisk on the aftermath of the elction
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-iran-erupts-as-voters-back-the-democrator-1704810.html

Brown shows how much of a reformer he really is, not a surprise really.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/15/iraq-war-inquiry

Will Hutton's interview with Paul Krugman in the Observer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jun/14/economics-globalrecession

John Lanchester's account of the credit crunch
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v31/n10/lanc01_.html

Alan McGee on RodStewart and the Faces
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/jun/15/faces-reunion-rod-stewart
I'm a big fan of the Faces, a real rock n' roll band