Giggs freeman of Salford

Giggs honoured with freedom of Salford
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/giggs-to-get-freedom-of-city-1860629.html

Andy Cole reckons the hairdryer would have been force 10 after Sunday's feeble display
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-andy-cole-column-upset-would-have-sent-fergie-to-force-10-1859991.html

Kevin Garside thinks the recent doom and gloom around United has been overdone as United's lapses this season have been due to Fergie's team being in transition. I would agree with that up to a point. The fact is though he has never has to do this with no transfer kitty in his back pocket. Add to that Vidic is almost certain to go in the summer and who knows who else if big enough bids come in. Will the debt mean that if the price is right off you go as now everyone has a price. How could anyone rebuild a team and compete for titles in those circumstances.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/6943169/Manchester-United-still-rule-the-roost-despite-Manchester-Citys-lottery-win.html

Diouf is given Tevez's number 32 shirt, i have seen the you tube clips of him and he looks interesting. One very interesting aspect of his play going of those clips is he looks very good in the air. He is supposed to have blistering pace, but i have heard that before then seen them and wondered where the speed has gone.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1241307/Mame-Biram-Diouf-handed-Carlos-Tevezs-old-shirt-Sir-Alex-Ferguson-says-ready-Manchester-United-debut.html
Let's hope we have found another Solskjaer.

Ian Ladyman on the financial worries worrying United fans
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1241200/So-sure-youve-got-60m-spend-Manchester-United-Sir-Alex.html

Jonathan Wilson's latest guardian column ponders the thought that TV has influenced the latest trends surrounding football tactics.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/jan/05/is-television-holding-back-football-evolution
I can see where Saachi and Valdano are coming from. But whilst they would put team above individual and Galctico puts the individuals above the team the way Fergie had United playing before the selling of Ronaldo seemed to me a healthy marriage of the two. I suppose Barca play with a system that whilst relying on brilliant individuals does not rely on the individual over the collective And they aren't bad are they. Even if as United and Chelsea have both shown in the last two champions league semi finals they can be snuffed out.

Will Portsmouth become the first team to go bust in the history of the premier league. It would be a huge embarrassment for the money grabbing clowns that run the game.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/portsmouth-reach-crisis-point-over-players-pay-1860006.html

Michael Vaughan thinks England were lucky to get away without an official reprimand over their ball tampering tactics during the latest tests.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/international/england/6943182/Michael-Vaughan-Englands-James-Anderson-lucky-to-escape-ban-for-ball-tampering.html

Have the wannabe putschists condemned the labour party to electoral suicide, Steve Richards thinks it was.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/steve-richards/steve-richards-the-only-certainty-about-this-plot-it-will-damage-labour-1859927.html

Anatole Kaletsky thinks Brown and Ball's electoral strategy will be a loser
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/anatole_kaletsky/article6978409.