More grim news from the guardian as David Conn delves further into the bond prospectus to find this reminder of what happened to Leeds United. All of this was so predicatble.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jan/13/glazers-manchester-united-training-ground
How can the banks let them carry on like this, or are they trying to force their hand. The prospectus lists the dangers for the future of the club. And guess what they are basically everything that people with half an eye to see have always said was why there takeover would not work.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jan/13/manchester-united-finances-glazer-family
At least all the broadsheets are now under no illusions about the state of what was once the best run club in football. Fergie can trot out the line that he is happy with the transfer funds available until he is blue in the face, no one will believe him now.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/glazers-lay-bare-fears-for-future-of-united-1865923.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article6985569.ece
Sam Wallace asks how the plans that Platini has laid down to counter Real Madrid, Chelsea, City et al have been allowed to harm United's future. As these plans which are absolutely right in my opinion look like they will harm us before any of the clubs that wouldn't pay their way in the world without either sugar daddy owners or dubious bank loans in the case of Real Madrid. For a club where one of our former directors off the record is supposed to have said without the debt our problem would have been we would have so much money we wouldn't know what to do with it. Well we wouldn't be having season tickets increasing year on year, probably exponentialy whilst these leecshes are here, i think we can safely say.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/sam-wallace-glazers-have-fallen-into-trap-set-for-abramovich-1865921.html
Gabriele Marcotti wants to know what the authorities were thinking off allowing this takeover.
http://timesonline.typepad.com/thegame/2010/01/johnson-shows-tactics-may-hide-potential.html
Fiddling while Rome burns ( or doing nothing as usual the incompetent money grabbing twats )
Gordon Brown has been weakened by the plot and the labour party is going to lose the next election as far as most of the cabinet are concerned according to Martin Kettle. I had thought that there was a good chance of a hung parliament as i did not think voters would be impressed enough by Cameron and boy George Osborne ( his city nickname ). But i have come to the realisation that Labour are so bereft of standing for anything except power that they are going to get annihalated. Whilst that is the fate they well and truly deserve, i don't know if our population deserve the tory crackpots that we are going to get.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jan/11/gordon-brown-labour-relaunch
Thats what Marting Bright suspects
http://www.spectator.co.uk/martinbright/5693637/overestimating-the-labour-party.thtml
The guardian's TV critics choose their top 50 dramas. It's a pretty good list that has most of y favourites in, though not neccesarily in the same order as i would have had them
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jan/12/guardian-50-television-dramas
I think i would have had the wire above the sopranos, but there is not much in it. I'm gald to see tinker tailor soldier spy in there though i wouldn't have had smileys people in it. Our friends is deservedly very high on the list i would have had red riding higher. I can't belive I Claudius doesn't make their top 50, it hasn't aged in my eyes. I can't wait for the forthcoming series of mad men starting soon.
Music
1990's - Cookies: The debut album from the Scottish indie outfit from a couple of years back. Nothing earth shattering but an enjoyable album. Scotland does produce some decent indie groups.
Breakestra - Hit the floor: This is a superb album from the LA funk orchestra. If you like 60's and 70's funk you will love this.
Fuck buttons - Sport tarot: The latest album from one of the best new techno groups of the last decade. Amongst their influences the list Mogwai and Aphex twin, two class acts. I can't here that much of Aphex twin but you can hear Mogwai in their sound.
Joni Mitchell - Blue: The classic breakthrough album from the LA based Canadian singer songwriter. It's a cracking album with some great tunes, though personally there a couple that come after this that i prefer.
The Fleshtones - Take a good luck: Garage rock from the states, it does what it says on the tin.
Short and sweet rock n roll with attitude.
Yo le tengo - Popular songs: I was surprised how melodic and poppy this album by the New york indie outfit. It works at times but ti never really lifts off to another level for me.
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