Milner to United?

The Telergraph report United are keeping tabs on James Milner of Villa with a view to a summer bid. Well that's been a rumour for a bit, the other two mostly mentioned are Modric and Rodwell. I would settle for either Modric or Milner and Rodwell. If i am pushed i'd go for Modric for his creativity. If Scholes did retire this summer i would spend everythig i had on him because we would have absolutely no creativity in the middle of the park then.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/7595191/Manchester-United-keep-their-eye-on-Aston-Villas-James-Milner.html
Spoke too soon, as he has just signed a new one year contract according to United's site. That is good news for me. We don't want him playing as much as he has had to do in the latter part of this season, but he is still quality and he will still do a job for the team. That doesn't lessen the need for reinforcemets in the summer, and he is the player that either next summeror the next we are most in need of replacing.

Andy Cole's column in the Independents warns fans to not write United off yet. Chelsea are in pole position but he thinks they will drop points. The point is will United as well? if Rooney plays in every game we can but i'm not that confident. Still Spurs winning on Wednesday has kept their season alive and if we do win tomorrow the game will suddenly become enormous for both clubs. I suppose for Spurs if we took a point from tomorrow it would be a good result for them.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/the-andy-cole-column-a-lesson-from-history-never-write-off-united-1946202.html

It would seem United are the top club in Manchester, followed by Norwich with City trailing as usual if scarve buying is anything to go by, apparently, Massive.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/7594624/Manchester-City-v-Manchester-United-fans-show-true-colours-in-derby.html

Daniel Taylor has been impressed by Roberto Mancini. I haven't, Stoke in the cup anyone. Alright they have had some good results, Chelsea away notably, but how many stinkers have their been. The two ties against Stoke were unbelievably poor, Everton at home and the first half against Wigan where they were absolutely garbage. It was only when Wigan had a man sent off that City even began to look like a team in that game. They may be better at the back though i'm not too convinced off that. Are Lescott and Toure top centre halves, i'd sooner have the none shirt selling Richard Dunne. From what i have seen, when they play the lesser sides their build up play is so slow it's antlike. It's obvious that Tevez, their best player by a mile it pains me to say, isn't in love Mancini or his methods.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/apr/15/manchester-city-united-roberto-mancini

Rooney the favourite for the PFA player of the year award as the nominations are announced
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/leagues/premierleague/manutd/7594624/Manchester-City-v-Manchester-United-fans-show-true-colours-in-derby.html

Yet more embarrassment for the suits at the premier league as Birmingham City's ownership is handed over to the investment bank that helped Hong Kong businessman Carson Yeung to buy out Gold and Sullivan.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/birmingham/article7099059.ece

Nick Clegg wins the three party leader televised debate according to most of the polls. It was pretty clear he did, he's too far to the right for me, but he did well, Brown was terrible as expected, but thankfully i didn't think Cameron was that much better. I suppose Cameron would have appealed to natural tories but i couldn't see him winning over many undecided's. Mind you Clegg wasn't perfect there were times where he just parrotted the same line. So even though he won he will probably have to up his game next time. What got me was how different people saw different parts of the debate. I toally agree with the Liberals proposals about the unreality of paying for Trident but apparently most people though was one of his wakest moments. David Hare in the Guardinan thought it was one of his strongest moments. Suely it was morre coherent and even statesmanlike than Cameron warning us that we needed to keep them to maybe deal with a Chinese threat. That's going to help cement trade and diplomacy with the burgeoning super power isn't it. I am amazed no paper has highlighted that, because if there was a gaffe last night that was surely it.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/clegg-smashes-through-twoparty-system-1946273.html

Steve Richards who wasn't a fan of the proposed debate admits he was happily surprised and thinks the election race became more interesting and less easy to call.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/steve-richards/steve-richards-biggest-game-changer-is-that-voters-were-engaged-1946447.html

Vernon Bogdanor thinks ( and probably hopes ) that two party politics is over and multi party politics is on it's way.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article7099069.ece

As China's economy expands again Richrad Adams asks is everything quite as rosy as it looks for the oriental powerhouse.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/15/china-economy-yuan-growth

Johann Hari asks why with our army at war in Afghanistan it isn't being raised as an election theme campaign.
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-the-shameful-bloody-silence-at-the-heart-of-the-election-1946255.html

Obama is looking to tighten wall street regulation now his position has strengthened
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/obama-presses-for-tighter-wall-street-regulation-1945186.html

Will the new biography of Chriss Morris shed more light on the comedy genius asks Ben Walters.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2010/apr/14/chris-morris-four-lions

I love Beethoven's 7th, this is the last movement