No to Joe Cole

Daniel Taylor says his sources at United have no interest at all in Joe Cole. I can unnderstand that whilst he was a good player he has never really fulfilled his potential and his injury record over the last couple of seasons has been lousy. It doesn't alter the fact that we need new blood in midfield.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/22/manchester-united-not-interested-joe-cole

Meanwhile Owen Hargreaves has paid a visit to US to meet the surgeon who operated on his knees. This must be a make or breal season or even pre season for him, if we don't see him regularly, i can't see how he will have a future at the club.
http://www.tribalfootball.com/man-utd-midfielder-hargreaves-makes-new-visit-dr-steadman-922741

Fergie has been disappointed with the quality shown so far in the world cup and worried about Rooney, with whom he has been in contact. The level of entertainment of the games went up, once for the first round of games was completed. But the actual quality has been up and down, Argentina have been brilliant going forward but their defence is not great. Look at last night, Samaras who is a pretty average footballer caused them all sorts of problems playing up front on his own. What will happen when the play a half decent forward line. Brazil have played well in patches as have Spain, but their performances against North Korea and Switzerland respectively showed neither are right at the top oftheir game.
Once we reach the knockout stages we will see who really has it in them to go all the way to lift the trophies.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/21/world-cup-2010-wayne-rooney-alex-ferguson

Jim White gets to one of the cruxes of England's problems, they just aren't good enough. You only had to look at the squad finally picked to know the only way England could win this was if Spain, Brazil and maybe Argentina played below themselves and England's so so players played above themselves for a month. And they had all the luck going.
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/football/jim-white/article/20672/

Evra says he will reveal all on the French world cup debacle after yesterday's fitting ending with a 2-1 defeat by South Africa and man sent off. Domenech even humliated himself after the final whistle. Of course that will probably be Evra's last world cup, so i expect him to savage Domenech.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/7848108/World-Cup-2010-Patrice-Evra-blasts-Raymond-Domenech-as-France-depart-South-Africa.html

The Lib dems are growing uneasy at the direction the coalition is heading in. This was from James Graham before the emergency budget.
http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2010/06/20/intergenerational-equity-and-the-perils-of-groupthink/#comments

Richard Grayson warns concessions are a fig leaf
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/jun/22/budget-2010-liberal-democrats-richard-grayson

Tracey Corrigan worries whether Europe will scupper the Budgets recovery plan.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/tracycorrigan/7848560/Budget-2010-Europe-may-scupper-this-recovery-plan.html

Neil Young