It's going to be an important season for the fit again Craig Cathcart. I had high hopes for the Ulsterman when he captained the youth team. He seemed to me to be at least as good a prospect as Jonny Evans, who at the time was having a good time on loan at Sunderland. My only concern was he was fairly similar in style to Evans, neither being a speed merchant. His loan spell at Plymouth went will but unfortunately last season's loan at Watford didn't go so well with Watford fans not being too impressed.With Ferdinand permanently injured and i would think in the twilight of his career, this would have been a great time for the club to have had another centre half coming through the ranks. Unless last season was a blip it doesn't seem likely it will happen with Cathcart.
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid={B4CEE8FA-9A47-47BC-B069-3F7A2F35DB70}&newsid=6650546&page=1

Jurgen Klinsman tells the BBC how he and Loew helped to turn the German national teams fortunes around. Very commendable, but not a cat in hells chance that the premier league would go along with much of that.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8789682.stm

Forlan's excellent tournament comes to an end as the Dutch reach their first world cup final since Argentina 1978. Forlan has been oe of the best players of the tournament and would walk in into that Dutch team for me. Once again i was less than impressed with either the game or the Dutch. I can't see it happening, but if the Dutch were to go and win the world cup at last it would be the final of evidence that this world cup has been extremely poor. This Dutch team isn't fit to lace most of the Dutch teams of the last 30 years never mid the great team of 1974.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/uruguay/7876355/World-Cup-2010-Diego-Forlan-combats-injury-but-is-left-devastated-by-Holland-defeat.html

Simon Hattenstone shows why Mick hume was right.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/06/footballs-debt-socialism-world-cup

What is the real story behind Sir Alan Budd leaving his post as head for Osborne's new baby the office for budget responsibility.
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2010/07/class-war-budd-thatcher-cuts
It's the end of Osborne's honeymoon according to Larry Elliot.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/06/alan-budd-george-osborne-shambles
A blow to the government's credibilty writes Sean O'Grady'
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/budds-early-departure-a-blow-to-government-2020118.html

Bagehot defends the BBC
http://www.economist.com/blogs/bagehot/2010/07/bashing_bbc?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BagehotsNotebook+%28The+Economist%3A+Bagehot%27s+notebook%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Jeff Buckley with a couple of acoustic numbers