More Rooney opinion

Alan Hansen thinks that Fergie will have to be careful in how he handles Rooney, as he argues all players maybe equal but some are more equal than others. It's fortunate for us that Berbatov has started the season in the best and most consistent form we have seen from him since his arrival. I don't think Rooney's non appearance cost us the extra two points on Saturday. In both our away games we have looked brittle at the back, not just the goals but in general play. If we don't tighten that up there will be no 19th title at the end of this season.
James Lawton wonders what Fergie was playing at, as nobody really believes Rooney was left out for his own good.

Jonny Evans warns Rangers to expect a bit of a backlash from United as they aim to put Saturday behind them. I haven't watched much Scottish football over the last couple of seasons, but what i have seen hasn't impressed me very much, to put it mildly. I would be amazed and more than a little disappointed if we don't win tomorrow night and win well.

The Mail keep linking us to £8 million Greek Ninis. Surely if we were that keen on him we would have bought before the transfer deadline. More fish and chip paper is what it sounds like to me.

Andrew Tong reviews last weeks BBC4 documentary on Eddie Waring. I was not a fan of his, it has to be said, but the programme did open your eyes to tremendous job he did for the sport in his early days. I would stick with the view that he became too much of a figure of fun in his later years though. What the documentary brought home was just how much exposure the sport had in the country at large pre Murdoch days.
For all that i hate the usual Sky hype, the biggest season yet, blah, blah, it has to be said, it is an even better sport to watch nowadays. You just wonder how much the game could have grown if it was still on BBC every Saturday afternoon.

Larry Elliott writes that two years after governments bailed out the banks, the financial markets are still ruled by instant gratification. Whilst Stephen King argues that the UK economy won't rebalance until it realises that we have to start trading seriously with the up and coming economies. He argues that our companies are stuck in the old days and haven't noticed the world has moved on.

Boris Johnson looks like he is still repositioning himself as he sides with the lib dems over coalition immigration policy. He definitely seems to have one eye on a post Cameron Tory party.

Henry Porter and Will Hutton lament the influence of Rupert Murdoch and News international on this country and warn that his power must be diminished. There used to be tories who belived that to be the case, i think those days are long gone. It's hard to be hopeful, he will probably get his own way.

Rob Brydon is interviewed in the Observer ahead of Friday's new comedy the Rob Brydon show and the show i'm really looking forward to, The trip where he stars alongside Steve Coogan under director Michael Winterbottom.