Fergie refuses to even negotiate

Fergie won't entertain the thought of Giggs taking on the Welsh job. There is now way he can do both jobs at this stage of his career. Fergie also said that he hoped that he will still be playing next season.

The press also got told that he will not be discussing the personal lives of any of his players. Besides being the right thing to do for the club it is surely the right thing to do by the player.

Michael Carrick has been ruled out for three weeks with a recurrence of an achilles injury. His season hasn't even started and now he is out for three weeks. The author of this article obviously wasn't watching the reserves last night as Anderson went off on the hour with a slight hobble. And i'm afraid to say he didn't do much when he was on the pitch.
I know he is coming back from injury and i know Ravel Morrison is very highly thought of but it's a bit embarrasing when a 17 year old totally eclipses in the middle of the park surely. Saying that what a prospect Morrison looks, he seems to have that gift which great players are blessed with, time on the ball. Will he get a look in during the league cup tie at Scunthorpe i wonder, i'm pretty sure he would be ready for that.
It was a fairly comfortable 2-0 win with United hitting the bar twice as well as a string of fine saves by the Stockport goalie. De Laet looked good and maybe it's time that he was sent out on loan.
Ferdinand doesn't think that youngsters are taught well enough how to pass the ball and just as importantly pass the ball under pressure. It's a pretty good interview that it does end up a bit " when i were a lad".

Paul Hayward speculates that if Rooney were to ever think of leaving United now would be the time to do it. I did say yesterday that this episode meant the chances of Rooney staying at United for the rest of his career were now less than they had been before it.
It will be interesting, to say the least, to see how Fergie deals with this. Who knows maybe he will come to the conclusion that we have seen the best of Rooney and let him go at the end of the season. Lets face it would that would keep him well in with the Glazer's.

Gary Neville is the latest to be interviewed by Paddy Crerand, and in the interview he reveals he doesn't think his temperament is suited to becoming a manager, he is too emotional. He also has a bit of a pop at City, he loves to stir it up nowadays.

Evra has lost his appeal against the five match ban that was handed down to him by the French FA. I'm afraid i don't really know why he bothered, there was never a chance they were going to rescind that.


An exclusive in depth interview with Giggs, so says the BBC.

Andy Wilson argues that whoever wins the superleague crown at old trafford next month, the real success story of the season will have been the Celtic crusaders.

Larry Elliott thinks the latest report from the OECD should give Osborne pause to think about his austerity plans. And does he really want to be so out of kilter with the rest of the world and take such a big risk. David Blanchflower gives us three reasons why a double dip recession is now getting closer.
Osborne appoints one of his critics to head the Office for budget responsibility, Robert Chote the director of the IFS will take over Alan Budd in October.
Jeff Randall argues forecasters may argue but some harsh truths are unavoidable.

Jon Snow wonders the modern day state is big enough to take on the likes of Goldman Sachs after it was fined just £17.5 million. And tells us that he will be interviewing John Le Carre for his last ever interview shortly.

Mehdi Hasan asks why the lib dems are using tory economic positions to attack the labour party when defending the forthcoming cuts.

Irwin Stelzer, Murdoch's man, tells the New Statesman why the country should be grateful for the Tony Blair's premiership.
Simon Hughes tells the house of commons that other MP's were too scared to join him in testifying in court against the news of the world journalist because they didn't want to upset news international. That is one very sad state of affairs, i'd bet my bottom dollar the ex cabinet minister mentionedis from the labour party. Mick Hume isn't impressed with the opposition attacks. I can't agree with that i'm afraid, it's important the public see how Murdoch and the rest of the red tops actually work. Whether they take any notice or actually care is another matter of course.
Menawhile Labour MP's use the affair to criticize Rupert Murdoch in the house of commons, that will give more than one or two ex ministers red afces, i should imagine. Andy McSmith goes with a commons declare war on red tops.

Freebass ends before they have even released their debut album, as Mani lays into Peter Hook.

Brendan O'Neill reviews This is England 86 and isn't impressed and wishes it had been a more faithful version of the 80's. I have to agree, i was losing interest in it half way through. I suppose we have got to hope that the first episode was just settint the scene for the final three parts. That was the first time i have watched something by Meadows and not been bothered whether i saw it through to the end or not. 

I love this clip of Chris Bryant telling Kay Burley she's being a bit dim.

Charles Mingus