Manchester United 3-0 Tottenham Hotspur

Just before i left the ground last night i said there were so many plus points from that game i didn't know where to start, that's how good we were. A few have said Spurs didn't play well, and whilst they weren't great, i think the point was that United made them look poor. Smalling impressed at right back again, Jonny Evans looked like the player we thought he was going to be with a solid display alongside new signing Jones. And what to say about Phil Jones, you don't usually get too excited about centre halves, but you can't help it, he is going to be some player.
Rooney continued his excellent form, his new partnership with Welbeck looks promising. Welbeck himself looks the part, i thought he had done ok in the first half but was drifting out of the game a bit too much. Then came the goal, a fine header from a tremendous Cleverley cross and the confidence came out in him, resulting in the best move of the night with his beautiful back heel to Anderson to kill the game off with the second goal. The third goal was the icing on the cake as Giggs showed that he still has it with another fine cross that Rooney finished off. It could have been more as Spurs looked shell shocked at the end as United surged forward in wave after wave, but that would probably have been a bit harsh on the north London outfit.
I have to admit i thought Fergie would ring the changes last night opting for more experience than at the Hawthorns. I couldn't have been more wrong as he started with a line up with an average age of 23. They didn't let him down and though United never quite got going in the first half we still saw flashes of what was to come. But for Friedal we would have seen a contender for goal of the match as Cleverley finished off a cracking move with a side foot finish the the American goalie managed to save superbly. Ashley Young wasn't letting us down on his Old trafford debut either, he really looks the part, with Valencia to come back, the strength in depth is probably as good as it has ever been.
It's hard not to get carried away at the moment, i'm as excited as i have been in ages about the prospect of the football we are going to see this season.

Mark Ogden compares the debut of Phil Jones to some of our past United greats, appropriate as he will surely become one. Fergie is happy with his squad and is adamant that youth is the future of the club adding he is pleased that this was the second youngest average United side he as selected.

It was a suprise to see Hernandez on the bench after Fergie had said that he may feature later in the week for the reserves. He looked a bit rusty when he came on so i wouldn't be too suprised to still see that happen.

David Bond of the BBC looks at why the Glazer's IPO of the club could backfire on them. United sign a new deal with DHL worth £40 million over four years for sponsoring its training kit, i'm pretty much speechless on that.

Robert Fisk looks ahead to a Gaddafi free Libya and wonders how long before all the dominoes fall.

Fomer boss of credit rating's agency Moody's warns that they suffer conflict of interest. It's not really news but coming from the horse's mouth does put a new slant on things, basically they are one more rotten, corrupt even, part of the financial architecture destroying the world economy. Paul Mason writes that the global political elite are finally realising that the economic model that they all believe in, isn't working as we face the danger of a double dip recession and a rerun of the Japanese lost decade. Richard Koo warns that the UK must learn lessons from the Japanese experience.

Larry Elliott looks at the markets taking fright at the prospect of the return of the zombie banks. Faisal Islam looks at the "balance sheet recession" as described by George Osborne, copyright Richard Koo.

Neil Midgley asks why are the BBC contemplating taking the wrecking ball to BBC4, i totally agree with him. How on earth can the propose this whilst keeping the dross that is BBC3.

Mary Ann Sieghart wonders how far right the country is travelling in the aftermath of the riots, whilst David Goodhat of Prospect writes of the riots, the rappers and the Anglo-Jamaican tragedy. A New York times editorial takes issue with the goverment's handling of the riots.

Ben Hewitt argues that the Smiths classic album The queen is dead is not the masterpiece people would have you believe, i can't go along with that.