United's youngsters excite

Well the Sun can't help itself giving a small back story to each of the United youngsters that have took the premier league by storm in the first couple of games. They even manage to get a couple of page three stunners into the piece, quality journalism, ahem.
Gary Pallister reckons that the kids will have to get used to the comparisons to the class of 92, just as Giggs and co had to get used to comparisons with the Busby babes. He was also another to be mightily impressed with 19 year old Phil Jones, there's no getting away from it he is going to be a huge part of United's future. Paddy Crerand was pleased with our performance on Monday night and lets slip on his blog that he was talking with Sir Bobby Charlton who made a comparison to the great Duncan Edwards, i don't think he would make that comparison lightly.
Crerand also mentions United using a shorter passing game and lauds the example of Barca. I would like to think that it's more to do with this being the first set of youngsters to come through under Meulensteen's tutelage.
Teddy Sheringham likes what he has seen so far and really likes the look of Cleverley and Welbeck, describing Cleverley as having a very experienced passing game for a youngster and likes Welbeck's movement.

Danny Taylor with his five things we learnt from Monday night column, argues Welbeck justified his place and that's not good news for Berbatov.

I was pretty remiss in my piece on Monday's match to forget to give Anderson, i'm not his biggest fan, to put it mildly but he was a impressive as anybody against Spurs. I thought he had given a decent performance at West Brom without being really noteworthy, but Monday night was noteworthy. He didn't give the ball away, didn't have too many positional lapses and scored a goal. Now he has just got to keep it up.

Danny Drinkwater has gone out to Barnsley on loan, i'm slightly suprised he hasn't gone out on a permanent deal to be honest. He has proved he has a career in football, but it won't be at United, i suppose he has to find his level.

The financial press has took an increasinly negative tone over the Glazer's Singapore IPO, worrying times for the gimps then. Nobody is took in by the mantra that United are a financially well run football club anymore, that's nice to see. I still think that they don't want to be doing this, but their probable financial position in the US demands they attempt it.

David Conn on the grubby world of the ownership of Carlos Tevez, how can anybody allow themselves to be used like that, United were totally right to have nothing more to do with all that. Even though the Glazer's were probably pretty comfortable with it.

The Guardian review The shield in their Box set club series. A fantastic series, as good as The Sopranos, but probably just behind The wire.

Rupert Cornwell asks if the Republican party have taken leave of their senses.
Historian Timothy Snyder accuses the modern US tea party of a dangerous misreading of their illustrious predecessors. He compares the modern version to the 18th century British aristocracy, ouch.
Greg Ip looks the Republican parties new voodoo economics in the Washington Post.Tim Dickinson uses Rolling Stone magazine to look at how Roger Ailes has built the most profitable propaganda machine in history, Fox news.

Will Hutton argues that China will implode if it doesn't change its authoritarian ways, whilst Isobel Hilton is on the fast train to disaster as high speed rail has come to symbolise the corruption that plages China. Jon Snow wonders how stable is China, whilst Banyan in the Economist says disarray in the west generates mixed emotions in China.

Music
Bill Callahan - Apocalypse: The follow up to the excellent Sometimes i wish i were an eagle doesn't disappoint. A bit more of an ensemble sound than its predecessor it could still be nobody else but Bill Callahan.

British sea power - Valhalla dancehall: One of the better British indie groups around at present, they continue their good work. They don't make killer albums but somehow i imagine their pretty good live.

Gruff Rhys - Hotel shampoo: Anything to do with the Super furries is a must listen for me, and this third sol album for frontman Gruff Rhys is no exception. He is never involved with anything even slightly average, and this is certainly not that.

Guillemots - Walk the river: I must admit that this is their first album i have listened to properly, and i was impressed, a bit britpop, but decent britpop.

Keith Jarrett - The Koln concert: I wasn't sure what i would make of this, piano isn't really an instrument that excites me in a jazz setting, though i love it in classical music. But there so many different musical genres mixed into this solo that i actually love it.

Shuggie Otis - Inspiration information: A superb piece of soul/funk with a bit of blues from the early seventies. I can't get enough of this style of music. Amazing that he only ever made four albums, i've just got to get around to listening to the other three.