Welbek to repay the faith

Danny Welbeck is eager to repay the faith that Ferguson has shown in him. He has looked good so far this season, he offers more all around the pitch than Hernandez and has more pace and dynamism than Berbatov. Five goals so far, is a pretty good return as well. Kevin Mcarra is suitably impressed with the youngsters attitude as he talks to the press ahead of England's final qualifier.
Interesting to read the interview with Scholes in yesterday's Observer namecheck Will Keane. If he is right and i like the look of him as well, we will end up with two homegrown strikers in the squad. Keane seems to have that extra bit of class you need for the top level, he defintely knows where the goals are.
I agree with Scholes when he says that Mancini is messing Tevez about, but the Argentine has nobody to blame but himself for that. Even if City cut their losses and sell him for a cutprice £20 million in the January window, i'm not sure who will be willing to take a chance on him.

Rory Smith believes that United desperately need Nemanja Vidic back in the heart of defence. I can't really argue with that, but United have done well to go through this period of so many dfensive injuries unbeaten, however unsure we have been over the last three or four games. I would like to see the end of the Valencia at right back experiment though.
I'd like to see Cleverley back in the fold as well, but Fergie beleives that our injured players need to get some proper training in the bank before he will think about playing them at Anfield.
The manager reckons he has three or four years left in charge of the club, and that when he finishes he will leave a strong youthful squad for the new manager. It seem to me he wants to be in charge to bring the present generation of youth players through the first team. Jose won't be very happy.

Ro Ferdinand was left out of the England squad named last week, it may well be that he hasn't proved his fitness, but i think his days as England regular as well as a United regular are effectively over.

Steve Richards was one of the political commentators to applaud Ed Miliband's speech, let the battle of idea's commence is his hope. Peter Oborne agrees arguing whether you like it or not, Miliband has redefined the future of British politics.
Will Hutton says the right and Blairites may sneer but Ed Miliband was right to challenge the old order. Charles Moore writes that Cameron needs to do more than whistle in the dark.

Mary Dejevsky asks never mind if their will be a Palestinian state, will Israel even exist in 2048, it's a fair question.

Martin Wolf of the FT argues it is time to think the unthinkable if we are to avoid a lost decade that would leave no positive legacy and start printing again. The BBC's world servive asks leading figures whether they thought western capitalism had failed. Lord Desai seems very pessimistic, i would argue that the neoliberal capitalistic model has failed. Germany doesn't seem to be doing too badly, though if it doesn't bail out the Eurozone periphery it will have shot itself in the foot.

Richard Murphy is happy that a Robin Hood tax is back on the agenda. It's obviously not a bad idea but it's very much a minor matter compared to the restructuring of western capitalism to serve the people and not the lite. Robert Peston asks how scary is a financial transactions tax, not very would be the answer.
Jeremy Warner thinks the idea smacks of protectionism, i would say it sounds like going out on a limb, doing the right thing and setting an example to the rest of the world. Lord Turner who thinks such a tax would be a good thing, argues the free market cannot be trusted to deliver the credit needed to allow the economy to function and grow.

Robert Reich claims America faces a jobs depression and argues that President Obama has to campaign at the 2012 election on a bold plan for growth and jobs.

Music
Charles Mingus - The black saint and the sinner: I'm not generally a fan of big band music, though i like film score music. But i make an exception for Charles Mingus who who really explores the outer fringes of where this music could go. This is brilliant, he thought it was possibly his best work.

Mathias Eick - Skala: Ambient jazz doesn't sound a promising genre, but after a couple of listens i got into this. It's nothing special but an enjoyable listen.

Metronomy - The English riviera: Highly rated new UK indie outfit's third album hits the spot. Formerly a kind of dance/rock band this has more of a quirky kind of 80's indie feel about it to me. It's one of the better efforts by a British band this year.

Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones: Of course i have heard the brilliant Chuck E's in love, but i have never heard the debut album it sprang from. It's an excellent female singer/songwriter's album with multiple influences such as the jazz that pops up from time to time.

Seasick Steve - You can't teach an old dog new tricks: When he first came to the attention of the music press, i thought the hype was a little over the top. But i have to admit to really liking this, there is some great slide guitar playing on this and the pace varies. The slower folier songs are as good as the more rockier blues numbers.

The Japanese popstars - Controlling your allegiance: The album starts with a bang with the excellent Let go and the quality doesn't lessen on this album from the Northern Ireland electronic trio. Take froever with Robert Smith of the cure is one of a number of excellent collaborations to adorn the album.