Anders Lindegaard will be out for at least a month Fergie has confirmed. With De Gea miraculously recovered from his Tuesday illness/injury it looks like he will have another extended run in the side.I don't mind that too much, though i would have preferred Lindegaard in goals, the main thing for me was to stop goalkeeping rotation as it doesn't work.
It looks like our absentee's are creeping back into the frame as Fergie announced this morning that Rooney, Nani and Jones would be fit for Sunday. Young could make and Cleverley will make the trip, which sounds like he has an outside chance of being on the bench. It's great to have Rooney and Nani both available for Sunday. I can't wait to see Cleverley back in the groove too, can he stay injury free until the end of the season.
Fergie is still unhappy with Hansen, the Indy believe that he thinks Hansen's comments were a dliberate ploy to rile United, well it's certainly annoyed Fergie.
Rio unsure whether to shake the ex England captain's hand, now he's been stripped of the honour, it shouldn't be as hard a decision. Fergie told the press he would have a word with Rio, and by the sounds of it try to convince him to shake hands.
Quinton Fortune pays tribute to the "unbelievable Tony Valencia" who he compares to Scholes in his aversion to the limelight. I'm not arguing his importance he has been one of the main reasons we are up level with City, if only he had a left foot though, he would be almost unplayable.
I don't want to go over the top about last night's youth cup victory, but it's hard to not do. It was a pretty close game until United hit the home team with that three goal burst during the last 8 minutes of the first half. But United had shown signs that the football to come was on the cards. Yes Swansea's heads went down after the fourth United goal, minutes into the second half and yes they were a very tired team during the last quarter of an hour when United made substitutions and could have scored a bucket load more. But they were tired because they had been given such a chasing. How i would love to see our first team playing that style of football.
They all worked hard, they were all comfortable on the ball, they all seemed to appreciate the angles to make passes, they all seemed to be able to dribble past at least a couple of players and that was defenders as well as attackers and most of them will still be eligible for the competition next season. We have got to hope some of these boys make. They were all that good it's hard to single anybody out, but Blackett the captain who played during last season's run was immense, pace, power, technique and leadership. I was going to say that if he can play left back, i'm not suprised United aren't prepared to pass on Fryers contract demands, but of course he can play left back, he played there last season.
The whole of the midfield was outstanding, different people mentioned different players as their stand out midfield performance, which sums up how good they were. If i were to pick one myself it would have been Norwegian Mats Daehli, but Rudge and Hendrie weren't far behind. Even the substitutes looked world beaters, but Swansea were a broken side by then.
If the next round is at Old trafford i think a visit will have to be payed, that was the best football i have seen by a United team this season.
Paul Hayward reports on Ravel Morrison seeking salvation after his transfer window move to West Ham. Morrison's camp have claimed his hangers on will not follow him down there, to which you can only think, we'll see. I'm not going to be hypocritical i don't really wish him well, on the field anyway. Players that have given United great service deserve that, Morrison doesn't.
I suppose i was as suprised as anybody that it was United who enticed as young blue over to the red half of Manchester and not the other way round, it makes you wonder just how good their youth set up is. I don't know how good he is, but after watching Tyler Blackett's performance last night he'll need to be good. You can only take it that Veseli must have something to captain a country to an under 17 world cup.
Jon Snow wonders if anybody feels sorry for Stephen Hester as he argues that vilification of the banker won't do anything to address the worry that a second financial crisis may already about to hit us.
Bennedict Brogan argues that Hester's decision leaves David Cameron substantially weakened. I'd agree but for totally the opposite reason Brogan advances, the tories still haven't really got it have they, this isn't about giving into anti-capitalist mobs, it's about fairness and the reason Cameron looks weak is because he was pushed into doing something his heart isn't really in, he is following the supposedly weak Miliband's agenda.
Alistair Campbell fesses up to the fact that Labour were as much to blame for the financial mess we're in as anybody else but warns the bankers they still haven't engaged in a process of reconcilliation for the events leading up to 2008. If Sir Fred is the only one to lose his K, so what.
Aditya Chakraborrty claims that it wasn't the bankers who came up for the model for the excessive pay gains made over the recent past, it was academics, who then jumped aboard the gravy train. I think he is referring to what Paul Mason would call the neo-liberal elite.
Ben Fox argues that as culpable and virtually corrupt as the ratings agencies were in the run up to 2008's credit crunch they have done us a favour at every stage of this crisis as action has been forced on the politicians.
Duncan Weldon reports that after this weeks money supply figures we may well already be in a second credit crunch.
Martin Wolf warns the government to end this masochism in economic policymaking, as he ends up saying it isn't going to happen, but it should. David Blanchflower declares the verdict in, austerity has failed, he is spot on the money again.
A brilliant piece about the scandal of the firm the last set of clowns let loose assessing disabilty benefit eligibility and why this governments attempts to reform the welfare system make my blood boil.
Faisal Islam reports that unlike the UK, the US is waging economic war against Switzerland over US tax evasion, one more reason to hope the Democrats do well in 2012's elections.
The New York Times asks will Israel attack Iran? it sounds like the military thinks it would be mad, whilst the politicians are coming round to the answer that the time could be approaching, scary. It also reveals to nobody's suprise the lengths the Israeli security force Mossad's have been going to stop Iran's effort to develop Nuclear capability.
I'm never sure how any of this is supposed to help the Iranian opposition in their efforts to bring a cleaner form of democracy to the country. And how this would help the global economy, which is already teetering on the edge.
Ali Ansari uses the pages of Prospect to argue that the Iranians are bad at Chess, Iran has piles of Uranium but no endgame. I suppose if there is any kind of endgame, it is more to do with getting a bomb before the Saudi's do than anything to do with Israel.
Robert Fisk laments an attack on Iran would be madness so don't rule it out.
The tird part of the BBC's excellent documentary Putin, Russia and the west is on tonight. Peter Oborne admires it but believes it's too sympathetic to Putin, and worries about the BBC's coverage of modern day Russia.
I'm not too sure it has been too sympathetic, it has certainly shown the Russian version of events, but as long as you have followed Russia since the Soviet Union imploded you can pick out the lies. Last night was just the same, the programme never actually said that Yushchenko had been poisoned by the Russians or Russian backed elements, but you didn't have to be mastermind to work it out.
As for new labour, yes they were appalling, but any worse than the tories have been, Michael Foot a communist spy, come on, and we haven't forgot the Peter Wright affair. The tories are just as in hock to Russian oligarch billionaires and money as new labour were.
I'm glad Powell came out and admitted the spy rock fiasco, it helps us to not believe everything, that even our state tells us. Scepticism of power is always a good thing, as watching Putin's youth movement last night proved.
The Russian liberal opposition are even more upset with the documentary and queries once again about the role of Angus Roxburgh
Craig Murray quotes a NATO report, “Afghan civilians frequently prefer Taliban governance over GIRoA [the Afghan government], usually as a result of government corruption, ethnic bias and lack of connection with local religious and tribal leaders”.
Music
Bjork - Biophilia: Another excellent leftfield album from Iceland's premier export. I have only listened to the album but i can imagine, the whole experience would make it even better.
Feist - Metals: The Canadian singer/songwriter follows up the success that was her last album the reminder with a less commercial sounding album but for me an even better album.
Imelda May - Mayhem: Rockabilly meets jazz and it works for the Irish singer. I have seen her a couple of times on the TV, she was good but the tunes were catchy rockabilly tunes, the album shows off her jazz leanings and really enhance her music.
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid: Yet another female artist and another cracking debut album. I'm not sure what this would be classed as, there's funk in there, soul, rock it evens starts getting really out there at times. It's may be a tad overlong, but it shows some ambition.
Noel Gallagher high flying birds - Noel Gallagher high flying birds: On the evidence of this he should forget about ever reforming Oasis, this is easily his best work since What's the story. I was suprised quite how much i liked this, i have barely been able to listen to Oasis since they degenerated into their own tribute band
.
Tarwater - Inside the ships: German indie/electonica band that comes close to Krautrock at times, pretty good if not that memorable.
It looks like our absentee's are creeping back into the frame as Fergie announced this morning that Rooney, Nani and Jones would be fit for Sunday. Young could make and Cleverley will make the trip, which sounds like he has an outside chance of being on the bench. It's great to have Rooney and Nani both available for Sunday. I can't wait to see Cleverley back in the groove too, can he stay injury free until the end of the season.
Fergie is still unhappy with Hansen, the Indy believe that he thinks Hansen's comments were a dliberate ploy to rile United, well it's certainly annoyed Fergie.
Rio unsure whether to shake the ex England captain's hand, now he's been stripped of the honour, it shouldn't be as hard a decision. Fergie told the press he would have a word with Rio, and by the sounds of it try to convince him to shake hands.
Quinton Fortune pays tribute to the "unbelievable Tony Valencia" who he compares to Scholes in his aversion to the limelight. I'm not arguing his importance he has been one of the main reasons we are up level with City, if only he had a left foot though, he would be almost unplayable.
I don't want to go over the top about last night's youth cup victory, but it's hard to not do. It was a pretty close game until United hit the home team with that three goal burst during the last 8 minutes of the first half. But United had shown signs that the football to come was on the cards. Yes Swansea's heads went down after the fourth United goal, minutes into the second half and yes they were a very tired team during the last quarter of an hour when United made substitutions and could have scored a bucket load more. But they were tired because they had been given such a chasing. How i would love to see our first team playing that style of football.
They all worked hard, they were all comfortable on the ball, they all seemed to appreciate the angles to make passes, they all seemed to be able to dribble past at least a couple of players and that was defenders as well as attackers and most of them will still be eligible for the competition next season. We have got to hope some of these boys make. They were all that good it's hard to single anybody out, but Blackett the captain who played during last season's run was immense, pace, power, technique and leadership. I was going to say that if he can play left back, i'm not suprised United aren't prepared to pass on Fryers contract demands, but of course he can play left back, he played there last season.
The whole of the midfield was outstanding, different people mentioned different players as their stand out midfield performance, which sums up how good they were. If i were to pick one myself it would have been Norwegian Mats Daehli, but Rudge and Hendrie weren't far behind. Even the substitutes looked world beaters, but Swansea were a broken side by then.
If the next round is at Old trafford i think a visit will have to be payed, that was the best football i have seen by a United team this season.
Paul Hayward reports on Ravel Morrison seeking salvation after his transfer window move to West Ham. Morrison's camp have claimed his hangers on will not follow him down there, to which you can only think, we'll see. I'm not going to be hypocritical i don't really wish him well, on the field anyway. Players that have given United great service deserve that, Morrison doesn't.
I suppose i was as suprised as anybody that it was United who enticed as young blue over to the red half of Manchester and not the other way round, it makes you wonder just how good their youth set up is. I don't know how good he is, but after watching Tyler Blackett's performance last night he'll need to be good. You can only take it that Veseli must have something to captain a country to an under 17 world cup.
Jon Snow wonders if anybody feels sorry for Stephen Hester as he argues that vilification of the banker won't do anything to address the worry that a second financial crisis may already about to hit us.
Bennedict Brogan argues that Hester's decision leaves David Cameron substantially weakened. I'd agree but for totally the opposite reason Brogan advances, the tories still haven't really got it have they, this isn't about giving into anti-capitalist mobs, it's about fairness and the reason Cameron looks weak is because he was pushed into doing something his heart isn't really in, he is following the supposedly weak Miliband's agenda.
Alistair Campbell fesses up to the fact that Labour were as much to blame for the financial mess we're in as anybody else but warns the bankers they still haven't engaged in a process of reconcilliation for the events leading up to 2008. If Sir Fred is the only one to lose his K, so what.
Aditya Chakraborrty claims that it wasn't the bankers who came up for the model for the excessive pay gains made over the recent past, it was academics, who then jumped aboard the gravy train. I think he is referring to what Paul Mason would call the neo-liberal elite.
Ben Fox argues that as culpable and virtually corrupt as the ratings agencies were in the run up to 2008's credit crunch they have done us a favour at every stage of this crisis as action has been forced on the politicians.
Duncan Weldon reports that after this weeks money supply figures we may well already be in a second credit crunch.
Martin Wolf warns the government to end this masochism in economic policymaking, as he ends up saying it isn't going to happen, but it should. David Blanchflower declares the verdict in, austerity has failed, he is spot on the money again.
A brilliant piece about the scandal of the firm the last set of clowns let loose assessing disabilty benefit eligibility and why this governments attempts to reform the welfare system make my blood boil.
Faisal Islam reports that unlike the UK, the US is waging economic war against Switzerland over US tax evasion, one more reason to hope the Democrats do well in 2012's elections.
The New York Times asks will Israel attack Iran? it sounds like the military thinks it would be mad, whilst the politicians are coming round to the answer that the time could be approaching, scary. It also reveals to nobody's suprise the lengths the Israeli security force Mossad's have been going to stop Iran's effort to develop Nuclear capability.
I'm never sure how any of this is supposed to help the Iranian opposition in their efforts to bring a cleaner form of democracy to the country. And how this would help the global economy, which is already teetering on the edge.
Ali Ansari uses the pages of Prospect to argue that the Iranians are bad at Chess, Iran has piles of Uranium but no endgame. I suppose if there is any kind of endgame, it is more to do with getting a bomb before the Saudi's do than anything to do with Israel.
Robert Fisk laments an attack on Iran would be madness so don't rule it out.
The tird part of the BBC's excellent documentary Putin, Russia and the west is on tonight. Peter Oborne admires it but believes it's too sympathetic to Putin, and worries about the BBC's coverage of modern day Russia.
I'm not too sure it has been too sympathetic, it has certainly shown the Russian version of events, but as long as you have followed Russia since the Soviet Union imploded you can pick out the lies. Last night was just the same, the programme never actually said that Yushchenko had been poisoned by the Russians or Russian backed elements, but you didn't have to be mastermind to work it out.
As for new labour, yes they were appalling, but any worse than the tories have been, Michael Foot a communist spy, come on, and we haven't forgot the Peter Wright affair. The tories are just as in hock to Russian oligarch billionaires and money as new labour were.
I'm glad Powell came out and admitted the spy rock fiasco, it helps us to not believe everything, that even our state tells us. Scepticism of power is always a good thing, as watching Putin's youth movement last night proved.
The Russian liberal opposition are even more upset with the documentary and queries once again about the role of Angus Roxburgh
Craig Murray quotes a NATO report, “Afghan civilians frequently prefer Taliban governance over GIRoA [the Afghan government], usually as a result of government corruption, ethnic bias and lack of connection with local religious and tribal leaders”.
Music
Bjork - Biophilia: Another excellent leftfield album from Iceland's premier export. I have only listened to the album but i can imagine, the whole experience would make it even better.
Feist - Metals: The Canadian singer/songwriter follows up the success that was her last album the reminder with a less commercial sounding album but for me an even better album.
Imelda May - Mayhem: Rockabilly meets jazz and it works for the Irish singer. I have seen her a couple of times on the TV, she was good but the tunes were catchy rockabilly tunes, the album shows off her jazz leanings and really enhance her music.
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid: Yet another female artist and another cracking debut album. I'm not sure what this would be classed as, there's funk in there, soul, rock it evens starts getting really out there at times. It's may be a tad overlong, but it shows some ambition.
Noel Gallagher high flying birds - Noel Gallagher high flying birds: On the evidence of this he should forget about ever reforming Oasis, this is easily his best work since What's the story. I was suprised quite how much i liked this, i have barely been able to listen to Oasis since they degenerated into their own tribute band
.
Tarwater - Inside the ships: German indie/electonica band that comes close to Krautrock at times, pretty good if not that memorable.
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