Interestingly a pretty good piece profiling Antonio Valencia, on the official site, if not the man who has made United tick, this season and indeed ever since he came to the club. We shouldn't forget United's excellent end of season form co-incided with his return to the side after his lengthy lay off. It was just a pity about that last game against Barca at Wembley. I'll bet he would love us to have a good run in the champions league next season so he gets the chance to meet them again and put that right.
One thing that article about how Barca will hopefully make clear to Fergie is he can't go into the next game with any passengers. One thing that stood out was how Barca attack any player whose first touch isn't the best. I'm afraid Park sprung to mind straight away, though to be fair that night he wouldn't have been on his own.
But back to Valencia, it seems like an age ago now that Fergie was baffingly playing him at right back, i mean really what was that all about. How good would it be if we could have somebody on the left playing as consistenly good as that. We seriously would be worth watching then.
Park has apparently ruled out returning for South Korea in this summer's olympic games. To be honest that suprises me because he retired from international to save himself for club football, but he hasn't actually played that many games this season. I can't think Fergie would have been that bothered one way or other what he does in the summer. Providing Cleverley and Pogba manage to stay fit next season, there is not really much reason to think he will get that much more game time next season.
Mark Ogden writes that United's proposed Singapore IPO may be put back to the autumn, meaning United will not be able to compete at the top end of the transfer market come the summer. Is any of that a suprise, even if they did manage to pull it off who is to say how much Fergie would see anyway. It still fighting with one hand tied behind your back, which proves once again what ridiculous rules we have regarding buying and selling football clubs.
John Pilger on privatisation down under style, and a Labour government doing it's bit for big business. What makes me laugh about the budget debate and the furore over the NHS is how many naive fuckers think it will be all different if Labour had not lost power at the last election or regain it at the next. Granted it probably will not be as bad as at present but it won't be that different.
Who began the privatisation of the NHS, the Blairites Against scant resistance from the public sectors supposed defender Brown. And who can forget Brown budget tax faux pas over the abolition of the 10p tax rate in order to please the "deserving middle".
I like this idea from Richard Seymour to augment the personal tax statement with a far more exhaustive taxation breakdown.
Music
Bill Ryder-Jones - If: I knew Ryder-Jones from the Coral but hadn't really followed anything he had done on his own before so his debut solo album came as a bit of a suprise. Whilst it's a million miles away from The Coral and what i had expected, it is actually pretty good. Written as soundtrack to a novel it makes an excellent whole, with it's disparate musical styles.
Delicate Steve - Wondervisions: Another mainly instrumental album this time veering towards a modern prog rock and another cracking album, with every listen it just gets better. I can't wait for the follow up to this.
Jah Wobble & Julie Campbell: Manchester's Lonelday teamed up with former PIL bassist Jah Wobble to create a completely different sounding album to her debut, it's possibly even better. With Wobble's distinctive bass to the for from the off, this is another belter.
Katy B - On a mission: Not my usual taste obviously, but it's actually very good. A mixture of today's successful commercial dance style's, it rises above saccharine chart music to keep your feet tapping whilst the music stays interesting.
The Black Keys - El Camino: This got rave reviews when it came out and it deserved them it is the proverbial dogs ... I have never really got into these i heard one of their first albums and thought it was ok but not as good as the hype. This is even better than the hype.
Tommy McCook- Blazing horns and tenor: A superb piece of reggae/dub from the legendary Skatalite saxophonist McCook. I really could listen to this all day.
One thing that article about how Barca will hopefully make clear to Fergie is he can't go into the next game with any passengers. One thing that stood out was how Barca attack any player whose first touch isn't the best. I'm afraid Park sprung to mind straight away, though to be fair that night he wouldn't have been on his own.
But back to Valencia, it seems like an age ago now that Fergie was baffingly playing him at right back, i mean really what was that all about. How good would it be if we could have somebody on the left playing as consistenly good as that. We seriously would be worth watching then.
Park has apparently ruled out returning for South Korea in this summer's olympic games. To be honest that suprises me because he retired from international to save himself for club football, but he hasn't actually played that many games this season. I can't think Fergie would have been that bothered one way or other what he does in the summer. Providing Cleverley and Pogba manage to stay fit next season, there is not really much reason to think he will get that much more game time next season.
Mark Ogden writes that United's proposed Singapore IPO may be put back to the autumn, meaning United will not be able to compete at the top end of the transfer market come the summer. Is any of that a suprise, even if they did manage to pull it off who is to say how much Fergie would see anyway. It still fighting with one hand tied behind your back, which proves once again what ridiculous rules we have regarding buying and selling football clubs.
John Pilger on privatisation down under style, and a Labour government doing it's bit for big business. What makes me laugh about the budget debate and the furore over the NHS is how many naive fuckers think it will be all different if Labour had not lost power at the last election or regain it at the next. Granted it probably will not be as bad as at present but it won't be that different.
Who began the privatisation of the NHS, the Blairites Against scant resistance from the public sectors supposed defender Brown. And who can forget Brown budget tax faux pas over the abolition of the 10p tax rate in order to please the "deserving middle".
I like this idea from Richard Seymour to augment the personal tax statement with a far more exhaustive taxation breakdown.
Music
Bill Ryder-Jones - If: I knew Ryder-Jones from the Coral but hadn't really followed anything he had done on his own before so his debut solo album came as a bit of a suprise. Whilst it's a million miles away from The Coral and what i had expected, it is actually pretty good. Written as soundtrack to a novel it makes an excellent whole, with it's disparate musical styles.
Delicate Steve - Wondervisions: Another mainly instrumental album this time veering towards a modern prog rock and another cracking album, with every listen it just gets better. I can't wait for the follow up to this.
Jah Wobble & Julie Campbell: Manchester's Lonelday teamed up with former PIL bassist Jah Wobble to create a completely different sounding album to her debut, it's possibly even better. With Wobble's distinctive bass to the for from the off, this is another belter.
Katy B - On a mission: Not my usual taste obviously, but it's actually very good. A mixture of today's successful commercial dance style's, it rises above saccharine chart music to keep your feet tapping whilst the music stays interesting.
The Black Keys - El Camino: This got rave reviews when it came out and it deserved them it is the proverbial dogs ... I have never really got into these i heard one of their first albums and thought it was ok but not as good as the hype. This is even better than the hype.
Tommy McCook- Blazing horns and tenor: A superb piece of reggae/dub from the legendary Skatalite saxophonist McCook. I really could listen to this all day.
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