New boy Nick Powell is relishing his move to the premier league, some have opined that he will be sent straight out on loan, but the felling seems to be that Fergie will keep him at the club. I don't see any harm in that, let's see whether he can force his way into the first team squad, if he isn't ready he he can always go out on loan after christmas. I don't think that will happen from what the dreaded YouTube clips, and from what Fergie has been quoted as saying, it sounds like Fergie really rates the lad.
From what i have seen of the goals he scored at Crewe, he would probably be pretty handy coming off the bench. If we don't have an improvement on the injury front next season, he could well find himself warming the bench quite a bit if he stays. Andy Ritchie likes what he sees in the 18 year old, he likes the way he is awareness of what is going around him on the pitch.
Talking of of last season's injury record, Tom Cleverley has been talking to the official site, telling it he doesn't want to be given the injury prone tag. Looking back over hhis career, it's hard to come to any other conclusion, impact injuries or not. It's a big season coming up for him, if Fergie is going to have him in his plans for the future of our central midfield he needs to see that Cleverley can get 30 games a season in. One of the features of Michael Carrick's time at United is his lack of injury problems, over the last couple of seasons, he has been one of our Mr. reliable's. I'd love to see Cleverley get over the injuries because he was definitely a big part of the great start we had last season and the exciting football we played.
Andy Mitten looks back at the career of Juan Sebastien Veron: the little witch, who played his last professional game for Argentine side Estudiantes. I wasn't that impressed with him in his first season at United, he took his time to settle at the club. But he grew into the role in his second title winning season and by that campaign's end, he was helping to keep Beckham out of the side as Veron played in the middle of the park with Solskjaer on the right. I thought that was the right call. During the pre-season for 2004-04 he looked as if was going to go up another notch in form, linking up brilliantly with Van Nistelroy.
I was in Amsterdam at the time, by the time i cam back he had been sold to Chelski, which completely baffled me. Given his injury problems over the next couple of seasons it turned out to be a good call. Even if the quality of our central midfield deteriorated to the point of playing John O'Shea and Alan Smith there regularly at times over the next couple of seasons. He probably wasn't really suited to English football's pace but he could pass a ball alright.
I was a bit suprised to see the news that Rafael has signed a new contract after all the talk of his brother going out on loan and Fergie's seeming lack of confidence in him at the business end of last season. I rate him, but will he ever go through a season without all the innocuos looking injuries that inevitably picks up.
A last footie word, England managed to make heavy weather of Tuesday night's final group game against host nation Ukraine. I wonder if it's at all possible that England will ever be able to dominate any game they are involved in. Rooney may not have been at his sharpest but how many players are they carrying really. Parker runs around and gets blocks in, it would be more professional surely if he could get the ball to do the work at times, Carrick is so superior a player it's embarassing, no wonder he gave international football up as a bad joke.
Ditto, England's right hand side, Milner get's the work done, he's England's version of Ji-Sung park, but just as with Park there's, there's precious little inspiration in the opponents half. As for Glenn Johnson, the game's commentator mentioned the fact that he had now been England's first choice for the last three years, cue a pretty long silence, as even Andy Townsend was left speechless at that. And by the way, just how bad a summariser is he.
Let's face it Milner is in the side to protect the right back in the hope Johnson can do something going forward. How much better to have a full back who can defend and right sided wide man with the quality to hurt the opposition.
It has to be said that Hodgson has done a fair job to get such an ordinary set of players into the quarter finals and seemingly with the belief that they can go all the way, given that little bit of luck that had on Tuesday and will probably need again.
Charles Moore goes back to his critique of modern conservatism, arguing that the tories tamed the trade union bosses, now let's tackle the bosses of big business. Only problem being they bankroll the present day conservative party and half the back benchers and even part of the front bench would like to get their snout's in that particular trough when the time comes to wave Westminster goodbye.
Of course there is also an irony in the taming of the trade unions, because it was the left wing of the Labour party in the shape of Babrbera Castle with her inplace of strife proposals that did try first to tame the unions, only to be foiled by the right in the shape of Jim Callaghan. I suppose it was justice really that he should be in the top job in time for the winter of discontent.
Another fascinating Joris Luyendijk banking blog from the Guardian in which a psychologist runs the rule over the pyschological similarities between CEO's and the most dangerous criminals. Explains the cess pits of the city of London and Wall street i suppose. I watched the US film, Too big to fail at the weekend, James Woods played Dick Fuld as if he had read those reports.
Gideon Rachman was less than impressed with Cameron's tactless dipolmacy earlier in the week, it hasn't got any better for our gentleman amateur prime minister as Tom Civers of the torygraph points out, with the landmine he has laid out for his own party, with his description of Jimmy Carr's tax avoidance as immoral. Never mind the lib dems entering the next election under a new leader, at this rate, so will the tories. Has there ever been a two party coalition to exist under two such incompetent political leaders, i'd like to have seen it if there was.
Unfortunately for the liberal's we know which one of the muppets is little weed
From what i have seen of the goals he scored at Crewe, he would probably be pretty handy coming off the bench. If we don't have an improvement on the injury front next season, he could well find himself warming the bench quite a bit if he stays. Andy Ritchie likes what he sees in the 18 year old, he likes the way he is awareness of what is going around him on the pitch.
Talking of of last season's injury record, Tom Cleverley has been talking to the official site, telling it he doesn't want to be given the injury prone tag. Looking back over hhis career, it's hard to come to any other conclusion, impact injuries or not. It's a big season coming up for him, if Fergie is going to have him in his plans for the future of our central midfield he needs to see that Cleverley can get 30 games a season in. One of the features of Michael Carrick's time at United is his lack of injury problems, over the last couple of seasons, he has been one of our Mr. reliable's. I'd love to see Cleverley get over the injuries because he was definitely a big part of the great start we had last season and the exciting football we played.
Andy Mitten looks back at the career of Juan Sebastien Veron: the little witch, who played his last professional game for Argentine side Estudiantes. I wasn't that impressed with him in his first season at United, he took his time to settle at the club. But he grew into the role in his second title winning season and by that campaign's end, he was helping to keep Beckham out of the side as Veron played in the middle of the park with Solskjaer on the right. I thought that was the right call. During the pre-season for 2004-04 he looked as if was going to go up another notch in form, linking up brilliantly with Van Nistelroy.
I was in Amsterdam at the time, by the time i cam back he had been sold to Chelski, which completely baffled me. Given his injury problems over the next couple of seasons it turned out to be a good call. Even if the quality of our central midfield deteriorated to the point of playing John O'Shea and Alan Smith there regularly at times over the next couple of seasons. He probably wasn't really suited to English football's pace but he could pass a ball alright.
I was a bit suprised to see the news that Rafael has signed a new contract after all the talk of his brother going out on loan and Fergie's seeming lack of confidence in him at the business end of last season. I rate him, but will he ever go through a season without all the innocuos looking injuries that inevitably picks up.
A last footie word, England managed to make heavy weather of Tuesday night's final group game against host nation Ukraine. I wonder if it's at all possible that England will ever be able to dominate any game they are involved in. Rooney may not have been at his sharpest but how many players are they carrying really. Parker runs around and gets blocks in, it would be more professional surely if he could get the ball to do the work at times, Carrick is so superior a player it's embarassing, no wonder he gave international football up as a bad joke.
Ditto, England's right hand side, Milner get's the work done, he's England's version of Ji-Sung park, but just as with Park there's, there's precious little inspiration in the opponents half. As for Glenn Johnson, the game's commentator mentioned the fact that he had now been England's first choice for the last three years, cue a pretty long silence, as even Andy Townsend was left speechless at that. And by the way, just how bad a summariser is he.
Let's face it Milner is in the side to protect the right back in the hope Johnson can do something going forward. How much better to have a full back who can defend and right sided wide man with the quality to hurt the opposition.
It has to be said that Hodgson has done a fair job to get such an ordinary set of players into the quarter finals and seemingly with the belief that they can go all the way, given that little bit of luck that had on Tuesday and will probably need again.
Charles Moore goes back to his critique of modern conservatism, arguing that the tories tamed the trade union bosses, now let's tackle the bosses of big business. Only problem being they bankroll the present day conservative party and half the back benchers and even part of the front bench would like to get their snout's in that particular trough when the time comes to wave Westminster goodbye.
Of course there is also an irony in the taming of the trade unions, because it was the left wing of the Labour party in the shape of Babrbera Castle with her inplace of strife proposals that did try first to tame the unions, only to be foiled by the right in the shape of Jim Callaghan. I suppose it was justice really that he should be in the top job in time for the winter of discontent.
Another fascinating Joris Luyendijk banking blog from the Guardian in which a psychologist runs the rule over the pyschological similarities between CEO's and the most dangerous criminals. Explains the cess pits of the city of London and Wall street i suppose. I watched the US film, Too big to fail at the weekend, James Woods played Dick Fuld as if he had read those reports.
Gideon Rachman was less than impressed with Cameron's tactless dipolmacy earlier in the week, it hasn't got any better for our gentleman amateur prime minister as Tom Civers of the torygraph points out, with the landmine he has laid out for his own party, with his description of Jimmy Carr's tax avoidance as immoral. Never mind the lib dems entering the next election under a new leader, at this rate, so will the tories. Has there ever been a two party coalition to exist under two such incompetent political leaders, i'd like to have seen it if there was.
Unfortunately for the liberal's we know which one of the muppets is little weed
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