We didn't really need a league table to show us that United had the worst injury record in the premier league last season or that City had the best. It does make you laugh when you remember blues moaning about losing Kompany and Toure for a few games, and even more so when you remember they weren't even injuries.
Given the news that Will Keane has done a cruciate playing for England under 19's, virtually the same injury as Vidic and will be out for about the same amount of time, the season 2011-12 and the European championship can't finish quickly enough.
In fact when you remember the injury plagued season we had the year before, you really have to start worrying that there is something wrong at United. Bad luck can always happen one season with injuries but two starts to look suspicious, if we get a third in row next year, things surely must be looked at. Ironically i hardly remember Keane having any injuries all season. It goes without saying what a big blow it is for the player and indeed for United, next season, one way or the othe, next season was going to be a big year for the next United srtiker to come through the ranks.
The media seem to be pretty sure that the Kagawa signing is just a formality with the Japanese international more concerened to play in the premier league for Manchester United, the most famous team in Japan, than interest in stratospheric wages and £millions for his agent.
Jamie Jackson describes why the signing typifies United's Manchester United's new age of austerity, where does the new come from. If the gimps are pininng their hopes on UEFA's new fair play rules, Chelski's recent splash into the market doesn't augur well. Mind you if it's true that Abramovitch is going to spend £38 million on Porto's Hulk the transfer market has nuts, he's never worth that.
Andy Mitten spells out the transfer market reality for Manchester United, we can't compete as long as all those commercial deals just go to paying off the debt for the gimps.
Alongside the news that Scholes has officially put pen to paper to sign on for one more season, was the announcement that Ben Amos has signed a three year contract for the club. It's interesting that he has signed for three years, i can only presume that as long as De Gea continues to improve as the club's first choice goalie, United either expect Lindegaard to want to leave in search in search of first team football or hope to cash in on a proven premier league standard goalkeeper. I couldn't really argue with that as Amos hasn't let us down when he has been asked to do a job and would be a big, big improvement on Kuszczak as our second choice goalie.
I've got say i'm suprised by the amount of reds who are pretty blase about Nani's comments during a Portugese TV interview, in fact not just blase, there are a fair few who would welcome his departure. I can't go along with that, i'm not his biggest fan, he is maddeningly inconsistent, but when he is at the top of his game, he is one of the best fowards in the world. As much as like Valencia, when Nani is on form he is probably a class above his south American teammate. Add to that the fact that Nani can play all along the front line and he is an assett to any football club.
I have read reds argue that they wouldn't mind him going, but would like to see who was bought into replace him. Isn't that the whole point, we haven't got the money to replace him with like for like quality with our resources at the moment. Unless our scouts have unearthed a Ronaldo, that the rest of Europe's scouts have missed, we 'll be in the bargain basement again.
I wonder whether Solskjaer regrets his little dalliance with Villa now that Rodgers have left Swansea for Loonypool, Swansea city looks to me just the right sort of challenge for him if we were take his chances in the premier league. A club with modest ambitions, a decent playing staff who have been taught to play football in the correct manner.
The Eurozone continues to frighten the markets and seems to finally to be staring to scare the pants of the European establishment as Bloomberg report Merkel's isolation deepens as ECB president Mari Draghi warning that the Euro is being shown to be unsustainable. I have said before that history will not treat her kindly, if she keeps on fiddling whilst Rome burns it could be worse than that.
French IMF chief Christine Lagarde didn't use the wisest words last week with her criticism of the Greek people, what future will that organisation have left if the Eurozone implodes and cracks the current neo-liberal economic world order to smithereens. The Economist report that Europe's biggest fear, a bank run that they can't stop, it could be just around the corner.
In the week that saw a British media blitz for New York Times columnist and nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman, the Torygraph's Jeremy Warner, an enthusiastic supporter of Osborne's early decision to focus on cuts ahead of growth, claims Britain can't afford to fall for the false charms of the false economic messiah. Montagu Norman lives
Proof that the private sector works, and how it works, for the 1% of course, that's how it works. No wonder the tories on the public accounts committee wouldn't allow the whistleblower to go on the record in public, not that new labour have anything to brag about over this.
A former IT salesman describes how the way the IT world operates isn't a million miles away from the way the way big finance works and why we should be worried.
Music
Calibro 35 - Ogni riferimento..e puramente casuale: The latest offering from the Italian outfit heavily influenced by a great mix of progressive rock, funk and snatches of jazz. I absolutely love this group, this is as good if not better than their last album.
Espernaza Spalding - Radio music Society: As the album title suggests, the jazz bassist singers lates album has a more commercial soul tinge to it. It's a superb album, with cracking songs and a great band.
Field Music - Plumb: They are nothing if not consistent the brothers from Sunderland, it's the usual mix of pure pop and slightly experimental. I have read them compared to a mix of the Beatles and XTX, i would add a dose of Jone Cale circa Paris 1919 to that.
Graham Coxon - A + E: Fomer Blur guitarist goes back to the elecrtic guitar to crank it up a notch from his last record. Pretty good, excellent at times, less punk pop than his mid noughties output that i loved, more Sonic Youth or Pavement influenced. Well some of it anyway.
M. Ward - A wasteland companion: Another slab of indie pop americana from Ward and another rewarding experience. His albums seem so effortless, simple and full of tunes.
Orbital - Wonky: The Hartnoll brothers back together again and they roll back the years to the nineties, becasue this is mostly excellent, there's a couple of iffy tracks, but i don't even mind them after a few listens.
The Civil wars - Barton Hollow: This received a lot of plaudits over in ths states upon its release and it's easy to see why. Americana, folk or country whatever you would describe it as, the playing is great, the vocals excellent and there's some outstanding tunes on it.
Given the news that Will Keane has done a cruciate playing for England under 19's, virtually the same injury as Vidic and will be out for about the same amount of time, the season 2011-12 and the European championship can't finish quickly enough.
In fact when you remember the injury plagued season we had the year before, you really have to start worrying that there is something wrong at United. Bad luck can always happen one season with injuries but two starts to look suspicious, if we get a third in row next year, things surely must be looked at. Ironically i hardly remember Keane having any injuries all season. It goes without saying what a big blow it is for the player and indeed for United, next season, one way or the othe, next season was going to be a big year for the next United srtiker to come through the ranks.
The media seem to be pretty sure that the Kagawa signing is just a formality with the Japanese international more concerened to play in the premier league for Manchester United, the most famous team in Japan, than interest in stratospheric wages and £millions for his agent.
Jamie Jackson describes why the signing typifies United's Manchester United's new age of austerity, where does the new come from. If the gimps are pininng their hopes on UEFA's new fair play rules, Chelski's recent splash into the market doesn't augur well. Mind you if it's true that Abramovitch is going to spend £38 million on Porto's Hulk the transfer market has nuts, he's never worth that.
Andy Mitten spells out the transfer market reality for Manchester United, we can't compete as long as all those commercial deals just go to paying off the debt for the gimps.
Alongside the news that Scholes has officially put pen to paper to sign on for one more season, was the announcement that Ben Amos has signed a three year contract for the club. It's interesting that he has signed for three years, i can only presume that as long as De Gea continues to improve as the club's first choice goalie, United either expect Lindegaard to want to leave in search in search of first team football or hope to cash in on a proven premier league standard goalkeeper. I couldn't really argue with that as Amos hasn't let us down when he has been asked to do a job and would be a big, big improvement on Kuszczak as our second choice goalie.
I've got say i'm suprised by the amount of reds who are pretty blase about Nani's comments during a Portugese TV interview, in fact not just blase, there are a fair few who would welcome his departure. I can't go along with that, i'm not his biggest fan, he is maddeningly inconsistent, but when he is at the top of his game, he is one of the best fowards in the world. As much as like Valencia, when Nani is on form he is probably a class above his south American teammate. Add to that the fact that Nani can play all along the front line and he is an assett to any football club.
I have read reds argue that they wouldn't mind him going, but would like to see who was bought into replace him. Isn't that the whole point, we haven't got the money to replace him with like for like quality with our resources at the moment. Unless our scouts have unearthed a Ronaldo, that the rest of Europe's scouts have missed, we 'll be in the bargain basement again.
I wonder whether Solskjaer regrets his little dalliance with Villa now that Rodgers have left Swansea for Loonypool, Swansea city looks to me just the right sort of challenge for him if we were take his chances in the premier league. A club with modest ambitions, a decent playing staff who have been taught to play football in the correct manner.
The Eurozone continues to frighten the markets and seems to finally to be staring to scare the pants of the European establishment as Bloomberg report Merkel's isolation deepens as ECB president Mari Draghi warning that the Euro is being shown to be unsustainable. I have said before that history will not treat her kindly, if she keeps on fiddling whilst Rome burns it could be worse than that.
French IMF chief Christine Lagarde didn't use the wisest words last week with her criticism of the Greek people, what future will that organisation have left if the Eurozone implodes and cracks the current neo-liberal economic world order to smithereens. The Economist report that Europe's biggest fear, a bank run that they can't stop, it could be just around the corner.
In the week that saw a British media blitz for New York Times columnist and nobel prize winning economist Paul Krugman, the Torygraph's Jeremy Warner, an enthusiastic supporter of Osborne's early decision to focus on cuts ahead of growth, claims Britain can't afford to fall for the false charms of the false economic messiah. Montagu Norman lives
Proof that the private sector works, and how it works, for the 1% of course, that's how it works. No wonder the tories on the public accounts committee wouldn't allow the whistleblower to go on the record in public, not that new labour have anything to brag about over this.
A former IT salesman describes how the way the IT world operates isn't a million miles away from the way the way big finance works and why we should be worried.
Music
Calibro 35 - Ogni riferimento..e puramente casuale: The latest offering from the Italian outfit heavily influenced by a great mix of progressive rock, funk and snatches of jazz. I absolutely love this group, this is as good if not better than their last album.
Espernaza Spalding - Radio music Society: As the album title suggests, the jazz bassist singers lates album has a more commercial soul tinge to it. It's a superb album, with cracking songs and a great band.
Field Music - Plumb: They are nothing if not consistent the brothers from Sunderland, it's the usual mix of pure pop and slightly experimental. I have read them compared to a mix of the Beatles and XTX, i would add a dose of Jone Cale circa Paris 1919 to that.
Graham Coxon - A + E: Fomer Blur guitarist goes back to the elecrtic guitar to crank it up a notch from his last record. Pretty good, excellent at times, less punk pop than his mid noughties output that i loved, more Sonic Youth or Pavement influenced. Well some of it anyway.
M. Ward - A wasteland companion: Another slab of indie pop americana from Ward and another rewarding experience. His albums seem so effortless, simple and full of tunes.
Orbital - Wonky: The Hartnoll brothers back together again and they roll back the years to the nineties, becasue this is mostly excellent, there's a couple of iffy tracks, but i don't even mind them after a few listens.
The Civil wars - Barton Hollow: This received a lot of plaudits over in ths states upon its release and it's easy to see why. Americana, folk or country whatever you would describe it as, the playing is great, the vocals excellent and there's some outstanding tunes on it.
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