Thursday, September 6, 2012

Rooney back in the news

Seeing as though Rooney was the last thing on our minds going into Sunday and after those joyous last few minutes, the last couple of days have seen the Scouser all over the back pages. Not much to say about the extracts from the book except at least it seems he has some self awareness, the only problem he seems to be pretty fatalistic about his weight problem, it's his body to try and look after better.
I'm still non plussed how Fergie could have started him at Everton, looking at any of the pre-season games he took part in, it was staring you in the face how unfit he was. And when he is unfit, it's like watching us play with ten men. In fact it shows the paucity of England's options that they were so desperate to take him in the summer even though he could have potentially only played in one game. For the two games he did play, he was nigh on invisible, how was Welbeck took off before him was another astounding decision.
Jamie Jackson asks are his best days behind him, that's up to him really, has he the hunger. When he agitated for a move, there was speculation that he knew, or his agent Stretford that this might be his last chance of a big pay day, seeing as though that has probably gone, you'd think he would want to knuckle down and try to help the club regain the league and maybe get one more shot at a Champions league final

United open new £13 medical centre, which Fergie hopes will give United a competitive advantage in the field of rehabilitation and fitness. I think the record screams that we either need to catch up to City first or get luckier before we dream of leading the field. Our injury record over the last two seasons, which hes already fed into the beginnings of the present one must be the worst run of injuries the club has sustained in all the time i've been watching them. The squad's of the 70's, 80's and even early 90's would have been fucked.

Unsuprisingly United are at the forefront of attempts to adopt a domestic version of UEFA's FFP policy with the support of another US owned club, Liverpool, with little to no understaning of how football actually works, and why there aren't fortunes to be made from ownership. We all know why Gill is at the forefront of this, nice of rentagob Whelan to remind the world though. Obviously i'm in favour of controlling football finance, it can wait until our glorious owners have fucked off into the sunset for me though, even if it hands City an advantage over us.

Music
Ametsub - All is silence: Second long player from Japanese techno artist, Ryuichi Sakamoto is pretty good, it veers towards ambient at times, but there's there are some hooks in there.

Best coast - The only place: The second album from the US indie pop outfit, carries on the promise of the debut. Lots of indie radio friendly tunes, a good listen.

Cornershop - Urban turban: I hadn't listened to much of their stuff since their spot in the limelight in the nineties. But i liked their last album which i enjoyed and this is just as good. Varied in musical style, from indie to funky stuff to almost club dance and the obvious Asian influnces it's an enjoyable 50 minutes or so.

Delat Funktionen - Traces: The first full album from Dutchman Niels Luinenberg as Delta Funktionen is absolutely top notch techno, i love this and could listen to this on loop for hours.

Go-Kart Mozart - Are on the hot dog streets: Third album from former indie band Felt front man, it's very English in a kind of Kinks, Squeeze and maybe Brit pop era Blur vein. It's not bad but doesn't get anywhere near the heights of those bands.

Mayer Hawthorne - How do you do: Second album from the US neo soul newbie, it's pretty good and veers towards pure pop as well as soul to me at times. Some real radio friendly tunes on it.



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