All Summer long some of us have wondered whether the new regime had a clue what it was doing, journalists have tended to give them the benefit of the doubt. That all changed at 11 PM deadline day, as the full scale of their ineptitude was laid bare for the whole of the football world to see.
I mean where do you start, to put your first bid in for Fabregas a couple of days after Barca had announced the departure of Thiago, whom they hadn't want to lose. You have to believe that Fabregas and his agent did flutter their eyelashes at United's people, but if that was so, why did United not try and push the issue before or at the same time as the Thiago saga was going on. And once we decided to go after Fabregas, why was the initial offer so low.
I always thought that we would get Fellaini, and thought he was possibly Moyes number one wanted signing, unless Ronaldo or Bales became possible. But after the shambles of deadline day, I'm not so sure anymore. If we really bid £40 million for Khedira it's hard to believe he was. I wasn't mad on Fellaini's signature, but I am ready to be proved wrong, but I can't believe we offered £40 million for Khedira. The German is a good player and would have improved our squad, just not at £40 million and at the same time as Fellaini.
The less said about the shambles that the Herrara debacle became, the better, though I'm afraid I can't take United's excuses for that situation seriously at all, they fucked up. In fact even the denials showed the lack of class that has characterised our transfer dealings all Summer long.
Before the Summer, I would have been happy to see one defensive central midfield addition and a left back, a left winger would be great, but Bale apart, where are they. So I am not that disheartened by the lack of addition's, especially if it means that Moyes starts to give Januzaj, Zaha and maybe Lingard a go. For me it was just the amateurish way we went about things during the Summer, which eventually brought almost Cityesque humilation on deadline night.
The anti-Glazer movement has started to rumble again, which was surely the last thing that the Glazer's and Woodward wanted to see. Yet it would probably have never reared it's head if the gimps hadn't raised expectations so high. The post Ferguson, all Glazer era is not off to the best of starts.
Music
Black Sabbath - 13: Much awaited recording reunion, minus drummer Bill Ward of course didn't move the Earth for me. It's decent, there's no complete duds on it, but it never hits the heights either. The first track sums it up, all the trademark Sabbath sounds are on it, the guitar riffs, Butlers bass and the change of tempo's. It's good, but it doesn't live with them at their best in the early years.
Daft Punk - Random Acces Memories: It was beneficial all round getting Niles Rodgers involved on their latest album. It brought renewed recognition for Rodgers career, with Chic and as a producer and it gave Daft Punk possibly their biggest hit with Get Lucky with Pharrel Williams. It's very Chic at times, but there's enough Daft Punk around for the French band to share the accolades for an excellent album.
Femi Kuti - No place for my dream: I think I'm right in saying that Femi is the more political of Fela's two sons to carry on his musical tradition. The afrobeat sound is excellent as ever and he sounds as angry as ever.
Follakzoid - II: A good album of Hawkwind type psych/rock mixed with a driving Krautrock beat that seems to be a popular mixture with a fair few bands at the moment. It's very similar to Mugstar, who i would have to say, do it that litle bit better.
Hooded Fang - Gravez: A very good piece of indie rock from the Canadian outfit, the sound is varied, it's not bog standard indie, varying from indie pop to more experimental fare.
Kid Congo and Pink Monkey birds - Haunted heat: I love the raw garage rock, dirty rock n roll sound of their debut album, and this follows the same path, you can definitely hear The Cramps in their, one of guitarist Brian Tristan former bands, that can only ever be a good thing.
Laura Mvula - Sing to the moon: Her debut album, this is hard to categorise, genre wise, but the quality of the record isn't, it is excellent. It isn't pop or R n B, but it's not really singer/songwriter fare. What it has are excellent songs with unusual arrangements.
I mean where do you start, to put your first bid in for Fabregas a couple of days after Barca had announced the departure of Thiago, whom they hadn't want to lose. You have to believe that Fabregas and his agent did flutter their eyelashes at United's people, but if that was so, why did United not try and push the issue before or at the same time as the Thiago saga was going on. And once we decided to go after Fabregas, why was the initial offer so low.
I always thought that we would get Fellaini, and thought he was possibly Moyes number one wanted signing, unless Ronaldo or Bales became possible. But after the shambles of deadline day, I'm not so sure anymore. If we really bid £40 million for Khedira it's hard to believe he was. I wasn't mad on Fellaini's signature, but I am ready to be proved wrong, but I can't believe we offered £40 million for Khedira. The German is a good player and would have improved our squad, just not at £40 million and at the same time as Fellaini.
The less said about the shambles that the Herrara debacle became, the better, though I'm afraid I can't take United's excuses for that situation seriously at all, they fucked up. In fact even the denials showed the lack of class that has characterised our transfer dealings all Summer long.
Before the Summer, I would have been happy to see one defensive central midfield addition and a left back, a left winger would be great, but Bale apart, where are they. So I am not that disheartened by the lack of addition's, especially if it means that Moyes starts to give Januzaj, Zaha and maybe Lingard a go. For me it was just the amateurish way we went about things during the Summer, which eventually brought almost Cityesque humilation on deadline night.
The anti-Glazer movement has started to rumble again, which was surely the last thing that the Glazer's and Woodward wanted to see. Yet it would probably have never reared it's head if the gimps hadn't raised expectations so high. The post Ferguson, all Glazer era is not off to the best of starts.
Music
Black Sabbath - 13: Much awaited recording reunion, minus drummer Bill Ward of course didn't move the Earth for me. It's decent, there's no complete duds on it, but it never hits the heights either. The first track sums it up, all the trademark Sabbath sounds are on it, the guitar riffs, Butlers bass and the change of tempo's. It's good, but it doesn't live with them at their best in the early years.
Daft Punk - Random Acces Memories: It was beneficial all round getting Niles Rodgers involved on their latest album. It brought renewed recognition for Rodgers career, with Chic and as a producer and it gave Daft Punk possibly their biggest hit with Get Lucky with Pharrel Williams. It's very Chic at times, but there's enough Daft Punk around for the French band to share the accolades for an excellent album.
Femi Kuti - No place for my dream: I think I'm right in saying that Femi is the more political of Fela's two sons to carry on his musical tradition. The afrobeat sound is excellent as ever and he sounds as angry as ever.
Follakzoid - II: A good album of Hawkwind type psych/rock mixed with a driving Krautrock beat that seems to be a popular mixture with a fair few bands at the moment. It's very similar to Mugstar, who i would have to say, do it that litle bit better.
Hooded Fang - Gravez: A very good piece of indie rock from the Canadian outfit, the sound is varied, it's not bog standard indie, varying from indie pop to more experimental fare.
Kid Congo and Pink Monkey birds - Haunted heat: I love the raw garage rock, dirty rock n roll sound of their debut album, and this follows the same path, you can definitely hear The Cramps in their, one of guitarist Brian Tristan former bands, that can only ever be a good thing.
Laura Mvula - Sing to the moon: Her debut album, this is hard to categorise, genre wise, but the quality of the record isn't, it is excellent. It isn't pop or R n B, but it's not really singer/songwriter fare. What it has are excellent songs with unusual arrangements.
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