From the Back Pages: 8/24/2010

Courtesy: Manchester United

Team News:

• Manutd.com: Owen primed for action
• The Daily Mail:Blackburn aiming to steal Real Madrid midfielder Mahamadou Diarra from under Manchester United's nose
• The Daily Mail: Quids in! Premier League big-guns still the kings of cash despite Champions League flop
• The Daily Mail: After 6-0, 6-0, 6-0 in the Premier League... here's why there's no case for the defence!
• The Telegraph: Nemanja Vidic denies Manchester United have lost title initiative to Chelsea
• The Daily Mail: Jose Mourinho insists Liverpool and Arsenal are not good enough - Chelsea, Manchester United or City will be champions
• Manutd.com: Giggs: New boy's a great buy
• The Guardian: BBC lets Premier League decide how to make Sir Alex Ferguson talk
• The Daily Mail: Manchester United and Liverpool linked with Newcastle target Hatem Ben Arfa
• Manutd.com: Papers: Capello to call Scholes?
• The Daily Mail: Manchester City re-open Carlos Tevez poster wounds with United by revealing massive roadside mural

Found a feed that wasn't with the rest, so a second set of links....w00t!

More Misc. News I try and sort it, but really no time this morning

• football.co.uk: Ferguson bemoans missed opportunity
• The Promised Land blog: For Those Who Know It's The Best Of Times...And The Worst Of Times...

Here's a preview...the rest of the article is full of colorful language (if we have any younger readers):

Paul Scholes, a clumsy tackler? Yes. A bad tackler, even? Perhaps. But dirty? Not a chance. Paul Scholes is the most placid footballer of his generation. Unlike me, the man doesn’t possess an ego. He lives for his family and Manchester United. He pulls on a red shirt every week and plays a game of football. And all he wants to do is play. A gifted individual with a ball at his feet, Scholes is not the type of person who would willingly attempt to injure another player. He doesn’t need to. He’s too good for that shit. He’s not a Roy Keane, a Steven Gerrard, a Patrick Vieira or a Joey Barton (although most of Barton’s attempts of GBH have occurred off the pitch). Three great players, and Barton along for the ride, but all limited in their footballing skill. None possess the football brain Scholes has, and that’s why others have got the better of them on occasion, whereas Scholes is just too good to end up in a situation where he must lash out in order to get the upper hand. To label Scholes as a dirty player is disgraceful.

• The United Religion: Placement Of A Penalty
• The Republik of Mancuina: STATS: Wenger On Scholes? "Dirty" Players At Arsenal and United
• Manchester Evening News: Shearer not expecting Fergie BBC u-turn

• Sky Sports: Fergie - 2018 would inspire

• Sky Sports: Ferguson cools Obertan link Darren Ferguson responds to reports Preston may get Obertan on loan.

• Sky Sports: Mourinho frustrated by City

Okay, that's it for today...off to fix Reader and do family stuff.