Tetraedycal Fluctuating Faster Than The Speed Of Light

There's a lot of praise for our performance against Fulham yesterday. Roy Draper in The Mail:

... it is hard not to conclude we may be witnessing the maturing of one of the truly great teams in history. The next 10 weeks will be the testing ground, but few sides in the world could match the speed, inventiveness and determination of this extraordinary collection of players.

Duncan White, in The Telegraph, praises the front two and speculates on them starting together against Inter:

after this display, Ferguson must wonder what exactly his best strike partnership is? Before this game he had extolled the virtues of Dimitar Berbatov's contribution this season, the elegant Bulgarian's ability to act as a last third fulcrum giving United a different route to goal.

Yet, watching from the bench, he might have been the only United partisan not looking on with wholehearted enjoyment. If Rooney and Tevez are in this kind of form, enhanced by their intuitive understanding of each other's movement, then there must be a serious case for unleashing them as a pair on Inter. “It's not easy for me leaving world class players out every game,” Ferguson said.

Amy Lawrence in The Guardian, continues the theme of arrogance from yesterday:

But the mood United are in, the hunger they bring to every match means this was not one to be sipped at genteelly. Cristiano Ronaldo's arrogance was the subject for debate last week, but it is not unreasonable to consider the air of superiority in the entire team.

In the seconds before kick-off 11 ­athletes in red looked as if the notion of a slip-up was simply beneath reasonable contemplation. They looked like greyhounds chasing a rabbit. Eyes on the prize. Nothing else exists.

And Paul Hayward on The Guardian Sports blog follows a similar theme:

United have reached the nirvana where injuries, rotation and changes in the nature of the assignment bring no appreciable diminution of rhythm. Winning has become a mode of being, a self-fulfilling prophecy, and the team could hardly be more scarily potent as Inter and Liverpool (on Saturday) drape themselves across the altar of Old Trafford.

With the Champions League upcoming Mourinho once again comes to the fore. The News Of The World has his comments on managing Man Utd:

“I have big jobs left in me that is for sure — but I can’t commit to which ones.

“If you want me to rule out ever being Manchester United manager I can’t. Special clubs need special managers so in theory it could work, but nobody knows what the future is in football.

“The England national team wanted me as coach and that is the biggest job in England, so I am sure when Sir Alex retires they will look at the best managers in the world and I certainly fall into that category.

The best quotes from Mourinho are these, quoted in The Guardian, where he claims he would be challenging us for the Premier League:

"Yes, Manchester United are the best team in England but you have to ask how good has the Premier League been since I left?

"Manchester United have won it with ease since I have gone because no manager has put a team together that can rival them. But my teams always rival Manchester United and Sir Alex knows that.

"They are a great team but if I was at a top club in England I think the title race might have been a lot closer this year."

Henry Winter in The Telegraph looks at the two sides of Mourinho:

The pair supposedly disliked each other; all that Manchester United versus Chelsea rivalry, all those digs by Mourinho about Ronaldo's lack of robustness when challenged. But on hearing his Portuguese compatriot was accused, wrongly it transpired, of an especially unpleasant crime, Mourinho phoned Ronaldo, offering a well-tailored shoulder to cry on.

Typical Mourinho, a man of two halves. In public, Mr Bombastic, a rebel without a pause. In private, a genuinely charming soul of far greater dignity and generosity than his detractors can possibly imagine. The secret to understanding this serial fuse-lighter is simple: Mourinho adopts a brash personality in his professional life, resembling an actor seeking maximum impact on his audience, whether dressing-room or press-room in Mourinho's case. And like the very best actors, this George Clooney lookalike is pure box office.

There's another one of those the-Premier-League-is-rubbish articles on The Guardian blog, won't bother quoting it.
The Mail report that Inter want Vidic, "it is being claimed in Italy that the Serbia defender has already made a secret visit to the city where he had dinner with Rossoneri legend Paolo Maldini." Deal sounds done already... without bothering with any source they also claim Jonny Evans is a target for Inter and, why not, Real.
The News of The World report we're close to doing a deal for Argentine midfielder Nicolas Bertolo.
And The Telegraph report that Ronaldo is going to enlist the services of Usain Bolt to help him run faster.