Transona Five

Since I started my boycott of The Daily Mail I really haven't missed it. It's a blessed relief not having to read through that rag on any level. It's possibly a bit of a disadvantage when doing a paper round up that I really hate most of the papers I have to read. I really am tempted to just boycott the lot of them until one of them prints something worth reading. Top of the list for stopping reading has to be The Mirror. Has a paper ever been so shit? It's not shit in the Mail way, it's just so dull, so pointless. When was the last time The Mirror actually had some sort of exclusive? Brian Reade, whose a columnist on The Mirror (he's "at the heart of football" apparently...) takes the pointlessness of the paper to its extreme today though, using his column to say that Sir Alex should stop criticising referees:

There he was again this week, desperately trying to divert attention away from another lame performance by claiming the ref had denied United a "stonewall penalty" against Besiktas. Adding that it was the second time in this year's competition.

And that was the most interesting bit I could find. Correct me if I'm wrong but Sir Alex is contractually obliged to talk to the press after games of football. Is Brian Reade aware of that? Or is he so much in "the heart of football" that he doesn't know? Either way. Why is he so pointless? He doesn't look at the facts or write humourously, he may as well have written "that Sir Alex, eh, likes having a go at refs, eh, pah!" Twat.
Elsewhere, Mark Ogden in The Telegraph is unaware of the meaning of the word "languish":

United may find themselves languishing five points behind Chelsea in the Premier League title race...

Check out the definitions here and tell me which one he's using. Really, none of them are even close to fitting.
Not a lot about from yesterday's press conference, some quotes here, and here.