Never mind the quality, what about the width?

THERE has been so much talk about ‘fracas’ and ‘pizza’ this past week, you’d be forgiven for thinking they were the latest hot French and Italian strikers to descend on the Premiership.

But having wiped himself down after the so-called ‘Battle Of The Buffet’, Alex Ferguson will know better than most that he is still left with plenty of food for thought.

Outside Old Trafford last Sunday, anti-Malcolm Glazer activists were handing out cards featuring a picture of Eric Cantona and a statement from le grand homme expressing support for opposition to the takeover bid. “When Eric speaks, we all listen,” it read. Mais oui, but do we always understand? I was struck more by the contribution late this week of another Old Trafford legend, George Best, who, while he won’t have pleased the supporters with his refusal to line up against the American, put his finger on a matter of much more immediate concern, as United strive to build on last week’s big win.