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THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2012
MARK FIELD
Theres no third way for the City in
Britains relationship with the EU
role of an offshore-onshore financial
centre to the European continent and
developed a light-touch regulatory
approach that attracted huge volumes
of foreign money. But the arrival of
the financial crisis fundamentally
changed the rules of this game.
Since 2008, the Eurozone has
demanded greater oversight of its
financial infrastructure. It has asked
awkward questions about the ability
of UK regulators to prevent the system
silting up, and about whether it is sus-
tainable for euro-denominated risk to
be cleared offshore in London. In
turn, the City has questioned how
long it can avoid being infected by EU
financial directives without its com-
petitiveness being fundamentally
damaged.
The invoking of the British veto at
last Decembers EU summit was billed
as an aggressive demonstration of the
UKs intention to retain the Citys off-
shore/onshore model. But to many EU
partners, it was seen as an unrealistic
and petulant attempt to maintain an
unsustainable status quo.
In reality, that veto was less about
the future of the City and more a
political gesture aimed at keeping
eurosceptic wolves from the door, ide-
ally until well beyond 2015. The back-
drop to that last summit was an
unexpectedly large rebellion in sup-
port of an EU referendum. Yet the
Prime Ministers superficially popular
move only hardened eurosceptics
resolve to extract further concessions.
Since then, matters have moved on
apace. The EU is finalising work to set
up a single bank supervisor.
Meanwhile, the coalition has failed to
see off another rebellion on the UKs
relationship with the EU, this time
over its budget. Another summit
showdown is surely inevitable.
The uncomfortable truth is that
there is no third way in the UKs rela-
tionship with Europe. The Prime
Ministers understandable instinct is
to play for time to placate euroscep-
tic passions with aggressive talk about
renegotiating our relationship with
Brussels, while smoothing relations
with European partners behind the
scenes. But this approach is no substi-
tute for a clear view about how
Britains economic interests are best
served, and particularly how the City
our only substantial, globally com-
petitive industry should evolve.
If the Prime Minister sees our future
in the EU, with the City remaining
closely integrated into the vast domes-
tic European market, a collaborative
approach with our European partners
is now required. This path will involve
facing down UK eurosceptics. Time
will also need to be spent extracting
the best deal for the City through care-
ful diplomacy and the building of
alliances.
If, however, he truly believes that the
raft of EU directives coming this way
are anathema to the long-term inter-
ests of the City, and that its future is
best served by adopting an offshore
model, a path towards British with-
drawal from the EU will need to be
sketched out before long.
Talk of fundamental renegotiation
is illusory. We may not like it but,
when it comes to the EU and the City,
the choices ahead for the UK are
increasingly binary. This has arisen
because of the absence of any strategy
on how we see the City operating in
future and what relationship Britain
should enjoy with the EU in the years
ahead. As it stands, the UK govern-
ment has no clear answer on either of
these issues. This is a perilous position
for the national interest.
Mark Field is Conservative MP for the
Cities of London and Westminster.
to be done to get the economy
purring again.
Every business in the country has
at least one bank account. They go to
banks to raise money for investment
from a loan to an independent
price offering or to fund their
current operations. They use banks
to pay providers and get paid by
customers. They need banks to
finance exports, to hedge against
movements in currency prices or
commodity prices. They go to banks
when they want to expand, or to
take over competitors. All these
actions are vital to the successful
running of the UK economy.
Given this, I have today written to
the chancellor, ahead of his Autumn
Statement in December, with
proposals to spur UK growth. Theyre
not aimed at helping banks, but
helping banks business customers.
The problem is that businesses are
sitting on piles of cash theyre too
worried about the future to spend or
invest. The critical issue for the
government, therefore, is getting
this investment flowing. So first, it
should consider a 100 per cent
capital allowance for a limited
period of two years, providing a huge
incentive for businesses to invest
now and help build the momentum
behind the recovery.
The government should also
extend the capital gains tax holiday
under the Seed Enterprise
Investment Scheme (SEIS) for a year.
This would allow time to raise
awareness and to get business angels
investing in start-ups.
Further, it should reexamine its
plans on encouraging lending. The
chancellor should reconsider
whether funds from Big Society
Capital would find a quicker route to
businesses if they were funnelled
through community development
financial institutions. It should
similarly look at whether its planned
business bank could instead play a
clearing house role between
businesses seeking finance and
sources of finance. It should also
review recent proposals from the
Financial Services Authority, which
hamper banks from referring
businesses to angel investors.
There are countless other ideas
worth considering from fast-
tracking planning applications by
small to medium-sized enterprises to
to removing stamp duty on growth
market company shares. But its only
with policies like these that we can
get the economy moving again. And
banks wont be the problem, but
part of the solution.
Anthony Browne is chief executive of the
British Bankers Association.
ANTHONY BROWNE
Banks arent the problem: Theyre the lifeblood of UK economic growth
MORNING UPDATE
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The cost of saving
[Re: Fresh allegations overshadow welcome
cultural shift in the City, yesterday]
As a higher rate tax payer I benefited
enormously from the 40 per cent tax relief
on my pension contribution. But I was struck
by the discrepancy between my position and
that of my wife. As a lower rate taxpayer, she
only received 20 per cent relief. Why should
those earning the most get twice as much
relief? And it was especially noticeable at the
20 per cent tax rate how year-on-year fund
charges ate into the pot. If there was a flat
rate of relief, it would be both simpler and
fairer. I also wonder whether this would
provide an impetus to reduce pension fund
charges to the levels enjoyed by Denmark
and Netherlands.
Robert Clark
Simple taxation
[Re: It is shocking just how much tax most
workers have to pay, Tuesday]
Any business owner can tell you who really
pays corporation tax if a business is to
remain solvent, it is always the buyer of the
product or service. And the ultimate buyer is
the individual consumer, who spends with
his or her own after tax money.
Eric Forster
[Re: A radical proposal to rid Britain of its
painful tax on jobs, Monday]
Merging income tax and national insurance
makes sense. But we need to tax all income
at the same rate. Separating dividends and
pension income from labour income makes
little sense if we want simplification.
JonathanHill
R
OMAN Abramovichs
decision to dismiss Roberto
di Matteo, barely six months
after his coach won him the
European Champions
League for the first time in Chelseas
history, has been roundly criticised
by many who follow football.
Commentators deplore the oli-
garchs inability to settle on a manag-
er and give his club stability. Di
Matteo is the eighth manager to have
taken (and lost) the Stamford Bridge
hot seat in nine years. There is also
criticism about the savage way
Abramovich treats the club as his
plaything; that, in short, he is unsuit-
able to own a football club.
As a Chelsea supporter since child-
hood, however, Im a fan of
Abramovichs reign. This judgement
doesnt come without reservations
and I have more than a few of those
about last nights appointment of
Rafa Benitez. But in life, and especial-
ly in football-supporting (through
thick and thin, and all that), nothing
is perfect. Of course, things could
always be done better at an institu-
tion that has to serve as many inter-
ests as a football club especially
under intense media scrutiny.
But few can deny that Abramovich
has revolutionised Chelsea. He has
ploughed millions into playing staff
and training facilities, exploited its
potential overseas, and employed
commercial executives, like Peter
Kenyon (since departed), who have
adopted sensible admission pricing
policies that have mostly ensured a
full stadium. There is even a forum
that takes into account the views of
the clubs fans.
What a contrast to the previous
owner Ken Bates. He bought the club
for 1, but struggled to give it the
investment it needed, leading to a
period of relative underperformance,
relatively high admission prices and
TOP TWEETS
A close look at UK borrowing is horrible. The
budget deficit is up 10bn in 2012 on 2011.
The Tories arent cutting spending enough.
@greglovelluk
A poll by Lord Ashcroft shows the tricky
nature of deficit politics. If Labour took a hard
line, it could secure 10 per cent more votes.
@mmcternan
The coalitions alleged healing of the UK
economy is being subsidised by more
borrowed money.
@toytown
Its unclear whether the Eurozone
experiment can continue. It might survive,
but only by losing a limb or two.
@paragonalert
Will HPs allegations against Autonomy
damage the reputation of UK start-ups?
YES
This case is hugely embarrassing. Although the former
management of Autonomy has completely denied these
allegations, the fallout could still be enormous. The seriousness is
underscored by the fact that HP reported the case to the US
Securities and Exchange Committee and the UKs Serious Fraud
Office. A deal on this scale was always going to be challenging,
but to have a valuation that was so far out by a wide margin
suggests that something serious was missed. All deals must, of
course, be taken on their own merit, and this isnt necessarily
indicative of what is going on across the industry. But if there are
question marks over the judgement of some of the individuals
involved, all British companies could find it difficult to attract
investment in the future.
Mike Franklin is head of investment strategy at Beaufort
International.
Mike Franklin
NO
Dan Wagner
Hewlett Packards allegations against UK tech giant Autonomy raise
the spectre of a loss of trust in British tech business at the very time
that the government is trying to ensure it thrives. But the UK has
long been the home of world-class discoveries and ideas and, many
have grown into world-class businesses. We also have a reputation
for integrity in business. Clearly the onus is on individual businesses
to be transparent in the way they record and report information to
retain the confidence of its shareholders and investors. Whatever the
eventual outcome of the case (and Autonomy completely denies the
allegations), it is unlikely that adverse publicity will spoil the
ambitions of our fledgling tech companies which have the potential
to become world-class enterprises. We need to ensure they receive
every chance to demonstrate their worth and lead us out of
recession.
Dan Wagner is chairman and chief executive of mPowa.
RAPIDresponses
Why I still support
Abramovichs rule
at thriving Chelsea
often a half-empty stadium.
Bates used to sack managers with
some rapidity. The difference is that
few outside of the clubs then modest
fan-base used to care. Now events like
these, or players misdemeanours,
make headlines across the world.
Captain John Terrys recent tribula-
tions, for example, warranted an arti-
cle spread over several pages in the
New York Times.
When experts criticise the
Russians impatience with managers,
they ignore his success. If changing
managers on a regular basis was such
a bad thing, then Chelseas consisten-
cy over the past decade has proven
that theory wrong.
Of course, some might prefer the
club to adopt a more stable manage-
ment tenure, like Manchester United
has enjoyed with Sir Alex Ferguson.
But this is an anomalous situation in
the world of football and not the
norm. And, as far as owners go, I
would rather have one with
Abramovichs obvious ambitions for
on-field success, than be saddled
with Uniteds Glazer family, which
appears more interested in the bot-
tom-line.
Abramovich is not trying to harm
or hurt the club by sacking di Matteo.
As much as I respect the clubs for-
mer coach for being such a decent
guy and winning the trophy Chelsea
fans have craved for the last decade,
the owner is right to do what he
thinks will keep the recent run of
incredible success going.
David Hellier is deputy editor of City A.M.
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T
HE decision to sign up to an
MBA programme should not be
taken lightly for a whole host of
reasons. The two-year, full-time
programme is expensive and, in
applying, candidates are choosing to
voluntarily leave the workplace, pay
tuition fees, and dig into their
savings to fund their living expenses.
This may in part explain the find-
ings of a recent Graduate
Management Admission Council
(GMAC) survey of 744 MBA and other
business programmes worldwide. It
revealed a decline in the average
number of applications for two year
courses of 22 per cent in 2012, follow-
ing a 10 per cent decline in 2011.
Research from the Association of
MBAs (AMBA) similarly revealed an
overall 15 per cent decline in MBA
applications for UK schools in 2011
compared with 2010, and the 2012 QS
TopMBA.com survey showed a contin-
ued increase in potential applicants
seeking programmes that last for less
than 18 months. But why is this
change taking place?
KEY INFLUENCES
Students on UK full-time MBAs are
largely international, so the British
governments recent changes to inter-
national student visas, and the
increasing quality of management
education in other regions, has
inevitably influenced candidates
decision-making processes.
Indeed, AMBAs intake and gradua-
tion study shows that there was an
average 4 per cent increase in applica-
tions and a 20 per cent rise in MBA
enrolments in Latin America. In
China and Hong Kong there was an
average 60 per cent increase in appli-
cations. Part-time MBA applications to
business schools based in China and
Hong Kong also increased by 85 per
cent. George Murgatroyd at AMBA
believes this is emblematic of the sig-
nificant growth in the MBA market in
this region.
ADDED VALUE
MBA applicants and students are also
extremely conscious of their return
on investment (ROI). This is especially
the case during a period of prolonged
economic volatility, and therefore
studying for a shorter duration means
the opportunity costs are not as
great, delivering a safer ROI, says
Vince Chan, founder of
AlphaPowerMBA.com.
But rather than indicating that
MBAs have lost some of their shine,
the figures are reflective of a shift
from the number of applicants apply-
ing for two-year courses to one-year or
part-time courses. The GMAC report
found that 68 to 82 per cent of special-
ty MBA programmes for 2012 admit-
ting classes mainly masters in
management, accounting or finance
reported steady to increased applica-
tion volume compared with 2011. In
the UK, where the accredited full-time
one year MBA is predominant, the
more noteworthy shift has been from
full-time to part-time and distance
learning MBA programmes.
Most business schools today offer a
variety of MBA options, including
part-time, full-time, executive, flexi-
ble, and distance learning. Indeed,
Murgatroyd says that enrolments on
part-time MBA programmes at UK
business schools accredited by AMBA
Annabel Palmer on
why the traditional
programme may be
losing its popularity
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MBA candidates are
moving against the
conventional grain
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increased by 16 per cent in 2011. This
comes at a time when people are
reluctant to leave their job for study.
Where possible, they will opt to com-
plete an MBA while continuing their
full-time job.
LOW HANGING FRUIT
Fewer funding options means the one-
year course is looking increasingly
attractive. Shorter programmes mean
students are only taking one-year out
of work, thus reducing their loss of
earnings and enabling them to get
back into the workplace sooner. These
programmes also limit the other neg-
ative effects of spending time out of
employment. Richard Burns at
TopMBA.com says that although
MBA programmes are often vocation-
al in nature, for specific industries
taking a prolonged period of time out
of the working world could result in a
greater learning curve.
A key downside to the one-year
course is that it is impossible to
include the entire content of a two-
year MBA course in one year, accord-
ing to TopMBA.com. One year courses
are usually far more intense, and
therefore enrolled students are often
more advanced in their careers with
a typical five years minimum work-
ing experience. So for those with less
work experience, the two-year course
could be more fitting.
GOING FOR SPECIFICS
The other fundamental cause for the
decline in applications is the move
away from the broader MBA to more
specific courses. A 2012 survey under-
taken by AMBA asked 200 leading
business school deans and directors
whether they predict that the MBA
will increasingly specialise over the
next five years: 64 per cent of respon-
dents believed it will.
Candidates who are older and more
advanced in their careers may choose
one of the many programmes that
offer specialisations, electives or even
core modules that enable students to
focus on a specific industry while also
experiencing the traditional MBA
experience, says Burns.
A more focused specialty degree,
which enhances and builds upon
existing skills, can be far more effi-
cient in opening doors to specific
knowledge and networks than a gen-
eral management MBA, says Chan.
This gives it a higher or at least a
safer ROI amid uncertain business
environments.
CHANGING TACK
The profile of MBA applicants also
appears to be evolving. The GMAC sur-
vey found that, while men continue to
represent the largest number of appli-
cants, in 2012 a greater percentage of
MBA programmes increased applica-
tion volume from women compared
with 2011.
In addition, a TopMBA.com survey
found that globally, the average age of
MBA applicants rose from 27.6 in 2011
to 28.3 in 2012. In Western Europe the
rise was even more significant, with
the average age increasing from 28.1
to 29.6.
Business schools are generally recep-
tive to younger candidates, although
they must have a solid track record of
leadership experience and outstand-
ing personal qualities, says Chan.
COUNTING THE COST
The cost of an MBA can be over
50,000 per year, plus living expenses,
plus the loss of salary from taking
time out of work. The combination of
funding channels (like bank loans)
drying up and high competition for
scholarships may deter potential can-
didates.
There is a pecking order of business
schools, and students will often find
themselves paying a premium to
attend one of the more highly regard-
ed courses. Tuition fees at London
Business School, for example, are
57,500. But its alumni will, on aver-
age, see a 134 per cent salary increase.
Smaller and less globally renowned
schools, such as Birmingham Business
School, have lower tuition fees
19,000 but a slightly less impressive
87 per cent salary increase.
TOPLINE DELIVERABLES
That is why potential MBA applicants
need to consider a wide variety of fac-
tors before taking the plunge. Long-
term career goals, mode of study and
location are all important considera-
tions, as well as whether it will be
worth the time and cost. As Burns
asserts, an MBA degree isnt a magic
ticket to success the students and
graduates will still need to work hard
to achieve their career goals. But an
MBA will give students a wide breadth
of invaluable knowledge, equipping
them with career skills in investment,
accounting, finance, strategy and
marketing, among others.
THE GOLDEN TICKET?
From a recruiters perspective, an
MBA can be invaluable to boosting
your career. Nicola Linketer, manag-
ing director at Badenoch & Clark says
that an MBA will provide its students
with the key commercial and strate-
gic acumen that many top blue chips,
banks, consultancies and, increasing-
ly law firms are urgently looking for
in junior to mid-level candidates. It
could be the centrepiece of a candi-
dates CV.
Indeed, the GMAC Alumi
Perspectives Survey found that based
on 4,135 alumni worldwide 86 per
cent of 2011 graduates were employed
after graduation, with three-quarters
claiming they could not have
obtained their job without their MBA.
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GLOBAL MBA RANKINGS 2012
Rank 2012 3 yr Rank School name Country Weighted sal $ Salary inc %
1 3 Stanford Graduate School of Business US 192,179 129
2 3 Harvard Business School US 178,249 122
3 2 University of Pennsylvania: Wharton US 172,353 120
4 2 London Business School UK 152,981 134
5 6 Columbia Business School US 166,497 131
6 5 Insead France/Singapore 144,355 97
7 8 MIT: Sloan US 157,337 120
8 7 IE Business School Spain 156,658 139
9 10 IESE Business School Spain 13,888 148
10 8 Hong Kong UST Business School China 127,600 144
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Fill the grid so that each
block adds up to the total
in the box above or to the
left of it.
You can only use the
digits1-9 and you must not
use the same digit twice in
a block. The same digit may
occur more than once in a
row or column, but it must
be in a separate block.
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Using only the letters in the Wordwheel, you have
ten minutes to nd as many words as possible,
none of which may be plurals, foreign words or
proper nouns. Each word must be of three letters
or more, all must contain the central letter and
letters can only be used once in every word. There
is at least one nine-letter word in the wheel.
Place the numbers from 1 to 9 in each empty cell so that
each row, each column and each 3x3 block contains all the
numbers from 1 to 9 to solve this tricky Sudoku puzzle.
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horns (6)
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8 Gunk, slime (6)
10 Stonecutter (5)
13 Cleft (7)
16 Detection and
location device (5)
18 Smear with
ointment (6)
20 Enthusiastic and
warm in manner (6)
21 Order of business (6)
22 Makes a logical
connection (4,2)
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2 News chief (6)
3 Osculate (4)
4 Encrusted with
sugar (7)
5 Light-beam
intensier (5)
9 Animals den (4)
11 Childs two-
wheeled vehicle
operated by
foot (7)
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lighting (4)
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THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2012
HUNTED
BBC1, 9PM
Sam is exposed as a spy following a
failed attempt to kill Jack Turner, and
she begins to recall the truth about
why Hourglass wants her dead.
EMMERDALE
ITV1, 8PM
Declan tries to rescue Katie from the
mine shaft, and Brett is happy to give
Edna advice about Tootsie, leaving
Paddy annoyed.
HATFIELDS & MCCOYS
CHANNEL5, 9PM
The two clans come face to face in a
gunfight at Grapevine Creek. Fact-
based drama, starring Kevin Costner
and Bill Paxton.
TVPICK
Would you trust this
Terminator to kill at will?
THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2012
cityam.com
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LIFE&STYLETECHNOLOGY
GEEK
SPEAK
STEVE DINNEEN
Tablets that dont cost the earth
Want a tablet but dont want to fork out 269 for an iPad Mini? There are other options, says Steve Dinneen
AMAZON KINDLE FIRE HD
Amazon.co.uk, 129 (seven inch)
THE KINDLE Fire was hailed as the
first serious challenger to Apples
domination of the tablet market
a colour e-reader with access to
the web that seamlessly integrated
with your Amazon account.
In reality it was too heavy and too
ugly to ever set the tablet world on
fire. The Kindle Fire HD is its slim-
mer, more handsome brother.
While it is still very plasticky
what with being made of plastic
and all it feels like a far better
designed product. Dont get me
wrong, its no rival to the iPad
Minis delicious good looks but it
didnt make me gag in disgust,
either.
The unit is marginally squatter
than the iPad Mini, but you get far
less screen for your buck, with the
bevel taking up a huge amount of
real-estate.
Getting started with it wasnt the
smoothest of processes, with the
device flat-out refusing to connect
to the office wi-fi. BT Openzone to
the rescue. Once youre connected,
though, its actually a lot of fun.
The OS is built on top of Android
but Amazon has almost complete-
ly masked it with its own tweaks,
making it far more intuitive and
pleasant to use than most Android
tablets.
The best bit, as youd expect, is
the integration with your Amazon
account, meaning that, almost out
of the box, it is fully almost creep-
ily aware of your tastes and view-
ing history.
Head to head, it comes a distant
second to the iPad but, crucially, it
is also less than half the price.
VODAFONE SMART TAB II
Vodafone.co.uk, 149 (pay as you go)
The Smart Tab II, appropriately for
a tablet made by Vodafone, looks
like a giant phone. If Dom Jolly had
upgraded to a smartphone, this
would be it. Its not an unattractive
device (apart from the golf ball-style
dimples on the rear) but neither
does it bring anything new to the
table.
The seven inch device does every-
thing you expect of an Android
tablet: syncs with your email
account, connects to the web but
is singularly joyless. Then screen is
muddy, the resolution grainy and
load times can be painfully slow. It
has a mobile connection (obviously)
but if youre planning for the
future then its not for you it is
only 3G enabled, so no superfast
internet. All in all: a bit of a dud.
S
HOULD robots be allowed to
kill people? Its a question
anyone who has seen
Terminator 2 shouldnt have to
think about for long. Killer robots
are not, science fiction has taught
us, a very good idea. Give a robot a
gun and a modicum of intelligence
and it wont be long before it is
scheming to take control of the
world and enslave its fleshy creators.
In light of this, Human Rights
Watch (HRW) has called for a pre-
emptive treaty to be signed banning
the use of weapons that can
autonomously seek out human
targets and, well, terminate them.
Unmanned drones are already
widely used by governments
including our own but, crucially,
they still need to ask the permission
of a human being before dropping
their deadly payload. But within 20-
30 years the point at which many
scientists believe computers will
overtake humans in terms of
intelligence HRW says weapons
will be advanced enough to identify
targets, work out whether they pose
a threat and pull the trigger all by
themselves.
All the usual suspects are involved
in developing them, according to the
report, including China, the US,
Germany, Israel, South Korea, Russia
and, of course, us.
Is it a good idea? Well, while
science fiction has already asked
the question, it has also provided
the answer, in the form of Isaac
Asimovs three rules of robotics,
which he laid down in 1942:
1. A robot may not injure a
human being or, through inaction,
allow a human being to come to
harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders
given to it by human beings, except
where such orders would conflict
with the first law.
3. A robot must protect its own
existence as long as such protection
does not conflict with the first or
second laws.
All very sensible, although still
completely useless when the super-
intelligent machines of the
future decide they no longer
want to spend their time
assembling cars and dispensing
cans of Coke. As soon as
Skynet or whatever we decide
to call the software that will
bring about our downfall
becomes self-aware, our days will
be numbered. The sentient robot
will be the first link in the
evolutionary chain that has
been purposefully created by
its hapless forbears. In fact,
this is probably a good time
to point out that, when the
time comes, I will be first in
line to pledge allegiance to
our new robotic overlords.
The Kindle Fire HD (above)
is a decent device for
Amazon addicts but the
Vodafone Smart Tab (left)
leaves a lot to be desired.
Terminator 2 has shown us why robots should not kill
SOUTH Africa coach Heyneke
Meyer believes England are now
tough enough to compete with the
brutality of the southern
hemisphere sides, ahead of their
clash at Twickenham on Saturday.
Meyer, who spent six months as
Leicester boss in 2008, admits he
used to view England teams as soft
but his preconceptions were
changed by a spell with the Tigers.
Lewis Moody and Martin Corry
and those guys are probably the
toughest guys I have coached. My
whole perception changed. Itll be a
bruising encounter, said Meyer,
who has named an unchanged side.
England have not beaten the
Springboks in their previous 10
Tests, a run going back to 2006.
The last three Tests [in the
summer] were really physical and
that was at the end of their season.
Now theyre fresh and we need to
toughen up and put our bodies on
the line, he added. I have a lot of
respect for their scrummaging
power. Dan Cole is close to being
the best tighthead in the world.
The 45-year-old is concerned his
squad are struggling mentally after
a long campaign. I need one more
great performance out of them, he
said. They always lift themselves
for England but I am worried.
Meyer wary of
ferocious test
for tiring Boks
CHELSEA last night turned to former
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez
and Blues favourite Didier Drogba to
save their crumbling season, after
sacking European Cup winner
Roberto Di Matteo.
Benitez has been appointed inter-
im first team manager until the end
of the season, after flying in from
Abu Dhabi yesterday to tie up the
shock move, and will meet the squad
for the first time this morning.
Blues owner Roman Abramovich
had Di Matteo, who won the FA Cup
and a historic Champions League in
his eight months in charge, fired in
the early hours after Tuesdays defeat
in Juventus marked a new low point
in their season.
The owner and the board believe
that in Benitez we have a manager
with significant experience at the
highest level of football, who can
come in and immediately help deliv-
er our objectives, Chelsea said.
Abramovich wants former
Barcelona manager Pep Guardiola to
take charge long term, but he has
refused to consider any jobs until the
summer, when Chelsea will make
fresh attempts to lure him.
Benitez has been out of manage-
ment since Inter Milan cut short his
six-month tenure in December 2010,
having spent six years at Liverpool,
where he won the Champions
League in 2005. The former Valencia
coach is widely unpopular among
Chelsea supporters, having been in
charge of the Reds during a period of
intense rivalry between them and
the west Londoners.
Liverpool dispensed with Benitez
after four barren seasons culminated
in a seventh-place finish in the
Premier League, while Inter sacked
him following a disappointing start
to the season. He recruited Fernando
Chelsea risk wrath of fans
with Benitez appointment
Torres to Anfield, and Abramovich
will hope that reuniting the pair will
help Chelseas record 50m signing
rediscover the blistering form he
showed on Merseyside. Torres has
flattered to deceive since arriving at
Stamford Bridge almost two years
ago, and has managed just one goal
in his last eight games, prompting Di
Matteo to drop him against Juventus.
Chelsea hope to ease the burden on
the 28-year-old by taking their former
talisman Drogba on loan next month
from Chinese side Shanghai
Shenhua, six months after letting
him leave for free. The 34-year-old is
available in December, following the
end of the Chinese Super League and
before the Africa Cup of Nations, and
has applied to world governing body
Fifa for special dispensation to move
outside the transfer window.
Chelsea have fallen four points
behind leaders Manchester City, who
they face on Sunday. In Europe they
must beat Nordsjaelland in their
final group match and hope Juventus
lose at Shakhtar in order to avoid
becoming the first holders to be elim-
inated at the group stage.
FOOTBALL
COMMENT
TREVOR STEVEN
Benitez is unpopular with Chelsea fans following his lenghty spell as Liverpool boss, while Drogba could be on his way back to the club
THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER 2012
30
SPORT
cityam.com/sport
BY ALEX SHARP
BATSMAN Jonathan Trott admits he
is relieved that he can immediately
get back to the crease and help
England respond after a heavy first
Test defeat against India.
The tourists stumbled to a nine-
wicket loss in Ahmedabad on
Monday, despite captain Alastair
Cooks fine second-innings 176, as
the batting middle order collapsed
in both sessions.
Trott is grateful there are only
four days between the disappointing
first Test and the second, which
starts tomorrow in Mumbai.
You wouldnt want a week or
eight days mulling over the game;
you want to get back out there and
batting and crack on, said Trott.
Englands No3 only hit 17 runs
over two innings during the first of a
four-match series.
He added: Travelling to Kolkata
1-1 [for the third Test] would be
great. We understand the challenge
for us in these three games, but we
know we can do it.
The 31-year-old believes the pitch
in Mumbai will better suit the seam
bowlers, who only combined to take
one wicket in the first match. He
said: Ahmedabad was quite low and
slow. We hope our seam bowlers can
exploit that, a little bit more bounce
for spin and seam and obviously a
little bit more turn as well.
Trott itching
to find form
in the middle
BY ALEX SHARP
BY FRANK DALLERES
Di Matteos sacking was
harsh but inevitable
@cityam_sport
I
N MOST football management
jobs, if you have five or six weeks
of poor results, youre in trouble. If
youre at Chelsea and in freefall, as
Roberto Di Matteo was, you know
what comes next.
The club are all about getting
results, here and now. They are also
one of the most ambitious in the
world thats why they continuously
attract the best players and
managers on the planet.
Last season could scarcely have
ended better, with an FA Cup and a
first Champions League title,
although I dont think anyone would
argue that they enjoyed great
fortune along the way.
But when you win the European
Cup its critical that you capitalise
on that position, especially if you
aim as high as Chelsea. Going out of
the competition at the first hurdle
isnt capitalising.
Whoever sanctioned Didier
Drogbas departure has a lot to
answer for. If it was Di Matteo, he
deserves to go; if it was the money
men, they left the Italian in a very
difficult position.
Harsh though it may seem, his
treatment goes with the territory
and his sacking was inevitable in
many ways. Di Matteo never looked
like a long-term appointment; now
his successor might be a stop-gap too.
Why Blues owner Roman
Abramovich appears to think Rafael
Benitez is the man for that role is
beyond me, though. The ex-Liverpool
boss is the type for a five-year plan,
hes not a firefighter.
I can see why the Spaniard might
be interested. Hes dangerously close
to having been out of the game for
too long, and a spell at a top club,
even if short-lived, puts him
back in the shop window.
But if Abramovich thinks
reuniting Benitez with his
old Anfield pupil Fernando
Torres can coax the 50m
striker back to top
form I think he is in
for a nasty
surprise. The
malaise
afflicting Torres
looks
incurable.
All-
conquering
former
Barcelona
manager Pep
Guardiola is wanted in the long-
term, he appears to be interested,
and Chelsea are one of the few clubs
ambitious enough to lure him.
I cant see him coming mid-season
and going straight into regular
matches days later, however. He will
take until the end of he campaign to
weigh up his options, because he can
have almost any job he likes.
Abramovich can write Pep a blank
cheque, but Manchester City
and United look better fits,
with the players they have.
And if he snubs them,
Chelsea could be stuck
with Benitez.
Trevor Steven is a
former England
footballer who now
works as a media
commentator and scout.
ABRAMOVICH BOSSES
NAME YEAR WIN%
Guus Hiddink 2009 73
Jose Mourinho 2004-07 67
AvramGrant 2007-08 67
Carlo Ancelotti 2009-11 61
Roberto Di Matteo 2012 57
Luiz Felipe Scolari 2008-09 56
Claudio Ranieri 2000-04 54
Andre Villas-Boas 2011-12 48
Rafas for five-year plans, not firefighting
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IN BRIEF
Ex-champ Camacho shot in face
nBOXING: Puerto Rican former world
champion Hector Camacho was last
night fighting for his life after being
shot in the face. The 50-year-old, who
retired in 1997, was injured in a drive-
by attack in San Juan on Tuesday and
suffered a heart attack in hospital.
AVB wont risk Dembele in Italy
nFOOTBALL: Tottenham manager
Andre Villas-Boas insists midfielder
Mousa Dembele will not play at Lazio
in tonights Europa League clash,
despite the Belgian recovering from a
hip injury to travel with the squad.
Trescothick pens Somerset deal
nCRICKET: Former England batsman
Marcus Trescothick has signed a three-
year contract extension at Somerset.
He has twice helped them finish
second in the County Championship.
Jockey Frankie Dettori has been suspended
by French racing chiefs until his case for failing
a drug test is resolved in the next fortnight
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Wenger not satisified
after Wilshere sends
Gunners into last 16
MANCHESTER CITY......................1
REAL MADRID.............................1
BY ALEX SHARP
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
ARSENAL....................................2
MONTPELLIER............................0
BY FRANK DALLERES
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
MANCHESTER City manager
Roberto Mancini does not fear the
sack despite his side crashing out
of the Champions League in the
group stages last night for a
second successive season.
Sergio Agueros second-half
penalty cancelled out Karim
Benzemas early tap-in but a draw
was not enough for City.
I dont have fear for this, said
Mancini when asked about his job
security. If we think we can win a
Champions League after two years
then we are crazy.
The Italian blamed elimination
on earlier slip-ups in matches at
Real and Ajax.
We didnt lose it tonight, we
ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger
insists he will go all out to claim
first place in Group B after seeing
his side ensure passage to the
Champions League knockout stage
for the 13th successive season.
Midfielder Jack Wilsheres first
goal for almost two years and a
blistering volley from forward Lukas
Podolski earned a comfortable
victory, but Schalkes three points
against Olympiacos kept them top.
To pip the Germans Arsenal must
win in Greece and hope Schalke do
not beat Montpellier and Wenger
has vowed to resist the temptation
to rest stars and send his strongest
squad in the hope of doing so.
We will play to win, to finish top
of the group, said Wenger, who
lauded fit-again Wilsheres
improving contribution. I am
pleased for Wilshere, its great to
see him getting stronger.
Wilshere netted in the 49th
minute, when Thomas Vermaelens
cross was headed down by Olivier
Giroud and the midfielder, who
returned from an 18-month injury
in October, nimbly lifted over
goalkeeper Geoffrey Jourdren.
In-form striker Giroud also
provided the second on 63 minutes,
returning a pass from Podolski with
a nonchalant chip that the German
despatched first time into the roof
of the net with a thunderous volley.
lost in the first few games, he
added. In Madrid we were 2-1 up
with five minutes to go; in
Amsterdam we were 1-0 ahead and
missed chances to close the game.
Mancini was punished for
deploying a three-man defence as
Real had multiple chances to kill
off the game in the opening half.
Aguero was guilty of wasting
great opportunities, particularly
at point blank range firing
straight at Iker Casillas.
Aguero redeemed himself on 73
minutes from the spot after Alvaro
Arbeloa was perhaps harshly sent
off. The hosts poured forward but
could not find the crucial winner.
B Dortmund 5 3 2 0 10 5 11
Real Madrid 5 2 2 1 11 8 8
Ajax 5 1 1 3 7 12 4
Man City 5 0 3 2 7 10 3
GROUP D
TEAM PLD W D L F A PTS
Schalke 5 3 2 0 9 5 11
Arsenal 5 3 1 1 9 6 10
Olympiacos 5 2 0 3 7 8 6
Montpellier 5 0 1 4 5 11 1
GROUP B
TEAM PLD W D L F A PTS
Wilshere opened the scoring for Arsenal with his first goal for almost two years