Yellow is the new red for Pep’s sky blues
The ‘Magic of the FA Cup’ lost its lustre for Manchester City when a dyslexic Altrincham fan performed a bemusing two-card trick and made...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 14, 20236 min read
‘Tis the season to be jolly
Christmas is nearly here and folk will be full of festive cheer telling us that it ‘Tis the season to be jolly, Fa la la la la la la la...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 9, 20234 min read
Vintage Pep has City fizzing
Pep Guardiola’s side has served up plenty of champagne football this season, albeit the last couple of wins weren’t quite vintage stuff –...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 9, 20236 min read
Pep's sky blue statistics don't lie
As the adrenalin surge subsides following Manchester City’s sublime storming of Stamford Bridge, let’s park the superlatives, any hint of...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 8, 20234 min read
‘Ullo Pep’ Gotta new motor?
Here’s the deal. You’re Pep Guardiola and you’re looking to buy a brand new car. Your existing motor has too many miles on the clock and...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 7, 20233 min read
City continue to fall foul of the ‘C’ word
With Pep Guardiola at the helm, a reputed £250m transfer budget to be invested this summer and an abundance of talent already at the...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 7, 20234 min read
Blues against an assortment of reds
On the day Prime Minister Theresa May calls a General Election, the maxim ‘A week is a long time in politics’, could just as easily apply...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 6, 20234 min read
Bit of a damp squib at the Etihad
Manchester City played out a drab, uninspired and uneventful 0-0 Champions League stalemate with Monaco, at a sparsely populated...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 6, 20235 min read
It's a dog's life for Pep
Having failed to tame some eager terriers from Yorkshire, Manchester City must now restrain a breed of pedigree poodles from France as...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 5, 20236 min read
King Kun’s reign to continue as Jesus resurrects City’s fortunes
Sergio Aguero is heading to Real Madrid this summer... just like he was in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 according to the brown stuff...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 5, 20236 min read
Pep's Christmas pillow talk
Question: What does the man, widely regarded as the best manager in world football, want this Christmas? Answer: Luxurious bed linen....
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davidjwalker1
Jan 5, 20236 min read
The Pep Perspective
Are Manchester City fans of the glass ‘half empty’ or ‘half full’ persuasion? On May 13th, 2012 they were encouraged to ‘...drink it in’...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 5, 20235 min read
After a Perfect 10 Pep wants a Magnificent Seven
Fast tempo, high intensity and tactically savvy – all the traits you'd expect from a Pep Guardiola team – the only discrepancy being this...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 4, 20234 min read
Tuned in City tune up United
Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City were pitch perfect and on a superior wavelength as they left Manchester United quivering in the...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 4, 20234 min read
Pep set to make a spectacle of Mourinho and Clattenburg
As the world fixes its gaze on the Theatre of Screams and the Manchester derby becomes the focus of Planet Football, it’s ironic that a...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 4, 20234 min read
Txiki is City's Loan Arranger
Does Txiki Begiristain deserve a tick in the box or a ticking off, after presiding over eight transfer windows since joining Manchester...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 4, 20234 min read
Hart's self preservation Italian Job
Joe Hart has – in the words of the song from the iconic ‘Italian Job’ movie – been forced to join the ‘self preservation society’ by Pep...
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