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Auf Wiedersehen Kapitan Wunderbar
It was the news Manchester City fans feared. Less than two weeks after captaining his team to the pinnacle of European and English...
davidjwalker1
Jun 24, 20234 min read
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This is your Captain speaking…
Actions speak louder than words and Ilkay Gundogan’s actions have had the most glorious consequences for Manchester City. Two goals at...
davidjwalker1
Jun 8, 20234 min read
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City’s Director of Football is the new ‘BBC’ leader
Txiki Begiristain is a name you don’t forget in a hurry even if it can take a while to pronounce correctly. As Manchester City’s Director...
davidjwalker1
Jan 21, 20234 min read
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Gone in 69 minutes – back in 331 seconds!
The time stamp of 93:20 is etched indelibly into Manchester City’s history – seared into the psyche of every City fan forever and a day –...
davidjwalker1
Jan 21, 20237 min read
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Pep attacks with City’s defences depleted
The adage of attack being the best form of defence is one Pep Guardiola has embraced and deployed throughout his career in football...
davidjwalker1
Jan 20, 20236 min read
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City don’t want trouble – they’ll settle for just a double
Two headlines – 13 months apart – crystallise the hideous hypocrisy and blatantly biased agenda constantly directed against Manchester...
davidjwalker1
Jan 20, 20236 min read
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True Blue Vera – The memories live on...
Just a month shy of her 105th birthday, the wonderful lady would’ve marvelled at the sight of the fledgling superstar – 85 years her...
davidjwalker1
Jan 20, 20237 min read
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Guardiola’s Groundhog Day
Pre-match it was puzzling and potentially perplexing. City’s starting XI suggested an uncharacteristically cautious – almost negative –...
davidjwalker1
Jan 19, 20234 min read
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City lost but nobody died at the Etihad
The legendary Bill Shankly is accredited as saying: “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that...
davidjwalker1
Jan 19, 20236 min read
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Why City are once again the favourites of ‘neutral’ fans
It’s an alien concept to a whole generation of Manchester City supporters to think City were once – by and large – the nation’s favourite...
davidjwalker1
Jan 19, 20235 min read
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Ravenous City put Premier League three-peat on the menu
‘Have the lambs stopped screaming?’ It’s a chilling line delivered by serial killer Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ Lecter in the famous 1991...
davidjwalker1
Jan 19, 20237 min read
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‘It’s our year’
'It’s Our Year!’ For once the proclamations coming out of Anfield were right. It is indeed ‘their year’, but such conversational...
davidjwalker1
Jan 17, 20235 min read
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‘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...
davidjwalker1
Jan 14, 20236 min read
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Will 20 be plenty for pragmatic Pep?
With more records on the go than the vinyl section at HMV, Manchester City aren’t interested in ‘singles’ they only do ‘LPs’ - long...
davidjwalker1
Jan 14, 20235 min read
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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...
davidjwalker1
Jan 9, 20236 min read
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Will City’s brilliance force a mass media re-think?
Eating humble pie through gritted teeth is hard enough, but imagine having to masticate on a stunning master-class performance from a...
davidjwalker1
Jan 9, 20235 min read
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Why Pep will make monkeys of media mockers
Media coverage of Manchester City’s £120m spend on flying wing backs is a joke – one as lame as the old chestnut that has a dodgy...
davidjwalker1
Jan 8, 20233 min read
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Blimey – Slimy Riley wants ‘respect’
'Cut off the head of the snake' is an idiom in which you remove the most dangerous opponent first, thereby nullifying the leader so other...
davidjwalker1
Jan 7, 20234 min read
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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...
davidjwalker1
Jan 6, 20234 min read
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Pep wants to unravel PGMOL puzzler
Pep Guardiola is becoming increasingly perplexed by the ‘puzzling’ decisions of Premier League referees. His frustration at what might be...
davidjwalker1
Jan 5, 20235 min read
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