Guardiola’s gladiators going forth for immortality
There’s an oft posed question in football that sardonically asks whether a flair player, ‘Can do it on a cold rainy Tuesday night in...
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davidjwalker1
Feb 194 min read
Brave City Blue Dave saw things he thought he’d never see
Manchester City fans have witnessed truly wondrous sights in recent seasons, winning everything that club football has to offer the world...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 275 min read
Good Friday comes early for Guardiola
Pep Guardiola finally nailed it, on what turned out to be an extraordinarily good Friday. Not only did his Manchester City team score at...
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davidjwalker1
Jan 223 min read
Oh my Omar, what are you doing?
Omar Berrada’s decision to quit the Etihad to become Manchester United’s new CEO, came as a bolt out of the blue for both City and United...
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Aug 10, 20236 min read
City speculate to accumulate as well as seeing stars graduate
Until Phil Foden’s emergence from Manchester City’s Football Academy there were plenty of doubters, all too quick to cast aspersions on...
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Jun 18, 202310 min read
City's Triple Turkish Delight despite shameful UEFA
With midnight approaching in the humidity of Istanbul’s Ataturk Olympic Stadium, a tsunami of emotions flooded out of the pores of each...
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Feb 10, 20239 min read
Here we go again…
As one of the Founding Fathers of the United States in the 18th century, Benjamin Franklin coined a famous quote about the new US...
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Jan 23, 20235 min read
Hey Jude, Rafael, Bernardo, Ilkay and…
Having already bagged the Net Spend Trophy 2022 with transfer profits ranging from £91m-£125m (depending on which figures you believe),...
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Jan 23, 20234 min read
Pep’s winning the wars in spite of VAR
Hate is such a definitive term, an all encompassing emotion with no leeway for misinterpretation, no turning back from a position of...
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Jan 21, 20235 min read
Anyone up for City’s Net Spend Trophy parade?
Pep Guardiola is on record as saying it. Khaldoon Al Mubarak states it unequivocally in his end of season reviews every year. Ferran...
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Jan 20, 20233 min read
‘Typical City’ sits well on title day deciders
So much is made of the time honoured words ‘Typical City’ – the self deprecating tag that long suffering Manchester City fans have...
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Jan 20, 20234 min read
Fastest 500 Premier League points ever - but Pep still has points to prove
Pep Guardiola will always have points to prove with his magnificent Manchester City side, despite being the fastest manager in Premier...
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Jan 20, 20232 min read
Dear Khaldoon...
An open letter to Manchester City’s hitherto, impeccable Chairman: Dear Khaldoon, You’ve played a blinder for City since becoming...
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Jan 19, 20234 min read
Guardiola’s Groundhog Day
Pre-match it was puzzling and potentially perplexing. City’s starting XI suggested an uncharacteristically cautious – almost negative –...
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Jan 19, 20237 min read
Manchester City deserve a level playing field...don’t they?
The polarization of Manchester City hit new heights and plumbed unchartered depths following the club’s win at the Court of Arbitration...
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Jan 19, 20234 min read
It might be football – but not as we know it
English football's so-called 'leaders' are desperate to complete the 2019/20 season behind closed doors - irrespective of the Coronavirus...
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Jan 19, 20233 min read
City’s actions speak louder than poisonous prose and a malicious media
This brief article is not about any kind of pathetic, petty point scoring. It’s just a few hundred words about perspective and...
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Jan 19, 20234 min read
Watch it. Drink it in ...and then spit it in the faces of the City haters
“I swear you’ll never see anything like this ever again, so watch it, drink it in...” Every Manchester City fan will readily identify...
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Jan 19, 20236 min read
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...
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Jan 19, 20235 min read
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...
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