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Is it naïve to think City are on the way back?
As Manchester City slowly begin to turnaround their worst start to a season under Pep Guardiola, there’s a whiff of optimism in the air,...

davidjwalker1
2 days ago6 min read
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Pep believes ‘less is more’ – but is it?
Before the season kicked off Pep Guardiola – tongue in cheek – said he’d resign if City didn’t trim down the size of his squad. On the...

davidjwalker1
Sep 138 min read
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Pep’s legacy will live forever
Call it pragmatism or even pessimism, but Manchester City will be hard pressed to be genuine title contenders this season. Â The lack of...

davidjwalker1
Aug 257 min read
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Could independent regulation speed up 115 charges verdict?
It was no coincidence that Manchester City were hit with 115 breaches of the Premier League’s Financial Fair Play regulations, just 17...

davidjwalker1
Jul 235 min read
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City's Number 23 sleeps eternally
Manchester City’s Cameroonian lion Marc Vivien Foe passed away 22 years ago today, at the criminally young age of just 28. Marc Vivien...

davidjwalker1
Jun 263 min read
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Transfer hypocrisy is nothing new when it comes to City
So, here’s the scenario – the British record transfer fee has just been smashed for a player described as a ‘generational talent’, a...

davidjwalker1
Jun 168 min read
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Thursday night football isn’t for everyone
Who would have believed that history making, 4-In-Row Premier League Champions Manchester City, would go into the final game of the...

davidjwalker1
May 246 min read
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How many teams would happily take City’s ‘crap’ season?
‘Now we can concentrate on the league’ – words all too often uttered through gritted teeth by long-suffering Manchester City fans.  It...

davidjwalker1
May 78 min read
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City set to play a summer regeneration game
The tale of Kevin de Bruyne’s imminent departure from Manchester City took another twist after he revealed he’d received no offer to stay...

davidjwalker1
Apr 258 min read
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Should he stay or should he go – what’s the story Kevin De Bruyne?
Kevin De Bruyne’s Man of the Match display against Crystal Palace has ignited fierce debate amongst Manchester City fans – even more...

davidjwalker1
Apr 133 min read
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King Kevin's reign draws to an end
We’re told all good things must come to an end. Kevin De Bruyne’s departure from Manchester City takes such perceived wisdom into a whole...

davidjwalker1
Apr 106 min read
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Life and death, shock and gore
What follows is a chapter from an as yet unpublished book I’ve been writing. It’s a one-off departure from focusing on Manchester City...

davidjwalker1
Mar 2716 min read
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Rumours of City’s demise have been greatly exaggerated
The unseemly haste to write Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City obituary was a contemptible concoction comprising amnesia, ignorance, spite...

davidjwalker1
Feb 238 min read
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Phil Foden, fish fingers and a sky blue angel!
Two years ago, Manchester City took a giant step towards their incredible Treble by destroying title challengers Arsenal 3-1 at the...

davidjwalker1
Feb 145 min read
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Make no mistake - Pep’s still a genius
Albert Einstein made mistakes, as did Galileo, Newton, Aristotle, Freud and just about every genius in the history of mankind. It shows...

davidjwalker1
Nov 30, 20245 min read
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Pep still fishing for titles even without Rod
When karma finally came crashing through Arsenal’s bus blockade and ‘Johnny, Johnny Stones’ swept in Manchester City’s 98th minute...

davidjwalker1
Sep 27, 20248 min read
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Less means more and more for City
The boring, predictable and outrageous notion that Manchester City ‘buy’ success, took yet another pounding when the summer transfer...

davidjwalker1
Sep 5, 20247 min read
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Pep – Will he stay or will he go?
As he enters his ninth and – as things stand – final season at the Etihad, what could possibly tempt Pep Guardiola to extend his time at...

davidjwalker1
May 27, 20246 min read
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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...

davidjwalker1
May 18, 20245 min read
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City crack on with triple pursuit
It was Easter Sunday. It was the much vaunted and highly anticipated big match. Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta was the difference between the two...

davidjwalker1
Apr 2, 20245 min read
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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...

davidjwalker1
Feb 19, 20244 min read
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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...

davidjwalker1
Jan 27, 20245 min read
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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...

davidjwalker1
Jan 22, 20243 min read
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Sven will fight until the end
Manchester City supporters and football fans the world over, will have been deeply saddened after Sven-Goran Eriksson revealed he has...

davidjwalker1
Jan 11, 20244 min read
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