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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,...

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2 days ago6 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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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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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...

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Apr 258 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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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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Numbers stack up nicely for City’s arrivals, departures and remainers
There’s transfer windows and then there’s transfer windows, but has there ever been one with more significant arrivals and departures –...
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Aug 16, 20235 min read
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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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Aug 10, 20236 min read
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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...
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Jun 24, 20234 min read
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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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Jun 18, 202310 min read
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City must hammer home treble advantage
Manchester City can clinch a treble on Wednesday night as they battle to be Champions of England three seasons in a row. It wouldn’t be...
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May 1, 20236 min read
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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, 20235 min read
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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 23, 20234 min read
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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 21, 20235 min read
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City hope for a transfer window Silva lining
Every Manchester City supporter is desperately hoping Bernardo Silva will still be at the Etihad when the summer transfer window closes....
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Jan 21, 20236 min read
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True perfection has to be imperfect for Pep
Pep Guardiola refused to take the bait following City’s sensational 5-0 Champions League demolition of Sporting Lisbon. He’d been asked...
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Jan 20, 20234 min read
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The team with no nine
Long before a heart condition threatened to curtail Sergio Aguero’s career, it was conventional wisdom that Manchester City required a...
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Jan 20, 20236 min read
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