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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...

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Jan 20, 20236 min read


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...

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Jan 20, 20236 min read


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


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


City fans pray Lahoz doesn’t do an ‘Attwell’ in Porto!
It’s very rare that someone who is – at best – grossly incompetent in their job, can deliver a master class. Stuart Attwell is such a...

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Jan 20, 20235 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 20, 20232 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, 20234 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, 20237 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, 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, 20234 min read


When it comes to cheating you have to hand it to VAR
Pyrotechnics, blaring music, and boundless optimism was in abundance at the Etihad Stadium as Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City set out on...

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Jan 19, 20234 min read


City are ready to battle opponents both on and off the field
It appears to be only a matter of time before FIFA announce a transfer ban on Manchester City. Rumours abound that football’s ultra...

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Jan 18, 20235 min read


City must fight till the end...and win
With Manchester City seemingly under investigation by everybody apart from fictional sleuths Inspector Clouseau, Poirot and Sherlock...

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Jan 18, 20234 min read


City 3 Liverpool 0 when it comes to Premier League titles
Pep Guardiola would never compromise his principles and park the proverbial bus, but a baying mob of Scouse scum made doubly sure it was...

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Jan 17, 20235 min read


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...

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Jan 14, 20235 min read


Guardiola’s City are gobsmackingly good
Pep Guardiola is letting his Manchester City team do their talking on the pitch in an exciting, exquisite and expressive manner, hitherto...

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Jan 9, 20236 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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Jan 9, 20234 min read


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...

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Jan 9, 20235 min read


Christmas comes early for City's rivals - or has it?
With eight wins and one draw from nine games, 29 goals scored and just three conceded, it seems the football Gods decided it was all...

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Jan 9, 20235 min read


Pundits praise Pep – whatever next?
Either I’ve slipped into a parallel universe or I need to change my ‘meds’, but are Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City actually being...

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Jan 9, 20234 min read
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