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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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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...

davidjwalker1
Jan 9, 20234 min read
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‘Mad Bob’ lets City take the fall for Everton deception
With more than a whiff of déjà vu Manchester City kicked off their Premier League campaign at the Etihad, victims of woeful refereeing...

davidjwalker1
Jan 8, 20235 min read
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City continue to fall foul of the ‘C’ word
With Pep Guardiola at the helm, a reputed £250m transfer budget to be invested this summer and an abundance of talent already at the...

davidjwalker1
Jan 7, 20233 min read
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City’s best ever is simply magical
El Mago, Merlin, The Magician – David Silva is all of these and more – but it was Pep Guardiola who astonished Manchester City fans by...

davidjwalker1
Jan 7, 20234 min read
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Pep’s potless and Yaya may have a point
So for the first time as a manager Pep Guardiola, hasn’t won the proverbial ‘pot’ to p*ss in, albeit conventional wisdom has it he would...

davidjwalker1
Jan 7, 20234 min read
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Royal visit for City Blue
It’s not every day that royalty drops in for ‘elevenses’ - but that’s exactly what happened when a King came calling on ailing Manchester...

davidjwalker1
Jan 7, 20235 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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In and Out at Manchester City
As Manuel Pellegrini heads out of Manchester City it’s imperative that his soon-to-be ex-employers stay where they’ve been all season...

davidjwalker1
Jan 4, 20235 min read
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United won the derby but City look real winners
Stating the obvious, but losing to your most hated enemy is never a good thing. When City capitulated 1-0 to United at the Etihad on...

davidjwalker1
Jan 3, 20236 min read
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The Curse of Clattenburg strikes again
So, the world and his wife are pretty much in agreement about THAT penalty! It never was and should never have been...unless your name’s...

davidjwalker1
Jan 3, 20234 min read
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Gone, going and going nowhere
It was ‘all go’ at the Etihad Stadium – Super Frankie Lampard was going west, ‘Jimmy’ Milner was going east (down the East Lancs Road to...

davidjwalker1
Dec 30, 20227 min read
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Mind the gap
Space was the ‘Final Frontier’ for Star Trek’s Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise as they vowed to ‘boldly go where no...

davidjwalker1
Dec 30, 20224 min read
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Manuel The Magnificent - City 2 West Ham 0
The comfortable Premier League title deciding fixture originally scheduled for May 13th 2012, finally arrived at the Etihad Stadium just...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20226 min read
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City set for splashdown - City 4 Villa 0
Singing and dancing in the rain, the Manchester City faithful soaked up the unbridled joy of an Etihad Stadium awash with goals, as...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20225 min read
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Are we nearly there? Everton 2 City 3
Goodison Park’s version of the ‘SAS’ may well have determined the destiny of the Premier League trophy a week today. For months now the...

davidjwalker1
Dec 29, 20225 min read
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Winning the title in April isn't for real Champions - Liverpool 3 City 2
An insatiable desire for justice and an agonising need for the truth behind the tragic events of Hillsborough has driven Liverpool...

davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20225 min read
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Three is City's magic number - United 0 City 3
He declined the invitation - he had no desire to acknowledge the fans. Anyway, his hands were pre-occupied with his face buried deep...

davidjwalker1
Dec 28, 20226 min read
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