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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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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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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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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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‘Tis City’s Season of Giving’
Christmas came early for Crystal Palace as Manchester City continued with the, ‘Tis the Season of Giving’ sentiment, albeit Pep...

davidjwalker1
Dec 18, 20236 min read
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Pep says ‘no complacency’ at far from purrfect City
Prior to Manchester City’s abject showing at Aston Villa on Wednesday night, Pep Guardiola said there was no complacency among his...

davidjwalker1
Dec 9, 20236 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'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 target immortality – will it be as easy as 1, 2, 3?
Less than 48 hours after arguably the finest 45 minutes in the 129-year history of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola was bang on the money...
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May 21, 20234 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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Guardiola’s ‘gunner’ win the League…again!
Pep Guardiola’s perennially fruitless trek to Tottenham – the one where City perform their Eurovision Song Contest impersonation of ‘nil...
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Feb 18, 20237 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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Pep’s out to prove a point or three
Hardcore Manchester City supporters are not given to forgetting their club’s darkest days as the ‘Boys In Blue’ descended into the 3rd...
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Jan 23, 20235 min read
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City’s Director of Football is the new ‘BBC’ leader
Txiki Begiristain is a name you don’t forget in a hurry even if it can take a while to pronounce correctly. As Manchester City’s Director...
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Jan 21, 20234 min read
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Gone in 69 minutes – back in 331 seconds!
The time stamp of 93:20 is etched indelibly into Manchester City’s history – seared into the psyche of every City fan forever and a day –...
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Jan 21, 20237 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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