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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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City lost but nobody died at the Etihad
The legendary Bill Shankly is accredited as saying: “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I don’t like that...

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Jan 19, 20236 min read
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Ravenous City put Premier League three-peat on the menu
‘Have the lambs stopped screaming?’ It’s a chilling line delivered by serial killer Hannibal ‘The Cannibal’ Lecter in the famous 1991...

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Jan 19, 20237 min read
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‘It’s our year’
'It’s Our Year!’ For once the proclamations coming out of Anfield were right. It is indeed ‘their year’, but such conversational...

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Jan 17, 20235 min read
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Pep’s 5 words on City’s 4 trophy target
Unlike some of his peers, Pep Guardiola does not indulge in what the media like to call ‘Mind Games’ when, in reality, they amount to...

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Jan 17, 20235 min read
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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
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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...

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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...

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Jan 9, 20235 min read
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Why Pep will make monkeys of media mockers
Media coverage of Manchester City’s £120m spend on flying wing backs is a joke – one as lame as the old chestnut that has a dodgy...

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Jan 8, 20233 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...

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Jan 7, 20233 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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After a Perfect 10 Pep wants a Magnificent Seven
Fast tempo, high intensity and tactically savvy – all the traits you'd expect from a Pep Guardiola team – the only discrepancy being this...

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Jan 5, 20235 min read
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Txiki is City's Loan Arranger
Does Txiki Begiristain deserve a tick in the box or a ticking off, after presiding over eight transfer windows since joining Manchester...

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Jan 4, 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...

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Jan 4, 20235 min read
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