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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
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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...

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Jan 9, 20234 min read
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City will see off sly Sky Sports and the putrid pundits
Ignore the facts, never mind the rules and whatever happens, stay on message by undermining Manchester City and always empathise with...

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Jan 9, 20238 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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A Different Corner could be music to City’s ears
Manchester City’s new season kicks off in less than 24 hours away to Brighton after a summer dominated by the ‘T’ word – transfers. But...

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Jan 8, 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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‘Ullo Pep’ Gotta new motor?
Here’s the deal. You’re Pep Guardiola and you’re looking to buy a brand new car. Your existing motor has too many miles on the clock and...

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Jan 8, 20234 min read
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Sky isn’t the limit for City’s transfer spending
You have to laugh at the coverage of Manchester City's transfer dealings this summer – the insidious negativity, the not-so subtle...

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Jan 8, 20234 min read
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Mayday Mayday – City fans in distress over Zaba departure
Tears of unbridled joy, anguish, frustration and sadness – there’s something decidedly emotional about Manchester City and the 13th day...

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Jan 7, 20234 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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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...

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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...

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Jan 7, 20234 min read
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Blues against an assortment of reds
On the day Prime Minister Theresa May calls a General Election, the maxim ‘A week is a long time in politics’, could just as easily apply...

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Jan 7, 20234 min read
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From Abu Dhabi to Accrington Stanley
Only via a cursory glance at an A-Z of global destinations could you put Abu Dhabi anywhere near Accrington. Never mind the 4,500 miles...

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Jan 7, 20238 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...

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Jan 7, 20235 min read
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Blimey – Slimy Riley wants ‘respect’
'Cut off the head of the snake' is an idiom in which you remove the most dangerous opponent first, thereby nullifying the leader so other...

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Jan 7, 20234 min read
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Sterling on the rise as Milner banks fortune
As Manchester City and Liverpool clash today in the race for a top four finish and Champions League qualification, it’s worth comparing...

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Jan 7, 20233 min read
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Pep, Sergio and City's family silver
How do you refer to a man who’s scored 159 times in 203 starts and 37 substitute appearances for Manchester City in five- and-a-half...

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Jan 6, 20236 min read
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City's Chappy chat is great pep talk for Big Phil
When you’re a lifelong Manchester City fan and you’re ‘feeling blue’ you either need a pep talk – or better still – a Chappy chat. With...

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Jan 6, 20232 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...

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Jan 6, 20234 min read
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