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New Look Man City Shows Great Attacking Flair, Comical Defending

by Dave Warner on August 15, 2009 · 24 comments

For as many times as Richard Dunne and Shay Given collided today, you might have guessed that they had never played together before in their lives.
Dunne’s defensive woes today nearly overshadowed the lightning-quick start to Manchester City’s season. In the third minute, Emmanuel Adebayor served up a through ball from the center circle that released [...]

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Talk Of Manchester City Making A Top Five Is Premature

by Paul Bestall on August 10, 2009 · 71 comments

If I was an Arsenal fan, I’d be fed up already listening to people saying that Manchester City were obviously going to usurp them as one of the “Big Four” sides. It’s amazing what spending money does to peoples judgement when it comes to football and Manchester City have certainly caught more than their fair [...]

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Now Mark Hughes Knows Exactly What’s Required

by Paul Bestall on May 20, 2009 · 2 comments

When Mark Hughes agreed to replace Sven Goran Eriksson last summer, no doubt he knew things would be interesting at Manchester City, it very rarely isn’t in the sky blue half of Manchester, but I doubt he’d have expected anything like the events that ultimately played out. What with the takeover and the crazy final [...]

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The No-Big-Four-Allowed EPL Team Of The Season

by Dan Trelfer on May 1, 2009 · 12 comments

As we near the end of what has been and still is an exciting season in the EPL, the various gongs and awards are being given out. As usual, they create plenty of controversy, particularly in the case of Ryan Giggs, who was named Footballer of the Year despite only starting 12 league games this [...]

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Man City Finish Transfer Window Back Where They Started

by Matthew Semisch on February 4, 2009 · 9 comments

When the financial and managerial reins to Manchester City Football Club changed hands early on this season for the second time in fairly quick succession on both fronts, this time with the Blues having instantly catapulted to the top of the world football rich list, everyone’s attention immediately turned to the January transfer window. [...]

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What Now For Joe Hart?

by Michael Timbury on February 4, 2009 · 1 comment

 
When Manchester City signed Shay Given from Newcastle on Sunday, most at Eastlands will have been pleased by this capture. But not quite everyone.  Given will instantly become City’s first choice goalkeeper, displacing Joe Hart. This in turn will leave the young goalkeeper as nothing more than a bench warmer, at least for the remainder [...]

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Rafa’s Ranting Is Doing Liverpool No Favors

by Johnathan Starling on January 29, 2009 · 3 comments

The sooner Rafa Benitez keeps his mouth shut about how teams are playing against Liverpool, even in off handed ways, and focuses on getting your team back on the winning path; the better off you will be. The comments made after Liverpool’s 1-1 draw at the JJB against Wigan in my mind read like a [...]

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