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Is Mark Hughes Building a Barcelona Clone at Eastlands?

by Dave Warner on July 21, 2009 · 16 comments

Say what you will about the obscene amount of money being spent by Manchester City this summer, but you have to admit that there’s a certain perverse pleasure in watching someone build a real-life club lineup in much the same way that most regular joes would create their starting XI in a video game.
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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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The PFA Player Of The Year Shortlists Are A Joke

by Paul Bestall on April 16, 2009 · 10 comments

If today’s PFA Player of the Year shortlist shows us anything, announcing the player of the year with almost 6 weeks of the season left looks a stupid decision. With only Steven Gerrard not from Manchester United on the six player shortlist, it just shows how quickly things in football can change. What if Frank [...]

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Istanbul, Istanbul, We Aren’t Coming…Or Are We?

by Matthew Semisch on April 10, 2009 · 3 comments

Never mind the fact that I’ve been subjecting myself to the pain of following Manchester City for nigh on 12 years – Despite what I and every other City fan have been singing at the top of our lungs all season, I always knew deep down I wasn’t coming to Istanbul at the end of [...]

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2008/09 Team Of The Season

by Michael Timbury on April 8, 2009 · 11 comments

Towards the end of this month, the Premiership team of the year will be announced along with the PFA players’ player of the year. In anticipation of this, I have decided to select my own best eleven of the season and invite you to do likewise. So here goes:
Goalkeeper:
Edwin Van Der Sar
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Stephen Ireland Deserves The Young Player Of The Year Award

by Paul Bestall on March 30, 2009 · 7 comments

Why are they bothering having a Young Player Of The Year vote this season is beyond me as Stephen Ireland is head and shoulders above every other candidate playing in the Premiership this season.  Ireland has been in magnificent form since the season started and with everything going on at Manchester City on and off [...]

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