8 April 2011, 6:06 pm
Late again, I know. But this was a particularly enjoyable victory, and its impression remains fresh. This was the best attacking performance of the season. The best of 2011, certainly. The best since Fulham or West Ham away. And, crucially, a confident re-framing after two weeks off for international football. The Chelsea defeat was so dispiriting that I feared an April collapse; no tempo, no rhythm and failure on both remaining fronts. What we had instead was a display with a fluency and confid...

20 March 2011, 3:50 pm
Just a quick request:As part of the ‘Coming Home' promotion, Etihad Airways, Official Sponsor of Manchester City, is offering fans the chance to fly to Manchester to see City play Tottenham, as we blow the chance of Champions League qualification for the second successive season.Friends of TLDORC, Matt Coleman and his partner-in-crime Gav, are in the final eight of the competition, and we're hoping to get them over from Sydney for the match.Through their work with the Sydney Blues, they try to...

18 March 2011, 7:25 pm
And our chance of winning a trophy this year has halved, at least. The prospect of a Manchester United-free knock-out competition was bounteously exciting. We were, I think, the strongest remaining side in the competition yesterday and, had we overturned Dynamo Kyiv, the favourites for the crown. But it wasn't to be. Rather, it was just a smaller scale Hamburg: for smaller stakes, in front of fewer people, with less emboldening crackle in the air. But it was still a good performance, brave in th...

14 March 2011, 10:39 pm
After a series of difficult and disjointed home 1-0 wins, here was a 1-0 win to revel in. They didn't play brilliantly although, given recent exertions and performances, they played better than I thought they might. And, crucially, we have avoided immersion in the dreadpool of a cup final against Manchester United. Forgive me my cowardice, but the only way to think as a City fan is by identifying the worst possible outcome, and then navigating ways of avoiding it. We are not going to lose a fina...

11 March 2011, 7:35 pm
Our first meaningful test of the season, and, well, it's like the Peter Crouch game was only yesterday. I know we're in the quarter-final of the FA Cup, and only in the last 16 here, but given the relative quality of the opposition this is at least as good a chance of winning a trophy. And, lest we forget, winning a trophy is what all this money was thrown at.By many measures, this was not our worst performance of the season. I've seen us defend worse, I think, and look likely to score a goal. ...

22 February 2012, 12:30 am
Well we finally got the zine off to the printers. Tomorrow it is, of course Porto at home – 5pm kick off so it can finish before the Chimps league games. Talking of the Chimps league the front cover of KK195 has City fans enjoying the days at Porto in the sunshiiiine with the caption – Champions league – WE’RE ‘avin a laugh. What was that the Arse fans were chanting, and Spurs? Thursday nights Channel 5, ooh err 0-4 in Milan and 1-3 for Napoli v Chelsea tonight. I expect Roberto to mak...

17 February 2012, 8:02 pm
Porto, we opted for the one day Tommy Cook trip, so up at 4am! Parked up at T1 even though we knew the flight was from T2 (don’t ask) So walked through past the ads proclaiming Turkish airlines in partnership with manu – which were just at either gobbing or twatting level, so opted for the latter and gave the granny shagger a sharp one on the nose. Must say everything went smoothly. Was dropped off in Porto by the river, and enjoyed the bars, then a river cruise, followed by the cable car, b...

13 February 2012, 10:08 pm
Villa – we had a good run down the M6, just a slight delay due to a burnt out car on the hard shoulder that everyone wanted to gawp at.Parking restrictions don’t make it easy down there these days, but found a decent little car park for a fiver so we were all set. Snack at Tesco's with lots of familiar faces. Bloke on the next table was a Bristol Rovers fan who visited the Swamp when they beat the rags one tinme. So that was nice!Got a text from Sean R as we parked up then looked up and ther...

11 February 2012, 7:57 pm
SaturdayResults didn’t go too well – Liverpool were rubbish, Spurs won, Arsenal won but Chelsea lost. We know what we have to do irrespective of everyone else, and it’s virtually win every game. Off we go to Villa tomorrow here’s the It’s A Fix extract from KK 194 :GAME 25) SUNDAY FEBRUARY 12TH VILLA (AWAY) KO 4PmPremiership regulars, whose last pot was the League Cup in 1996. Most recent connections are Shay Given, Richard Dunne, Stephen Ireland, Gareth Barry, James Milner, and this i...

10 February 2012, 9:13 pm
Hey Fulham that was a stinker weatherwise. I met up with Gary Crate – club official and nice guy - before the game to look at the trip hazard on Commonwealth way where Blues fans go flying after the game so hopefully something can be done about it. Ok a soft penalty for our first but at least WE admit it.“We wanna go home, it’s f*cking freezing, we wanna go home” - we all did with 3 points in the bag.Handful of Fulham fans with their shirts off doing the Poznan after our goals!Rags on th...

31 January 2012, 7:49 pm
Manchester City has fallen to Everton 1-0 tonight on Darren Gibson’s second half goal. Read on to see how it happened! City and the Toffees do battle tonight at Goodison Park as City seek to remain atop the league. Read on for a minute-by-minute account of the action from a (light) Blue perspective! Courtesy of City’s official [...]...

22 January 2012, 1:27 pm
It’s one of the matches of the season–City and Spurs battle today in a crucial match in Premier League title race. City thumped Spurs at White Hart Lane in September, but surely it can’t be such a route today. What will happen? Read on to find out…. Here are your lineups: City: Richards, Hart, Barry, Lescott, Clichy, [...]...

8 January 2012, 1:30 pm
United have triumphed in the FA Cup 3rd round with an epic and controversial 3-2 victory. United led 3-0 at the break after City were reduced to ten men for a highly questionable red card against Vincent Kompany. But City made quite a game of it in the second half to keep things interesting until [...]...

7 December 2011, 7:28 pm
It’s all on the line tonight as City aim for an improbable qualification into the Champions League tonight in the final round of group play. City must beat Bayern Munich and hope Napoli drop points away to Villarreal. It could happen. But will it? Read on to find out….. No, it won’t! (Technical difficulties prevented our [...]...

29 November 2011, 7:52 pm
Manchester City have knocked Arsenal out of the League Cup courtesy of Sergio Aguero’s late goal. Read on for our minute-by-minute report of how it happened! After a short sabbatical, we are back in the house with live minute-by-minute blogging as City try to reach the semifinals of the League Cup, Tuesday at Arsenal. Roberto Mancini [...]...

18 February 2012, 1:14 pm
<!-- Article Start -->No buys in the January transfer window with the start of new rules being implemented by Uefa, was probably more about Mancini being happy with his playing staff and not wanting to panic buy than any rules but. There was only one arrival at City with the short term loan signing of David Pizzaro from A.S.Roma. The sales of Nedum Onuoha, Shaun Wright Phillips, Kieran Trippier...

15 February 2012, 10:59 am
<!-- Article Start -->The war is ultimately against the Football Association, British media, Newspapers and Broadcasters. The Football Association led by David Gill (United), Dave Richards (United) and David Bernstein (City / Himself). The British media go with whoever and whatever is/are in fashion or more popular, United have the biggest world wide fan base so it is inevitable they are going...

11 February 2012, 1:35 pm
<!-- Article Start -->We have all spoken out about our misfortune at the hands of inconsistent refereeing and cheating opponents but, have not really tackled who exactly are to blame. Prior to nancy boys Cristiano Ronaldo and David Beckham, English football were reknowned for physicality, then came the one and only Alex Ferguson screaming at the FA and referees for his players to be protected....

5 February 2012, 12:36 pm
<!-- Article Start -->Have to congratulate our lads for a great performance in not so great weather, a fantastic reply to our critics and perfect gift for our manager Bobby Manc. I want to single out a few players for praise despite the fact all our players deserve a pat on the back, the first is Stefan Savic who put in a fantastic performance and finally found his feet helping to earn a clean...

3 February 2012, 11:56 am
<!-- Article Start -->If we are to bag the Premier League title which is in our grasp, then our players need to wake up and fight for it and our backroom staff need to stop getting sloppy. The Everton loss was avoidable especially with the squad we have, our enemy believes we have the strongest squad in the league. So why is it we fall to clubs like Everton and Liverpool?, the answer is simple....

21 September 2011, 11:19 am
Brian Marwood insists that City will mount a serious challenge to win the Carling Cup this season. City last won this trophy in 1976 thanks to Dennis Tuert’s overhead kick. City went out in the third round of the competition last year at the hands of West Brom after fielding a weakened side, but tonight’s visitors Birmingham are likely to face a stiffer challenge. Marwood said, “The Carling Cup is an important competition for us, there is a European place on offer, there is the potenti...

5 September 2011, 6:39 pm
A simple statement on Man City’s official website reads, “Following allegations made to the football club by Dr Anthonia Onuoha, subsequently reported in today’s media, the Club can confirm that a board led review has been launched into the matter.” This is amid claims that Garry Cook sent an offensive email to Nedum Onuoha’s mother. The message allegedly mocked Dr Anthonia Onuoha’s battle with cancer after she had written to City football administrator Brian Marwood last Oct...

3 September 2011, 1:30 am
City have also submitted their squad for participation in the Barclays Premier League. Players aged under 21 are eligible in addition to the squad named below, with certain criteria. So in City’scase, Mario Balotelli and Stefan Savic are eligible without having to be named in the Premier League squad. The following remarks are from the Premier League’s own guidelines: “For 2011/12 each club had a deadline of 5pm on 2nd September to submit a squad containing no more than 17 players who do n...

3 September 2011, 12:58 am
Edin Dzeko has been named Barclays Player of the Month for August after an outstanding start to his first full season with the club. The Bosnian scored in both of City’s opening fixtures against Swansea and Bolton Wanderers, leading the club to 4-0 and 3-2 victories respectively. Dzeko then bagged four of City’s  five goals in an outstanding 5-1 away victory against Tottenham last weekend. The decisions were made by the Barclays Awards Panel that includes representatives from football&#...

3 September 2011, 12:35 am
Carlos Tevez insists he is happy at Manchester City and is planning to stay at the Etihad Stadium. Tevez returned to Argentina after he was left out of his country’s 1-0 win over Venezuela in a friendly in India. Tevez has only featured as a late sub in the 3-2 win over Bolton Wanderers so far this season for City, spoke highly of Mancini. “He’s fantastic, he wants to win and me too. I had clashes with Roberto Mancini in every language but it’s a love-hate relationship,” said C...

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