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Portsmouth 0 Man City 0

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:58:38 GMT

Normally a nil-nil scoreline sounds like a very very drab and dour match was fought. However, in this case, nothing was further from the truth................. this really was a very entertaining match where our boys continued to show some steel in addition to the flair already shown. The entire match ebbed and flowed from end to end.......... great stuff.

Must admit that we were somewhat fortunate that David Nugent's crack hit the post and that Hart had to save brilliantly from Glen Johnson. Mind you, had Vassell managed to control the ball after that defence slitting pass with the goal at his mercy, it might have been a different story.

Anyway, honours even which was pretty much a fair result.................and we're still 3rd in the table. Yayyy!!!!!

CTID, Richard

Man City 1 Sunderland 0

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:36:27 GMT

Record seven home wins on the trot, and we haven't done that more than a hundred years before! Whatever may be the football dished out, it was sweet victory against that rag.

Stephen Ireland scored but that strip tease celebration .... is that his idea of an Irish joke against the Irishman on the opposing dugout?

We still luxuriate at the peaks but certainly need to improve lots more when we visit Pompey next.

-mch

Chelsea 6 Man City 0

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:20:11 GMT

Aaaaaaaaarrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn.................... .. I just knew it!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's all going to end in tears. Attractive as we are, we are still nowhere near the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool, Aresenal or Man U. Whatever possessed Sven to go into this game as if we were playing Derby, Newcastle or West Ham??? We should have gone into the game the same way we went in against Man U and Arsenal. Anyway, full credit to Avram and the Chelsea, we got utterly and completely hammered. Full marks to them................. and they were quite scary to watch. Very professional and clinical. They were also very hungry for every ball. I guess that Chelsea played so well that EVEN Shevchenko couldn't help but score.

Felt that we were a bit lightweight in midfield which is were we really lost the game. We really need a hard man in midfield............. or at the very least, a much younger version of Hamann. Also felt that Garrido did not have the best of games................... . but he'll learn, I guess. And another thing, Micah needs to calm down.

*Sigh* Lets see whether the boys can bounce back from this................... It's Bolton away, in the "Whatever it's called these days" Cup next...................

CTID, Richard

City 1 - 0 Birmingham

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:12:29 GMT

Maybe our friend, Mr. Ric Turner was a tad harsh when he wrote in his latest blog entry, "I cannot abide Steve Bruce, a man so grotesquely ugly that his wife probably goes to work with him each day just to avoid kissing him goodbye in the morning".

But upon further reading, I suppose the man's got a point. Bruce's post match whining, given time, will one day match that of his mentor's, Sir Alex. Albeit numerous replays of how Michael Johnson's boots met the ball and the foul on him being shunned before his own challenge, Bruce relentlessly stressed how City didn't deserve the goal.

Nevertheless, why bother a United alum.

While City's performance wasn't as beautiful as the Newcastle match's or as gorgeous as Samaras' hair, the match highlighted the genius of a certain Vedran Corluka. Easily the most 'relaxed' football player in history, Corluka governed his area with such composure that every Birmingham attack from the left flank was repelled as if his and the opposition's body had different polarities.

At the end of the day, it was Elano Houdini's magic touch that bagged us another three points, to maintain the look of the top three positions of the table. And here's to breaking Chelsea's home record.

Man City 3 Middlesbro 1

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:09:17 GMT

Just to keep threads on our beloved club's progress ..... Haven't seen this one (an Elano showpiece) but as reports go, getting to be another routine working day in the park that will soon not surprise anyone anymore.

It's nice going in for a long break up there on the peaks . Let's hope everyone stays healthy and we should make good progress.

-mch

Man City 3 Newcastle United 1

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 14:46:52 GMT

This has to go down as one of the candidates for goal of the season................... but I'm not holding my breathe. Back when young Shaunnie was coming into his own, he was scoring some cracking goals, the ones against ManUre and the Arse come to mind but yet they werenever featured at all when the pundits were talking about that seasons great goals....................... sigh. Anyway, beating Newcastle 3-1 was nice and the boys played some great stuff but we still need another 24 points before I breathe a little easier................... Hopefully we'll get it by January (here's hoping anyway).

CTID, Richard

And my son will one day be named..

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:27:00 GMT

..Elano.

Combine the world's greatest manager with the world's greatest players in the world's greatest club and this is what you get (in five different views):

Oh and Paul Merson, this is what you get for saying you'll never accept a City season ticket as a Christmas gift.

Fulham 3 Man City 3

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:39:34 GMT

The good news is that City scored 3 goals in a match..................... bad news is that we let in 3. This game was there for the taking, Although we all probably feel like this because our expectations this season are so much higher, I guess. Overall game was pretty exciting and Fulham were pretty good value for their 3 goals (even though all City fans felt that it was 2 points dropped). I do feel for Kasper and while he wasn't really at fault for any of the goals, IMHO, he does flap a lot at crosses and does need to work on his judgement on when to come forward. This I feel comes with experience and it is now time for him to take a rest. It was a pretty good run of games though.

CTID, Richard

City 1 - 0 Villa: Magic Johnno!

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:19:29 GMT

To the dismay of some City purists, if you will, our own Michael Johnson is being touted as the new Colin Bell. While some claim 19 year old Johnno has got mountains to climb before he’s able to tie the King’s boots, Bell himself cited Johnno as resembling him during his heydays.

Whatever the verdict has been, we are blessed with one of the most talented youngsters in the league. Being brought into the City fraternity, from the Everton Academy, Johnson has climbed through the ranks into becoming a regular alongside Didi Hamman, since his debut in the senior squad last season.

Scoring two glorious match-winning goals in our first six games, Johnno is certainly a blessing to the City squad. The energy he brings into the game, together with new Blues Elano and Petrov, is simply mesmerizing. It’s great to see our midfielders causing quite the chaos around the opposition’s penalty box with their flair and fluidity. You know the defender would be gasping for air trying to keep up with Petrov. You know something great will happen whenever Elano gets the ball. It won’t be long ‘til our midfielders gel into becoming one of the best in the league. Our backline already are!

Albeit the victory, it was still too apparent that we need help up front. Though I don’t really rate Andy Gray, I had the same question in me throughout the game. Why Mpenza over Bianchi? I don’t really see any pace advantage in him nor did he have that sixth scoring sense. The 10 minutes Bianchi spent on the pitch surpassed whatever Mpenza did for the previous 80. Nevertheless, I could see how Mpenza really tried.

With pretty much the same concern, I believe we need Isaksson back. While the stats have shown how Kasper has only let in two goals in six games, I cringe everytime we give away a corner kick, to be honest. Though Kasper is a highly spirited, full of passion goalkeeper, he lacks something essential for goalkeepers; experience. I do believe that through the years, he will be a splendid goalkeeper. But for the time being, maybe with Isaksson between the posts, I won’t have to grasp my pillow every time a ball crosses into our box anymore.

We’ll be facing Fulham, Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Birmingham next before playing Chelsea at the Bridge on 27/10 (RM10 on the table we’ll win there, really). And I’m seeing us collecting a handful of good points from the four games ahead. Second in the table and things are looking good.

CTID
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Blackburn Rovers 1 Man City 0

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:23:35 GMT

On the plus side, the boys played well for oh, all of the first ten minutes or so. Then with practically Blackburn's first set piece, a corner, they go and score via Benni McCarthy on the 13th minute. After that it's practically one way traffic. Blackburn were up for it and City weren't. Garrido had a poor game and made Bentley look like a world beater. Both Dunne and Richards had nightmare games and were constantly pulled apart by the hard running of both Santa Cruz and McCarthy.

Basically it rained and Blackburn were physically more powerful and direct and it really knocked the boys off their stride. We've got to treat it as a learning curve for them and hope that they do learn from this. It's still early days but at least we should all of us come back down to earth now. The team is new and individually the players are pretty good. Sven has now got to get them playing as a team and for each other.

Still feel that we are short a pacey striker and a midfield hardman.

CTID, Richard