View From A Blue

When you think of the stars of this current Man City squad, the names of Carlos Tévez, David Silva and Mario Balotelli will be right up there at the top of the list. Possibly even Joe Hart, England’s current number one. Should I go as far as Vincent Kompany, Yaya Touré and Adam Johnson? But let’s ignore those players [...]

Irrespective of the result of the game against Blackburn, there is some more important news… Featuring on the Blue Bloggers page in the official matchday programme will be none other than View From A Blue. So a huge thanks to Chris Neild, City’s unheralded Social Media Executive, for arranging that, and make sure you please buy [...]

Unfortunately, or, as it turned out in the end, fortunately, I wasn’t able to see the game today, but have already caught highlights of Carlos’s horrific howler. It would be wrong for me to construct a proper, full length review and assess the players’ performances without having witnessed the complete match, so I will leave [...]

Well, according to the supposed football expert Tony Cascarino, the answer to the above question is ‘yes’. Writing in The Times today, the former Republic of Ireland striker, who by the way, has never been particularly amicable towards Man City, stated: “Ian Holloway’s a better manager than Roberto Mancini – he’s attack-minded and knows how [...]

Just as an aside before the main post of the day, I quickly wanted to mention what a gentleman our manager is. Having gone out yesterday to celebrate my birthday, I had the pleasure of sitting merely five foot away from the Italian, who was surrounded at the table by fellow coaches Fausto Salsano and Attilio [...]