Category: Man City
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Have The Toffees Come Unstuck?
When Everton are in the mood, they are very good, with flair players all over the park. On form, they could sneak a European spot at the end of the season but that depends on two things. First is that they need to put teams away when they are on top in matches instead of…
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Barcelona Begins To Look Like The Real Deal Again
For 90 minutes at the weekend, all of us went back in time a couple of years, to a period when one football team so eclipsed all others that they were being considered not just the best side on the planet at that moment but one of…
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A Sport That Ignores What It Doesn’t Like
I love football, but there’s something about the game that’s pretty hard to deny. Football, above and beyond any other sport, is incredibly good at ignoring problems. Its leaders are incredibly good at wishing they’d go away. I’m writing a lengthy piece for this site on the continuing trials Scottish football is enduring as the…
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EPL Matchday 10: One Bore Draw And Many Harry Returns
Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea took another battering, on and off the pitch, over the last few days as this weekend’s Premier League matches saw them defeated, again, this time to West Ham. They followed that up with a penalty kicks defeat at Stoke, in the League Cup, although like most of the other top clubs that’s…
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International Blues
Is it only me who hates international weeks? Perhaps it’s a Scottish thing. All too often, our performances are the kind you watch from behind your hands, but only if there’s no room behind the sofa. The match against Poland was a case in point; you could feel the tension mounting up as the game…
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EPL Matchday 7 Roundup: Sanchez Hits Hat-Trick In A Big Weekend
Kane and Rooney finally scored. Sanchez hit a hat-trick and Newcastle blew it … again. It was a big weekend for in the EPL, with wins for Manchester United, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Stoke, Southampton and, of course, Liverpool and Spurs. In the latter match, Harry Kane ended weeks of fevered speculation about whether or not…
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Brendan Rodgers: Nice Guys Finish Last?
As this is my first proper opinion piece on this site, I’m gonna clear a few things up about the articles I’m going to publish here. First, when it comes to the Premier League I have no dog in the fight. I’m a Scot and a Celtic fan, but I love football and I write…
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EPL 15/16 Matchday 6: Manchester City 1-2 West Ham
This result ended a tough week for Manchester City fans. They lost to Juventus in midweek, in another Champions League reversal, and then followed it up with this very poor performance at home to a West Ham team who need no encouragement when it comes to taking on the big guns and getting a result.…
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Pogba weighs up Barca, Chelsea and Man City offers
Embed from Getty Images Paul Pogba is currently weighing up three offers from Barcelona, Chelsea and Manchester City, according to Sport. The French midfielder has been in superb form for Juventus since arriving in Italy three years ago, helping them win a fourth consecutive Serie A title this season, whilst also helping them to the…
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Sergio Ramos tells Real Madrid he wants to join Man United
Embed from Getty Images Manchester United have made an improved offer for Sergio Ramos, who has told Real Madrid that he wants to move to Old Trafford. Ramos is currently playing hard ball with current club Real Madrid over a new and improved contract after citing a negativity towards new boss Rafael Benitez. The World…
