Boring, boring city?

Many argue that Roberto Mancini’s tactics at times do not take risks and causes city fans to fall asleep, however Mancini proved he is willing to take a risk as he set up a very attacking line up against Sunderland last Sunday.

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Football Bad Boys

Since arriving at Eastlands Phil Taylor wannabe Mario Balotelli has put forward a great case for starting a stretch at Lancaster Farms Young Offenders Institution let alone making the starting line up for Manchester City.

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Football And The Future Of Collective Bargaining

The final article in the Financial Fair Play series, looking at how the future of internet streaming will affect clubs

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Bad Boy Balotelli in last chance saloon

Twelve games into Balotelli’s debut English season has gifted City with six goals but with a disciplinary record to rival that of Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira (nine yellows and two reds) patience with players and fans for the feisty Italian may be wearing thinner than ever before.

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Trautmann, a real legend

So I sat down flicking the channels the other day when I came across the Bert Trautmann story, a goalkeeper for Manchester City mainly in the 50's and 60's, he was the first German player to play in a Wembley Cup final and is famously known for breaking his neck vs Birmingham in the 1956 cup final and carrying on leading Manchester City to a 3-1 victory.

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If Carlsberg made football fans… they’d brew them in Poland

Standing on a cold wintery day in the Donny Road end of Glanford Park, four-zip down in a relegation battle, can often prove a drab affair. The same cannot be said if you’re a fan of Lech Poznan’s U11 team.

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Anything other than Champions League football

next season will be a disaster for Manchester City.

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Football And Equality Before The Law

Why the Financial Fair Play regulations could cause as many problems as they solve. The second in the FFP series

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In the world of a little big club

How many times do you hear the argument, ‘we’re a bigger club that you are?’ Well, after a row in the local boozer last night, I thought I would stir it up even more by putting the Premiership in order of big to little. There is no logic in the order, crowd size, trophies, history – nothing weighs more than anything else, this is just a general opinion supported by my argument as to why I place the club where I do. Feel free to slate my table, but support your argument with a reason as to what make a big club, a big club…

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The English national side 2016

Since the debacle of South Africa, the youth of England are being looked at in a different light, the golden generation is over and the new boys need to be blooded in and tried out. Here is a rundown of who I think could make the grade at each position:

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Motivating millionaires

There are few managers today that truly understand how modern day footballers tick - extracting that extra winning 10% from multi millionaires, who already have a life that stretches beyond any of our wildest imaginations, is a talent that few possess.

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Super Mario or Super Sulker?

When Roberto Mancini spent £23m on Mario Balotelli, football fans in England particularly Manchester City fans didn’t know what to expect from the 20 year old.

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A bad night for the British

Last night saw the remaining British teams in the Europa League knocked out leaving Britain blushing with embarrassment as there were no representatives left to fly the flag for Britain.

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Europa League Preview - Last 16

City know they are going to have to come out and attack from the first minute, they are likely to start with their talented trio of Mario Balotelli, Edin Dzeko and skipper Carlos Tevez.

                                                                                                                

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The 'Big Four' are big no more

Our boys surged past the continent’s great and good with a brand of football that fused the glorious Britishness of muscularity with European finesse, dismantling teams from Spain, Italy and Germany with unprecedented ease

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