View From A Blue

It’s hard to know what to think. Utter deflation at the situation? Anger at the way we performed? Or hope that we can follow in other’s footsteps and turn around the tie in a week’s time? I’m willing to admit, at the final whistle I was fuming. Fuming at the inadequacies of our side to produce [...]

Uninspired? Yes. Undeserved? Possibly. Do we care? Not a jot. We got the three points, so valuable in maintaining our challenge for Champions League football, and although it wasn’t our most fluent or exciting 90 minutes of the season, a win is a win. This won’t be remembered as a classic, but these are the types of games that [...]

As comfortable a victory as you are likely to see. And one that means we are now in the last eight of the FA Cup, with only a home tie against Reading standing between us and Wembley. It was, in all respects, a perfect match. Not in terms of the entertainment on show, but with [...]

After a deflating draw at home to Fulham, Man City return to FA Cup action, with Aston Villa the visitors for this last sixteen tie. A home draw against Reading awaits the winner, and with a number of top clubs already knocked out of the competition, this is one trophy which offers a fantastic chance to attain [...]

Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Six words which may seem a little antiquated and out of place in football, yet that very phrase perhaps best sums up our lacklustre 1-1 draw with Fulham. Without the creative majesty of David Silva, the no-nonsense defending of Vincent Kompany or the harnessed aggression of Nigel de Jong, City were a limp [...]