View From A Blue

I do pity fans of Man City. Forced to watch such boring, soporific football week in, week out. It must be maddening to see your beloved club line up with just the one striker and three defensive midfielders. 90 minutes of negative tactics, producing not one iota of entertainment nor excitement. We can all dream of turning [...]

Hart - Could not have done anything to prevent the goals, although he didn’t quite command his area as he has done recently. Made one superb close-range stop from Milijas just before the first goal - 6 Zabaleta - Chosen ahead of Boateng for the right-back role but in the first half, just had one of those days. [...]

Loyalty is something that varies from person to person. It can be a feeling deeply ingrained within for whatever reason or it can be ignored, left to the benevolence of others. But I’m proud to say that I am a Manchester City fan, not just for footballing reasons, but because I’m part of a group of [...]

Objective achieved. Roberto Mancini set up his side to return to Manchester with a share of the spoils and that is precisely what happened. Yes, it wasn’t the most exhilarating affair and at times, most notably in the first half, we were just about hanging on, but the target was successfully attained. How Arsenal didn’t [...]

Man City began 2011 the saw they ended 2010; with a win, although the manner of victory here was rather more nerve-wracking than the thumping of Aston Villa last Tuesday. An Adam Johnson shot from outside the area was the only goal of a game which City deserved to win, although Carlos Tévez’s profligacy meant [...]