View From A Blue

A stunning win that sends out a message to the rest of the Premier League. Yes, the visitors were abysmal and it’s not hard to envisage them struggling to avoid relegation this year, but on that display, better sides than Villa would have been powerless to stop the City juggernaut. It was a performance full of [...]

On Boxing Day, the anniversary of Roberto Mancini’s first match in charge, City delivered a knockout blow with a battling performance away to Newcastle. A blistering opening twenty minutes, during which the Blues scored twice, set the tone for victory, and although the home side, on the ropes in the early stages, never threw in the towel, [...]

It was just never going to happen. A win would have taken us top at Christmas for the first time in 81 years. A home match against a side languishing near the foot of the table. A side reduced to ten men early in the second half. But the phrase ‘typical City’ yet again reared [...]

The game wasn’t exactly the most enthralling but my second European trip was one that I will never forget. And instead of a normal review of the match, I’ve decided just to write down a few ideas and thoughts which hopefully give you an insight into the day. The Weather and The Players Landing in [...]

It’s not often that Bob The Builder and Barack Obama are the inspiration for my opening line, but in this instance, it seems only right to copy the infamous slogan, ‘yes we can!’ The question is not, however, related to the possibility of becoming the President of the USA but instead, it concerns the ability of Man [...]