View From A Blue

After such a convincing performance away to West Brom, Manuel Pellegrini won’t be thinking of making too many changes to the side for this clash with Chelsea. The only two questions marks probably relate to the right-back role and whether Sergio Aguero is ready to be thrown in from the start. Bacary Sagna was solid [...]

The new season is upon us! I’ll leave it until the end of the transfer window before discussing how our summer has panned out (although it is not looking entirely positive at the moment), but there is always fresh excitement at the start of a campaign. None of City’s stars who featured in the Copa [...]

The final game of this strange season is here. Disappointment and frustration have reigned for much of the campaign, interspersed with the odd fleeting glimmer of excitement, and since the derby we have been almost counting down the games until the close. With second place now secured, one more pressure-free encounter sees us home. Manuel [...]

Vincent Kompany has had another full week of training after his most recent injury, but with four wins on the bounce and just two games left this season, Manuel Pellegrini will no doubt be tempted to stick with the same back four that he has selected since the derby. If the manager does fancy shoring [...]

Vincent Kompany returned to training this week and will be desperate to figure in the starting eleven, although a personal view is that he should not be rushed in any way whatsoever. With his history of muscle injuries over the past few seasons and with no post-season international tournament, he ought to be allowed to [...]