View From A Blue

Functional, professional and clinical enough to maintain our five point lead at the top of the Premier League. It wasn’t our most exciting performance in recent times, but we got the job done and, as is often stated, the sign of a good team is one that wins when not at their best. That description perfectly [...]

Another convincing win, plenty more goals and a place in the quarter finals of the Carling Cup. All in all, a successful night. Despite going a goal down as Wolves dominated the early proceedings, our reserve team, featuring the likes of Samir Nasri, Nigel De Jong, Edin Dzeko and Adam Johnson, had more than enough [...]

Insane. Absolutely insane. It defies proper description. Sides rarely get a point at Old Trafford, let alone a win, but Manchester City didn’t just record a win at Old Trafford. It was a humiliation. And one that will live long in the memory. When the quite brilliant Mario Balotelli opened the scoring, I was ecstatic. I would [...]

Laboured and unconvincing, but ultimately successful. It wasn’t a vintage performance but it didn’t need to be. The most important element from last night was to secure the win and we did. Just. Sergio Aguero’s 94th minute goal keeps us in contention to advance, but up until that moment, we had been uninspired, lacking in creativity and [...]

Clinical and professional would be how I’d describe our performance yesterday. We never needed to extend ourselves to top gear, but with a much changed side, we still had enough quality to gain the three points and head into the next week full of confidence. With Manchester United drawing away at Liverpool, this victory took [...]