View From A Blue

Oh, City. You never do make it easy for the fans. This was yet another game in which we were very poor, a display riddled with defensive mistakes and attacking bluntness, before finally springing into action when poked late on and relying on individual brilliance to rescue the victory. In essence, those are the problems [...]

Top spot in the group secured, four goals thumped past effervescent opponents and our Premier League struggles washed away amid a sea of Champions League success. All is well in the world of Man City, right? Well, not quite, because here’s a dose of reality; if we defend in the knockout rounds like we did [...]

This is a guest post from Matthew Harris. When you’re one of the richest clubs in the world and you’ve recently spent over £100m on two players it’s hard to imagine you’d be back in the transfer market six months later. But nevertheless, Manchester City could be ready to flex their muscles again in January [...]

This was everything we had been waiting for. It was the type of commanding Champions League performance – full of intensity and purpose and control – that should be the norm for us, not just a pleasant surprise. It was thrilling to see. I’m sure many have spoken about Manuel Pellegrini’s tactics: his decision to [...]

No goals, not many chances and not much excitement, yet, strangely, this was an absorbing affair. Sure, there wasn’t the free-flowing football or non-stop end-to-end action that we may have preferred to see, but this was a hard-fought, no-inch-given encounter for the purist. Many have called it boring. Others would use terms such as resilience [...]