What Goes Around Comes Around Jerome, Boateng Got A Bit Messi

Remember that flop German defender who turned up at Carrington in 2010?, goes by the name of Jerome Boateng and got sold on as quick as he arrived the following year. I do and I seem to remember him mouthing off in the media about us and sniggering on the field of play when Bayern beat us, not that we didn't get our own back and beat them too but here you go.

What goes around comes around son, Karma's a bitch, should have stayed humble instead of acting like a superstar plank, lets face it you are just an average player surrounded by better players who make you look better than you are.

He was recently humiliated by none other than the footballing god Lionel Messi who just so happens to be best friends with another footballing god  Sergio Aguero. Come on City sign him up, sign him up.

TIOC's Lineup Vs Liverpool FC, Opinion And Prediction

My thoughts behind this 451 formation is that when we defend, Wilfried Bony and Yaya Toure would slot back in, either side of Fernandinho. Pushing Liverpool out wide, while Nasri, Aguero and Silva roam in front and out wide thus suffocating Liverpool becoming effectively a 433. When we attack we quickly become a 451 or 442, this is how I believe we should play in all matches and this in my opinion is our strongest current line up with the exception of left back. I believe our weakest position is left back and I see no reason to drop Kompany because it would only effect us badly, he will eventually come good and he now realizes he's on the ropes and needs to up his game now before it's too late. The more criticism he gets the more he will push on, criticism should always be used as extra motivation in all walks of life. My prediction for the Liverpool game is Liverpool 1 Manchester City 3, Aguero, Bony and Yaya to score.

Beyond Stupidity, Are New York City Fans Really That Upset By Lampard Staying?

Or is this really just the idiotic anti Manchester City bandwagon media and amateur writers, creating propaganda to sully Manchester City FC and paint us with the usual colour?

I believe it to be the later considering none of the articles published have shown us any more than a couple of tweets from people who probably aren't even NYCFC fans, their aliases certainly don't suggest they are that's for sure.

Then there are no video's of NYCFC fans in abundance, venting their disgust and anger over Frank Lampard staying. OK I accept there maybe one or two naive and misguided NYCFC fans who are disappointed but that's tough.

It's well documented that it's the City brand that own NYCFC along side the New York Yankees, so you can safely understand that the success of Manchester City FC is an important piece of the puzzle that will spearhead ongoing success for the City brand, but what does that mean for the sister clubs of Manchester City FC?

Well they all have priority access to Manchester City FC's youth academy, right now the biggest and most advanced academies in English football. Our academy has up until now done pretty well considering we were once branded a Yo yo club, only hampered by misfortune pointing too Stephen Ireland and Michael Johnson's falls from grace due to serious injuries. Oh and Chelsea paying £29 million for Shaun Wright-Phillips only to stick him on their bench and ruin his progress and career, I hated the fact we sold him.

But just one look at the players in our ranks now shows exactly what NYCFC and our other sister clubs have to look forward too in the future, with the option to take our kids out on loan. Also having access to Manchester City's scouting system, inside knowledge from the mothership herself, shall I go on?

But back to the success of Manchester City well, it doesn't take a genius to realise that the success of Manchester City FC will fill the City brands coffers to help our sister clubs progress.

It's clear that those NYCFC fans that are upset, need to step back, take a deep breath and admire the bigger picture. After all you will eventually get Mr Frank Lampard back, he clearly wants to help the City brand and understands that success in England means success for NYCFC. As any human being would want, Lampard also wants to go out on a high so who are we to begrudge him one last moment of glory?

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FELLOW CITY FANS!

Hart Should Press Criminal Charges Against Boyd, City Should Appeal Kompany's Wrongful Red Card

Manchester City have lately been on the receiving end of some piss poor officiating, the latest being Lee Mason officiating the Hull match. Vinny Kompany was fouled in the build up to his sending off and Manchester City FC should appeal the red card that should never have been had Mason done his job right in the first place.

Proof Vinny shouldn't have been sent off.

With that said Joe Hart should press criminal charges against Hull's George Boyd for spitting in Harts face, this is a criminal offence and the disgusting low life Boyd should be punished.

Boyd spits in Hart's face after diving to get Hart booked, he succeeded in getting Joe Hart booked and Lee Mason yet again proved he's a piss poor referee.

I hope both Joe and the Club do not lets these incidents pass them by without acting swiftly, to have those in the wrong punished and get jusitce for Joe and Vinny.

TIOC Backs Maicon, Will Prove You Critics Wrong, Book: The Fall Of The Young Guvnor's

Every time I read about Maicon, the idiotic author just can't resist having a dig using the over rated Gareth Bale as ammunition. On the night Tottenham Hotspur met Inter Milan, Milan were naive and played right into Spurs hands.

Maicon was let down by his Inter team mates on that night, a very poor Inter were nothing but average. He was left to cover at right back on his own, having no choice but to either track the Spurs player running wide while Bale made his run inside or vice verse (no single player in the world can defend against two players no matter how good they are).

Which leads me to continue to make the same statement: Douglas Maicon is still a world class defender despite losing a foot in pace, saying that I believe Roberto Mancini drafted Maicon in knowing that he could help him regain the level of fitness and pace needed to reignite his career.

At £3 million Manchester City have bagged a bargain, I have total and utter faith that Bobby Manc will work his magic once again and continue to do so for many more seasons. When the media were peddling us chasing the signature of Mr Bale, I prayed to mother earth and pretty much every single god or demi god that it would turn out to be nothing but a fabrication. (Boy was I Happy when the window shut!)

To end with "What has Gareth Bale done since?  NOTHING

As I typed out this article Aleksandar Kolarov had just owned and humiliated Gareth Bale as Serbia thumped Wales 6 - 1, Chelsea's Ivanovic also humiliated Bale by dispossessing him and beating Wales team mate Ricketts down the right and set up Serbia team mate Tadic for a simple finish.

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The Young Guvnors by Rodney Rhoden

The book makes for an interesting read taking you on a journey through the eyes of British football hooliganism, it's ultimately about the fall of the firm but takes you on a journey from start to finish.

Rodney Rhoden gives you his account of the Young Guvnors fighting up and down the country against rival firms, seeking as much as defending and as the introduction states 'to say it is not a pleasant story is an understatement'.

'From the formation in the mid 1980s when organised football hooliganism was at its all time high, it's a vicious account of how they operated - their bloody battles with opposing mobs and ultimately their demise'.
This can be found on a kindle or similar platform for less than 4GBP or in Paperback for less than 9GBP

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(Disclaimer) I in no certain way condone or support violence within sport, however Hooliganism is part of footballing history whether we like it or not. I do not judge or show prejudice to any parties, the above is purely an advertisement for education and/or entertainment purposes.

Two Reasons Why, TIOC's Top Ten Worst, The 352 And Less Is More

Two more reasons why Manchester City won the league title a year early

The outsiders were branding our players mercenary money grabbers and accusing Mancini of not being good enough, I believe that encouraged our club on to prove them wrong and shove it back down their throats.

The outsiders were accusing our club of selling our soul and having no class and team spirit, I again believe this only pushed our players on giving strength to prove the critics wrong.

TIOC's top ten all time worst footballing role models for our children

Wayne Rooney, Joey Barton, Roy Keane, El Hadji Diouf, Duncan Ferguson, Vinnie Jones, John Terry, Ashley Cole, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham.

Ill leave you to guess why?

The new City 352 system to increase the effectiveness of our passing game

The five man midfield comprising of three midfielders flanked by 2 wing backs seems to be working, when on the back foot one wing back drops back into the full back position creating a 442. Or both wing backs can drop back creating a 5 man defence thus giving us an extra man.

With this system you need fit and strong wing backs which Manchester have in Zabaleta, Richards, Clichy and Kolarov, but the real positive in the 352 system is the increased effectiveness of our passing game.

Clubs have now worked us out so they try to disrupt our passing game by clogging midfield and parking the bus in defence, playing the counter attack any given chance they get. Carlos Tevez loves dropping back deep as you can see in pre season and he has made it known that he is as happy as he has ever been, this allows Sergio Aguero more space to exploit upfront. 

When Tevez drops deep he pulls the opponents centre back out of position to allow Aguero even more space, while a 5 man midfield dictates play by pinning the opposing side back. The extra man in midfield allows for us to play our passing game more effectively, even if our opponents man mark we still outnumber them in midfield when our 3 defenders push up field.

The bonus here is that despite the lack of outside wingers at Manchester, we can still gain the width we were lacking last season by using the 352.

Lack of signings vs a whole new list of signings

Take a look at the situation in a more positive way, a lack of signings is only a bad situation if you lack playing staff. Manchester City had the strongest side in the English top flight last season, we still have the strongest this coming season in my opinion despite Chelsea and United signing more players.

As we know full well it takes time for a player to find his feet and hit top form in football, so Chelsea and United should find themselves in a bit of bother this season. So with that said I believe we should run away with the title this season, the only reasons I believe would deny us would be a mass of unlucky injuries or a bad run of draws and losses.

A lack of signing on Manchester's part means hardly any interruptions within  a squad that already know each other very well, an invigorated side much improved on the title winning side of 2012. A side now with width and cunning, A side put through their paces to think fast and change formation when instantly called upon.

More signings will unbalance more often than not and I believe we only lack one key position to be filled now, we need a proven centre back to push and compete with Lescott. Gutted we let Bayern (stuck up snotty nose) Munich capture Javi Martinez without any fight, but hear we may be looking at Uruguay International Diego Godin.

They're All At It Already Twisting Bobby Manc's Words, City Have Been Active

Active in the Transfer window with the trials of:

16 year old Portuguese/Brazilian Attacking Midfielder Marco Lopes from S.L. Benfica, a young David Silva with a sweet left foot, you would be fooled by his stature when realising how young he actually is. Pre season has shown Marco to be a very promising young player, definitely worth a contract at the tender age he be.

18 year old Croatian Striker Mario Jelovic from Hajduk Split, joined them in 08 and made his first and only appearance for them last season, has made several appearances for the Croatian U19's. Not seen much of him but from what I've heard hes definitely Elite Development, one possible for the future.

20 year old Isreali youngster Nir Biton, another U19 International but not as young from F.C. Ashdod, a 6ft5 Defencive Midfielder with the ability to attack, pick out a killer pass and score goals, has impressed in pre season and would be a massive shock if not given a contract by Manchester City.

20 year old United Arab Emirates Attacking Midfielder Omar Abdulrahman has joined Manchester on trial from UAE side Al Ain, another very promising young talent likened to our Titan Yaya Toure though not as tall standing at 5ft 8in.

City are also reported as chasing 22 year old South Korean left-back Yun Suk-Young who impressed at the Olympics, he managed to keep Craig Bellamy quiet against Great Britain.

Then there are the EDS promotions of Denis Suarez, Abdul Razak and the introduction of Luca Scapuzzi, all players with a bright future, if anything Manchester City have gained 4 or 5 young new first team players at the least.

The inbred media just want Manchester to draft in proven super stars and pay over the odds so they can see Manchester struggle, I'm certainly not as stupid as they think (I mean I don't go out buying newspapers to line their pockets while they bitch about us).

I am not naive enough to NOT admit we need a proven defender to partner Kompany but that and a winger  is all I believe we need, we have the best offensive force in the league minus a good winger so at best only need two proven players for now.

Our owner Sheikh Mansour has kept to his word and turned us into a force not just at senior level, but also at youth level by improving on our already successful award winning youth academy.

Typical ITV and Daily Mail at it as usual.

All this rubbish about Bobby Manc and Brian Marwood fighting in the back room is utter rubbish, if anything Marwood is doing a fantastic job behind the scene. Bobby said nothing of a feud with Marwood, he only pointed out that 'He was not happy with the lack of activity'. The last thing we need is a panic buying backroom staff and Uefa breathing down our neck.

So sell before we buy is the way forward, I'm certainly not in a panic anyway.

Help Monkey World Make The UK A Better Place For Captive Primates

Not a sporting subject but this is a cause close to my heart.

Calling all sports fans to aid Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre, a primate rescue and rehabilitation centre who do some outstanding work saving primates, from being mis-treated and traded from around the world.

I am not asking you to donate money to the cause, only that if you agree, help us by spending a couple of minutes adding your signature to a petition.

A while back I raised concern with Monkey World after seeing a couple of primates being sold in a classified ad in the UK.The pictures showed two primates in what looked like a bird aviary in a back garden and let me tell you, they did not look in perfect health and were getting on in life.

I can understand Monkey World do not have the resources to fight an outright ban on primate trade in the UK, although I am definitely sure that if they did they would try make it happen.

So with that said Monkey World are trying to petition the Government to ensure that any captive monkeys receive a standard of care that meets their behavioural and physical needs regardless of whether they are kept in private homes or pet shops.

They are asking the British Government to issue guidance to local authorities, responsible for granting licences for these exotic pets, to use the same standard of duty of care as they would for primates kept in zoo's or wildlife parks (the Zoo Licensing Act 1981).

If a monkey is deserving of a certain standard of care in a zoo or wildlife park, by definition it is deserving of the same standard of care in a private home or pet shop. Monkey World would like their concerns addressed by the Government and Select Committee immediately.

All we're asking for you to do is sign the petition and confirm your email address to validate your signature.

Petition

Thank you in advance.

CiTyBlUe and Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre

Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre

P.s. If you could find the time to spread the word on your forum/board we would be very greatful.

Tevez Out, Sack And Seek Compensation, No Player Is Bigger Than Manchester City

I was trying not to get into a fuss about what happened against Bayern but I just can not hold back, I'm extremely disappointed and livid even that Tevez can do this to us after all the help our club has given him.

I want to see Manchester City follow Gordon Taylor's suggestion and open an enquiry to kick Carlos Tevez to the curb and seek compensation for the damage he has done.

I am not a season ticket holder but some of my family are, paying his wages for him to slap us all around the face by refusing to fight for us.

He does not deserve to wear our colours or play for us for one more minute as far as I am concerned.

I am also disappointed at the reaction Edin Dzeko gave Roberto Mancini, I expect a public apology from the player for his reaction at being substituted.

If not then he can leave too because I have 1000 percent respect for and belief in Bobby Manc, other than the below par defending our side produced I see that there is nothing more to be said other than a hope that we do better next time and learn from this.

Harry Redknapp, Robbie Savage and Gordon Taylors reaction

Hearing Moyes And Fergy Whine Is Refreshing, Time To Step Up The Title Challenge

Well what can be said?, talk was that Everton were our bogey team but I disagree, I prefer to think that we have just been on the receiving end of too many bad referee's vs Everton. Referee's at Goodison tend to let Everton play their own game and often get away with tough tackling for 90+ minutes, cue the Evertonian faithful telling me how wrong I am.

Which makes it sweet to hear Moyes (the second most annoying manager in the EPL) whine about Kompany after Tim Cahill brutally slid in a tackle, trying to make out Kompany deliberately stamped on Cahill but we all know Vincent is not that kind of player (Roy Keane, Joey Barton).

Since Lescott was sold by Everton Moyes has had a chip on his shoulder when it came to Manchester City, which is no big surprise considering he and Alex Ferguson are best of mates.

What is hilarious is how his own players bully and play rough all the time, one thing they are good at is playing rough and avoiding injuring their opponents, and he has the cheek to accuse Vinny of foul play.

Moyes also accused the City faithful of manipulating the referee forcing him into giving City advantage, hypocritical considering his own clubs fan base do the same week in week out being so close to the action in a very tight stadium.

Hilarious!

Alex Ferguson first praised Stoke City's fan base in the papers before kick off, only to accuse them of causing United to drop points. Then proceeding to whine about Peter Crouch's style of play claiming he fouls all the time.

Something his side could not cope with which if I am correct, is United's problem and not Crouch being a dirty player. Don't get me wrong I don't find Crouch appealing but he is far from dirty.

It was sweet is to hear Rooney went off injured, Ive always believed what goes around comes around. Karma!

The Hargreaves situation could not have turned out any better, making a great comeback with Manchester City and scoring his first goal in his first competitive match. I truly believe United's medical staff made the wrong choices for Hargreaves but, I respect Hargreaves for not laying blame and taking responsibility for not making the decision of an operation in the first place for himself.

Players put just as much faith in doctors as much as anyone else, sometimes we all put too much faith in them and forget half the time they are playing a guessing game with peoples health and lives. They are playing god but are quick to deny such, they guess what medicine would be best for you in the hopes it is such but that's the only way unfortunately.

Hearing Alex Ferguson defend United's medical staff is no big surprise considering if he did not, then he would be taking responsibility along with them.

With all that covered this month could not have been any better seeing United finally drop points and level with us, seeing Everton finally get their just deserts and finding out I'm going to be a dad for the first time.

Happy Days!

Consistency Will Be Our Biggest Challenge, If A Lack Of Consistency Can Not Stop Us Then Nothing Or No One Can!

Only winning consistency will earn us the Premier League title, certain clubs will sooner or later run out of steam and have a blip or two. But with the squad we have I just can not see us stalling, our strength and depth are area's of which no other club in the league can match.

You're probably thinking this is a bias opinion and that may well be true but, based upon facts it is. Many are pointing to our defense as our weakness only, those forget we had the joint strongest defense in the league along side Chelsea last season before acquiring Stefan Savic and Gael Clichy.

OK on occasion we have still shown nervous moments at the back at times but, that will iron out as the season progresses. Consistency will be our biggest challenge and although it would be nice to win the Champions League in our first season, that would be a tall ask after considering clubs like established Barcelona (deleted United from the list), a really good run is all I am expecting.

I'd much rather us rip the English Premier League title away from United, maybe even do a double and win the FA Cup again.

Have to say its an utter joy to watch our players at this very moment, they really seem to be enjoying their football with Nasri and Aguero firing on all cylinders and the exciting part is that we are only going to get better but. I really do hope we get to see Stefan Savic alongside Vincent Kompany as soon as possible, I know Lescott has had a few good performances but at times he costs us reminding me of Richard Dunne (good but not great).

Will be interesting to see who replaces Cook for the long term, 40 odd years since we graced Europe's elite competition and the current elite clubs dislike us before we have even kicked a Champions League ball. 'Grinning'

Gary Cook Departs Manchester City FC, Will We Ever Get To Know The Truth?

The one point that I wish to make is that, we do not know the facts despite Gary Cook's departure, I see this as just to minimise the damage to our club which is a good thing but I am not about to take it as a message of guilt.

I hate not knowing the facts and despite Cook's mistakes I would be disappointed to hear later on down the line that he was truly the victim of a hacker, lets not delude ourselves and laugh off the posibility for we all know the little scumbags exist.

This is our City wishes Gary Cook all the best for the future and thanks him for the time and effort he has given to our club whether guilty or not guilty.

Now our club can move on and prepare for the Champions League without having this rubbish hanging over us, and Nedum can get on with playing football and not have to worry about it all. No doubt though the anti City media will find something else to bash us with.

Gary Cook Issue Overshadowing Real Threat Of United Fans insighting Violence Between Napoli And City

With all due respect to all parties I believe issues have been dealt with in the same way our British justice system works, in an absolutely shambolic way.

I have never been a big fan of Gary Cook but I understand the position he is in, my email account had been hacked once and I lost access to a linked account also. I even had a friend lose his email account too and everyone in his address book including me received some strange and disgusting mail, did I instantly get on the phone and start publicly slating him?

Like I said with all due respect to all parties, I recently lost my dad to cancer and have to say it was the hardest time of my life, Nedum Onuoha's head must be well and truly in a twist by now stuck between his mother and his club.

OK Mr Cook may well be guilty but who are set to really lose out in this mess?, only our club and Nedum Onuoha are set to lose if anyone.

I wish Dr Anthonia Onuoha and her son all the best for the future and sincerely hope they and our club do not suffer anymore from this mess, but believe it should have been dealt with in a more professional and discrete manner.

I for one am happy that Nedum has not left Manchester City and I believe my Aunt Tracy is also, I have always had high hopes for Ned from the day he broke through our academy and wish him the best of luck. Ned is a credit to his mother and I hope he is here with us for seasons to come.

All this threatens to over shadow what could turn out to be a real disaster, we play Napoli and right now United fans have been encouraging Italians to attack our fellow fans. Has the damage been done already and are all parties doing everything they can to reverse the damage?

I believe our UK Police force do a good job but I have never been completely in support, they get it wrong at times and probably will never gain my full confidence.

Lets hope both Napoli and Manchester City do whatever it takes to stop these inbred United fans from causing more trouble, lets hope both Napoli and Manchester are trouble free on a historic night for both clubs.

Dzeko Bangs In Four Against Spur's While Arsenal Match Fix Their Own Embarrassing Loss To United

With all due respect for Tottenham Hotspur, at least they turned up to play and win. While being completely outclassed by the link up play of Nasri and Clichy, Sharpness and Skill of Aguero and the sublime ability of one on form Edin Dzeko.

If only our England had an Edin Dzeko instead of a crock of over rated and deceiving street striker like Wayne Rooney, I only watched the Rooney Street Striker once and oh boy what a joke and waste of time it truly was.

The chump tongue twisted himself into submission after being asked a few questions by his host, Gary Neville recently trying to be unbiased with Manchester City reminded me of how uncomfortable he must have been, yet Rooney is happy to stick two fingers up and swear on live television with ease.

Lucky enough I am a City fan because if I was an Arsenal fan, I'd be so embarrassed that I'd probably go into hiding for a generation. This is exactly why United have literally walked away with league titles, Chelsea have only truly been a challenge up until now.

Before the transfer window opened I had inside knowledge that Nasri, Aguero and Savic were on their way, Clichy and Pantilimon however were a complete unknown to me. I knew this was our season and call me premature but I still believe we can win the League title this season as long as other clubs don't do an Arsenal and freely gift United a win.

I'm sorry but I won't buy into the loss of two players being a good reason for a Champions League club gifting another Champions League club eight free and easy goals, Spur's fans will take comfort in Arsenals embarrassment after seeing Manchester City completely out class their side.

We are now on a completely new level punching with the heavy weights and we have not even played our first Champions League fixture?,  Only just got my head around having the richest club owner in the world and now they give us Sergio Aguero, Samir Nasri, David Silva, Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Edin Dzeko all in one nice little package.

And thats not including our Titan Nigel Dejong.

Bring on United and Napoli, Villarreal, Bayern and especially Everton, boy do we owe them after our away game against them big time.

Well done so far lads, keep up the pace, really looks like your enjoying yourselves now and every City fan will be taking pure delight out of that fact alone.  All those morons saying we have no togetherness, no team spirit and will never have what it takes with a team of mercenaries, seeing that alone makes me all warm inside.

Media Whore And United Fan Eric Cantona Obsessed, Takes Pop At Manchester's Academy

Outsiders tend to believe they know everything and usually run their Mouthe's off without doing their homework having a lack of knowledge.

We all know the media prints a story, then by the time its done its rounds the story gets twisted. Well Cantona has two issues with City and this story gave no room for twisting, Tevez, Balotelli and City's apparent lack of youth?

Lets tackle lack of youth? well, if he means a youth academy like United's that has an immense ability to pump out championship and second division level players then that's hardly something to compare us too.

Over at City we develop our own players like Shaun Wright Phillips, Joe Hart and Micah Richards, Dedryk Boyata who all spent years in our academy.

OK recently we have bought a few young players in but to say we lack an academy like United's, has to be the second biggest joke in world football (the first being that Manchester has never been united).

Clearly Cantona Van Dumb has not done any homework, before running his mouth off like every other United fan. Since Manchester have produced Nedum Onuoha, Micah Richards, Joe Hart, Stephen Ireland, Michael Johnson, Manchester's academy have continued to produce good youth like Boyata, Nimely and Weiss all of whom are some of Manchester's first team players.

United have produced hardly any great academy players to break into their first team, Pogba, Obertan, Smalling, Fabio and Rafael, Nani, Anderson, King, Macheda, Diouf, are all from other clubs academies, the only youth United have recently produced in their first team are Fletcher, Gibson, Morrison, Norwood, Amos and Evans which is hardly something to shout about.

Fletcher and Evans being the only two that stand out a little but again, nothing to shout about.

Compare those average players to Manchester's youth and Cantona looks a complete idiot. Our youth academy is way ahead of United's in terms of productivity and the reason for that is based on the fact that after David Beckham, United neglected youth for big money signings.

United are guilty of poaching youth in recent years from other European clubs like Cristiano Ronaldo, Raf and fab, Hernandez, Vidic and Rooney from Everton, and it does not even stop there.

Just like their name, United are a complete and utter sham, claiming their young players came through their academy when the truth is out there for all to see.

With that covered all I can say is watch out for Harry Bunn out on loan at Dutch side N.E.C. a prolific young City striker.

Now after Tevez and Balotelli stating they do not like Manchester as a City, Cantona has had his say which he is entitled too but. Clearly this attention to Manchester City is flattering, the past it Advert man has finally realised that City are a bigger threat than he thought. Prompting him to create a weakness in City to satisfy his nerves, a little naive if you ask me considering Sheikh Mansour and our club have publicly stated that huge investment at youth academy level is in progress.

Hearing United fans deny our threat is the norm, hearing Alex Ferguson accept our threat is refreshing but hearing Cantona a United legend deny our threat is definitely an acknowledgement of progression.

Sergio Aguero is for now, Harry Bunn is our future, as for Tevez and Balotelli well, who cares what they say or get up to. As long as they don't negatively affect Manchester, I don't see what the problem is and like a bit of drama.

Sergio Aguero A City Player, Comical United Fans Have Their Pants In A Twist!

Sergio Aquero A City Player, who'd a thought it, my oh my are we in for a right treat this coming season. Silva and Aguero will have Premier League defenses in a twist, if Tevez ends up staying then they are in for one hell of a headache.

Since knocking United out of the 10/11 FA Cup (the cup they brand the Mickey Mouse cup unless they win it), and going on to win the most prestigious domestic Cup in world football by beating Stoke, Tevez aside, the capture of Sergio Aguero is a completely new level in the City revolution.

It makes it all the more breathtaking hearing United fans lose themselves in disbelief that Manchester City have officially joined the ranks of Europe's elite super power club, able to attract the calibre of player like Aguero all in one season.

The opinions of the enemy answered:

"You maybe have a title winning forward lineup but your defense is rubbish and you need a great signing to partner Kompany"

Stefan Savic

"Dejong will get sent off and banned, Balotelli will create chaos and your players will get frustrated and City will fail"

Never going to happen

"You have spent £38 million on Aguero and spent over your income, Uefa are now going to ban your club from Europe and you're not going to win nothing"

Wishful thinking

"United have a far bigger and better team than City and Rooney is better than Aguero"

Delusional ignorance

"OK you've signed a good player but he is hardly world class now is he, not like Barcelona, United or Real Madrid were interested in him"

From world class to hardly world class in one day, now thats a classic

"I hope he will perform another Robinho and crash and burn"

Not much chance of that happening, Robinho was a lazy git

Is there any wonder people detest United fans, I think pity would be a better way forward?

I had to ask the question, 'so what is it like knowing your club will have to face Aguero, Tevez, Yaya and Silva in the Community Shield (Charity Shield) at Wembley on the 7th August?'

"Rooney will give them a master class on how to score a goal"

Is that the same over rated striker that goes missing so much and got humiliated by Tevez and a bench warming Berbatov?

I hope your sides are splitting right now because mine were.

Here's the laugh of all laughs.

"He should not have gone to shitty, now he will flop and waste his career, will only win the mickey mouse cup and will do the same as cry baby Tevez."

Jealousy

We have come a long way since beating United by 5-1 at Maine Road in 89 thanks to Lakey, and unbelievably defeating Gillingham thanks to Dickov. Despite all thats happening right now. I find myself watching reruns of beating Spurs 4-3 in the FA Cup when Barton was sent off for being an idiot and Shaun Goater terrorising United in the last derby at Maine Road, putting it all into perspective especially when I again get to see Marc Vivian Foe play once more.

As far as I am concerned we're still the 'same old City' accept we now win more than we lose.

The Established And Delusional Elite Fan, City Are On The Right Track

I just want to touch on the uproar of our 10 year Sponsorship and Stadium Naming Rights deal with Etihad Airways.

A fellow blogger of ours at Bluedays has published a very clear and well presented article on how this deal does not completely stabilise our future.

Well it would not would it, they point out how our club are working hard to iron out all the creases, but forgot to mention the more important points. Like despite our club increasing ticket and merchandise prices, our fans still receive value for money and still pay less than clubs like Tottenham Hotspur who criminally fleece their fans and United who also demand more from their fans each and every year.

It was reported that Manchester City fans saw more value for money than any other club in the English Premier League last season. I wonder what our Premier League odds are right now to win the title this season?, I believe we have a very good chance and just as good a chance as any.

The difference is that while Manchester City improve on both a financial and entertaining level, Spurs and United are if anything flat lining if not in gradual decline in terms of entertainment and personnel. Even clubs like Arsenal fail to live up to expectations of their fans despite apparently having so much wealth in youth development.

City are clearly helping regenerate the community around East Manchester and will provide Manchester and the suburbs of Greater Manchester with more jobs, not just for City fans but for all who are lucky enough to live close by or travel there each and everyday.

Manchester City are at the forefront of community work through sport in England and over the last few years have won numerous awards for their work with outside forces.

Europe will gain something no other country in Europe has seen before let alone offered, A sporting complex catering for more than just football so with that said.

Why are the media painting Uefa as the devil implying Uefa are going to try to stop the multi million pound deal between Manchester and Etihad from happening.

Clearly Arsenal, United and a few other unknown clubs have a problem with Manchester City publicly over shadowing them, finally Manchester has hit the right nerve.

Its been suggested that these clubs have approached Uefa and urged them to investigate the deal between Manchester and Etihad with intention to try scupper the deal or have Manchester City thrown out of the Champions League before even playing a single Champions League fixture.

The chances of any of that happening are pretty much impossible considering other clubs successful stadium naming rights and considering factors like Uefa allowing United's European glory to go ahead year after year on the back of continuous lending.

What are the football odds on Alex Ferguson retiring, before United's massive debt finally catches up with them?

Arsene Wenger had to have his say as usual “Normally the sponsorship has to be at the market price if the Financial Fair Play has to have a chance. It means the Financial Fair Play will not come in, it is as simple as that."

“It cannot be doubled, trebled or quadrupled because that means it is better we don’t do it and leave everybody free. You can argue that point but if you bring in the rules they have to be respected.”

“This is UEFA president Michel Platini’s big test, but he is not stupid. He knows as well that some clubs will try to get around that.”

The odds of Uefa actually stopping the deal from happening is virtually non existent seeing as they don't have power to stop it, all they could do is use it against City if they wished to ban our club from Europe.

With that said it would have both a negative financial and political affect on Uefa, if they were to ban Manchester City from the Champions League.

Arsenal are clearly upset by the fact that our deal dwarfs theirs with the Emirates in 2004, which was valued at £90m over 15 years which also kind of makes them hypocrites.

United took their objection public by suggesting they would never sell their stadiums naming rights taking the moral high ground, they, Arsenal's supporters trust and other unnamed clubs have apparently contacted Uefa stating their dis-approval.

Liverpool owner John Henry has an opinion on the subject however it is unclear with his idle comment on twitter 'How much was the losing bid?', whether that was sarcasm or not who knows?, but one thing is for sure that once Liverpool solve their Stadium issue they could well go down the same road and also sell their naming rights.

I'm betting John Henry will feel a right moron once Liverpool opt to sell their Stadium naming rights after they sort out their options of develop or rebuild.

It just went even further with the Daily Rag aka the Daily Mail's Chris Wheeler claiming that a half wit with Sir before his name ala urgh Bobby Charlton states that only a small club should sell stadium naming rights.

Just goes to show you can be a right numpty and be knighted by the Queen of England at the same time, back in time you had to stand out as a hero for king and country to get a knighthood and be at the top of your game.

Now you can kick a ball around, get a knighthood and be seen spouting rubbish in a national newspaper, not even a true war hero can get a knighthood these days and it has become a farce.

I believe Uefa will allow our deal with Etihad Airways to go ahead without any hitch and I believe this farce is nothing more than media hype generated by fans of rival clubs.

With that covered, one certain person took it even further claiming that we, Manchester City are not worthy of a place in the Champions League.

They claim Tottenham Hotspur deserve Champions League football more, branding us as an abomination and dull collection of defensive mercenaries. I have to say that this is a rather amusing analysis of us considering the fact that despite having a club of dull mercenaries we broke into the top three and knocked out fancy pants Arsenal.

Like many a fan of Elite clubs around Europe, the author goes on to say how we bought ourselves to the top of European football, only I see every Elite club in Europe as a club that paid their way to the top.

Not one Elite club in Europe can claim they got to the pinnacle of European football without spending large amounts of cold hard cash, though many of their fans would have you believe they got there solely on blood, sweat and tear.

They seem to think their club reached the promised land solely on hard work, they cling to their glorious history as if it proves they achieved everything without money money money.

Think about it for a moment, how many elite clubs fans around the world think their club got to where they are now solely on hard work?

The only difference between Manchester City and those elite clubs is, Manchester City have done in three years what they did in 20 or 30 years in terms of spending.

With that said, if you calculated the expenditure of Spurs or United over the last 30 odd years you would be astounded, Manchester City have not even spent half of what those clubs have done in the past.

They go as far as to say we do not deserve European football because we have a lack of respect for the rules?, claiming we tap up and unsettle players with the same old opinion that we have no class and dignity.

I am starting to wonder if they actually know the meaning of the words they use, how do these people survive in the real world? and where do they get off accusing us of breaking the rules their clubs have been breaking for years.

Poaching players under the age of 16 from countries like Spain and Portugal, as those countries can not offer professional contracts to keep hold of their talent until after their 16th birthday. United and Arsenal are masters at it though they would have you believe otherwise.

Why we do not deserve European football article HERE

Clearly we are doing everything right as we have them on the back foot against the ropes, I find it very refreshing and enlightening hearing all the opposition vent their disgust and anger, bitterness, jealousy, hatred and delusion.

United fans around the world are demanding we sell Carlos Tevez at a loss, no prizes for guessing why?, so they can ridicule us for making a loss and buying who they brand a mercenary money grabbing sell out.

Tevez Devastates City, Woooooooooo, Just Give Us A Moment

Moment to top ourselves, cry with extreme heartache and preach the end of the world.

The world of media as it is now, is nothing more than a comedy sitcom and it is only a matter of time before we're gifted with a sitcom based on The Office of the Daily Mail.

Carlos Tevez has ROCKED Manchester City causing turmoil within the changing room, players are talking up a mutiny and newly acquired defender Gael Clichy is already talking up a move to Sunday League football.

"I am totally devastated that Carlos Tevez wants to leave Manchester City, he was the only reason I joined City and now I am going to look a complete tool."

"Manchester City are now going to be relegated to the third division without Tevez and never win anything for the next 38 years."

There is talk of our owner now losing faith because Tevez wants to leave and he is plotting the sale of Manchester City to a group of little green men who wish to turn us into a medical research center and convert our stadium into a landing site for their mother ship.

It is being reported that our players are on their IPhone's putting calls out for all other players to reject Manchester City, they are using the unrest of Tevez to promote the chaos at Manchester City.

Manchester City fans around the world are being found lining up outside mental institutions and on the edge of cliffs because Tevez does not like Manchester anymore.

Roberto Mancini has given in his notice and it is being reported that he is on his way back to Italy to sell our best players to Inter Milano.

This is CiTyBlUe signing off as I am now going to buy a rope to hang myself with.

'On a serious note City will progress without Carlos Tevez but with that said, Carlos Tevez will not be going anywhere unless another club can and will buy him.

City will replace him with as good as if not better and I have full confidence in Mancini.'

Is Stefan Savic To Partner Kompany?, Clichy To Complete Our New Look Rear Guard!

ESPN are reporting that Roberto Mancini has confirmed a deal is done for Stefan Savic, the Montenegro international was once on trial at Arsenal with reports that he all but signed until the transfer fell through and Savic then signed for FK Partizan making 20 appearances scoring one goal in the Serbian Super Liga helping them to the league title and Serbian Cup.

He is a 20 years old central defender, standing at 6" 1 and is apparently going to cost around £7 million.

The media have used, abused and totally killed off the transfer story of Gael Clichy to City to a point of it being clinically uninteresting. At the least Clichy is a step up from Wayne Bridge and puts a stop to having our Zabman Zabs played out of position.

These deals are being reported as 99% done with the players all but ready for medicals, as always I have one eye on 'Footballdatabase.eu' and the other on our official club website to confirm such.

To add the Nasri story is still in full swing and I continue to become more and more anti media each day, the two biggest Sports empires ala Sky and ESPN seem to be in a frenzy. Publishing just about anything and everything they can get their hands on be it speculation or fabrication, they seem to have gone completely mad recently.

One thing caught my eye though and that was something Roberto Mancini and Alex Ferguson apparently said in interviews.

Mancini "I would say a deal for Savic has been done, but Samir Nasri? No, not yet."

Ferguson meanwhile suggested Nasri would be at Manchester City next season.

Alessio Cerci is another player I believe we are currently chasing after losing out to Barcelona for Alexi Sanchez, Alessio Cerci a 5" 11 Italian left winger aged 23 who plays for Fiorentina but is yet to play for Italy at senior level. Is In the prime of his footballing career right now scoring 7 goals in 24 appearences for Fiorentina in 2010/11, Cerci has not had much luck being loaned out by Roma to these, those and them over there until finally transferring to Fiorentina which has put a halt to his senior national chances.

To be honest i'd rather have Juan Mata than Cerci but heres Cerci in action anyway



Obviously until we hear it from City it is never official.

City Call Off Sanchez Chase, No Matter Who We Buy They Can Only Strengthen Us

Lets face it, there is no point having a player on board that has his heart set on Barcelona and Barcelona only, one thing I have learnt in life is that you're silly if you limit your opportunities or close yourself off to alternatives.

I am sure like I, a majority of City fans would rather have a player playing for us because they want too, rather than one who has his heart pointing elsewhere.

On the up side Mancini is looking for at least three new acquisitions with center back being one and the others being a couple of lefties, the radars right now are pointing to these players below.

CB Stefan Savic
LB Aly Cissokho
LW Alessio Cerci
LW/AM Juan Mata
LW/AM Marko Marin

Right now the media are pointing to City buying another striker but I am not buying into that, considering we have enough strikers already in Alex Nimely, Mario Balotelli, Carlos Tevez and Edin Dzeko.

That's not including our young future superstar England striker Harry Bunn, the lad is without the doubt the best striker City have produced thus far and have to say I am extremely excited and eager for him to progress.

This season we will see youngster Abdul Razak and Alex Nimely with a bit of luck considering we're now in the Champions League.