Inside The Mind Of A City Fan, Manchester Derby And The Unfortunately Relegated

Andre Marriner will referee to date, the biggest Manchester derby of my life time. Having had the opportunity of living many Manchester derbies including the 1989, 5-1 at Maine Road, I thought it could never get any better than that. lol was I wrong after Manchester recorded a record triumph over United by 6-1 and exceeding the leagues home win record. 

At least it's not Fergies favourite referee ala Howard (Uniteds twelfth man) Webb, we still have to learn how to over come referees who favour our opponents anyway. It's inevitable referees will occasionally show a little more favour for the less fortunate, something all big clubs at some point have to deal with I suppose (unless you're United obviously).Usually its United loud mouth Patrice Evra that has the first word but he's been beaten to the punch by Nani claiming 'We are disappointed and angry'. Oooooooooooooooooooh scary, quick hide. 

Amy Lawrence over at Fox Soccer summed up the rags in three simple paragraphs, "With ten minutes to go at Old Trafford against Everton, and United in a position of apparent comfort with a 4-2 lead and a chance for a fifth that smacked against a post, few imagined the sudden lurch which was about to send a tremor beneath the CITY of Manchester. All in the United garden seemed rosy. The celebratory songs were being aired. Sir Alex Ferguson could offer regal waves to the crowd and share a joke with the officials. 

Ten minutes later Ferguson’s face was a picture of fury. Wayne Rooney marched off the pitch shaking his head in disbelief. The United supporters were flattened. Everton’s two late uppercuts didn’t so much knock United out in terms of the title race - they still have it in their own hands – but they did leave the Red Devils badly bruised and dizzy. Fergie later admitted he was “in a state of shock”. 

United have started limping at the worst possible moment and have now dropped five points against Wigan and Everton over the same period that City have regrouped from their own slump. They have recovered from the defeat at Arsenal which prompted Mancini to verbally give the title to United, winning three consecutive matches and rediscovering their penetration." 

The news is that Alex Fungalson has gagged his players before the upcoming derby for fear of making themselves look worse than they already do should they lose, and make no mistake they're well aware that they should not underestimate or disrespect us as they are accustomed to doing. 

I can smell their fear from here! 

I have to admit I'd be happy with second place and Champions League football but for all the bile about the experience and history United have in title run ins, United, the media and their fans right now look the right bunch of ignorant and arrogant hypocrites they really are. Arrogant enough to think they could walk their remaining fixtures and go on to win a 20th league title, I heard that 20th league title T-shirts were in full swing before the Everton match. So much for respect of your opponents when all United fans ever do is demand respect they believe they deserve for buying their collective glory. There are very few clubs that can lay claim to not buying glory in my humble opinion, but United are not one of them. 

In the past losing to United always devastated me for a day, hearing people say "come on, its only a game" meant nothing to me. It wasn't about bragging rights for me like it was and is for the rags, it was about being a City fan and wanting the best for my club, not having to listen to a glory hunting rag from another country mouth off for a few days was just the icing on the cake. 

For the first time I find myself in a very strange position with the imminent Manchester Derby, I honestly feel a sense of weightlessness, like the decades of torment and typical City have just washed off my shoulders. Thinking to myself 'so what if we lose the derby, at least we are on our way back', it's time to really, really enjoy ourselves. Don't get me wrong for I want us to win the title, but it's not like time is against us is it, what is important is to keep hold of our values, respect those who deserve to be and not be corrupted by greed and glory like United. 

Even Uwe Rosler shares my enthusiasm, "I think everybody should be excited, not anxious because we have everything to win and nothing to lose. We have undoubted quality in our football club and in our team. We are more than capable of beating United at home." 

I found it disgusting but predictable how some in the media tried to spin it that we condemned Wolverhampton Wanderers to relegation, if anyone knows how relegation feels more than anyone it's us, once the yo yo club everyone loved to pity. 

No matter what the outcome of the imminent Manchester Derby, I am going to enjoy the moment, keep the faith and wish all the relegated clubs the very best of luck for the following season.

The Patriotic Englishman: Ashley Young Should Be Made An Example Of And Banned, United Are An Utter Disgrace And Should Be Deducted Points

Ashley Young yet again dived to claim a penalty against Aston Villa today, after previously diving against QPR to claim a penalty. My hatred for Alex Ferguson has just been certified after he blatantly defended yet another United player, as if his defending of Wayne Rooney was not enough.

The man is Scottish so as far as he is concerned what English players under his command do is fine, as long as it's positive for United, but he has no care in the world for England and our national side. Who in their right mind wants cheats in their national team?, I never liked Wayne Rooney even at Everton and have wanted him kicked out of the England camp from day one, now we have another cheat in the form of Ashley Young.

I think the lad has been encouraged to do it just like I think Wayne Rooney was encouraged, but will the Football Association do anything about it?. No they damn well won't to my disgust, they would rather ignore it or deny it for want of protecting English players. And they have the balls to bad mouth Fifa and Uefa?, they are no better then European governing bodies.

The last thing England needs is another scandal and this is just an utter disgrace, I am truly disappointed that Englishmen are diving and cheating. Embarrassing.

Rooney Dive Compilation

Dive Vs QPR

Dive Vs Villa

From one Englishman to two others, you're an utter disgrace to England and to English football, if your club win the Premier League title you can look back at winning it knowing you cheated your way to it. With added help from incompetent referees and the Football Association.

Thankfully I am not a United fan, but if I were I'd be extremely embarrassed and let down right now.

Just the thought of winning the title by cheating makes me sick to my stomach, that would certainly be nothing to be proud of.

Well Done!

Back With A Bang, Disgraceful Officiating, British Media Are A Farce

What a performance, a little wobbly at the back as usual but some fantastic defending, what an Argentinian master class from midfield. For now Carlos Tevez has redeemed himself and to be honest we would be lying if we said we would not like him to stay on in Manchester, if he ends up leaving us then at least he has restored his value and given his all to warrant a way out of Manchester (not Trafford).

Aguero's performance was mind blowing with some electric movement and pin point accuracy, but all in all everyone put in a solid performance from back to front, I'd like to heap praise on Joe Hart because he receives very little, the lad is World Class and I have full confidence that he will prove as much in the coming seasons. (In my opinion the most valuable asset Manchester has).

I only hope Mancini doesn't allow the negative Balotelli back into the squad until he proves himself in training, all I see him doing is playing with his little pals dressed up like little gangster rappers (reminds me of Arsenal). As far as I am concerned I want him out of our club and Manchester, I thought United's and Arsenal's players had egos but Balotelli's ego is astronomical and his apology is empty.

There is a lot of talk about the title right now, I'm a realist so I'm with Mancini on this one. The title is a long way off and if Aston Villa fails to take at least a point of United the chances of winning the title will be almost impossible.  The best possible scenario would be for Villa to beat United, until then there is no point talking about the title. If Villa fails we will have to destroy United in the derby again, only then will we have to win all our games and hope either Sunderland or Everton turn United over.

It will only take one more win to secure second place in the Premier League, that in itself is a huge success, even more successful when you look at who we have knocked out. Arsenal fans and players were hoping we would crumble so they could pinch 2nd place from under us, not surprising but boy were they arrogant and ignorant.

Chris Foy once again proved a majority of the top flights referee's are a disgrace, not long ago Ashley Young dived after no contact to get a penalty, despite being offside and there being no contact United gained a penalty.

The same happened against us when Norwich's Grant Holt expected Vincent Kompany to foul him, thus predicting wrong to go on to throw himself to the ground after no contact at all. Chris Foy stood there and just waved play on, no yellow card was awarded to Holt.

But as soon as Carlos Tevez goes down after there being stone wall contact from a Norwich player, Chris Foy shows no hesitation what so ever in booking Tevez. Foy was again only ten foot away and saw it all as clear as day. It seems that since the arrival of Foy, every time he officiates our games, we always seem to come up shorter than the other side.

While Carlos Tevez scores a hat trick to show his commitment to his club and fans, all the British media can muster is an in depth look at his golf swing celebration while fabricating it as an insult or mock. I've said in the past that we need to beat the 12th man and we certainly did that against Norwich with the help of Tevez.

It was not until the introduction of Yaya Toure (63rd minute) that we started to dominate in midfield, before then Norwich put pressure on us for most part of the game being first to the majority of loose balls.

It is amazing to watch Yaya when he's on the ball, most players are petrified of going anywhere near the titan for fear of looking like a doosh bag. When he does eventually get challenged, he most of the time comes out ontop. Watching him move and exploit space is so exciting, in my opinion he has to be the forth most valuable player up there with Hart, Silva and Kompany.

I'd also like to put a shout out for Joleon Lescott because I have been an extremely big critic of the lad over recent seasons, this season he has been a rock and seems to have cut out most of the error in his game.  I know half of it comes with being flanked by Kompany and Clichy, but credit where credit is due for Lescott. Keep it up lad.



Norwich City 1 - 6 man city hoofoot.com 14/04/2012 by hoofoot


Well done lads!

Mike Rigg And Brian Marwood To Leave City?, Kolarov Attracts Interest From Inter?, United In Scandal Probe?

It is being reported that City technical director Mike Rigg will join old friend Mark Hughes at QPR, both enjoyed time together at Blackburn before Hughes was sacked by us. City Football Administration Officer Brian Marwood will also be on his way out after an impending reshuffle gets underway.

The two men reported to be replacing Rigg and Marwood are, ex FC Barcelona vice-president Ferran Soriano and ex FC Barcelona deal-maker Txiki Begiristain. We are still lacking a chief executive after the step down of CEO Garry Cook, which means when Mike Rigg leaves we will be lacking the vital personnel to oversee our next playing staff recruitment drive for the 12/13 season.

It won't be long before Sheikh Mansour gets his men, but we can expect progress before the start between now and the end of June 2012. Our owner will want our new executive team in place ready for next season, this looks more and more likely to be the two named above after Soriano's current employers Spanair went into insolvency.

They would both be replacing Rigg and Cook, but it's any ones guess who would replace Marwood should he leave, Rigg was responsible for bringing Vincent Kompany, Nigel Dejong, Mario Balotelli, Edin Dzeko and Aleksandar Kolarov to the club so you could say he's had an equally positive and negative affect on us.

Inter Milan sporting director Marco Branca has admitted his club wants to sign Manchester City's Aleksandar Kolarov, I welcome the interest and hope it comes to pass due to believing Kolarov is not a left back fit for the English Premier League. His ability to defend is almost non existent, frequently being caught out by fast wingers and over lapping play.

If you haven't already realised we will have to sell to cover who we bring in, I expect to see Kolarov, Adebayor, Santa Cruz, Savic, Hargreaves, Bridge, A Johnson and possibly Carlos Tevez leave in the summer. My only question mark hangs over Carlos Tevez?, will he change his mind and decide to stay or will he stick to his guns and force his way out after fixing the damage he did to his value.

Either way we can expect the arrivals of two wide wing men and two defenders, I predict we don't bring another striker in even if Tevez leaves because we have two young strikers already on our books aka Nimely and Guidetti.

So that's by my count a possible eight out and four in, which would do wonders for our club due to the impending arrival of the Financial Fair Play ruling. One player that has been surrounded by speculation is Nigel Dejong, in my opinion the least likely of the lot to leave City, with his contract up in the air no one knows what will happen. After the Ben Arfa accident Dejong has not been the same player he once was, however he has shown glimpses so will he end up signing a new contract or will he be a surprise departure in the summer?

If he did happen to leave we could then expect eight out and four five in.

United are caught up in a corruption scandal after 7.5 million Bebe's agents was reported to have been payed a mind boggling 3 million for an unknown player from the Portuguese second division after scoring 40 goals in six STREET FOOTBALL games.

7.5 million Bebe was put in a corner of Turkey with Besiktas and is due to be sold on in the summer, United are no strangers to corruption with decades of help from referees and having influential members holding powerful positions in the Football Association.

This has to be the biggest ever transfer joke in the history of football, nevermind the poor joke that is the name of their club which be the biggest lie in the history of football.

Why Mario Balotelli Won't Be Charged, The FA, United And Their Fans Are Pathetic

Because it serves no purpose or advantage for Man United, United have an 8 point lead and Balotelli will serve a 3 match ban with 6 games left.

The FA have already shown complete and utter contempt for Manchester City all season, charging Balotelli now would once and for all prove to the world that the FA are an organisation with a not so hidden agenda thanks to their continuous attack on Manchester this season. They're already under scrutiny thanks to Man United's fan Sir Dave Richards embarrassing himself and the FA with an attack on Fifa and Uefa, without any shadow of doubt Man United fan and Chief Exec David Gill had a hand in not further charging Balotelli because it serves no real purpose for his club or the FA.

I had hoped they would further charge Balotelli to prove my point, but in all honesty they've already done so this season. Though they're not the only people who have had it in for us. referee's Chris Foy, Martin Aitkinson,  Lee Mason, Mark Clattenburg, Howard Webb etc, their actions against us always seemed to serve advantage to United, aside the 6 - 1 against United considering we played out of our skin for that historical win.

If you haven't already found out, Chris Foy and Lee Mason are officiating our next two games so we can kiss good bye the extremely slim chance of a title win. We will not be winning the Premier League title anytime soon, unless we take the start of this season into next season and not let up.

While Sir Dave Richards and David Gill remain at the FA, until we learn to beat these so called referee's we don't stand a chance. Right now I want to hate every single club that turn up at Old Trafford just to park the bus and not even try to win, but it's not in my nature to hold grudges or hate unless it's United that is (reserved for United only).

I'd buy into the notion that I'm paranoid if it was not for knowing that people at our club and fellow City fans agree with me, hell I've even had many fans of other clubs tell me they believe we have been maliciously and unfairly targeted by match officials as well.

Don't get me wrong here because I am well aware our players are equally to blame with our poor away form, many a time this season I have been screaming at them for not showing the passion and determination that I would show if I had the opportunity to play for Manchester City week in, week out.

The hypocrisy of English football today is an utter disgrace, which leads me to believe England will never win a major trophy while Arsenal and United are around. Their English players have no respect for Manchester City's English Internationals, you only have to look at Spain's, France's, Germany's or Brazil's camp to spot the difference to see there are no over indulged ego's like at those two rotten clubs.

We're ultimately to blame for our own lapse in the final third, but deep in the back of our minds we all knew we were due a huge helping of poor officiating and negative attention.  Balotelli just made it worse and despite his largely positive contribution this season, I can't bring myself to forgive him as easily as I did early on in the season.


This week I came across United fans claiming that Owen Hargreaves is as much to blame for City's short comings as Balotelli.  They pointed to two of the four games that Balotelli massively contributed too, highlighting that if it was not for him we would have probably lost them games.

The truth is Balotelli's often invisible man trick has lost just as many points if not more, on the other hand Owen Hargreaves played no part in our season and caused us no negativity what so ever.  Which leads me to believe United fans hate the fact Hargreaves signed for us despite not contributing to our cause, and despite United medically mistreating the player and disgracefully booting him out of their club.

The same club that neglected the families of the Munich disaster, turning their backs on them while celebrating the unfortunate event each and every year. The same fan base that laughed at their fellow fans spray painting our famed pub, Mary D's with an insult on our fallen legend Marc Vivien Foe.

Link to the disgraceful vandalism

The very same club that encouraged Roy Keane to play the nasty piece of aggressive work he was on field, and injure fellow professional footballers at any possible chance he got. If he played today would he have been lynched like Nigel Dejong was?, I highly doubt he would be or would have been.

I accuse The FA, the PFA, the KNVB and Newcastle United for maliciously and aggressively ruining Nigel Dejong's career, he has never been and probably will never be the same player he was after the witch hunt he was subjected too. They have completely destroyed the players character, while Hatem Ben Arfa has fully recovered and continued where he left off at Newcastle United, Dejong is and will be forever judged by that unfortunate accident.

In my opinion we should rid ourselves of Mario Balotelli despite his contribution, he will never respect our club or shirt and always want to end up back in Italy one day. I'd rather our club stick by Nigel Dejong and find another great striker who wants to fight for us, rather than stick with such a volatile and selfish player like Mario Balotelli.

If we have no choice but to stick with the kid, I won't be forgiving him anytime soon. He will have to cut out the bollocks and show the world hes the best striker in the world while playing for us for me to change my mind, but I don't think he has it in him.

City Should Force Limits On The Media, We Don't Want To Be Like United, Are A Virus, Disease On English football.

We should make our training grounds invisible to the media eye be it Carrington or our new development, enclosed grounds.  Create no go area's, have our players protected against low life people like the BBC's Dan Roan. Also vet potential and existing employees to make sure they were never at any point in their lives a United fan, lifetime bans for the BBC, Daily Mail, Daily Star and Guardian, use them and abuse them to set an example.

If the media want in on the goings on at Manchester make them pay for it, have them sign agreements, force them to publish word for word and not manipulate or alter in anyway or be liable for prosecution. forbid them to publish or air any material until first checked and approved by City, it's time we put them all in their place once and for all.

That way anyone speculating, fabricating hype and lies will be seen for what they really are, yet another disease but this time in the world of media.

I bet if you ask any true City fan they will be of the same mind, that we just want to be where we believe we deserve to be right now.  At the top of English football and in Europe, our 3 decade long struggle to achieve that with little or no money has been a long draining road to travel.  So mentally draining that I highly doubt the likes of United or Arsenals fans would ever cope with as well as we have done, I'd be lying if I didn't say we want to win everything but that is where we  differ from the rags.

Wayne Rooney's current comments in the media prove United's arrogance knows no bounds what so ever, they actually think they will win the Premier League title when they meet Manchester on our own soil.  Like I have always been saying, where is the respect for QPR, Wigan, Aston Villa, Everton, Manchester, Swansea and Sunderland, the last seven clubs who could derail United's title hopes?

Never mind squeaky bum time, how about praying that you don't fall on your own sword.

We are not accustomed to taunting every other club in England which is why I find it ridiculously surreal that the country are more in support of United, even Chelsea and Arsenal fans who have also had to bare the full force of United fans arrogance and idiocy are in on it. Very few Premier League clubs fans have not treated us with contempt, those clubs be Liverpool, QPR, Wigan etc.

Outsiders predict that we will walk in the footsteps of United fans and breed the same level of arrogance and ignorance into our genes, I can't see that happening because I'm a decent law abiding citizen and human being with morals, who understands the difference between banter and abuse or right from wrong.

Yes all clubs have a minority of poor followers but none the size of United's, their success has bred a whole new form of inbred following.

We have our first child due on 22nd May 2012, and I am happy to say being a City fan for 30 odd years has helped define who I am as much as life has. One thing I will be teaching my children is not to care what unimportant others think of them, another I will teach is to have faith in who and what you believe in including yourself.

I'm not perfect and I don't think the perfect person even exists, what defines us is our individuality, teachings, strengths and weaknesses. Just by analysing society today leads me to believe United's fan base will never learn or understand humility unless their club were relegated to the lower tiers of English football, humility is something Manchester City fans are very well accustomed.

Banter is all well and good as long as it is not abused and tarnished with insult and arrogance, I'm not perfect but I respect all who deserve respect, those who abuse and insult us do not deserve respect.

Don't you get bored of seeing United win the league season after season? (not a question for a rag) its like rot setting in on a great old Oak tree, I know I,d prefer a league where five or six clubs were fighting for the title season after season, rather than the farce that it is now.

Right now we need to keep our integrity and stick to our principles, 2nd in the Premier League will be a significant improvement this season. If the Premier League and their fans want United to win again then so be it, more shame them after the abuse they have also had to put up with from United.

Maybe one day there will be fewer clubs who turn up against Chelsea and City, only to not turn up against United, the day all clubs turn up against everyone will be a better day for English football. The old guard of the top tier are slowly on their way back up, until then we just need to continue to grow and fight the rot.

If we are not successful this season then next season we will have another stab at the title, cups and Champions League, while hopefully seeing a significant strengthening of our playing staff and the loss of our weaknesses. With the impending plans to improve the surroundings of our stadium and a fresher future to look forward too what more could we ask for.

It's inevitable that some of the clubs standing in the way of United right now will not turn up, they never do and Sunderland will prove my point when they meet United at the end of the season. If any of them prove me wrong, then Ill hold my hands up and show respect when it's due. Can Queens Park Rangers break the trend that infects some of the more established clubs and take on United?, we are about to see how much influence some teams have and Blackburn just proved my point by rolling over and giving Howard Webb nothing to do.

You can't fight the rot that is United and the Football Association in one year, Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal have failed to do so with all having representatives at the FA in the past. It will take a much more powerful organisation than United and a shift in personnel at the FA to change, there will be a shift at the FA in time starting with the imminent departure of United fan Dave Richards, so all it will take is for Manchester City to continue to grow.

While United scramble for every little bit of scrap metal they can get their hands on before they continue  their fall from grace, we will enjoy a much more fruitful future and have a lot more to look forward too.

Keep the faith!

Who Exactly Are The Biggest Clubs In England And Who Are The Worst Of The Best?

Considering United with financial wealth, dominated English football over the last three decades, I found it fitting to compare win ratio statistics.

since 1980 the mentioned clubs have been the most dominating in the old Division 1, now the Premier League. These are based on Div1/Prem games only.

Arsenal v United

Wins 19 Draws 19 Losses 26 Total 64

Chelsea v United

Wins 18 Draws 18 Losses 18 Total 54

Liverpool v United 

Wins 16 Draws 20 Losses 29 Total 65

Everton v United

Wins 13 Draws 16 Losses 35 Total 64

Nottingham Forest v United  (currently relegated club)

Wins 11 Draws 8 Losses 16 Total 35

Southampton v United  (currently relegated club)

Wins 10 Draws 10 Losses 30 Total 50

Manchester City v United

Wins 8  Draws 16 Losses 22 Total 46

West Ham United v United  (currently relegated club)

Wins 8  Draws 12 Losses 30 Total 50

Tottenham Hotspur v United

Wins 7  Draws 17 Losses 41 Total 65 

Aston Villa v United

Wins 6  Draws 17 Losses 39 Total 62

Leeds United v United  (currently relegated club)

Wins 6  Draws 13 Losses 14 Total 33

Middlesbrough v United  (currently relegated club)

Wins 6  Draws 8 Losses 21 Total 35

Newcastle United v United

Wins 4  Draws 15 Losses 27 Total 46

Sunderland v United

Wins 4  Draws 10 Losses 19 Total 33

Blackburn Rovers v United

Wins 3  Draws 10 Losses 22 Total 35

Bolton Wanderers v United

Wins 3  Draws 5 Losses 20 Total 28

It just goes to show that respect has to go out to relegated clubs Middlesbrough, Leeds, West Ham, Southampton and Nottingham Forest.

The same can't be said for more established Bolton, Sunderland, Newcastle, Blackburn, Aston Villa and Tottenham with their disgraceful statistics against United.

We Manchester City manage to better those established with disgraceful statistics against United despite the fact they have enjoyed far more years at the top flight while we were fighting relegation after relegation, promotion after promotion up and down the English leagues.

Vieira Is Right, Alex Ferguson Is Losing His Marbles And Rio Ferdinand Has All But Admitted United Get Unfair Advantage

Patrick may have been tricked into speaking the truth but, that's just it as he was only saying what most of us already know and think.  Its a known fact that since the arrival of Romans Chelsea, United have had unfair advantage thanks to incompetent and bias match officials.

It's only inevitable United and their fans deny preferential treatment, otherwise they would be accepting the fact that if they win anything it would be due to a helping hand from the FA led by Dave Richards and David Gill. Both United in one cause and one cause alone, to manipulate match officials and the Premier League outcome without getting caught doing so.

For decades we have seen United get away with so much, but why doesn't anyone do anything about it?. The answer is because they only end up smashing their heads against a brick wall built by the FA. Just ask yourselves one question, why have United always had representatives pushing all the buttons at the FA. Alex Ferguson is so annoyed by Vieira's comments about United being helped by referees, that he has pointed to Mario Balotelli not being sent off against Tottenham Hotspur stating Balotelli should have been red carded.

The referee that day was Howard Webb who denied us two clear penalty calls, after Spurs players threw their arms around to stop shots by City. Howard Webb allowed Spurs back into the game that day by playing advantage Spurs, the very same referee Alex Ferguson claimed to the media is his favourite referee. Fulham were recently denied a penalty against United after Murphy went down on the 89 minute mark, Ferguson is trying to compare that to Balotelli not being sent off but fails to remember one key point.

Alex Ferguson's best est favourite mate of a referee Mr Howard Webb went back on his decision after the game and made well and truly sure Mario Balotelli received a red card and three match ban. Balotelli should not have been red carded or banned, it was a clear accident in my opinion because Balotelli was off-balance and had his back to Scott Parker.

Rio Ferdinand has had his say on Patrick Vieira's opinion by tweeting "2 comments in a week or so….c'mon maaaaaan let it go!". Why should Vieira let it go, Rio tweets his backside off on Twitter but Vieira is not entitled to his opinion?. I see Rio fails to deny or disagree which leads me to believe he does not completely disagree. That in itself is enough for me to say United are nothing but that lying cheating dumb ass bloke being ousted on Jeremy Kyle.

You know the one that calls his misses paranoid but then gets well and truly caught out, United and their fans are simply calling us paranoid conspiracy theorists but we all know who the delusional lot are don't we.

United's days are almost over with Dave Richards on his last leg at the FA and Alex Ferguson fighting a losing battle against nature. Add to that the eventual losses of ageing players and the incoming FFP which we all have to follow, well you should get the picture and these things take time.

Time City right now have a lot of me thinks and it's a win win situation for us really.

We have been constantly on the receiving end of suspicious and down right ludicrous decisions this season, had players booked and banned when they shouldn't have been and are still in the title race so if we win it we will deserve it.

If United win it they will have done so with help by the FA and referee's, as well as from clubs that turn up at Old Trafford giving away points in the hope they don't get too humiliated by a club they should have confidence in beating.

Next season they should not have to much influence at the FA if Dave Richards does the right thing and step down and we will have strengthened our weaknesses that have been exposed by referees and injuries.

Old red nose bacon face seems to believe we have been lucky but I beg to differ, I seem to recall Kompany and Balotelli being banned for three matches.

Who did United have red carded recently?

I seem to recall Gareth Barry being wrongfully sent off against Liverpool, I also seem to recall our players being hands yellow after yellow card for mild and fair tackles while our opponents made sure we were on the receiving end of some hefty tackles that always seemed to go unpunished.

If Alex Ferguson thinks we have had our fair share of luck, then I feel sorry for the deluded old fool, he'd be just as delusional as his own clubs fan base.

Do you remember any suspect happenings against Manchester City this season that United have not had to put up with?. I can say one thing for sure, every time something went against us we dropped points and lost players to bans where as, every time something went against United they neither lost points or lost players to bans.

Here's a conspiracy, Spurs and Bolton Wanderers (established PL clubs) both have not beaten United since 2001 and 2002 respectively, our next opponents Sunderland (another established PL club) have not beaten United since 1997.

Keep the faith!

Good luck against Sunderland lads.

The Plank Ashley Young, The Enigma Carlitos Tevez And The Anti City Back Wash Brigade, Pressure Now On United

Over the past so many Months of Manchester City topping the Premier League table, British newspapers and Broadcasters have been spouting their Mouthe's of about how the pressure was always on us. Betfair football betting have us down to brush aside Sporting Lisbon for a start, I too believe we will ease past them without any pressure despite injuries and illness today.

We have had to put up with interview after interview of United players spouting off about us, as well as interviews of other players who play for other clubs be them ex United players or secret United fans.

They even recruited ex United players and asked their opinions, the only ex player who had any real common sense was the least likely of all, stand up Roy Keane and a player I admit to dislike as much as race face Neville.

After the shambles that turned up at Swansea, I can only feel for our travelling contingent. First they had to watch an average display against Sporting Lisbon, then a worse display against Swansea. I hope this is a blessing in disguise and pumps Manchester City and our players up enough to tear our remaining opposed apart, with another humiliating defeat for United.

Ashley Young is the latest rag mouth on the street, the pressure was always on us for most of the season being at the top. Well now the pressure is on us again for not being at the top, I'd ask "are you thick or what Ashley" but that would be a silly question now wouldn't it.

Looks like Wayne Rooney has found himself a new little friend in Young, both are as thick as a plank and narrow minded.

The loss to Swansea is no big issue for it takes the pressure off us and piles the pressure on United, those with an ounce of intelligence at United will know we will come out fighting with 3 points in the Derby still to play for.

It's time for Manchester City to step up to the plate and unleash Carlos Tevez, he has shown he still has what he always had. He has shown he is committed in the short term, its time to give him the chance to turn it around for all parties interests.

With Silva and Aguero along side, Tevez will be a force of nature, I was an extremely heavy Tevez critic over the whole saga. But not even I am narrow minded to think Tevez is not worth the risk, life is all about risk just like life is all about creating your own luck.

If anything I prefer to be the chasing team, we needed a bit of perspective in the final third. You can get complacent and too comfortable at the top, the slip up has come at the right time I'd say.

The arrogance of our opponents know no bounds, the FA and the Daily Rags ex ref Graham Poll were contacted after our colossal Joe Hart had a bit of banter with Swansea's Scott Sinclair just before Sinclair missed a penalty.

Beating us by one goal clearly is not enough to satisfy the haters, so much so that they resort to the antics of that sad little man or woman who calls the BBC to complain about an issue within a soap opera or program.

We're still in the Europa League with only one goal to turn around at home, and we're still well in the title fight with the rags yet to play us on our own soil.

The backwash brigade have done the predictable and bit the bait rather than shut up and show some humble caution. Now we all know there is not a gram of humble caution in the bones of a rag, given even a sniff of ammo they let their mouthe's run off without any evidence of thought.

The Daily rag aka Daily Mail run by United fans jumped at the chance to single out a teen aged City fan, who did nothing but show his frustration while in attendance at Swansea. They went on to try humiliate the young lad by implying the lad was crying his eyes out, even if he were crying his eyes out at least we can show emotion with dignity.

I seem to remember quite a few United fans ranged between 30 and 50 years of age, spitting their dummies out having fist waving childish little tantrums when we humiliated them by SIX.

Hypocrites!

The Daily Mail also made a complete error by claiming Carlos Tevez would make a shock comeback against Sporting Lisbon only to remove the article from their site after being laughed at by City fans who pointed to the fact Carlos was not on the player list registered to play against Sporting. The Daily rag have now replaced the article with an article correctly pointing to the Chelsea game.

Meanwhile David Platt has made John Guidetti well aware that he has not gone unnoticed, and is very much in Manchester City's future plan.

The pressure is now well and truly on United, our next games against Sporting Lisbon and Chelsea will be drilled into our players as must win.
The only issues right now are the key losses of Lescott, Barry, Kompany and Zabman Zabaleta to injury and illness.

Keep the Faith!

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!

Richard Dunne Out, Ireland And City Reject United and Bacon Face Is About To Get Another Surprise with Brian Kidd in.

The Mirror claim Manchester United slapped in a cheeky bid for our Superman Stephen Ireland only to be rejected outright.

Sir Alex Ferguson hoped that the 23-year-old Irishman could be tempted away from Eastlands because Mark Hughes has an embarrassment of midfield riches with Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong and Vincent Kompany in his squad.

But United were told that there was no chance of City selling Ireland – their current player of the year – at any price.

Stephen Ireland, who has just signed a five-year deal at City, said: “I want to be part of what happens at City because I think we’re going to achieve great things.”

“I want to be around when that happens. I don’t want to be anywhere else.”

“I’ve been happy here since I came over from Ireland at the age of 14. From then I set my sights on staying at Manchester City and that’s how I still feel.”


The Sunday Express claims, Richard Dunne has received a Golden Handshake from Manchester City.

Richard Dunne has left Manchester City for Aston Villa with an estimated £6million golden farewell.

That was the amount the ex-Eastlands skipper could have expected from a testimonial pencilled in for next year when he would have completed 10 years at City.

On behalf of all City fans, i would like to wish Dunney Monster all the best for the future and thank him for the years of loyalty and service.

To end with

Mark Hughes is looking to bring in Brian Kidd to act as the link between City's first team and academy which will infuriate rival boss Bacon Face Alex Ferguson.

The News of the World claim, Brian Kidd is on the brink of a sensational return to Manchester City as part of the backroom staff.

Kidd has been approached by City chief Mark Hughes to act as a link man between the first team and the academy.

His move to City, where he spent three years as a player, will infuriate Manchester United chief Sir Alex Ferguson.

Kidd was the United manager's assistant when they secured the Premier League title for the first time in 1993.

They fell out when Kidd quit to become Blackburn manager in 1998 and their relationship has only recently begun to thaw.

Hughes was a player at United under Ferguson and Kidd when United won that Premier League title for the first time.

Kidd is credited with starting a production line of young players at Old Trafford and he has been asked to do a similar job at City.

The pair have an excellent relationship and Kidd's potential appointment underlines the manager's power at City.

Although Kidd has not been primed for a coaching role, he has been asked to improve relations between the Platt Lane academy and the first team.

His potential arrival has left the academy coaches Alex Gibson, Paul Power and Barry Poynton fearing that he is coming into the club as their new boss.

Kidd has been out of work since he performed miracles alongside Paul Hart to keep Portsmouth in the top flight last season.

He claimed the travelling distance was too much when he turned down the offer to become Paul Hart's assistant.

Man United and Liverpool Trafficking?, are Uefa Hypocrite's?

While Uefa declare concern over English Premier League finances, Man United are apparently trafficking young foreign players from under the noses of their mother clubs.

Yes the mighty Man United, one of the very same clubs that payed over the odds for players for decades, Why did Uefa not show their concerns about finances years ago when Man United were paying the amount of £25+ million for Rio Ferdinand, Wayne Rooney or Dimitar Berbatov?

Why not voice their concerns when Man United sold a player to another club for £80 million?

Why are they not more concerned about Man United and Liverpool trafficking kids under the age of 18 from under the noses of their respected clubs?, they are going straight to the parents by offering them big money to convince they're child to move to United.

Why are Uefa turning a blind eye to Liverpool, Man United, AC Milan & Real Madrid?

I think Uefa are in the process of mounting a war against clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City, but how can they do this?, surely clubs like Man United are not immune from these so called new rules Uefa want to implement?

It seems clubs like Man United are immune as their total revenue covers their means despite the fact they owe hundreds of millions.

So new rules are to be announced to stop clubs from breaking the bank like Man United have done for decades, why did they not stop Man United from doing so, why are they allowing Real Madrid to pay crazy prices like £80 million for one player.

Well they cannot stop us now but they can try to slow us down in the long run, if it was not Manchester City FC then it would probably be one of your clubs outside the top two so why not get behind Manchester City FC, even if you are not a City fan because we are surely fighting for the under-dogs here.

Uefa are undoubtedly late by atleast 34 years so why not target clubs that are in extreme debt in Europe instead of attacking honest clubs who are trying to get somewhere, surely clubs that borrow to maintain their hold on European football should be the punished.

Have Uefa got it all wrong?