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/ 4711 days agoImpressions of Manchester City vs Chelsea at Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium was the venue for a game that seemed somewhat anti-climactic after the epic Champions League Final and long Premier League season. Manchester City defeated Chelsea 5-3 in the match, but the result was overshadowed by last week’s announcement of Manchester City’s investment in MLS. MCFC’s investment in the US domestic game served to […]
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/ 4714 days agoWhy Kolo Toure Is A Worthwhile Gamble For Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers
Kolo Toure, who has been linked with Liverpool in recent days, has completed a remarkable comeback season. The central defender’s recent seasons were characterized by drug suspensions, alleged salacious affairs and uneven play. However in the 2012-13 season, Toure proved a lifesaver for a City side that was struggling with injuries and consistency at the […]
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/ 4717 days agoTony Pulis Departs: Stoke City Fans, Be Careful What You Wish For
Critics of Tony Pulis are seemingly found at every corner in the British press. Yet his accomplishments with Stoke City have gone underappreciated. He came back to Stoke in 2006 after boardroom intrigue had forced him out of the job previously. That first season back as the manager of the Championship side, Pulis took a […]
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/ 4718 days agoWest Ham Manager Sam Allardyce Once Again Has Proven His Critics Wrong
“Playing the right way” is a commentary that has become more and more prevalent among the media and fans in recent years. Style is everything to many, and merely playing for results is considered by some a crisis of morality. The desire of many elites to put personal preferences as far as playing style and […]
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/ 4722 days agoFormer NASL Star Brian Kidd Is Ideal Candidate To Lead Manchester City On US Tour
When Brian Kidd was named caretaker manager of Manchester City on Monday, it brought me down memory lane. As a young Fort Lauderdale Strikers ball boy, Kidd had been one of the goal scoring heroes of mine. In 1982, when the Strikers signed Kidd, it was such a big deal that my family and I […]
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/ 4724 days agoManchester City Hierarchy Sold Roberto Mancini Down The River
To outsiders, it may appear that those who support Manchester City have overreacted in the past few days. If you feel that way, you simply don't understand the culture that surrounds supporting Manchester City. You can debate the merits of the Roberto Mancini sacking all day long. His record as a manager speaks for itself. […]
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/ 4941 days ago"Roberto Mancini: A Footballing Life" Book Review
Italian sportswriter Luca Caioli’s new biography entitled Roberto Mancini is readable, revealing, but yet somehow incomplete. Caioli relies exclusively on interviews with influential contemporaries of Mancini to paint a picture of the man as a player and as a manager. The interviews are filled with interesting nuggets, including Gianluca Vialli — his Sampdoria teammate — […]
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/ 4944 days agoRoberto Mancini Calls Upon Familiar Faces to Thwart “Crisis” Against Sunderland
The defending Premier League Champions have provided uneven and perhaps even worrying performances fixture after fixture in all competitions this season. Not since the second half of the Community Shield win over Chelsea, had City looked in command of a match and secure at the back. Late transfer activity seemed to do more unsettle the […]
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/ 4960 days ago"Manchester – the City Years" — Book Review
"Manchester – the City Years" is simply the most comprehensive history ever written about the reigning champions of England. Gary James, a renowned football historian and City supporter whose previous works about City have been impressive, has written a masterpiece that football fans of any English club would appreciate. James's previous comprehensive history, “Manchester, the […]
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/ 5194 days agoRoberto Mancini Needs to Channel His Inner Mourinho To Help City Win The Title
After a flying start to the 2011-12 Premier League campaign, Manchester City has struggled since the December 12th loss at Stamford Bridge to Chelsea. In that match, the bad luck that has dogged the Citizens reared its ugly head. With City leading 1-0 early in the match, a penalty shout was missed when David Silva […]
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/ 5200 days agoSunderland: A Club Transformed (Book Review)
I was originally skeptical of diving into Sunderland, A Club Transformed, Jonathan Wilson’s book about the 2006-2007 season for the Black Cats. As much as I respect Jonathan Wilson’s intellect and analysis of topics related to football, there were two red flags for me. Firstly, any narrative about a single season in football tends to […]
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/ 5220 days agoSoccer Men by Simon Kuper: Book Review
Simon Kuper is the preeminent intellectual football author of our time. His works such as Football Against the Enemy, and Soccernomics (aka Why England Lose) need no introduction to many fans of the beautiful game. His columns in publications such as The Financial Times are indispensable reading for those who want to keep a sharp […]
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/ 5228 days agoGareth Barry, Manchester City’s English Lion
The fall of 2011 has marked a turnaround of sorts for Gareth Barry. More confident performances for Manchester City as well as the honor of scoring England’s 2,000th goal in the 1-0 November friendly win over Sweden. Late last season, former Manchester City midfielder Joey Barton referred to Barry as “slow as a turtle,” and […]
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/ 5459 days agoBlue Moon Rising, Man City Documentary, Debuts On Fox Soccer Channel
Editor's note: Fox Soccer Channel will air the new documentary Blue Moon Rising commercial-free on Wednesday, May 11 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, with an encore presentation on Friday, May 13 at 11 p.m. ET/8 p.m. PT. The U.S. TV debut follows a group of Manchester City fans (including former Oasis front man Noel […]
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/ 5593 days agoWhat the Premier League TV Experience Is Like In India
India has in recent years become an important market for the development of the Premier League as the world's most popular team sports competition. The growth of the league has been remarkable throughout Asia and here in South India it is aided by knowledge of the English language and a certain amount of Anglophilia and […]