Racing & Football Outlook November 1-7, 2011 The outcome of this season’s Premier League is obviously a long way from being settled, even though Man City are five points clear. However, after almost three months of relative inconclusiveness, City’s 6-1 trouncing of Man United at Old Trafford was unquestionably the most meaningful result of...
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CITIZENS NOT CERTAIN FOR TOP FOUR SPOT
First published in Racing & Football Outlook November 9-15, 2010 It’s inevitable that Man City would take up a fair amount of our brain power this season but I’m surprised that I haven’t looked at their situation/plight – delete as applicable – in this column since the start of the season. Back in August, it didn’t take...
MANCINI IS NO MOURINHO OF THE NORTH
I travelled to Manchester at the start of the season and was greeted by a huge advertising hoarding as Man City celebrated Carlos Tevez’s move from Old Trafford to Eastlands. Even if his transfer was not the final piece in the Citizens’ jigsaw, the idea back then was that it did at least reflect...