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Posted on January 21st, 2012 | No Comments

Napoli have told City, and Chelsea they will only sell Striker for big bucks


Manchester City, and Chelsea have bee told by Napoli that they will only sell Edison Cavani for an extremely large sum of money. Roberto Mancini has been a big fan of Cavani for some time, and would love to bring him to play in Manchester. Napoli nowadays are a team on form, and going places [...]



Posted on January 21st, 2012 | No Comments

Napoli have told City, and Chelsea they will only sell Striker for big bucks


Manchester City, and Chelsea have bee told by Napoli that they will only sell Edison Cavani for an extremely large sum of money. Roberto Mancini has been a big fan of Cavani for some time, and would love to bring him to play in Manchester. Napoli nowadays are a team on form, and going places [...]



Posted on January 14th, 2012 | No Comments

Morrison vs. Morrison

I remember when I was still playing football on a regular and competitive basis. One weekend our team traveled to [...]



Posted on January 12th, 2012 | No Comments

VIDEO – Reactions After City – Liverpool 0-1

Manchester City’s manager Roberto Mancini and Liverpool’s manager Kenny Dalglish spoke after the win Liverpool managed in front of City.



Posted on January 8th, 2012 | No Comments

Manchester Derby is a season finale

This is it.



Posted on January 6th, 2012 | No Comments

VIDEO – Mancini Eager For City – United Clash

Manchester City and Manchester United are preparing to go head to head for the third time this season with the two teams having split the wins in the previous two games.



Posted on January 6th, 2012 | No Comments

Arsenal close to signing Wayne Bridge?

Arsene Wenger has made it clear that a temporary signing of a left-back is an immediate priority for Arsenal before the Gunners play their next League game against Swansea, and it seems that he could be close to signing one, according to the Metro this…



Posted on January 1st, 2012 | No Comments

NUTS AND BOLTS

It is common to write “five thoughts” about football matches these days, but I have had six, so here goes and two hoots to protocol. This is 2012 and I’ll do what I want:Firstly then, my second thought (as my first one is unprintable, libellous and mig…



Posted on January 1st, 2012 | No Comments

Gunners target Bridge or Taiwo for loan

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says that he knows he must get a left back on loan. Thomas Vermaelen is out with a calf injury for up to three weeks at the same time as Andre Santos, and Kieran Gibbs are also missing. Manchester City’s Wayne Bridge…



Posted on December 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Wenger admits he has no answer to Arsenal’s defensive problems……..yet!

Arsene Wenger has admitted that he can’t find a solution to Arsenal’s defensive injuries within the squad as the busy Christmas period arrives, and thinks that playing his centre-backs out of position will only make the problems worse and w…



Posted on December 18th, 2011 | No Comments

Manchester City vs Arsenal: Match preview/injury news

Arsenal travel to Eastlands this afternoon to face Manchester City in a game which is extremely important for both teams. City need to bounce back from failing to qualify for the last 16 of the Champions League and losing to Chelsea on Monday; They co…



Posted on December 18th, 2011 | No Comments

Andrei: Did Arsenal offload Nasri at exactly the right moment?

Mancini Wants Nasri To Be Better. Was He Right To Leave Arsenal? Manchester City’s manager Roberto Mancini has praised former Gunner Samir Nasri, but declared that he still expects more from the French attacking midfielder. Nasri left Arsenal in the …



Posted on December 17th, 2011 | No Comments

Samir Nasri gets told off by Mancini – Must play better!

The Man City manager Roberto Mancini spent a long summer trying to prise Samir Nasri away from Arsenal, but the young Frenchman is finding himself left on the bench too often for his own liking. Mancini explained that Nasri needs to step up his game if…



Posted on October 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Let’s All Laugh at City???

It’s one of my favorite things to say about our noisy neighbors, but “Let’s all laugh at City” could soon be shelved, right next to the “35 Years” banner we literally held over their heads for the last 3.5 decades. With an FA Cup in their desolate trophy cabinet, City have started this league season [...]



Posted on October 2nd, 2011 | No Comments

THE CORRECT ANSWER

And that, lads and lasses, is how to put to bed the most troublesome of weeks.It started with a low rumbling, white static, the sound of the tide crashing up the beach, water flowing into places it shouldn’t really get to. Then the warm embrace of Lanc…



Posted on September 28th, 2011 | No Comments

Good Night

Last night, it was good to be a Gooner. For a while the spotlight glare of media disdain shone on Manchester, as the red and blue sides both showed us it’s not just Arsenal that can make a mess of … Continue reading →



Posted on September 18th, 2011 | No Comments

PER FILO E PER SEGNO

FOLLOWING EVERY THREAD IN THE TAILOR’S TRADE9 Or So Questions Post Fulham 1. Why, dear Mr Mancini, did you replace City’s best player – David Silva – with City’s best journeyman – Pablo Zabaleta – with the score delicately set at 2-1, thus sending out …



Posted on September 16th, 2011 | No Comments

Memoirs of a North Bank Sage: Digging in

He’s been watching from the North Bank for more than 50 years; read the latest memoirs of a North Bank sage on wearethenorthbank.com throughout the season. And probably during the summer too! On the Dortmund game… I was well pleased with a poin…



Posted on August 27th, 2011 | No Comments

Match Preview: Spurs v Manchester City

White Hart Lane. Sunday 28th August. 1.30pm Kick off. ESPN. Spurs kicked off last season with a 0-0 draw against City at The Lane. City were lucky that day as Joe Hart was their star, keeping Spurs at bay in a match that the home side should have won easily. It was almost a case [...]



Posted on August 23rd, 2011 | No Comments

Goodbye Samir

Arsenal.com have revealed that we have agreed terms with Manchester City for Samir Nasri. I have to say, I’m relieved. At the moment, everything seems negative about Arsenal. We have lost two of our best players, our rivals seem to be stronger, we can’t score, we can’t win, we can’t get through a game without read more »



Posted on August 22nd, 2011 | No Comments

Nasri: Will he stay or will he go

The deal we all thought was so close to being completed now seems to be at least a mini Fabregas saga away from completion and is threatening to distract us during this vital week in the history of Arsenal football club.Just last week the Frenchman loo…



Posted on July 21st, 2011 | No Comments

Gaz: THE UNCERTAINTY THAT IS BEING A GOONER

Another week has passed by in the transfer window since I wrote my last article, and we are still no nearer to solving our problems in defence. The Gary Cahill rumours have come back again, which is positive I guess, but we still don’t seem any closer to sealing a deal for him. A young [...]



Posted on July 16th, 2011 | No Comments

Mancini – I am hopeful that Nasri will arrive this month

The Man City manager Roberto Mancini has been sprouting off to the media (for a change) and in a very worrying statement, he has told Sky that he “is hopeful” that Samir Nasri will arrive at the Eastlands before the end of the month. He did…



Posted on May 14th, 2011 | No Comments

Wenger – If Man City want Fabregas they should ring me!

After the tapping-up of Cesc Fabregas by Barcelona and their players for the last couple of summers, it now seems that Man City have decided to join in the fun. Roberto Mancini named Fabregas as the one player that he would want to ring the title to th…



Posted on May 11th, 2011 | No Comments

Mancini – We want to take third place off Arsenal

The Man City coach Roberto Mancini saw his team secure fourth place in the Premiership, and now he is keen to overtake Arsenal for third place to secure a straight entry to the Champions League without the need to play in the qualifying rounds. Share A…



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