Recent content by hgblue

The rules regarding financial governance were originally intended to prevent unscrupulous owners coming in, landing a football club in mountains of debt chasing the dream, then buggering off leaving the club in danger of going out of business. Seems to me a sports governing body has a...

Been to every parade with my kids, won’t be going tomorrow, just not feeling it, not sure it’s appropriate after losing a cup final to your local rivals

So, Foden has an absolute blinder against West Ham in his preferred central position. What does Pep do? Moves him out wide where he barely gets a kick and drops our most threatening wide player to accommodate Kovacic. Seems to me Pep felt bad about dropping him for the West Ham game and this was...

Sport can be cruel sometimes, but that’s why we love it. You work hard all season long to put yourselves into a great position to win the league, then piss it all away in the space of ten minutes. What the men’s team have learnt is that you have to be ruthless when the opposition hand you an...

Begs the question, did the club know what they were doing when they got involved in the super league? Were they privy to information that we weren’t? Should we have trusted the professionals who are running the club? Whilst City fans were busy criticising the club and pleading the case for the...

I said many years ago when this shite first got going that we should have challenged this bollocks in the courts. Instead, we've tried to 'play the game', but it's time for the club to realise that the goalposts are going to be continually moved until they manage to get something in place that...

I'm proud of the team and it's coach, they gave everything but just fell short on the night, that's elite level sport. They made mighty Real Madrid play like a plucky underdog which shows how far we've come. I'm gutted for the team but don't actually feel too bad myself, there's a way to lose...

Alternative Smiths lyrics alert, doesn’t quite fit unfortunately

Something like: -------------------Ederson-------------------- Walker-----Stones------Dias--------Ake ---------------------Rodri----------------- -----------KDB---------------Foden------- Bernardo---------Haaland-------Grealish Could work but leaves Rodri a bit isolated on transistion. Maybe...

We’re getting close to the stage where Pep has got a decision to make regarding Foden starting games in the 10 role on a more regular basis. He’s too good in that position to keep playing him out wide to accommodate KDB. This day was always going to arrive. I’m sure KDB could adapt his game to...

I don't think Pep is doing the lad any favours by shoehorning him into the team. If we're being realistic he's not starting ahead of Haaland unless the big man is injured or rested. He's a good player and seems to be a good lad, I get that Pep likes him but this is professional sport and I sense...

His second touch is by a Liverpool player

But how would this protect the cartel clubs from competition? I’m sure people are putting forward ideas in good faith that they think would protect clubs from financial mismanagement and stop them going bankrupt, but this really isn’t the point of FFP. Maybe it started off that way, but somehow...

This is what I was on about when I said the Everton and Forest situations were good news for us. Up until now our claims about the nature and motivations behind FFP were falling on deaf ears. Rival supporters didn't really give a shit about FFP because they presumed it wasn't going to effect...

I guess ten years ago you could have argued that the sponsorship deal was over valued. However, in hindsight it was an absolutely inspired piece of business by Etihad. Just imagine how much our brand recognition has increased since that deal was signed and how beneficial that association has...