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The George when Tommy had it is still, even above the Sherwood and the Bird in Hand, the City pub I miss the most. RIP

Never liked playing Ipswich away. I don't remember many City wins at Portman Road over past 40 years. Except for the tonking in the FA Cup....Berkovic's finest hour. Edit - last 12 league fixtures at Portman Rd going back to 1981 P12 W1 D2 L9 (I think) And it's basically the same for the 10...

GK - Coton DF - Curle MF - Lake FW - SWP ST - Anelka

Whole interview well worth watching. The way he describes the noise the City fans were making at HT at Spurs, despite being 3-0 down, really should remind supporters the difference they can make in lifting a team when they are behind.

Yeah, Macken was a slightly odd signing at that time...especially so late in the transfer window when we looked like we were going up anyway. But 1) comes across as a sound local lad 2) his goals v Bradford on debut (had a top night), at Spurs in the cup and in the derby mean he wouldn't need...

(Based on anecdotal evidence) I'd suggest there are an outsized number of 40-50 year old men called Asa who were born in the Manchester area. Only one reason why. Happy birthday Mr Hartford!

Underrated. A lot of focus on what he couldn't do, rather than what he could. Also, think he would have fit into a Pep team v.well if he'd hsve been a few years younger.

Not true at all. Listen again. He is borderline hyperventilating.

Not quite. A lot of Barney blather as usual (I quite like him tbh)...but at the end he says it's basically a draw but with the blue corner shading it on work rate and aggression. A little dig in there, but accepts the premise of what City are trying to do (with some success).

2 things can be true at the same time. Kinkladze easily the best City player I've seen (since 1985) at beating players with skill/his feet. Also, his work rate and general overall play means he would have been unlikely to have fit into this team. Though with 5 years under Pep in his early...

Fitzroy a good shout. Underrated in a number of ways IMO. I was a big fan of Browny even though he was a bit of a gobshite, lied to me that we'd stay up 'no bother' in '98 and lobbed an ashtray at my sis in a club.

Pearce was hard as a player tbf (soft arse though as a manager by various accounts). He was 40 when he got to us and still scared the shit out of a variety of opposition forwards. I remember the lad who got Tiatto (in retrospect fairly!) sent off v Norwich was sent the clearest possible...

Just as cack as the one before, but with even more games and less riding on most of them.

According to a leaked report, in 2020 average pay for kitman (person) in the Championship was £33k. The highest being £56k. You'd imagine that was a club that had just come down from the PL. So £60k probably sounds about right. Though no details on whether it is much different for the head...

Not an Oasis fan really, but I think this is a cracker. Manc tune that everyone knows, decent lyrics that fit with original. The greatest striker in the PL needs a proper chant. 10 hat tricks in 2 years and all he's got now is Haaland, Haaland, Haaaland.

If this car's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin'

The close control passing around the edge of the box is amazing. Up there with the goals at Arsenal a few days after the LC final win front of a half full Emirates.

I might be in a minority here, but I don't get the antipathy towards Quinn. The snide punditry thing never really sat with me. I think what might be more true is that he didn't gush about us like some thought he might/should. Great servant for us, seems like a really good person and great...

Ake, Akanji, KDB, Bernardo, Rodri, Gundo, & Dias are very intelligent guys, as you say. Actually, I think our foreign players speak better English than our English players! Reminds me of Going For Gold (with the legend Henry Kelly) back in the day. A quiz show in English, where the English...

Bumped into him a few times and he's always been happy to have a quick chat or a photo with the kids. Seems like a nice guy off the field (as well as being, as a few forget, a great GK 2009-2014).