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    "Injuries" before internationals

    I've noticed a lot of mentions of this recently, as being something that Pep and City are well known for. Darwen Nunez has just pulled out of the Uruguay squad apparently as a precaution, despite 120 minutes at United. Yet, on a couple of sites I look at it's de Bruyne's name that's brought up...
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    PL to block owners guilty of "human rights abuses"

    Now, I'm not a fan of state ownership, but in our case see it as pretty much a necessary evil as the only way we'd ever have caught up. But surely any real human rights abuse rule would rule it out completely - every nation in the world would surely fall foul of it. EDIT: The article has now...
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    The Football Writing Festival

    Not seen any mention of this, but there's a "festival" of football writing on 6-10th at the National Football Museum. Nedum is part of it, talking about his autobiography on Monday evening. Also just a trigger warning for those with a sensitive disposition, the Sunday event has Rory Smith...
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    International fixtures start of September!

    I've just noticed that there is a round of internationals booked in for the start of September (England playing on the 5th and the 8th). Completely blows up any chance of the supposed 30 days rest the team are supposed to have. With that turnaround, you might get a few days off, but surely not...
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    Away Form - best in the league in last 5 games

    http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/PR/aform.html Points from last five away. Top of another table. 1 Manchester City 13 2 Tottenham Hotspur 12 3 Manchester United 11 4 Chelsea 10 5 Sunderland 9 6 Arsenal 9
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    David Conn "kinda" free event - talking City and Manchester!

    Just wanted to publicise an event coming up on May 15th with David Conn. It's part of the Prestwich Book Festival, and looks like a fascinating evening. Whether you agree or disagree with his views on City, he's a true fan, and he's rooted out many a footballing scandal in his time. I know a...
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    I hope we don't win the title next season

    The emotion yesterday was just so amazing, and it got me thinking about what is special in football. Goals are special because they come at random moments, often when you think one might never be scored. The beauty of yesterday was the build up of emotion - the time we weren't scoring which...
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    Rags seven points better off than at this stage last season

    They not only had seven less points, but they were also top of the table. I think this adds a little perspective to our position. There's now a ten point gap to third place (and let's face it, Spurs are not going to win the league), so United have had to get better results than they've had for...
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    City selling better than United

    Just realised my post may get lost in the middle of this thread, so an update from 1st November 2014 about a charitable donation: ---- Just has a shock as the United quiz book I published for a friend has finally outsold the City one (Do You Love Your Team? A Quiz Book for Man City Fans) in the...
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    New City Quiz book - free copies if anyone wants one!

    Hi, I've just written a quiz book about City which I'm going to publish on Amazon. Ric kindly gave me permission to ask a quick question on here: Before I click the final publish button, I wondered if a couple of people fancied trying it out, in case I've made any hugely silly mistakes. If...
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    Footballers aren't born in the summer!

    Fascinating article explaining the bizarre truth that kids who are born in the summer don't have as much of a chance to make it as footballers. I've read something about this before with other sports, but it's amazing that it's not been taken into account till recently. Put simply, when kids...
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    Tevez for top premier league scorer?

    Two games to go - just two goals in it. Neither Tevez or Berbaflop have scored much in the last few months, but Tevez is likely playing the last two matches and Mr Flop may not be played next week. If he's leaving I'd maybe want Balo or Dzeko to finish the season on a high instead, but it would...
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    Anyone watching the match in Prestwich?

    All the competitions have now closed, and no matter how many times I check my inbox, it looks like I haven't won any tickets! So - any suggestions for watching the match in Prestwich?
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    ITK live blog about city on Guardian now (sadly also rags)

    Might be interesting - Daniel Taylor (the one that every rag fan thinks is anti-utd and every City fan thinks it anti-city) is doing a live Q&A online about both teams. He's done it before and talks quite openly about what he knows, without the cryptic nonsense that we get from ITKs on here...
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    Our mentality is the problem!

    When Everton came back into it I could feel the mood drop, it was as if I could feel the fingers reaching for the keyboards across the country, ready to grumble. I am loving the irony that so often posters who criticise the players mentality show off their own weak mentality too. Winners are...
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    Money can't buy happiness

    It looks like this is true for many of you. Ten years ago, if you'd told me we'd be in the top four, looking forward to a Wembley FA Cup Semi against the rags, and that many fans would be complaining I'd have laughed in your face. A couple of points to remember: 1. Just because we have money...
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    Spurs want to knock down the Olympic Stadium?!!?

    Bit of a bizarre one - We know Spurs wanted to hijack West Ham's bid to use the Olympic Stadium, but they've now come out and said they plan to knock it down and build a football only stadium on the site. Apparently it works out £200m cheaper than upgrading WHL. They said they'll throw in a few...
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    The Winter is colder in Milan than Manchester

    Seen a few too many comments about Balotelli and the weather - including from MotD (I thought Lineker was supposed to be educated!) so here's a little info: Manchester average winter low temps: Dec 1°C Jan 1°C Feb 1°C Milan average winter low temps: Dec 0°C Jan -1°C Feb 0°C And if you...
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    16 months ago we finished 39 points below United

    39 points behind in 08/09 18 points behind in 09/10 10/11? anyone seriously think we'll be worse off?
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    Webchat in the Guardian - Gay clubs, Fights, Funerals, Fibs!

    Just seen this webchat from earlier and can't see any mention of it here. It's Danny Taylor the Guardian's manchester correspondent - and someone who gets a fair few mentions (good and bad) on here. Some interesting comments, and a bit less guarded than newspaper articles. For example when...

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