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Lucy Bronze was our only truly world class player and is irreplaceable but City correct to let her go now, she deserves to play for the best team in the world. Where does this leave City Women? Actually I think swapping Duggan for Beemer massively strengthens us: 1. Defence is our strength and...

I remember Pep's first Bayern game at the Etihad and both full backs overlapping inside the right attack midfielder - Alaba was outstanding. Kolarov does not fit in anymore - his strength is overlapping runs outside left attacker and he is very one footed. I think we will be looking at full...

Would be a cert for first team BUT big question mark about his weakness with his right foot. Has an excellent attitude, good at pairing up with left midfield partners (Brandon Barker was lost when Angelino moved to the States) and plays with confidence with an eye for key passes and goal...

Very worried about dangerous overcrowding on trams to Ashton - Metrolink provide little information and usually only run single trams. Appalling service post match. Though Metrolink station staff are very friendly and patient they are not provided with information from Control room. Has anyone...

Park and ride at Ashton Moss fills up towards the end, so arrive early. There is also Park and Ride at the previous stop (part of the cinema car park) and cheap parking at the Droylsden stop. The main problem is crowding in the team - it's ok when they lay on double trams, but all too often...

What are supporters views of the food provision at the stadiums? I am forwarding some views to the club and would welcome the thoughts of others. As a vegetarian I am often often left hungry by the lack of appropriate provision.

4-3-3 Defence: Hart/Zabaleta/Kompany/Nastasic/Clichy (New goalie/Richards/Lescott/Rekic - signings?) Narrow formation Fernandinho/Yaya/Barry (Milner/Rodwell/Garcia/Razak - signings: one of: Pizzaro/Paulinho/Illarramendi?) Silva/new centre forward/Aguero (Nasri/Tevez/Dzeko/Guidetti - signings...

Dzeko is known as the Bosnian Diamond, maybe we can make him the Blue Diamond. Any songs about blue diamonds? All I could come up with was Neil Diamond 'Sung Song Blue' a bittersweet song: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_rCiY3SgRQ"...

Sky Sports pundit lauds City's "own Claude Makelele" <a class="postlink" href="http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/42705/Sky_Sports_pundit_lauds_Citys_own_Claude_Makelele.aspx" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/42 ... elele.aspx</a> <a...

Interesting piece on Guardian blog by Daniel Taylor <a class="postlink" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2010/aug/24/manchester-city-mancini" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/20 ... ty-mancini</a> Manchester City roll back the years...

We have had to relocate to Colin Bell stand from North stand - so far we miss the atmosphere, its so quiet on the halfway line - BUT walking around the concourse in the family stand made it all worth while - so many young kids, they are our future - need to plan extending ground for extra 30,000...

Whether AJ (or SWP) play will be based on tactical decision - passing game or running game. We now have verstatile players such as Milner who offer us tactical flexibility by changing their position / role mid game and other players who bring particular talents to the team - De Jong, AJ, SWP -...

Our critics talk about the individual signings and question how can keep bench players happy. Mancini talks about building a team: "mentality" "gel" "respect" "versatile" "flexible"

Second half substitutions show how versatile our players are .................................Hart............................... Micah.............Kolo................Vince...........Lescott .....................NDJ................Barry...

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Great to hear the 'Mancini' chants last night. This is beginning to look more like his idea of a team - mentality: we do not lose versatile players tactically flexible Flexible 4 - 3 - 3 4 - 1+2 - 2+1 against Spurs 4 - 2+1 - 2+1 last night Expect conservative formations...

Think about Claude Mkelele, for Madrid and Chelsea he did not play every game; but in the really important games he was always the key player. De Jong is currently, along with Mascherano, one of the best in the world at what he does. At the same time he is the most 'limited' ie not versatile...

Defence - settled formation with attacking fullbacks GK: Hart (Given) RB: Boateng (Richards) - RCB: Toure (Kompany/Boyata) - LCB: Kompany (Lescott) - LB: Kolarov (Bridge) 1. Strong formation: 4 - 3(1+2) - 3(2+1) Midfield: DM: De Jong (Viera, Ibrahim) - RM: Yaya Toure (Milner), LM: Milner...

Squad 25. "Home Grown" – 11 (h); Not “Home Grown” - 14; Under 21 Goalkeepers Hart(h), Given(h), Taylor(h), Defence Full backs: RB: Boateng, Richards(h), Zabaleta, LB: Kolarov, Bridge(h), Cunningham(u21), Centre backs: RCB: Toure(K), Boyata(u21), LCB: Lescott(h),Kompany, Mee(u21) Midfield...