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Proving beyond doubt it's no more than bullying & scapegoating - even though people accept that he played well, when they need someone to blame at full time, Raheem's mark goes down. Can't wait for him to have his best ever season for us, and for people who actually understand the game of...

Even if you leave aside the incidents that raise question marks around him (his lack of fitness last summer, the Drip Doctors nonsense, the stupid incident with the salute, this supposed leak about his arrogance) Why would we keep someone that did press conferences last year saying: “Guardiola...

For me, the timeline is: 1. Chelsea, City, Liverpool plus various other clubs make informal approaches to Van Dijk's agent and Southampton, during the 16-17 season to register their interest. All are told to wait until the end of the season. 2. At the close of the season, Southampton decide...

I first read it thinking "Oh dear, Samir" until I thought about the maths too. So if a footballer can't sprint within 2s of a world record (9.8s) they're transfer-listed? Absolute garbage. Nasri may well be leaving, but this isn't the reason why. Sounds like he overheard something or picked...

We saw all this played out with Tevez & Joorabchian. It was almost always around a big game, or a key moment in the season. It's supposed to disrupt the dressing room and scare the club into giving in to his demands. (I remember about an hour after we beat West Ham to go top in 2011...

Re: City & FFP (continued) Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying. It makes us look bad. And if the club are indeed "pleased if we get a bad press" then it represents a highly unusual media strategy. By the way, I've worked in the media for around 20 years, and my job involves working with...

Re: City & FFP (continued) We admit it in the 7th point of our own official statement: - Given the unique nature of the new City Football Group structure – which incorporates MCFC, New York City, Melbourne Heart and a number of other companies, the Club has agreed to certain non-material...

Re: City & FFP (continued) You CAN know. You look across the media landscape: From every tabloid to broadsheet to blog. You speak to people in the pub, in your work, and to fans of other clubs. And you take a general average of how many factual accuracies vs inaccuracies dominate the media...

Re: City & FFP (continued) To me, it looks like a catastrophic PR failure from our club. Again. This is a golden era for City. I don’t even think these punishments will affect us too much. The only question for me has always been whether our owners (coming from an entirely different media...

Could't believe what I was watching when they showed the replay from behind the goal. The keeper spilled the ball a long way - if Dzeko had been alert to the follow up, he would very likely have scored. But he was more interested in the fact Jovetic hadn't passed to him than watching the...

Telling the press Van Persie's still injured then starting him? Switching from a cautious line-up at home to an incredibly attacking one at home in the space of 4 days? Bringing Zaha back out of the blue? I am 100% certain Ferguson has picked this team. Clearly, after the Everton game Moyes...

Without doubt the thing that confused me most yesterday. Nasri was stripped to come on before Dzeko scored. When we brought him on, many of us assumed Pellers had seen a weakness he could exploit, and he was still going to go for it, despite going one up. So Nasri comes on, and ... carried...

Re: Financial Fair Play will not affect us. One of the most ludicrous aspects of Platini's 'defence' of FFP is his repeated squawking (in this and other interviews) of: "But they want this! The clubs want this!" It's just bizzare: Why wouldn't the highest earning clubs allow some minor...

On the subject of how to influence the news agenda around our club, and how to protect our future manager, from today's Guardian: http://bit.ly/104pPgf You only have to read the first sentence: "Manchester United's players have welcomed the appointment of David Moyes as Sir Alex Ferguson's...

I’ve read a lot of your posts over the last week and I just wanted to say I totally agree and think you're 100% right, mate. Our press 'strategy' since the takeover has ranged from shambolic to non-existent. We’ve allowed a journalistic culture to develop in which Manchester City are fair...

I'm sorry, those statements don't make sense at all. Football is a results business. And if it's not about results, then Mancini's done fine, so what does: 'Mancini didn't got the best of a great squad' mean anyway? Like everything else Balague says, it has the superficial appearance of...

Re: Manchester City close on Pellegrini (merged) Disappointing if true, but as usual, the timing is very suspicious. Apart from the comedy mention of Suliman-al-Fahim in his 'exclusive,' it's worth remembering at least 50% of Ballague's 'scoops' turn out to be garbage. (He tweeted we were...

Our strategy of trying to woo the press 'one journalist at a time' looks like the equivalent of trying to put out a burning building with a water pistol. I have no idea if it's down to Vicky Kloss or not. (Though still have yet to hear her qualifications/experience to suggest she's ready to...

It's not the weather, I'm afraid. Tevez looks happy and settled again, putting in decent performances. But the transfer window is open, and City have made it public that they don't re-negotiate contracts mid-season. Suddenly a series of 'quotes' appear about Tevez being unsettled, wanting to...

Reported last March we'd agreed personal terms with Van Persie. Whether it was Marwood or the people who left him in charge, someone didn't have the experience and misunderstood what being champions meant, arrogantly assuming we had the time to hold out for a better deal. United made the...