Pep Guardiola, Lionel Messi & Proving your Worth.
Howard wonders why only Pep Guardiola has to prove himself to football journalists.Get that Citeh bingo card out. It’s been a busy week. The greatest footballer there has ever been wants to come to the Premier League, and that has to be a good thing, right? What a...
Lionel Messi: What Price For The Total Footballer?
Ste wonders is you can put a price on the ultimate footballer.Highlighting statistics regarding Lionel Messi in order to justify the huge sums needed to dislodge him from Barcelona is a thoroughly futile endeavour. After all, we all know who he is and what he can do....
The Stitch Up Of An English Treasure, Zinchenko Nonsense, Khaldoon & More :- Weekly Thoughts
Howard takes a look at some of the many events in the football world during a hectic week.Who knew that this week, stuck in between two seasons, prior to a Community Shield and international duties, would give us so much? And yet even away from Lionel Messi talk,...
Lionel Messi: The Impossible Dream
Could it be? Howard considers the impossible - Lionel Messi in a Manchester City shirt.It’s not the despair. I can take the despair. It’s the hope I can’t stand. No. Surely not? It can’t happen, can it? The best player of his generation – surely not? No, not Bruno...
THE FINAL CHAPTER :- ADIOS, DAVID SILVA.
Howard pays tribute to his favourite Manchester City player.It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Not like this. Anything but this. We couldn’t say our goodbyes in person, due to a virus that has changed everyone’s lives. There are bigger issues in the world, so it was...
Lyon Q & A :- with L’Equipe Journalist Pierre-Etienne Minonzio
Howard caught up with L'Equipe journalist Pierre-Etienne Minonzio to talk all things Lyon, and a bit of Manchester too.As you are probably aware, Manchester City play Lyon on Saturday evening in the quarter-final of the Champions League. The two teams were grouped...
No One Likes Us. Do We Care?
ACAS is done and dusted and City undoutedbly won. But Mark Meadowcroft says that dwelling on a victory in court would be very unwise. We need to keep winning on the pitch and - sometimes through gritted teeth - being gracious to those who have not shown the same...
Prose and Conns: Manchester City – The Writer’s Paradise.
Simon examines how football writers cover Manchester City, especially in light of recent events.The English football press has developed a vigorous reputation for partisanship, wheedling bad-feeling pieces and carefully made-up jiggery pokery. This, in some areas, is...
Joao Cancelo’s Quiet, But Steady Season
Dan argues that Joal Cancelo has been no flop in his debut season at City.Who has been Manchester City’s best defensive player this season? In past seasons, the answer may have been debated, but that was due to there being several good options to choose from. This...
The True Colours Of Some Football Journalists: Prejuduce, Ignorance And Unfounded Superiority.
Howard has had enough of certain football journalists. And he hopes his football club has too.It was when, within an hour of the ruling being made public, large swathes of the media began questioning whether Financial Fair Play was dead, that I knew the narrative for...
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