Soccer Limey in America

I penned an article last week for Football.com where I suggested that Brendan Rodgers was at a crucial point in his season with three games against Top 8 opposition within a 15 day period. Following Liverpool’s 2-2 draw today with Manchester City at The Etihad Stadium, it appears that maybe Roberto Mancini has a tougher [...]

Mario Balotelli has been told he has one month to save his spot at Manchester City.  It is no surprise that Mario Balotelli is the most controversial player for Manchester City, but how could a player who has scored 27 goals for City in his first two seasons with the club be demonized and shunned [...]

Over the last several seasons, Spanish teams have usually been the providers of the slick passing type football that the world drools over but tonight in Amsterdam, traditional Dutch masters Ajax served up a clinic to defeat Man City 3-1 and push the English Premier League club to the edge of yet another premature Champions [...]

Only four weeks ago, following Man City’s losss to Arsenal at The Emirates Stadium, almost the whole of the soccer world were crowning Man Utd as Premier League Champions for the 20th time. Their massive eight point lead looked insurmountable especially given the experience and success of United’s wily old manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Even [...]

It’s hard to fathom when looking back to December of last year, as Man City were sitting pretty at the top of the English Premier League, a full 8 points ahead of derby rivals Man Utd, that we would witness such a drastic change of fortune in such a short period of time. Many of [...]

Earlier this morning US Central Time, I made a comment on Twitter whilst watching the Man Utd vs West Brom game from Old Trafford that sometimes proves to be prophetic or makes you look like a complete ass. United were precariously poised at a 1-0 lead whilst Man City were still at a 0-0 deadlock in [...]

Most likely, fans around the world who don’t have any connection with Manchester either football wise or any other wise, are sick and tired of all the talk and banter surrounding the surprising exits of both Man Utd and Man City from the knockout stages of this year’s UEFA Champions League tournament. Both clubs currently sit on top of [...]

BBC Sport – Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez may sue Roberto Mancini. Reports out of Manchester last night suggested that Man City’s perpetual cry baby striker, Carlos Tevez, is deretermined to follow through with his attempts at diverting blame to others following his petulant refusal to come on as a sub in Man City’s Champions [...]

I’m not sure if I can remember a day when I have felt so gutted by a result as I did today following Man City’s 6-1 thrashing of Derby rivals Man Utd at Old Trafford. The only memories that come close take me back to 1978, when as a loyal Stretford Ender standing in the [...]

After yesterday’s calamity involving Carlos Tevez’s refusal to come on as substitute for Manchester City in their Champions League match against Bayern Munich, Manchester City today summarily laid down a 2-week suspension on the Argentinian striker whilst the club conducted it’s own internal investigation. Following the game, Sky Sports pundits Graeme Souness, Mark Hughes and [...]