LondonBlue

Congratulations guys and gals well deserved football isn't just about winning, it's a bout the joy of going to the game with friends and family but bloody hell, on days like that the winning doesn't half make up for the pain of losing hope you all enjoyed every single second of it. i was driving from manchester to london with my daughter after going home for the brighton game. had it on in the car. i'm absolutely made up for big dan burn. always liked the lad. a monster of player but seems like a diamond geezer. the fact it was liverpool makes it all the sweeter. hmm did you knock us out? did we lose to the winners? i'd take that too. made up for you all.

mate i honestly don't care about who owns who. love that gif though

It's desperation. Tebas is a Real Madrid fan and he hates us. Not helped by Sheikh Mansour pulling out of a huge finance deal (daily mail) to upgrade the Bernabeu back in 2014. Real tried to restructure payments. The Sheikh said no and pulled out of the finance deal. Real tried to sue the Sheikh but failed. Real ended up getting the finance elsewhere and it cost them a lot more.

The Javier Tebas story that was in the media yesterday, saying City (and PSG), have broken European law feels like a non story. Essentially he complained, by letter, to the European Commission in 2023 that the CFG, and by extension City had broken a European law. The law in question was new and came in on 12th July 2023. The law relates to state owned businesses. Essentially it says that states putting money into businesses is uncompetitive, unfair on its rivals. The UK not being in the EU is no get out as we still operate within it. City aren't state owned, but i believe that you are so thought i'd post it here. Fairly sure that the CAS statement said that we're not state owned too. We're owned by a member of the ruling family. Apparently he has heard nothing back from the European Commission, but states it as being ongoing. Personally I assume that means any contracts signed prior to that are golden and no one need worry. The story was in the papers in 2023, so i'm not sure why its in the news. Maybe they've got wind of us winning the 115.

yeah sorry about that lads. we were pants.

i also have a lot of love for @PrestwichBlue having a go at Sam Wallace on Twitter and @BlueCityBrain defending Citys January spending on Twitter and even those guys give deference to Petrusha on bluemoon ( i think he may be a former lawyer )

quite a lengthy Twitter piece about you guys from Stefan .... Stefan Borson on Twitter discussing Newcastle and SELA

Stefan on talksport talking APT, City and Newcastle (Sela)

Mike Ashley has gone, Enjoy the journey. Hmmm, that sounds patronizing and its honestly not supposed to. I joined this forum as i want to follow the journey too, given it has so many similarities to our own.

i agree and i think it was a combination of things. i genuinely expected a torrid afternoon given the pace you guys have. This won't help but we're all excited about a young lad on his way over from Argentina now. Claudio Echeverri highlights We signed him January 2024 but let him stay to develop He has just starred for Argentina wearing the coveted number 10 shirt in the South American U20 tournament. We rate him in the Julian Alvarez bracket, although he's much more Messi like. Claudio Echeverri is considered a highly promising young talent with exceptional dribbling skills, creativity, and a strong finishing ability, often drawing comparisons to Lionel Messi due to his playing style; he is widely regarded as one of the most exciting prospects in South American football, currently on loan from Manchester City after making a name for himself at River Plate, where he earned the nickname "El Diablito" (the little devil) for his agility and trickery on the pitch. Strengths: Excellent ball control, quick feet, sharp passing, unpredictable movement, capable of playing in multiple attacking positions, strong finishing. Playing style: Often compared to Messi due to his low center of gravity, close control, and ability to create space with dribbling.

to counter the negativity on here re Saturday i think that City played really well, in a manner that has seen us make many a top team look poor in the past. we seem to keep possession the way few can and when you pressed us we seemed to find a way out. the other thing we did was mix in some long passes which make the press a dangerous thing to do. I thank Nico Gonzalez for the improvement in possession. He's supposedly more of an 8 than a 6 so i expect him to be a 6 this season and replace Gundogan as an 8 next season. Rodri and Nico together just might be awesome. Time will tell. I thank Marmoush for the new cutting edge. I thank the pace of Khusanov for tightening up the rear line. He helped Stones be Stones. Khusanov was clocked at 37km last season in France. That is Spur's Van De Ven pace. And finally, if i'm honest, i thank the linesman.

Yeah it was probably Keegan as George Weah was one of his. He was on his last legs for us, like Robbie Fowler was later, and Andy Cole etc

Think i heard someone say that the last time you won at City it was Maine Road and that Shearer got the goal. A massively offside pre-VAR goal too.

I'm not sure it was all down to you guys not showing up. I think Gonzalez went a long way towards filling the Rodri hole. Helping City be City again. Khusanov and Stones looked much more solid than any pairing for a while. And Marmoush showed that he can walk the walk. I was interested to see Khusanov sprinting with Gordon and catching him up. Have to say i expected more from Bruno and Tonali. Quite liked to see Burn and Haaland share a joke when Burn did that near post block for a corner.

don't know what happened yesterday. it was like you guys didn't turn up. normally you press like bastards and yesterday nothing. i wonder if maybe you expected us to be easy and it caught you off guard. from our point of view, all the new players looked decent. given me that tiny piece of hope for Madrid just so long as Rico doesn't play.