OTF

Schar saved our bacon there.

He really was off today, perhaps unwell, just didn't have any of his usual vigour.

Silly Barnes with this ref that's a guaranteed yellow.

Did you see the Mac Allister tackle? He was studs up off the ground.

Sanity prevailed.

Before the ref does it for us. Ready Barnes?

Don't think Burn is offside there.

BDB ❤️

Kovacic due a yellow for persistent fouling.

Trippier has also been defensively at his best.

Joelinton is not his usual self out there.

Never a fucking yellow that.

Way too much space there.

Gordon with a miracle touch bringing back Ruben Diaz from the brink of death, you'd think he'd have been more appreciative.

Finally some good play.

His energy also seems low.

It'd be worthwhile for City to get some larger, brighter advertisement hoardings around their stadium.

We look a little nervous with our passing.

Fucked his shoulder, hoping it's just jarred.

Plus hardly seems worth a weekly release when the outcome is readily available through a 5 second google search.

Yep, if we won the Carabao Cup with its paltry prize money and finished fifth in the league we maybe sign Barnes but none of the others. Finishing fourth will advance our progression more than winning a cup, once we're consistently top four contenders, with our ownership, it would seem to only be a matter of time before we win a cup.

And we're somehow suffering for their sins. The common belief, perpetuated by virtue signalling media, is that we've bought our success. Whilst our purchases have been key to our continual improvement, not one of them in isolation was outside the price range of a midtable premier league team, let alone one easily selling out 50k+ seats, and critically none of them are players at the top end of premier league wages. Having qualified for the champions league we still haven't moved away from that highly disciplined approach, making astitute purchases of emerging stars who aren't at the peak of their abilities and earnings. We're building a team, not buying one.

How could they not? Listen to Dan Ashworth; results are best tracked against wages. Super high wages and seven years deep into the best manager in the world mean that Man City are head and shoulder clear favourites in every single meaningful match they play.

There's definitely too much polish and not enough substance. It could have done with more of a walk down memory lane to give us a stronger identity prior to the takeover. The last two episodes should be more enjoyable with the run home, it's definitely better seeing the games rather than the surface level 'for the cameras' behind the scenes corporate stuff. That content pretends to give some sort of interesting insight but mostly ends up being a case of when buying less is better, when selling more is better. That really only works if you're a bunch of desperate chancers working on a shoestring budget ala Sunderland 'til I die. There'd be loads of actual interesting content behind the scenes, particularly around the likes of the owner related sponsorship rules that were brought in as a direct response to our new owners, just none of which could be said in front of a camera. Nor could they really accurately cover off how some of the clubs voting have chequered pasts (Chelsea) with Man City's abstinence telling. If they spent a moment going through the spending after Chelsea were bought by Abramovic or City by Mansour it would have given interesting context to the financial fail play impacts that are the most interesting part of our transformation and why what Howe and co have achieved thus far is so impressive.

Good luck with the book Diego, looks a real cracker.