By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 23 November 2011 Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat last night at Napoli means their Champions League destiny is no longer in their own hands. Bayern Munich, the current leaders of Group A, visit the Etihad Stadium a fortnight today but City know even if they beat […]
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Balotelli, Silva, Aguero, Dzeko – the latest in a long, illustrious line of foreign stars at cosmopolitan Manchester City
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 24 October 2011 Manchester City’s evisceration of Manchester United on Sunday was orchestrated by foreign stars, with the six goals split between imports Mario Balotelli, Sergio Aguero, David Silva and Edin Dzeko. It’s not unusual these days for Premier League sides to be full of […]
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Why Manchester City’s alleged Financial Fair Play ‘dodge’ is not actually dodgy at all – and might even be an undervaluation of their worth
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 22 August 2011 Manchester City’s storming start to the 2011-12 Premier League season has highlighted their potential and reminded us how much they’ve spent in recent years. I calculate that Sheikh Mansour has spent around £750m since 2008 on acquiring the club, paying off debts, […]
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Why Manchester City’s run-in provides historically ‘easy pickings’ at home
By Brian Sears 1 April 2011 Manchester City have four more home games in their season – visits from Sunderland (on Sunday) and then Tottenham, West Ham and Stoke. Last season City claimed 40 home points, their best ever home haul in 13 Premier League seasons. To match that they require nine points from those last four games. […]
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Manchester City only 60 per cent dangerous without Carlos Tevez
By Sportingintelligence 20 March 2011 Manchester City’s reliance on Carlos Tevez for goals is well known and obvious. They often thrive when the Argentinean is playing well and netting – and they struggle without him. It happened again on Sunday when City met Chelsea, minus Tevez, and lost 2-0. But how much do they rely […]
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The £1.4bn match: Why soccernomics says Chelsea and Manchester City should be in two-horse race for title
By Nick Harris SJA internet Sports Writer of the Year 20 March 2011 . Money talks in football, with reams of evidence that the more you spend on wages, the better you perform. That’s why, using soccernomics theory, Manchester City and Chelsea, who meet on Sunday at Stamford Bridge, should be vying with each other […]
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Manchester City’s Christmas gift: two most generous opponents, Newcastle and Villa
By Brian Sears 23 December 2010 Manchester City’s two favourite opponents in their 13 and a half seasons in the Premier League are Aston Villa and Newcastle, according to sportingintelligence’s exclusive analysis of where they’ve gained their points down the years. And who are City’s two Yuletide opponents? Ding dong merrily on high – it’s […]
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Can we play you every week? Why West Brom should be relishing this weekend’s ‘easy’ opponents, Manchester City
By Brian Sears 4 November 2010 While one of this Sunday’s ‘major’ Premier League games features table-toppers Chelsea away at lower-half opposition, the truly big game between a pair of genuine top-four aspirant clubs is surely West Bromwich Albion at home to Manchester City. Removing tongue from cheek, it is certainly a contrast of wealth […]
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In fear of Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs: Why Manchester City need to abolish capital punishment at home
By Brian Sears 21 October 2010 If Manchester City are serious about being title contenders then they need to stop losing so many games at home, and in particular stop losing at home to London’s big clubs: Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham have won on City’s home turf more times in the Premier League era than […]
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Wayne Rooney strong odds-on with the bookies to leave Manchester United in January, Manchester City favourites to sign him
19 October 2010 . It’s now an odds-on bet that Wayne Rooney will leave Manchester United in the January transfer window. William Hill price that at 2-7. The odds on him staying beyond January are 5-2, following Sir Alex Ferguson’s press conference and interviews today. Hills offer 7-2 that Rooney will still be a United […]
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