On Monday night, as I stood shivering in the Steve Bull Stand at Molineux, surrounded by a couple of thousand fellow City fanatics, it struck me that after just two matches, all our so called ”woes” under previous manager Mark Hughes had dissipated, and we had settled into a new dawn under the leadership of Roberto [...]

A thoroughly professional performance from Man City this afternoon earned three points for the Blues in Roberto Mancini’s first game in charge of the club. Without ever producing the free-flowing football which they are more than capable of, City, led by the irrepressible Gareth Barry, comfortably secured a 2-0 victory, thanks to goals by the recalled [...]

Former Fiorentina, Lazio and Inter Milan manager Roberto Mancini takes charge of his first match as the boss of Manchester City, following a typically eventful week at Eastlands. After the sacking of former incumbent Mark Hughes, my views on which can be seen here, the languid and relaxed Italian, who hopes to bring a winning mentality to City, needs a win [...]

After letting the dust settle over the past 24 hours, I feel it’s time to put the Hughes debacle to one side for the moment, and to concentrate on the rest of the season. Irrespective of what many people think, Hughes has left the club in a better position than when he took over. We currently [...]

The treatment of Mark Hughes was, simply put, disgraceful. The fact that the whole ground knew during the match that the Welshman would be replaced shortly by Italian Roberto Mancini is a shambles. My previous respect for the way in which our Abu Dhabi backers, namely Sheikh Mansour and Khladoon Al Mubarak, conducted themselves has [...]

With the January transfer window approaching faster than Eduardo can go to ground, what better time than now to assess the merits of the Manchester City squad. Obviously, Sheikh Mansour is more than happy to supply manager Mark Hughes with more funds in which to add to his squad, but is there really a need to [...]