Jamie

That lad in the middle was decent, he looked at bit like Guthrie. And also, number 6 in defence was solid. Thought the number 2 aswell was brilliant. I'm shit me like Policing was quite poor aswell, that could've easily turned into something big after the match, home and away fans mixing in each others face etc

Harper R. Taylor Williamson Collo Enrique Routledge Smith Barton Gutierrez Ben Arfa Carroll Obviously, Carroll would be further up, and Smith a bit further behind Barton. Feel sorry dropping Nolan. For all the grief he gets, hes got us some important goals, and always seems to put in a performance despite his lack of mobility. Williamson is looking like a star buy, and i want to see him prove himself to be a top defender. Perch, havent seen much of him, and i like Taylor going foward, decent throw in's aswell as decentish crossing ability, still not too sure defending wise though. And this Tiote fella, i have NEVER seen him play, so i want to see him come off the bench a few times before i'm going to hoy him in the starting 11. I think the lads have done alright so far without. Gosling might aswell not play for us atm Bench: Krul Cambell Perch Guthrie Nolan Lovenkrands Tiote

Best to Blackpool on loan, then get Keane in, sorted. Might aswell give Ameobi to Gateshead while we're at it

Cant believe i wasnt the only sad 1 to check out the flight times AF5851 10:55 PARIS CDG I take it thats Air France

Took an Aussie mate of mine to the match. First PL game hes been to etc. And he's going to me, i thought you said Newcastle were shite, that Carroll, hes awesome ey. Hes also in love with Collocini (he has curly hair too) and now hes going home with a toon top with his name on the back, class

ive been thinking it could be swp Exactly what i've just thought

I'm trying to think of any other Man City players we could be after apart from the 2 named above. Houghton has confirmed we have spoke to them, so we are definatly in for someone, just hoping its not Caicedo or Santa Cruz

According to .com, hes passed a medical and has signed for an undisclosed fee. Good news

Had to laugh http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/michael-calvin/Michael-Calvin-Why-the-football-world-wants-and-needs-Manchester-City-Muppet-show-to-fail-article560169.html It’s too late to run for cover, pointless to send out search parties for survivors. Manchester City’s money is the ultimate force of nature. The football landscape has been changed, irrevocably, by the Eastlands earthquake. The after-shocks are ­threatening to destroy the high-rise blocks of Premier League institutions. It’s the Muppet Show ­version of a disaster movie. The characters are manic, the script surreal. Craig Bellamy returns to ­Cardiff as a modern day Owain ­Glyndwr, the Welsh tribal chieftain whose victory over the English is tattooed on his right arm. City’s largesse means that, on £95,000 a week, he will be earning ­nearly double that of entire Championship teams. Stephen Ireland celebrates his 24th birthday today with a gift-wrapped present beyond even his vivid imagination. City gave him ­£1million to prove them wrong. Back him to succeed, and re-emerge at Aston Villa as the creative midfielder ­Robert Mancini ­appears to abhor. Shay Given has been treated with a little more dignity. But distil his dilemma and he’s still been left out in the rain like a wheelie bin ­awaiting the dustmen. Robinho can be dismissed as an embarrassment, a blunt instrument wielded by ­over-excited marketing men. But for every foreign flop like Felipe Caicedo, there is a ­respected international like Roque Santa Cruz wondering what he has done wrong. Home-town boys like Nedum Onuoha, who supported City when they were beyond a joke, are being sent to places like Sunderland. The bill for this human ­experiment ­exceeds £1billion, but we have yet to discover the true cost, which cannot be ­expressed on a balance sheet. The cliché about lies, damn lies and statistics is being ­recycled with malicious glee. Fergie, inevitably, drew the battle lines with his jibes about kamikaze spending. His acolytes duly announced that City’s net transfer spend since the Premier League began in 1992 is £428m. ­United’s is £136m. His critics responded in kind, reminding the world with good reason he broke the British transfer record three times in that ­period. It’s good knockabout stuff, which will get serious when the world starts to mock Sheikh Mansour and his delusions of grandeur. City are a means to an end in a region where sport’s become a substitute for ­global substance. Qatar are looking to buy the 2022 World Cup. Abu Dhabi have chosen the east side of Manchester as their platform for legitimacy. They might as well have appointed Kermit the Frog as ambassador. Selling clubs, and assorted agents, are laughing all the way to the bank. Fortunes are being squandered on under achieving players. Loyalty is an illusion. Mancini professes to be homesick. Like Fabio ­Capello, he is struggling to come to terms with an alien culture. He ­traded sympathy for wealth, and assumptions of ­instant success. Better managers like Jose Mourinho ­recognised the dangers of the deal. Mancini is asking for time, a prohibitively expensive luxury, even for petrol billionaires accustomed to getting what they want in life. He has yet to solve City’s Catch 22. Acquire too many players, too quickly, and it is impossible to meet the deadline for building a team. Sack the manager too often, and no one takes you seriously. Promise the owners the earth and you leave them no get-out clause. They’re ­denied the honourable alternative, of building a dynasty on good housekeeping. The football world wants, needs, City to fail. When money is all that matters, dreams turn to dust. Read more: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/opinion/columnists/michael-calvin/Michael-Calvin-Why-the-football-world-wants-and-needs-Manchester-City-Muppet-show-to-fail-article560169.html#ixzz0xIKJGgcw Sign up for MirrorFootball's Morning Spy newsletter Register here

Onouha played? Aye, had a decent header saved aswell

Probly cos he wants 80k a week, and he is only on 52K at Marsay

Dont know where else to post this: http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/football/915756/Toon-wont-break-bank-in-bid-to-stay-in-the-Premier-League.html

How the fuck couldnt Foy see that?

Van Der Vaart on loan. Just looking at their squad now, and they have about 8/9 top class midfielders

I love how no1 is really bothered about us getting beat 3-0 I remember a few seasons ago i would've been slagging us off like i dont know what. Now i am having a go at my mates, areee, we're shite this, shite that, deserve to go back down. Ok, away to Man Utd first game of the season, we get beat. I'm really upbeat about this season, encourage all the way. Heware the lads!

Put an 8 team acumulator on at the weekend. 7 failed to win any tips for this weekend? Apart from only putting 3 on, which i normally do anyway. Just fancied going daft

Is bosingwa injured? Ivanovic started yesterday, and i'm sure Ferreria came on as a sub

Not counting my chickens, but thats brilliant news if true. Missed training, obviously a move is very close

at some of those comments after the article

I dont understand?.....

Imagine if Carroll gets injured

1. Man Utd - Dont know why 2. Chelsea - Think they will bottle it 3. Man City - Still dont think they have enough. Bunch of individuals. 4. Arsenal - With Fabregas staying, they always have a chance of top 4 5. Liverpool - If Torres gets injured, they're fucked, i trust Hodgson for some reason though 6. Spurs - Cunt of a manager, decent players, can see them doing well again 7. Everton - Have more quality than every team below, will overtake Villa this year 8. Villa - Can see them crumbling this season, no team good enough to overtake them though 9. Stoke - Anywhere from here is anyones guess, can see them causing a few suprises, look willing to spend 10. Fulham - Always stable, good home form, think Sparky will do well 11. Newcastle - Why not. Think our home form will be good enough to beat all the shit around us 12. Sunderland - Be level on par with us 13. West Ham - Few good signings, still think they will struggle though 14. Birmingham - Got lucky last season, still think they will be steady, might get found out a little. Need Zigic to come off 15. Blackburn - Cant think of words to describe these apart from shite. Home form might be enough to keep them up 16. Bolton - Same with Bolton, good signing in Petrov, scrappy side, scrappy results to keep them up 17. Wigan - You never know with Wigan, seem to be active in the transfer market, but still shite 18. Wolves - Cant see them repeating last year. Spent all their transfer money on Fletcher, why? 19. West Brom - Be pretty football as per, but not the quality to stay in this league 20. Blackpool - Really out of their depth

Bellamys on his way back

Imo, i dont rate Boateng. Seen him a few times and he just looks average