A joyous 6-0 thumping of Pompey in the league is followed by a penalty kicks’ loss (after a 2-2 deadlock) to little Brighton in the Carling Cup three days later. Sharin smsed “Typical city!”. Yes, it’s still the same old City!!
Too much celebrations after our biggest win in the Premier League? Our superstars can’t play well in front of small crowds? The Carling’s not important enough to be seriously bothered? Half of our ‘heroes’ of the weekend romp were on the field too. Surely the Seagulls can’t be half as good as Redknapp’s boys. At the end for such ‘mismatches’, it is always about how much heart we put into it. We have walked this path many times before and will forget soon enough. Come the weekend, another game’s up, another battle looms and we will still be cheering again for our City.
There is nothing wrong in having very rich club owners. But having those who unabashedly flaunt their wealth is really something. The joke now is Man. City is buying over the world!
I can’t believe the astronomical prices quoted for some rumoured City’s targets, undoubtedly some of the best footballers around. It does put the world and players on alert that Eastlands is the happening place to be; not necessarily immediately but surely in the future. However, the mere mention of a City’s interest will now lead to clubs asking for the blue moon and the sky (almost). An intended public relations coup or some unbridled emotional lapses? It will not be easy to do deals and do we really want to over over pay (like giving AF a Stg. 130 m. warchest)? For the time being, we are still bathing in the golden hues of riches beyond imagination - enough feel good to last quite a while. But let’s get back to work or rather let the on field action takes centre stage. That’s where the ultimate excitement of a football fan rests and where the real battles are fought. Go City go !
1.9.2008 is a momentous day. Now everybody’s is talking about Manchester City. Before, I can gobble up almost every online MCFC news item. Now I just cannot cope. Help because it is not going to end anytime soon.
Once we were easily dismissed and brushed aside; now we get some respect if not wariness and disbelief. Look at all those doubting Thomases, moral guardians, cynical critics and ignorant pundits. It is simple envy and sour grapes. Which fan will not welcome such a glorious fortune to fall their club’s way? Sharin Osman, can remember those days when he had to beg or bribe to get hangout places to switch to the live game featuring City. Now (for the time being), he only needs to shout out the name of Robinho to get his wish! Yes, we are in the big league now but certainly we will not get big headed. Long suffering faithful corps of ol’ Sky Blues knows better. We have been through hell and back. It will be (our usual) heart-stopping topsy-turvy ride, only now we (er.. I mean ADUG) have plenty of petrodollars to pay for our thrills. What a comforting thought, what a turn of events. Yes, Dunney it's really surreal.
 Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan(source : Wikipedia ) Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is one of the sons of the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and is a member of the Royal Family of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Sheikh Mansour is an accomplished horse rider and has won a number of Endurance Racing tournaments held in the Middle East region. Sheikh Mansour also fulfills a number of responsibilities and undertakings in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. In the current UAE Federal Cabinet, Sheikh Mansour holds the post of Minister of Presidential Affairs for the country's President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. In addition, Sheikh Mansour serves as the Chairman of First Gulf Bank, one of the fastest growing and most successful banks in the region, and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation. Sheikh Mansour believes in educating the youth of U.A.E and has established scholarship programs for U.A.E students to study abroad. He is also chairman of the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) and Chairman of the Emirates Horse Racing Authority (EHRA). He is married to Shaikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, daughter of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime minister of UAE and the ruler of Dubai. Labels: Manchester City, Sheikh Mansour
This piece is a bit overdue. The urge to write it was at its peak some two days back but with the state of shock that I was (and still am) in, I could barely type a word.
It was like waking up in the morning and realizing that Megan Fox is sleeping soundly beside you with the serenity of her angelic face hiding behind the pillow; not to mention the minimal amount of clothing covering her. That, was about how I felt as a Manchester City supporter on Tuesday morning. It was only less than 24 hours before that the club was taken over by the Abu Dhabi United Group whom immediately made bids for Dimitar Berbatov, Robinho, David Villa, Mario Gomez and Donald Trump. Though 'only' the Robinho bid bore fruit (despite Chelsea's cheekiness in putting replica shirts with his name for sale on their official website), breaking the British transfer record in the process, City's attempt at swiping Berbatov under Sir Alex Ferguson's red nose had unintentionally (of course) caused the Glazers to fork out an extra £7m for the Bulgarian's service. Suffice to say, instead of waking up beside Megan Fox, they woke up beside me. It was only less than a month ago that City was portrayed by the ever truthful media as being on the brink of doom. Dr. Thaksin Shinawatra's frozen assets, Mark Hughes' departure and long time club excess baggage Danny Mills' new contract; to name a few. Hope though, goes hand in hand with being a City fan. It's been 70 years the club made history by being the only reigning league champions to be relegated. 70 years and, as the old saying from Maine Road goes, we're still here. Suspicion started to creep into me in the first few weeks of the season. Despite all of the negative allegations clouding the club, namely Shinawatra's £2m loan from ex-chairman John Wardle and a £30m loan against the TV money, City signed Vincent Kompany; coined by some as one of the finest defensive midfielders in Europe. The notion, only further amplified with him winning the Barclay's Man of the Match in his debut, the day after he signed; allowing him to only learn the names of the other players from their jerseys during the game. The week after saw the return of the club's prodigal son, Shaun Wright-Phillips who came to City when he was 15 because Nottingham Forest thought he was too small. Winning the club's Young Player of the Year award four times earned him an 'SWP – Legend' banner courtesy of the fans. In tears (from a stomach bug apparently) after his last game for City, Shaun left for Chelsea for £21m. After only 43 appearances at Chelsea, Shaun came back and immediately scored two goals during his emotional return at the Stadium of Light to secure a 3 – 0 win over Sunderland. Excluding the £12m made from the purchasing of SWP (which was amazing business doubtlessly), the wealth of City's new owners is estimated to be, in the words of analysts scrutinizing the deal, a lot. The takeover couldn't be timelier. It's a gift that the fans have earned after all these years. And it's only evident that they've gone through enough and there's simply no room for glory hunters, whom had all gone to the other Manchester club anyway, from whom we won six easy points from the Manchester Derby games last season, ironically. But let's not get too carried away. While it's true that City will be fronted by the golden Brazilliant! triangle of Elano-Jo-Robinho with Martin Petrov and Shaun Wright-Phillips bombing down the flanks in between the rotational intelligence of Michael Johnson, Stephen Ireland Vincent Kompany and 55-year old Dietmar Hamann, causing chaos and massacre to the opposition's defenders while City's own defensive line, remaining calm with full composure, features the veteran Richard Dunne as the captain alongside England's most prized defender Micah Richard together with Olympic gold medal winner Paulo Zabaleta and future England number one Joe Hart in goal cumulatively promising football beyond orgasmic... ...let's not get too carried away. This is City we're talking about here. Oh, what the hell. Get in! BBC interviews Noel Gallagher on the 'staggering' takeover, why not: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/front_page/7595458.stm "It'll be nice to know that every gallon of petrol a Manchester United fan buys is going into our kitty." |
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