Manchester City


December 30th, 2008

Blackburn 2-2 Man City, Another 2 Points Dropped

By: Jimmy | Comments 3 Comments

A heads up and alert shot by Benni Mac and a sweet header from Jason Roberts wasn’t enough to down Manchester City this past Sunday. A late collapse and total lapse of confidence saw a poor clearance capitalized on and marking taking a back seat while Robinho waltzed home. Samba summed it up well when [...]



December 28th, 2008

A Letter to Jason Roberts w/ Highlights

By: Jimmy | Comments 8 Comments

Dear Jason Roberts,
KILL YOURSELF! The worst miss in the history of misses. Un-effin-believable. 2 points dropped but a point is a point and hopefully this will put us well on our way to getting out of the drop zone. Read some more after the jump.

October 15th, 2008

Some Mid-Week News

By: Jimmy | Comments 4 Comments

This week is dragging man. It’s only midday Wednesday and I just can’t wait for the weekend. I will use this time to again reiterate how much I hate international breaks. Let’s go over some headlines, shall we?
Warnock - “No unrest at Rovers.” — SkySports
That’s great Warnock. Really. I appreciate the effort. Now, lets see [...]

September 6th, 2008

Rovers won’t sell out!

By: David | Comments 2 Comments

From Blackburn Vital Football:
Blackburn Rovers chairman John Williams has vowed not to sacrifice the clubs proud family heritage in the quest to find a new owner at Ewood Park.
With more and more clubs being subjected to high profile takeover bids, with Manchester City being the latest as the Abu Dhabi United Group (and all [...]

August 26th, 2008

Grella in, Al-Habsi not, More to come

By: Jimmy | Comments 2 Comments

This evening BRFC have confirmed the signing of 29 year old midfielder Vince Grella from Torino on a four-year deal. This newest signing is just one in a list of signings Ince has been rimoured to want to pull off before the deadline day. Going to be honest here, don’t know a thing about the [...]



July 31st, 2008

What now my love…..? Da da dum dee dum……

By: David | Comments 2 Comments

Although the inevitable sale of Bentley was delayed somewhat we still have plenty of time to assemble our squad for the coming season.
I would think it fair to assume that the sales are over. We all knew that Bentley was off (though I was always too optimistic about keeping him)dwee, and although Brad’s departure [...]

July 19th, 2008

A signing!!! Yes, a signing!!!

By: David | Comments No Comments

Only problem is, I know pretty much nothing about him.
And unless you’re a South American reader (or world football anorack), you probably don’t either.
However, what I do know has excited me somewhat. His name is Carlos Villanueva (no, not the Brewers pitcher…), a 22 year old Chilean, and he has come from Audax [...]

July 13th, 2008

I Miss Two Days and the World Ends….

By: Jimmy | Comments No Comments

…well not really at all. Two long days at the office and, my dead readers, I have much to fill you in on. It is a very busy and speculative time at Ewood Park right now though. Here is a summary for those lucky enough to have missed the whirlwind…
•Ecuadorian international Segundo Castillo is linked [...]

June 4th, 2008

Mark Hughes signs 3 year deal with Manchester City

By: Jimmy | Comments 5 Comments

From the Blackburn Rovers’ official site:
Blackburn Rovers today began the search for a new manager after Mark Hughes was appointed by Manchester City.
From the Man City official site:
Manchester City Football Club are today delighted to announce we have agreed terms with Mark Hughes to be our new Manager.
You can read all the higher-ups and their [...]

June 2nd, 2008

Dark days ahead?

By: David | Comments 6 Comments

Should I mention the bad news first? Or the very bad news?
The very bad news is that Big Sam Allardyce could be our manager in a few weeks (he’s the first name being mentioned). Yes, it may seem like my priorities are more muddled than Frank Ribery’s facial features (no offense Frank) but this [...]






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