Given the evidence of the first 3 games, where do you think we will finish in the league this
season?
Today's post is a look at our rivals, starting with the current Champions.
Manchester City
Man City have strengthened in areas which Mancini identified as weak Garcia, Rodwell, Sinclair
and Maicon arriving with the very average Savic, Johnson, De Jong and a few others leaving.
Given the evidence of the first 3 games, where do you think we will finish in the league this
season?
Today's post is a look at our rivals, starting with the current Champions.
Manchester City
Man City have strengthened in areas which Mancini identified as weak Garcia, Rodwell, Sinclair
and Maicon arriving with the very average Savic, Johnson, De Jong and a few others leaving.
Everton defender Sylvain Distin believes the club are now ready to once again compete for a
Champions League place following a summer of change at Goodison Park.
Manager David Moyes has long been praised for his ability to make shrewd signings for knockdown
prices and he appears to have once again repeated the trick in recent months, by bringing Scotland
international Steven Naismith to Merseyside and permanently re-signing Steven Pienaar.
Manchester City 3-1 Queens Park Rangers Premier League 1st September 2012
Despite dominating this clash with fellow nouveau riche side QPR, Man City struggled to turn
possession into goals as the visitors battled back to push the champions all the way.
Manchester City 3-1 Queens Park Rangers Premier League 1st September 2012
Despite dominating this clash with fellow nouveau riche side QPR, Man City struggled to turn
possession into goals as the visitors battled back to push the champions all the way.
Can Manchester United regain the initiative? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
The events in the final game of last season had a suitably momentous feeling to them, as
Manchester City snatched victory – and the Premier League title – from United in the dying
seconds of the season. There could hardly be a more wounding way for United to lose their crown,
with the combination of the fact that it was surrendered to their local rivals and in such dramatic
fashion, making the pain all the harder to bear for supporters of the Old Trafford club.
Mark Van Bommel's understudy is taking over at the San Siro
Gazzetta Dello Sport is reporting that Milan shocked off their socks by their weekend defeat to
Sampdoria is adding Man City hardman, Nigel De Jong to their roster. With Jack Rodwell brought over
from Everton showing signs of promise in the backfield and freeing up Yaya Toure to rove ahead,
Roberto Mancini can afford to let go the Dutchman who is in his last year of his contract.
Who are this year's Champions League favourites? - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
With the 2012-13 season underway, the Champions League group stages are not too far away from
being drawn. Holders Chelsea will look to defend their crown, but will have a host of European
giants eager to claim glory.
Roberto Mancini confirms Manchester City's intentions to buy - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
After Manchester City came back from behind twice to draw 2-2 with Liverpool on Sunday, Roberto
Mancini has confirmed that the club must buy new players before the end of the transfer window to
retain their Premier League title.
After watching his side salvage a 2-2 draw at Anfield on Sunday, Manchester City manager Roberto
Mancini admitted that he's looking to his board to complete a few more signings. The club is set to
wrap up a deal for Swansea City winger Scott Sinclair today, but Mancini is looking for more big
names as the Citizens look to defend their title.
szólj hozzá: Liverpool vs Man City 2:2 GOALS HIGHLIGHTS
Martin Skrtel was responsible for three of the four goals scored today at Anfield in an
engrossing match. Liverpool went ahead as Skrtel attacked a corner throwing himself at the ball and
absolutely buried the ball past Joe Hart.
In the second half, Roberto Mancini introduced Jack Rodwell which allowed Yaya Toure to roam up
front.
The Reds begin their first home game of the season against Premier League Champions Manchester
City on Sunday, 26th August 2012. Daniel Agger is on a red card and will not feature against
Manchester City. The good news is full back Jose Enrique could be fit in time to partner with Glen
Johnson at the back.
2012/13 Manchester City Shirts - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
Boasting a high quality squad, champions of English Premier League 2011/12, Manchester City
start the new season with confidence. Roberto Mancini is very well prepared to defend their Premier
League crown and assault the European front as well.
Nicks' note:Forgive us, but this is dire. Sample
has scattered his pearls of journalistic wisdom, and all of the other hacks at our office have
chipped in with one or two counterfeit stones as well. Read along.
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Exclusive! Terms of the Song deal revealed: There's an unprecedented 'hairstyle clause'
inserted in the contract, which gives Arsenal a £50,000 windfall every time Song decides to wear a
new skunk on his head changes his hairstyle.
Back in the go-go days of August 2008, when Man City had just become the big-spending richest
club in the world and were still four years away from winning the Premier League title, the club
was desperate to buy big-name players who could make an immediate impact. They ended up spending a
British record £32.
Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam is being linked with a shock switch across town to Merseyside
rivals Everton.
According to the Mirror, Adam could be sold for as little as £5 million, as Liverpool plan to
bring in Real Madrid star Nuri Sahin on an initial season long loan.
Adam, who announced himself in the Premier League two years ago with Blackpool, has reportedly been
informed by new Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers that he is not a guaranteed started and that
increased competition in the squad may see his game time severely restricted.
Manchester United get one over City with Van Persie signing - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
With the Premier League season set to start this weekend, the transfer window has ensured that
the battle for top spot is set to be as tightly contested as ever. Manchester City are the team to
beat after claiming a last-gasp goal difference title in 2011-12, but cross-town rivals Manchester
United have put a marker down this summer.
There is a top player inside Jack Rodwell... somewhere. During his years at Everton he has shown,
admittedly in glimpses, that he has virtually every attribute required in order to shine in the
Premier League. He is naturally two footed, ...
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By "The Other 87 Minutes" / Senior Unemployed English Major Correspondents
It's the most wonderful time of year: transfer season! Here at The Other 87, we don't peddle
in rumors or speculation. If we say it's going to happen in the two and a half weeks before the
window closes, then you know it will come to pass, and if it doesn't then it's the real world
that's to blame.
Everton concur an unrevealed anchorage with Manchester City for the transferral of
21-twelvemonth-previous midfielder Jack Rodwell.
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Manchester City have had a bid for Jack Rodwell accepted by Everton. The fee is undisclosed, but
believed to be in the region of £15million. The 21-year-old England international will undergo a
medical today as his prospective new team-mates take on Chelsea in the Community shield. Manchester
City manager Roberto Mancini said: "We consider Jack [.
Manchester City is about to make their first signing of the summer after Everton has agreed to sell
midfielder Jack Rodwell to City for an undisclosed fee reported to be £15million. According to
Everton, Rodwell is set to undergo a ...
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England manger Roy Hodgson has announced a 22-man squad for an upcoming friendly against
Italy.
The squad includes some veterans but mostly is comprised of younger players with limited
international experience. Hodgson has stated that he wants to use most friendly matches to
experiment and give younger players a chance to prove themselves.
So the Olympic Games are nearly here already, and so here at the Footy Blog we've decided to
preview the possible starting line up for Team GB and talk about our chances of winning the
tournament in London.
Much has been said already of the decision to leave David Beckham out of the team, with manager
Stuart Pearce stating that it was done purely for footballing reasons.
Sylvain Distin stopped short of saying this is the best Everton squad since he moved there, but he
did reveal his excitement at the team's potential
The close-season is usually a grim time for the Toffees as they are often forced to sell their best
players with limited funds being released from the banks' clutches in order to fund replacements.
Liverpool face a tough challenge to bounce back from their defeat on the opening weekend as they
welcome champions Manchester City to Anfield.
Brendan Rodgers' honeymoon period in the Anfield hot seat came to an abrupt end last Saturday when
his side was put to the sword at The Hawthorns.
Daniel Agger saw red and Joe Cole pulled a hamstring again as Liverpool slid to a 3-0 defeat
against the side now coached by their recently departed number two, Steve Clarke.
FC Barcelona received some much needed good news on Tuesday, when President Sandro Rosell announced that manager Tito Vilanova could return to the club full time by the end of this month.
Vilanova has been in New York since January, recovering from cancer treatment for the second time in his life.
Here it is people: the knock-down, cut-price England squad that Roy Hodgson has selected for the
supremely poorly-timed friendly against Italy in Switzerland on Wednesday evening presenting, the
third best national side in world football.
With five weeks until the start of the new Premier League season, all teams are back in
pre-season training and on Saturday there were wins for Aston Villa, Everton, West Ham and Reading
in Saturday's pre-season action.
New signing Brett Holman netted a second-half winner as Aston Villa battled back from behind to
beat Burton 2-1 in Saturday's pre-season friendly at Pirelli Stadium.
