It's Here At Last!

After a summer of worry and torment, not knowing what was going to happen, or what the future would hold, at last the new football season has arrived!

From day one this blog has been in danger of turning into a Manchester City, football related thing so I'm quite pleased I've been able to hold off - although that may all change now that the games are coming along thick and fast.

Without actually jumping in after the first game it is now a pretty optomistic time to be discussing teh fortunes of City, with their new owner and new manager. The new owner now has an official warrent for his arrest out (fortunately just in Thailand) and the manager, Mr Ericsson is, begrudgingly, taking a few plaudits from the English media. It really looked over the summer that the sole purpose of the British tabloids was to hound him out before he'd even started.

Now two wins, two clean sheets, and top of the table, a few papers are admitting that perhaps the downfall of the England national side under his stewardship was more down to the players at his disposal than the manager. Maybe my dislike of the media stems, to some extent from, from my love of Manchester City. They just always seem to have it in for us.

Am I being paranoid?

Anyway, joint top after two games, and the next game is against the mighty Manchester United, who are, well 12th after two disapointing draws, two losses in Rooney (Injured) and Ronaldo(Sent off for a head butt) and seemingly without an out and out goalscorer in their ranks.

So everything points to, well, I don't know really. Having watched City all my life, I could see us beating the champions convincingly. But I know you cannot take the scum lightly, and I could see a Scholes inspiried united turn us over.

Then again, thinking the result must be one of the above, it'll probably be a boring 0-0 !

I am sure to update this page on Sunday evening, either over the (Blue) moon, or making up excuses like Fergie after one of his players has been (correctly) sent off. His comments about Steve Bennett, the referree who sent off Roinaldo in the week:

"...He must have really enjoyed sending Ronaldo off... again..."

There's only one answer to that.

Yes. He probably did.

See you on Monday !