I’ve recently returned from Lords after watching the second day of the Test match against Ireland – probably the most one-sided sporting event I’ve witnessed live since Mario ‘Why me?’ Balotelli shouldered the ball into the City net that day at the Etihad. I live near the venue and have many mates with easy access […]
Duncan Kendal
Sarge now channelling his inner Stiepi?
In one of my previous MFW missives, I wrote about City’s rich heritage in the attacking midfielder/no 10 role and how this current squad was desperately lacking just such a player, particularly as Todd Cantwell had so obviously failed to live up to both hype and expectation. At the same time, many writers and commentators […]
It rarely gets better from here so twist sooner rather than later
While to me it feels pretty clear-cut that the club as a whole, and the team in particular, needs a change, there are still people urging the Carrow Road hierarchy to show patience and back the current manager through this period of underperformance. I do, however, also think that’s irrelevant. Simply put, I have never […]
City’s Broken Line of Succession
While watching a laborious City side try and break down the massed ranks of the West Brom defence, something was missing. I yearned for someone to conjure up a little bit of magic; someone to do something unexpected but brilliant; someone to take the game by the scruff off the neck and have the confidence […]