Tag Archives: Manchester City

Gooners are all Villans after their famous victory! All hail Emery’s—wait, what? We’re next in line?

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Man City went into Villa Park shorn of the services of the suspended Rodri and Grealish and came out on the short end of a 1-0 scoreline, resulting in a fourth Premier League game without a win for the first time since the 2016-17 season, Pep’s first with the club. Did Emery have an edge on his longtime rival? No. Emery’s record against Guardiola going into this one was a woeful 0W 4D 9L. We should thank Emery and Aston Villa for not only taking all three but also for exposing Man City’s soft underbelly. I can’t think of a single downside to this result.

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Rivals’ Roundup—all in all, a tolerable weekend…

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There wasn’t much to dislike this weekend. Man City dropped points at home and saw Rodri and Grealish get booked a fifth time each, Tottenham dropped points from a losing position, Man U lost…yes, it’s true that Newcastle and Liverpool won, but you can’t have everything, can you? I mean, where would you put it all? The upshot is that we’ll spend another week top of the league, having padded our admittedly fragile lead over CIty by two points only to see Liverpool overtake them. I guess we have a three-horse race on our hands, don’t we? Let’s get to the roundup then.

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Rivals’ Roundup—well, well, well. Look who’s top of the league…

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All is right in the universe. The Great Chain of Being, after weeks of chaos, decay, and upheavel, has at long last been restored, long may it persevere. Yes, Arsenal are top of the table, and would-be foes such as Tottenham, Man U, and Chelsea are squabbling for the crumbs that we deign to let fall from said table. I am completely and utterly confident that nothing will change the current status quo. When has it ever? Well, enough dithering and throat-clearing. Let’s get to the round-up.

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Aside from Arsenal, no one can topple Man City from atop the Prem…can they?

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It was one thing last season to fight against Man City, the entirely fairly funded foe from the the north, for an entire campaign. They ended up “earning” treble last season—Prem title, FA Cup, and Champions League—and are girding themselves for another grim, remorseless, march on the same achievement with all of the joyless predictability of death or taxes. We fought on bravely against them and only very narrowly succumbed. Can we go one better when the stakes are higher?

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Man CIty SHOCKED at Everton’s points deduction & tremble at their own fate…

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FFP, like elves, gremlins, and eskimos, was once thought to be make-believe. It existed in some magical universe in which unicorns pooped jellybeans and the Republican Party was the sane, mature one. However—much to our surprise, Everton’s chagrin, and Man City’s disdain—FFP does actually exist. As you surely know by now, Everton have been docked ten points for breaching financial rules. Well done, Premier League. Well done indeed. Now, do 115 alleged financial violations FC, otherwise known as Man City.

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