Blue Moon Rising [Official Manchester City Thread]

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Holy shit I gotta somehow make it to a City game next year. Wow.

you must ... too much fun. and if you have the chance, go to a match at Anfield because those fans are just amazing.

never go to OT though. i saw united play Fulham and of course united won like 4-1 or something stupid. but the united fans were still pissing and moaning about every damn pass/call/shot. it was like they thought their team should do no wrong and the sky was falling every time a player made a mistake. but heir Tevez taunt is fun to sing however inaccurate the torphy part of it might be

[1ke]

Which Tevez song did they sing?

[seaplus]

Which Tevez song did they sing?

[1ke]

Thats a shit song. Dont like it.

[seaplus]

obviously Mancini knows is players better than i do but i really like AJ and think he should see the field more. however, i was forced to listen to a radio broadcast or check twitter for most of the season so i didn't get a good chance to see how he played.

also, i would like to see more young players being tested in games rather than filling needs through the xfer market. we have some great young talent and i don't want to eventually lose them because they aren't getting playing time.

[seaplus]

so any lifelong City fans or any City fans that were fans before the FA cup season? wondering who the bandwagoners are since i see a lot of Man City logos in the '3 favorite teams' area

[Champ]

All of them here are "soccer bros" meaning they picked city when soccer was the cool thing to do. Total Frat Move.

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[tbuc]

French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet has admitted to being dismayed by Samir Nasri’s verbal abuse of a journalist.

Nasri lashed out at a journalist who questioned his input after coming on for the last half-hour of the Euro 2012 quarter-final loss to Spain.

The Manchester City midfielder reportedly called him a ‘son of a bitch’ and told him to ‘f**k himself’, before adding: “Now you can also write that I was badly educated.”

This followed a skirmish between Nasri and a journalist from L’Equipe earlier this month which ended with the midfielder’s controversial gesture after scoring against England.

Speaking to RMC, FFF president Le Graet, who defended Nasri over his gesture against England, now expressed his dismay at the same player’s words.

“Nasri is a sensitive boy, but his words are intolerable,” he said.

Asked for his general opinion of France, Le Graet insisted on accentuating the positive impression left by Laurent Blanc’s side despite the latest controversy.

“The team progresses and behaves better, frankly. There are grounds for satisfaction. Laurent Blanc has a respectable and quite pleasant balance,” he said.

I'm starting to become a little less upset that he left North London.

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so any lifelong City fans or any City fans that were fans before the FA cup season? wondering who the bandwagoners are since i see a lot of Man City logos in the '3 favorite teams' area

I think a better question to ask your boys is what they thought of Rolando Bianchi, Darius Vassell, and Georgios Samaras as a strikeforce. I do give em credit though, they are proud of their bandwagon jumping, and they stick to it.

[Rudi]

City Till I Die Since 2009. Loud and Proud.

[Rudi]

New homes [yeah they already been posted here] but looks like we are rockin white shorts with it.

[RyanLeaf16]

Got into the EPL and club soccer ~3 years ago. Became a City fan because they were on tv all the time and I really liked the non-stop motor of a Welshman on the squad named Craig Bellamy. Been a fan since that point.

[Rudi]

[Rudi]

Not many changes coming hopefully.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has appeared to suggest that he is unlikely to sign Arsenal forward Robin van Persie this summer.

City have been strongly linked with a swoop for Van Persie, whose future is uncertain having entered the final 12 months of his contract at Arsenal.

Mancini, though, has played down suggestions a deal is in the offing, telling Sky Sport Italia: "Van Persie? He is an Arsenal player and I don't want to disrespect Wenger.

"We have four strikers and we will start the pre-season in five days. It's unlikely there will be major changes in such a short time."

Mancini went on to offer clarity over the futures of Aleksandar Kolarov and Edin Dzeko, both of whom have been linked with exits, with Juventus said to be keen on the latter.

"Dzeko's farewell is not expected," Mancini said. "The interest of Juventus for him? It will be difficult that Edin goes away.

"Kolarov? I myself wanted him to City. He is a great player. If it depends on me, he would remain at the City. I'd love to have him again in the next season but I cannot impose myself on his will."

Mancini concluded with apparent confirmation that Carlos Tevez will be staying at the Etihad Stadium, adding: "Tevez will remain, unless he wants to change team."

Tevez infamously refused to warm-up as a substitute for City in the Champions League and subsequently went six months without playing for the side before returning to play a role in their title success.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1120508/roberto-mancini-unsure-over-robin-van-persie-deal?cc=5901

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Really hope my dude Kolarov hangs around. That left foot is explosive.