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[heggsy]

obviously didn't see us sitting at the top of the league

 

[rolaholic]

I`d love to know his reasoning given that you guys offerered more money than Leverkusen 

. 

Joey Barton to the Hammers as well.

Hijinks from Saturday`s match,this fan decided to steal Bastian`s water bottle. Giggs wasn`t impressed 

 

[heggsy]

I think maybe Champions League football might have helped.

As much as I wanted him I'm glad he didn't come for the money and decided to go where he believed was better for his career.

 

[rolaholic]

Didn`t realize that Bayer had qualified for the UCL again,makes much more sense now 

 

 

[heggsy]

Although they did draw Lazio in the play off

And that certainly won't be a walk in the park

 

[lovehateself]

46m for KDB is a better deal than 50m for Raheem though .

I'm interested in seeing where these HurriKane rumours end up going.

home grown tax is worth what these days?

 

[Armada]

I personally think it would have been to get some defensive help but i was never to sure on if it is really needed for City IMO.

I think Mangala can be a really good defender, he had some good moments last year and some not so good moments some would argue more not so good and I can understand why but for some reason i feel like he will play a lot better this year next to Kompany (hopefully he  finds his old form again as well)

All that being said I could be wrong and we'll get somewhat of an idea later today in city's first match.

 

[rolaholic]

 

46m for KDB is a better deal than 50m for Raheem though

.

I'm interested in seeing where these HurriKane rumours end up going.

home grown tax is worth what these days?

I`d say an extra 15-20m 

WBA are set to break their transfer record on Rondon from Zenit...would that mean Berahino`s about to be sold? 

 

[Sinner]

Missed this story... seems like she was just doing her job...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...e-Mourinho-criticism-with-subtle-message.html

 

[jape]

 
Missed this story... seems like she was just doing her job...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...e-Mourinho-criticism-with-subtle-message.html

i think mou is right but he didn't need to publicly criticize her.  

but then again it's mourinho

 

[rolaholic]

Mou always has someone lined up to blame

 

[Armada]

It's part of his pre game strategy 

Step 1. get a goal

Step 2. maybe go for a second but depending on the time of the match make sure the squad is ready to park the bus (ft. new Yokohama tires this year)

Step 3. If we somehow end up only taking a point or losing already have someone in mind to throw under the bus (ft. new Yokohama tires)

based of the events prior, during or after the match.

 

[lovehateself]

 
It's part of his pre game strategy 

Step 1. get a goal

Step 2. maybe go for a second but depending on the time of the match make sure the squad is ready to park the bus (ft. new Yokohama tires this year)

Step 3. If we somehow end up only taking a point or losing already have someone in mind to throw under the bus (ft. new Yokohama tires)

based of the events prior, during or after the match.

"and thats just really sad" 

 

[rook]

NBC won the bid over ESPN/FOX/UNIVISION/Discovery to keep the rights to EPL from 2016-2023.

Huge win. I hate ESPN coverage.

 

[tomdiginson]

Thank God. **** Fox Sports . Espn wouldn't even know what to do with it if they had it.

 

[Armada]

NBC's coverage has been great, they are appreciated.

Plus without them we would have never known the story of Coach Lasso 

 

 

[ronaldo nazario]

NBC won the bid over ESPN/FOX/UNIVISION/Discovery to keep the rights to EPL from 2016-2023.

Huge win. I hate ESPN coverage.

So do I, I can't stand them in general. Would be great if NBC and Univision had a partnership for the latter to do matches in Spanish, even if it was just a couple matches a week, but I could see how that'd affect their overall ratings I guess.

 

[lovehateself]

 

NBC won the bid over ESPN/FOX/UNIVISION/Discovery to keep the rights to EPL from 2016-2023.

Huge win. I hate ESPN coverage.

So do I, I can't stand them in general. Would be great if NBC and Univision had a partnership for the latter to do matches in Spanish, even if it was just a couple matches a week, but I could see how that'd affect their overall ratings I guess.

el profe breaking down BPL matches would be cool, dont know why ppl hate on him...

 

[mr marcus]

NBC won the bid over ESPN/FOX/UNIVISION/Discovery to keep the rights to EPL from 2016-2023.

Huge win. I hate ESPN coverage.

 

[jmeisreal]

NBC 

 

[DeadsetAce]

Would be great if NBC and Univision had a partnership for the latter to do matches in Spanish, even if it was just a couple matches a week, but I could see how that'd affect their overall ratings I guess.

interesting thought. would be cool to see that.

 

[rolaholic]

It's official

Thinking of adding him to my fantasy team with all the rave reviews this transfer is getting and his goalscoring record 

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I have my fingers crossed for this to mean they're gonna sell Berahino to Spurs which would maybe open up the possibilty of the Hurrikane making landfall at OT 

 

 

[Armada]

City's starting line up

Spoiler: Warning: Spoiler!

1

Joe Hart

3

Bacary Sagna

11

Aleksandar Kolarov

20

Eliaquim Mangala

4

Vincent Kompany

7

Raheem Sterling

42

Yaya Touré

15

Jesús Navas

21

David Silva

25

Fernandinho

14

Wilfried Bony

Jesús Navas starting

 

[arstyle27]

CITY goin with that 4, 2, 3, 1 formation. Cant wait til Kun is back, which should be for Sunday.

Defense should be better this season....hopefully anyway.

 

[rook]

Forgot all about Navas.