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Manchester City Balls: What The Experts Said About Pelligrini, The Foreign Alan Pardew
MANUEL Pelligrini might looks like an accountant apprising a new Jaguar car, but it turns out that he’s a pretty good football manager. His Manchester City have won the Premier League title and League Cup in his first season in charge. So. Time to see what the media experts said of the Chilean:
Manuel Pellegrini is going to be the new manager of Manchester City. And right there is the reason why Manchester United’s appointment of David Moyes was so important for English football.
A coach who has won nothing in Europe, not even in the season when he spent £200million on four players at Real Madrid, will now occupy one of the prime jobs in the Premier League.
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Posted: 12th, May 2014 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment (1)
Manchester City And Arsenal Balls: Richard Wright Is The Luckiest Man In Football
Arsenal’s 3 goalkeepers Richard Wright, David Seaman and Stuart Taylor celebrate with the FA Barclaycard Premiership Trophy
Date: 11/05/2002
RICHARD Wright has won two more Premier League winners’ medals than Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard. Surely a future career as media pundit sat by illuminated coffee tables is on the horizon for an English champion.
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Posted: 12th, May 2014 | In: Arsenal, Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Manchester City Balls: How Yaya Toure Beat Luis Suarez In Two Weeks
HOW tabloid reporting work with the Daily Mirror’s John Cross:
April 18:
Luis Suarez is such a runaway winner as PFA Player of the Year it’s ridiculous. He’s been the best by a mile.
— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) April 18, 2014
Later that day, The Daily Mirror wrote:
Manchester City’s Yaya Toure says being African denies him individual recognition he deserves
On May 5, Cross tweeted:
Luis Suarez is @theofficialfwa Footballer of the Year. I was a bit torn but I voted for Yaya Toure.
— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) May 5, 2014
It’s all about consistency…
Posted: 8th, May 2014 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Manchester City Balls: Two City Ghosts Help Yaya Toure Score With The Wrong Foot
LAST night Yaya Toure scored a terrific goal to put the tin lid on Manchester City’s 4-0 win over Aston Villa. But how did the Daily Mail present the strike?
Like this:
Note:
* The Villa player facing the wrong way
* Toure hitting the ball with his left foot
* The banana shot that bends to the right but ends up in the goal’s left-most corner
* The two other City players in close support
The picture is just like the actual goal, then. For all those football fans unable to see the goal on the telly or the web, the Mail’s illustration is an invaluable resource.
Or not:
And from another angle:
Posted: 8th, May 2014 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment
Manchester City Balls: Time To Sack Pelligrini
HOW tabloid journalism, works, with the Sun’s Neil Curtis:
“If City could axe Mancini, surely Manuel faces chop now.”
THE betrayal of Roberto Mancini might just be coming back to haunt Manchester City.
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Posted: 6th, May 2014 | In: Manchester City, Sports | Comment
