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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: SLOW START TO SUMMER BUSINESS

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS. Cityitis. Cup for Cockups. Typical City. Bitter, Bruised, Shaken not stirred. Monday, June 22, 2015. SLOW START TO SUMMER BUSINESS. Those beginning to hyperventilate that Manchester City’s much-heralded transfer splurge is yet to break out of first gear, this morning’s ramble through the long corridors of Wikipedia has at least settled the fevered mind of this correspondent. Period of the summer. This means that the early bird getting the worm scenario is not necessarily true i...

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: October 2014

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS. Cityitis. Cup for Cockups. Typical City. Bitter, Bruised, Shaken not stirred. Thursday, October 30, 2014. QUÉ PASA, MANUEL? At left back the choice. Between an off form Gael Clichy and out of sorts Aleksandar Kolarov looks like the proverbial Morton’s fork. Question: Of Willy Caballero, Fernando, Mangala and Bacary Sagna, which has settled most seamlessly? A club that has of course hit above its weight in Europe with no problems at all over the years and sparred toe to toe with Eur...

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: EL MAGO OF ARGUÍNEGUÍN

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS. Cityitis. Cup for Cockups. Typical City. Bitter, Bruised, Shaken not stirred. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. EL MAGO OF ARGUÍNEGUÍN. On 17th October 2010. David Silva announced his arrival on the football pitches of England. It involved a flourish of blazing colour that all who were there will remember vividly. In many ways it embodied an entrance to the English football scene that shed bright light on just what kind of player City had managed to purchase that summer. Having announced his...

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: STERLING CRISIS

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS. Cityitis. Cup for Cockups. Typical City. Bitter, Bruised, Shaken not stirred. Wednesday, July 15, 2015. Variously voted Europe’s Golden Boy (in the slipstream of the likes of Mario Balotelli, Lionel Messi and new team mate Sergio Aguero), called Liverpool’s most valuable and talented player, the “ best young player in Europe. Welcome, dear readers, to the febrile world of modern football where everyone’s grip on reality is as fragile as the gossamer threads holding Raheem&#82...

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: July 2015

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS. Cityitis. Cup for Cockups. Typical City. Bitter, Bruised, Shaken not stirred. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. FINDING THE RIGHT FIT. In a little under a month Manchester City will walk out for their first home fixture of the new season. The Etihad Stadium, formerly known as the City of Manchester Stadium (and briefly before that even,. As the Commonwealth Games Stadium). City fans greet the Blues and Barcelona for the opening of the stadium. 8220; Fortress Keegan. The club had bade Europea...

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: FINDING THE RIGHT FIT

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS. Cityitis. Cup for Cockups. Typical City. Bitter, Bruised, Shaken not stirred. Tuesday, July 28, 2015. FINDING THE RIGHT FIT. In a little under a month Manchester City will walk out for their first home fixture of the new season. The Etihad Stadium, formerly known as the City of Manchester Stadium (and briefly before that even,. As the Commonwealth Games Stadium). City fans greet the Blues and Barcelona for the opening of the stadium. 8220; Fortress Keegan. The club had bade Europea...

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: March 2015

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS. Cityitis. Cup for Cockups. Typical City. Bitter, Bruised, Shaken not stirred. Tuesday, March 24, 2015. At the end of the wooden bar at El Pintxo, there is scant time to think about West Bromwich Albion. At this rate, we are no more than a few short seconds away from retracing the safe old batatas bravas. Spicy mayonnaise. Who invented that? And was he sufficiently rewarded for his findings? Whilst the omnipresent pan con tomate. And the over-generous triangle of tortilla de ceba.

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: August 2015

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS. Cityitis. Cup for Cockups. Typical City. Bitter, Bruised, Shaken not stirred. Monday, August 10, 2015. TABLA MORAL WEEK ONE. Down the Kippax Steps. Solo Fútbol's Tabla Moral from the 80s in Argentina is enjoying a re-run in the 2015-16 Premier League. In it, we hope to highlight blatant wrongs, crass errors and large slices of injustice:. Doesn't require an answer, of course, as the hapless man went for broke and decided to take us all. Mr Hooper explains his new rule change. As a ...

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: REMEMBERING ROBINHO

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS. Cityitis. Cup for Cockups. Typical City. Bitter, Bruised, Shaken not stirred. Monday, June 22, 2015. It will not just have been Manchester City fans, who were surprised to see who was the man of the match. During Brazil’s critical defeat of Venezuela on Sunday, a win that secured passage to the knock-out rounds of the Copa America. His time at City - without being the moment of his greatest achievement - may well, however, go down as the moment he attracted the most attention.

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: April 2015

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DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS. Cityitis. Cup for Cockups. Typical City. Bitter, Bruised, Shaken not stirred. Tuesday, April 28, 2015. ELEVEN GAMES THAT FLOORED CITY. Place in the Premier League table. Precarious second places don’t come by very often, but we appear to have one on our hands here, so we must make the most of it. Manuel Pellegrini, looking bright eyed and bushy-tailed, was heard saying the immortal words-. 8220; It is no shame if City are runners-up. You cannot improve every year. The manager is of...