Posts Tagged as ‘Manchester City’

September 3, 2008

Manchester City’s formation for February

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The old 1-1-3-5

From information leaking out of Manchester City about their new owners’ transfer targets, The Spoiler has cleverly summised Manchester City’s future formation. It looks a bit defensive on the right-flank, if you ask us! Although the Dracula-esque keeper might be a bit dodgy with crosses. Ho-ho!

September 2, 2008

Daily Mirror Football Spy Darren Lewis in a bunny costume

Mirror hack rabbiting on

It seems Robinho’s move to Manchester City surprised even the most insider of football insiders. The Mirror’s so-called Football Spy Darren Lewis vowed on transfer deadline day that if the pint-sized Brazilian didn’t join Chelsea he would prevent the following day’s video in a bunny outfit. Oops!

September 2, 2008

Check out my Top 10 Transfer Deadline Talking Points

Click here to check out my Top 10 Transfer Deadline Talking Points over at the ever-excellent Soccerlens site.
Thank you very much

September 2, 2008

Top Five Uses For Your Robinho Chelsea shirt

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Commiserations to out-of-cash Blues fans

1. Name your child Robinho and plead ignorance.

September 2, 2008

Top Five Shrewd Deadline Day Moves

The best of the deadline day business

1. Tom Soares to Stoke (£1.5 million)
When this guy last played in the top-flight, the big clubs couldn’t wait to throw their money at him. He might have gone off the boil slightly, but he is only 22 and his talent is undoubted. A good piece of business for [...]

September 2, 2008

Roman Abramovich experiences life in the real world

It just goes to show, it can happen to the best of us. Roman Abramovich is not a man who is likely to be best pleased at not getting his own way. The Russian is likely to be a little embarrassed at failing to land Robinho, not only because his oil money was outbid but [...]

September 1, 2008

Dimitar Berbatov’s Manchester City contract

The Spoiler has got a hilarious spoof of Dimitar Berbatov’s Manchester City contract. Click here to see it in full.

September 1, 2008

Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester City

That’ll teach the miserable Bulgar!

Surely not? As if calling themselves United wasn’t going to wind-up Red Devils fans enough, Manchester City’s new owners are now set to pip their city rivals to the signing of Dimitar Berbatov. City have had a £30 million bid for the long-term United target accepted, although the Bulgarian is believed [...]

September 1, 2008

A name change for Manchester City? Come on, Abu Dhabi United

The Blues new owners pick unfortunate name

Surely even the most ignorant of Premier League observers would know that if you are going to take over Manchester City you don’t have anything to do with the word ‘United’. Apparently not. City’s new owners are none other than Abu Dhabi United. The man behind the (slightly dodgy name) [...]