Blue Skies Over Manchester

[HailVikernes]

The former New Zealand international has been handed a two year contract worth £190,000 per week to replace Mancini.

New Zealand midfielder Brownlie, 29, has little managerial experience and Manchester City are making a huge gamble that has Citizens fans scared.

Mancini applauded the Man City fans that attended the 1-1 draw against West Ham and is believed to be sacked after finishing 5th when he promised a top 4 finish.

City have been further criticised for the circumstances under which they sacked Mancini as it mirrors that of the sacking of Mark Hughes.

Al Mubarak said: "I have taken a risk with Nathan but I believe he deserves his chance and he has assured me of success.

"I understand he has little experience but that does not mean he is a bad manager, I watched him as a player and he was always doubted but proved his critics wrong, this is the same with him being signed as a manager, he will be doubted, but I believe he will prove those who doubt him wrong.

"Nathan believes that Man City do have potential and has told me that its not going to be easy at the start, morale is not high and he said that former manager Hughes wasted money on many players who he believes aren’t up to the standard required of Manchester City.

"My hope is that our incredible fans will join us in welcoming Nathan to the football club."

In a statement on City's official website, Al Mubarak explained why the club decided to sack Mancini.

He said: "Prior to him taking over from Mark (Hughes), he (Mancini) told us that he could and will achieve a top four finish, he has failed in this and has therefore been sacked.

He also had this to say about Brownlie: “He has told me how angry he is that Hughes wasted so much money on so many bad players, he told me who the players were and I will take the appropriate action to see these players released. He did comment though that he was very happy with the players Mancini signed (Vieira, Johnson, Toure and Silva). I have total faith in Nathan’s ability and he has requested that an extra £100m be added to his transfer budget which I will grant for him.”

 

[NUFC_Tony]

Nice start mate - good luck.

 

[HailVikernes]

Mass Exodus from Manchester City

The following players have been released from Manchester City:
Benjani Mwaruwari – Released (End of contract)
Martin Petrov – Signed to Bolton Wanderers
Sylvinho – Released (End of contract)
Roque Santa Cruz – Released (Force release)
Jô – Released (Force release)
Joleon Lescott – Released (Force release)
Valeri Bojinov – Signed to Parma
Tobias Johansen – Signed to Kongsvinger
Róbert Mak – Signed to Nürnberg
Paul Marshall – Signed to Walsall
Andrew Mitchell – Signed to Rangers
Karl Moore – Released (End of contract)
Jack Redshaw – Signed to Rochdale
Filip Mentel – Signed to Dundee United

Controversy surrounds the departure of R. Santa Cruz, Jo, and Joleon Lescott. It is believed that manager Nathan Brownlie requested to the Manchester City chairman that they be forcefully released because Brownlie believes that they were a waste of money and a mistake of former manager Mark Hughes.

 

[HailVikernes]

Manchester City announce pre season fixtures

Manchester City will also play Portland Timbers on July 17th

 

[Alcaraz]

Looks really good,unique layout mate,I will definetly follow

 

[HailVikernes]

Football world in shock

The football world is in shock after Manchester City swooped three of the world’s biggest football stars. Manchester City signed eight players this transfer window. Here is the timeline of Manchester City's signings….

10th July 2009 – Hugo Lloris signs from Lyon for £24M. He accepted a £105,000 per week contract.

11th July 2009 – Lorenzo Crisetig and Alphonse Areola both sign from Inter and PSG respectively.

12th July 2009 – Jonjo Shelvey signs a 3 year deal from Charlton for £4M

15h July 2009 – Explosive Argentinean striker Sergio Aguero signs for Manchester City for £53M. Aguero had doubts about moving but the £165,000 a week was enough to lure him away from At. Madrid.

16th July 2009 – Edin Dzeko signs from Wolfsburg for £25M. He is reportedly on £110,000 per week.

17th July 2009 – Nathan Brownlie must have felt very lucky when a few days ago he got a scout report on Cesc Fabergas which stated Fabergas would be very interested in joining Manchester City. At that moment he launched a barrel of bids. First for £40M – rejected. £60M which was then negotiated by Arsenal for £139M. Man City withdrew. The next day Manchester City offered Arsenal £55M upfront and £25M over 24 months. It was accepted, Man City then preceded by offering Fabergas £125,000 per week.

------------------------------------
I would like to point out to those of you who think I have cheated, if you read in the first post you would see that my managerial alter ego requested to the owner that the budget be increased by £100M so on the editor while fixing up transfers and competitions I added £100M to the transfer budget

 

[Trophy_Whorder]

pretty cool like the fixture page how did you do them like that i follow.

 

[HailVikernes]

pretty cool like the fixture page how did you do them like that i follow.

Its just a screen cap from the Manchester City site, all ive got is paint so cant do many things fancy lol

 

[HailVikernes]

Preseason

Manchester City enjoy pre season success

Manchester City played 7 matches (8 including reserves) and went unbeaten scoring a total of 19 goals and conceding 4. Top goal scorer was Sergio Aguero scoring 5 goals.

 

[TheRealMourinho]

good luck,
will be interesting to see how your gonna use adebayor, tevez,aguero,bellamy and dzeko

 

[Dan]

How did you force releas players like Lescott, Santa Cruz and Jo? They wouldt leave would they?

Good luck with the story mate, great layout so far

 

[HailVikernes]

good luck,
will be interesting to see how your gonna use adebayor, tevez,aguero,bellamy and dzeko

I have loaned out Adebayor and Bellamy, I will post transfer summary at end of window

How did you force releas players like Lescott, Santa Cruz and Jo? They wouldt leave would they?

Good luck with the story mate, great layout so far

Theres no such thing, I just made it up on the story. I just used editor to get rid of them and thanks

 

[chapman7]

Nice Start ill have a look every so many days XD

 

[bigpimpin]

nice one man , ill be following this one, brilliant layout and storys interesting . what are your seasons ambitions though?

 

[flamindamon]

Nice, I'll be following.

Good luck

 

[HailVikernes]

nice one man , ill be following this one, brilliant layout and storys interesting . what are your seasons ambitions though?

Thanks, Ive gone for title challenge, just to be on the safe side.

Also thanks to chapman7 and flamindamon

 

[HailVikernes]

August

BBC Sport takes a look at the month that was for Manchester City

After a fantastic preseason The Citizens only managed to play two league matches due to EURO Cup fixtures.

MATCH RESULTS
vs. Portsmouth

Manchester City kicked off their Premier League campaign against Portsmouth and the big spenders looked like sure winners and they were winning 6-3. Manchester City were up 3-0 at half time but the second half was where the action was with 6 goals being scored. After the match Man City manager said "Yes im glad we got the win but I am so angry that we conceded so many, I mean come on. I will certainly be looking into this." Carlos Tevez picked up man of the match.

vs. Hakduk Leg 1

Manchester City never looked like losing this match right from the start. The confident side made quick work in scoring goals netting 6 goals. Carlos Tevez picked up man of the match

vs. Hakduk Leg 2

Manchester City could have be forgiven for wanting to sit back and grind out the result, up 6-0 on aggregate. But Manchester City were prepared to put on a show and they did just that, the Croatian side no match for them. Edin Dzeko scored the fastest ever goal for Man City scoring just after 15 seconds. Dzeko's 4 goals insured he picked up man of the match.

vs. Wolves

Manchester City were very fortunate to beat Wolves who played a good solid defense. Manchester City's £80M man scoring the winner. Manchester City will be disappointed and Nathan Brownlie will be left asking himself what the **** happened. Micah Richards picked up man of the match.

TRANSFERS

It was a big spending again from Manchester City with all the talk surronding Cesc Fabergas shock move, in a statement on his website he stated the following "I aplogize to the Arsenal fans and I hope they understand my choice to move, once again I am sorry."

Elsewhere Arsenal signed Angel Di Maria for £9.25M while Chelsea picked up Uruguayan hitman Luis Suarez for a reported £22M from Ajax

PLAYER OF THE MONTH

Congratulations to Stoke striker Ricardo Fuller who picked up player of the month.

 

[Brummy123]

i love the layout mate and i'll be following but isn't man city a bit easy and not a challange

 

[HailVikernes]

September

Another 5 star performance from Manchester City this month, winning all there games and taking top spot in the Premier League.

MATCH RESULTS
vs. Aston Villa

Well it would seem that no matter who Manchester City play there is always going to be plenty of goals scored. Edin Dzeko scored a hat-trick while Sergio Aguero scored 2. Manchester City certainly appear to be getting there moneys worth. Edin Dzeko was man of the match.

vs. Chelsea

A very exciting game labeled "Battle of the billionaire owners" it was expected to be a high scoring game but good defense from both sides put any stop to that. The game was heading for a draw until David Silva scored the winner in the 88th minute sent the Man City manager and team into a frenzy. Carlos Tevez won man of the match

vs. Lech (EURO Cup)

Manchester City appear to be doing well in the EURO Cup and this win proves it, they certainly have the potential but the real test will come later on in the tournament. Micah Richards won man of the match

vs. Bolton

Well it looks like Manchester City dont even need a 11 man squad to beat teams, Vincent Kompany being sent off in the 7th minute appeared to have made no difference as they kept a clean sheet and Sergio Aguero netted two. David Silva picked up man of the match setting up both of Aguero's goals.

vs. Aston Villa (League Cup)

Playing each other for the second time in a month Manchester City again looked dominate, despite most of the team being made up of reserves. 4-1 and they enter the next round with the belief they can go on and win the whole thing. Kolo Toure won man of the match

vs. Everton

Manchester City ended a dominate month with a 1-0 win over Everton which made sure they took the top spot. Sergio Aguero won man of the match.

PLAYER OF THE MONTH

Manchester City's star striker Sergio Aguero won player of the month scoring 5 goals in 4 games

 

[Adam 24]

very nice m8 will be following keep up the good work