Pre Season
7-7-11: Man City v Man City Reserves, Home, 2-0 win, tevez, balotelli
10-7-11: Schalke v Man City, away, 2-0 loss,
11-7-11: Hercacles v Man City, away, 3-3 draw, nick hengelman(o.g), narsi, mark looms(o.g)
12-7-11: Scunthorpe v Man City, away, 1-1 draw, balotelli
26-7-11: Milwall n Man City, away, 1-0 loss,
30-7-11: Al-Jazeera(UAE) v Man City, away, 0-2 win, chiellini, aguero
3-8-11: Crusaders v Man City, away, 0-5 win, silva(2), tevez(3)
Pre-season was tough but was more concerned on players getting settled with the new signings and the new formations than the results. formation 4-2-3-1 playinging 2 defensive mid-fielders is probably not one they are used to.
Transfers In
Anatolly Tymoschuk, FC Bayern, Defensive Mid, 1.5m, cover for De Jong and Toure.
Darijo Srna, Shaktar, Right Back, 15m, Straight into team ahed of Richards.
Laurentiu Branescu,Juventus, Goalkeeper, 1m, one for the future will be harts back up for this season.
Andre Ayew, Marseille, Centre Mid/Left Wing, 11m, with no centre spots will operate on wing.
Giorgio Cheillini, Juventus, Centre Back/Left Back, 19m, one for future and capable of playing and competing with Lescott and Kompany.
Transfer Out
Zabaleta, Aston Villa, 10m(installments) with 2 right backs no need to have him in squad.
Cunnigham, Peterborough, 1m, won't progress any futher here.
Stuart Taylor, Wigan, 650k, not needed.
Wayne Bridge, Newcastle, Loan Season.
The purchase of Cheillini from juventus I see as one for the future as has huge talent but will need settling time in england should still provide good football until then. Srna the croatian right back arrives as the man to slot into right back ahead of Micah Richards, he has discipline problems that i will need to control to get the best from him. young ghanian Ayew is someone not very known about but his abilty will show over the coming season. Clichy will be vital part of the team providing defence and attacking quailties that this formation calls for. goalie Joe Hart needs to get better at keeping clean sheets to push this team on he may nneed competition to get best out of him but first season he will be allowed to impress me. Samir narsi will be the right winger big things expected from him after moving north from arsenal. up front tevez and augeuro will more than likely fight it out with dzeko not likely to get many chances since young balotelli will be more useful as bench player as he can play wide and behind a striker. man city want a title challenge and a good run in champions league and fa cup.
August Review
7-8-11 Community Shield, Man City v Man Utd, wembley, 3-1 win, narsi, tevez(2)
14-8-11 Liverpool v Man City, away, 0-1 win, tevez
20-8-11 Man City v Chelsea, home, 1-1, draw, aguero
27-8-11 West Brom v Man City, away, 3-2, win, kompany, de jong, narsi
Well first competitive matches of my career here in the eithad and it couldn't have been harder or worked out better, Community Shield although a nothing trophy was the first Manchester derby of the year and we won easily. first 3 premiership games not easy ones either and 7 points from possible 9 aint bad way to start having gone to 2 tough away grounds. group draw made for the champions league we drew a tough group with recent winners Inter Milan, Shaktar and Viktoria Pizen of the Czech Republic.
September Review
10-9-11 Man City v Bolton, home, 4-0, win, ayew, tevez(2),narsi
14-9-11 Inter Milan v Man City, away, 0-0, draw
17-9-11 Arsenal v Man City, away, 2-2, draw, ayew, tevez
20-9-11 Shrewsbury v Man City, league cup, away, 4-1, win, balotelli(2), aguero, milner
24-9-11 Man City v New Castle, home, 3-0, win, narsi, tevez, chiellini
27-9-11 Man City v Shaktar, home, 3-0, win, tevez(2), balotelli
Decent month as good start continues, 4 points in europe is not something to say no to, 7 points from possible 9 again this month not bad considering we had to visit arsenal, jack wilshere impressed me. league cup win and I am targeting a torphy from that cup so good start.
October Review
1-10-11 Norwich v Man City, away, 3-0, win tevez(2), aguero
15-10-11 Man City v Swansea, home, 5-1, win, narsi(2), aguero, ayew(2)
18-10-11 Man City v Viktoria Plzen, home, 3-0, win, aguero, tevez, narsi
22-10-11 Man City v Man Utd, home, 1-1, draw, aguero
26-10-11 Man City v Fulham, Home, league cup, 3-2, win, aguero, narsi, yaya toure
29-10-11 QPR v Man City, away, 3-1, win, narsi(2), ayew
another win in europe and in league cup so happy with how we did those competitions. 10 points from possible 12 again not bad and drawing with Utd although would have prefered the win will be taken by the board and the fans. my team are working well. tevez and aguero playing well as they fight it out to start, ayew and narsi providing plenty of assits and nice few goals too.
Novemeber Review
2-11-11 Viktoria Plzen v Man City, away, 2-0, win, aguero, tevez
5-11-11 EVerton v Man City, away, 2-1, win, naris, tevez
19-11-11 Man City v Fulham, home, 1-1, draw, ayew
22-11-11 Man City v Inter, home, 2-3, loss, aguero(2)
26-11-11 Wolves v Man City, away, 4-2, loss, aguero(2)
29-11-11 Wolves v Man City, laegue cup quarter final, away, 1-1, kompany, won on pentalties
well after good start this month it all came to big halt. loss to wolves in league and draw to everton losses our unbeaten run and dropping 4 points. loss to inter disappointing. quarter final 3 days after that loss to wolves barely got through but keeps the league cup aim on track. need big improvements. aguero is the best player i ever manged or will ever manage. young keeper Branescu played in the league cup games big experience to win on penatly shoot for the lad.
December Review
3-12-11 Man City v Blackburn, home, 2-0, win, narsi, yaya toure
7-12-11 Shaktar v Man City, away, 2-1, loss, balotelli
10-12-11 Tattonham v Man City, away, 2-1, loss, de jong
17-12-11 Man City v Sunderland, home, 3-0, win, narsi, aguero, silva
20-12-11 Stoke v Man City, away, 0-1, win, yaya toure
26-12-11 Man City v Wigan, home, 1-0, win, narsi
31-12-11 Aston Villa v Man City, away, 0-3, narsi, ayew, kompany
We crash out of europe cause of the loss to Shaktar this month a win and we could have topped the group on goal difference. we finish on 10 points, with inter on 13 points, shaktar on 12 viktoria on 0. Spurs gave us deserved beating the things need to change lacking depth in sertain places in the squad no good postition for milner in the team and attacking mid field and defesive mid field light for cover as it kepper feel on murphys law that everything that can go wrong will do so gonna recruit keeper who can play well enough for cheap that knows this ground.
Janurary Review
2-1-12 Man City v Liverpool, home, 1-2, loss, tevez
7-1-12 AFC Wimbeldon v Man City, Fa Cup 3rd round, away, 5-0, win, dzeko(5)
10-1-12 Reading v Man City, league cup semi-final, away, 0-1, win, de jong
21-1-12 Man City v West Brom, home, 2-0, win, narsi, tevez
25-1-12 Man City v Reading, home, 2-0, win, dzeko, chiellini
28-1-12 Man City v Aston Villa, Fa Cup 4th round, home, 1-1, draw, tevez
So mixed enough month as things go really. loss to liverpool tough to take since was at home but thats happens in football. league cup final booked after those 2 impressive displays by the second team, dzeko firing in these games but cant score in premiership at all. transfer details for month next.
Transfers In
Kaser Schmeichel, Leicester, 1.5m
Mark Van Bommel, Ac Milan, 850k
Landon Donovan, La Galaxy, 6m
Phil Jagielka, Everton, 12m
Jese, Real Madrid, 1.5m
Jaoquin, Malaga, 4.5m
Tranfers Out
James Milner, Malaga, 10m
Aleksander Kolarov, Sevilla, 5m
Adam Johnson, West Brom, 5.25m
so schmichel will do prefect as back up been here before great shot stopper only temporary solution but fine for the money. van bommel and donovan same as before temporary solutions but should provide experience and depth for final push. jageilka now gives me 4 good centre backs and think he will probably play alot of football for me like his style not bad money either. jaoquin on transfer list and he will be explosive when he settles wont be here for long maybe 18 months but experience and speed to settling team. jese young striker may not do much but just worth having round. milner had no place in team he funded jageilka who we needed to push on. kolarov was back up but un happy with first team games so has to let him leave so for johnson.
Feburary Review
1-2-12 Bolton v Man City, away, 1-3, win, jussi jaaskelineen(o.g), balotelli, kompany
5-2-12 Man City v Arsenal, home, 0-0, draw
8-2-12 Aston Villa v Man City, away, 0-2, win, narsi, tevez
12-2-12 Newcastle v Man City, away, 1-2, win, kompany, silva
16-2-12 FC Kobenhaven v Man City, Euro cup 1st knock out, away, 0-2, win, yaya toure, dzeko
19-2-12 Chelsea v Man City, away, 0-0, draw
23-2-12 Man City v FC Kobenhaven, home, 2-0, win, narsi, silva
26-2-12 Man City v Arsenal, league cup final, wembley, 2-0, ayew, tevez
Well this was much improved month in my opinion. draws against arsenal and chelsea and easily the best results. euro cup not where i want to be but winning games keeps the board and fans happy. first cup final at end of the month and we win arsenal dont even pose a threat, my personal aim hit. now board didnt care if i won or not so was just for me. my next aim is fa cup win and to push utd for the title.
March Review
3-3-12 Swansea v Man City, away, 0-1, win, tevez
8-3-12 Celtic v Man City, euro cup 2nd round, away, 1-1, draw, aguero
11-3-12 Man Utd v Man City, Fa cup 5th, away, 0-1, win, srna(freekick)
15-3-12 Man City v Celtic, home, 4-0, win, kevin wilson(o.g), aguero(2), narsi
18-3-12 Man City v Blackburn, Fa cup 6th, home, 5-0, win, tevez(2), kompany, balotelli, cheillini
21-3-12 Man Utd v Man City, away, 1-1, draw, ayew
25-3-12 Man City v Everton, home, 0-1, loss
29-3-12 Paris St Germain v Man City, euro cup quarter finals, away, 1-0, loss
Well this month is where we lost our title challenge now its about getting second, losing to everton killed our pressure on utd, through euro cup to quarters but injuries are taking there toll on the team badly at the min. winning at old trafford in fa cup to a beautiful srna free kick was the high light.
April Review
1-4-12 Fulham v Man City, away, 0-2, win, cheillini, narsi
5-4-12 Man City v Paris St Germain, home, 0-1, loss
9-4-12 Blackburn v Man City, away, 0-3, win, aguero, silve, tevez
14-4-12 Man City v Sunderland, fa cup semi-final, wembley, 2-0, win, aguero, balotelli
18-4-12 Man City v QPR, home, 3-1, win, aguero(2), tevez
21-4-12 Sunderland v Man City, away, 3-0, loss
25-4-12 Man City v Wolves, home, 3-0, aguero, narsi, tevez
28-4-12 Man City v Stoke, home, 1-1, srna
30-4-12 Man City v Norwich, home, 1-1, tevez
well as you can see this was a busy busy month for team suffering from injury problems. out of euro cup which is disappointing. beat sunderland in fa cup to book fa cup final but get taught a lesson in stadium of light. 3 games in 5 games at end of month took its toll drawing 2 winnable home games. need to build on this squad in the summer.
May Review
2-5-12 Wigan v Man City, away, 0-1, win, jagielka
5-5-12 Man City v Newcastle, Fa cup final, wembley, 1-0, win, silva
9-5-12 Man City v Tottenham, home, 1-1, draw, gomes(o.g)
13-5-12 Man City v Aston Villa, home, 3-1, win, petrov(o.g), narsi
4th game in wembley and 4th win and 3rd trophy this year although this one being the only one that will count for hall of fame or in minds of the board. im proud to get one big trophy in first season and give back to back fa cups and first league cups since the 70's to Man City.
Top 4 Final Table
1st Man Utd +66 89pts
2nd Man City +39 79pts
3rd Tottenham +35 75pts
4th Chelsea +29 72pts
not quiet the title puch i wanted or was suppoesed to get by the boards objectives but i won the fa cup and league cup and came second so not a bad first season and we can build on this and add the badly needed depth this club needs to challenge on the amount of fronts that i wanna be sucessful on.