With last years performances, City understandably had their doubters, but we look ‘back’ and are proving those doubters wrong. City are proving me wrong. Pre-season tours State-side and Down Under are not telling enough to base any season preview on. Two games and six points in, there’s some colour following last years campaign. It was… Read More Now We Have Something To Base A Preview On – CDZ020
Too good, friendly or no. The gap in quality between Manchester City and Real Madrid, as the inaugural International Champions Cup curtain came down, was wider than the Yarra. The 4-1 result has City leaving Australia three from four, but in the shadows of a far too potent Madrid team they should be wary of,… Read More Dollar Falls In Australia, But Sterling Will Yet Rise For City – CDZ019.3
It was a night more about the build up and the finale, despite four goals, rather than the match itself as Joe Hart’s heroics in a decisive penalty shoot-out secured the win for City at the Melbourne Cricket Ground over Roma. As the night rolled in, all eyes were drawn to the MCG, the… Read More Melbourne Hart – CDZ019.2
It’s staggering to think what we actually do with ourselves when summer roles around and there’s no football. In a World Cup year, City’s league triumph has quickly been forgotten. Whereas two years ago Joleon Lescott and Gareth Barry joined Roy Hodgson’s squad along with Joe Hart and James Milner, it’s just the latter… Read More So It Ends, Champions. Plus Copa Mundial – CDZ011
Long past overdue that we caught up with Corazon. Since the last piece, at the turn of the year, City’s quadruple chances have diminished, but we all knew deep down it was a dream that no club in England has ever made reality, let alone us, a club still in transformation. The Champions League tie… Read More Catch Up With Corazon – CDZ009
Gola gola gola!!! Not the commentary of Ian Cheeseman on BBC Radio Manchester over this last month, but you could forgive him for being inspired by his Spanish counterparts after City returned to form at home after a mid-month blip in the North East, losing for the fourth consecutive time, 1-0, at Sunderland. City scored… Read More When it rains….City back to scoring ways – CDZ007
The Signing Of The Summer Premier League clubs spent in excess of £630m this a summer, a British transfer record, with City accounting for around £90m of that. The English top flight has been better for it; with the additions of Mesut Ozil, Roberto Soldado and the semi-veteran Samuel Eto we are seeing the most… Read More Pablo, the Etihad Centurion – CDZ006
Now at our fifth edition, there is only player we could turn to, to start our edition off; Andy Morrison. A cult City number 5 of years gone by, we look back at a player who was idolised by City fans at one of the club’s lowest points, and not too far in to the past… Read More From Morrison to a mega stadium – CDZ 005
Welcome back, and to the fourth edition of Corazon De Zeaba, The Heart of Zabaleta. The main man didn’t have the best of games at Stoke, but then again neither did most of the side. Mark Hughes men couldn’t decide whether to revert to type, or try to play and football, but in both departments,… Read More Early Fall – How City stuttered through September – CDZ004
The England keeper remains under close examination in the national media Welcome to Corazon De Zaba, the third edition. The season is underway and we’re taking a look at our opening trio of fixtures, two of them against promoted sides. Joe Hart’s come under close scrutiny, despite keeping two clean sheets at home. We’ve also… Read More Is Jesus Navas City’s Plan B? – CDZ003
