Archive for September 24th, 2009

Picture of the day: Craig Bellamy

24th September 2009

At Maine Road, they used to sing:

“I’ll walk a million miles for one of your smiles… Summerbee!”

Check out this picture from last night’s match, courtesy of The Sun, and try:

“I’ll walk a million miles for one of your smiles… Bellamy!”

Click here for the picture.

It ought to be a caption competition for our lovable hero, who was in fine berating form last night. Maybe he’d just seen the fourth official put up the Additional Time board.

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Player ratings: City v Fulham (Carling Cup)

24th September 2009

Given – Shay looked as stunned as the rest of us with the Fulham goal. Thereafter it was most about organising those in front of him at set pieces. 6

Zabaleta – His big chance and he looked… rusty. Never really appeared on the same wavelength as those around him, which was a pity as he was outstanding in his last game against Celtic. 6

Toure – The captain bagged his first goal, and kept the defence focussed in a determined effort …

Carling Cup verdict: City 2 Fulham 1 (aet)

24th September 2009

Set piece City strike again! Despite a laboured performance, two headed goals from corners by Gareth Barry and Kolo Toure respectively, were enough to see off a well organised second-string Fulham side.

Following the high octane games against Arsenal and United, this was a gentler affair as was widely predicted. They’ll be no need for the FA to look again at any incidents in this match, although Zoltan Gera’s stunning strike to give Fulham the lead was perhaps worthy of a …