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Why Sheikh Mansour’s gamble on Mancini makes sense

Blue Days — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:43:07 +0000

Sympathy abounds for Mark Hughes, along with criticism of his sacking, so let's have a look at why City have decided to make a change now and bring in Roberto Mancini.

Is Mark Hughes the man to make City a top four team and win trophies? (part one)

Blue Days — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:23:31 +0000

With no Premier League games last weekend, it's a good time to examine the qualities Mark Hughes brings to City and consider whether it looks like being enough to take City into the Champions League and win some silverware. Firstly, we can consider the positive contributions the Welshman and his management team have made, then we can look at the areas of concern.

Interview with Khaldoon al Mubarak

Blue Days — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:28:38 +0000

In amongst all the derby previews in today’s press are two excellent pieces by City supporting Guardian writer David Conn, where he interviews Khaldoon al Mubarak in Abu Dhabi.

Khaldoon responds to criticism of City’s spending being a danger to football:

“I could accept the argument if we were artificially building up the club through debt”

“That produces a destructive end result; we have seen that happen. But in our case, the club will be in the healthiest position because there is no ...

Khaldoon al Mubarak interview

Blue Days — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:43:38 +0000

The City chairman spoke to Chris Bailey in a video interview on the official site. Whilst the questions were hardly challenging, it was still interesting to hear Khaldoon al Mubarak speaking of Sheik Mansour’s ambitions for the club.

The chairman was clearly unperturbed by criticism of the club’s “acquisition strategy” during the last two transfer windows, choosing to believe the club has invested wisely and that would be borne out with future success.

A determination to make this “project” successful kept ...