Manchester City-True Blues!

[The-Hammers]

Yes. Well Done England. Good Results For The Reserves Against Chelsea

[MCFC King]

Thanks for the reply: The Hammers.

Manchester City

Everton VS Manchester City (reserves).
Line-up:
GK-Nielsen
RB-Sylvinho
CB-Garrdio
CB-Vidal
LB-McGivern YC
RM-Johnson
CM-Weiss
CM-Marshall --> Evatt
LM-Mak
CF-Mwaruwari
ST-Bellamy (C)

Subs:
Mentel, Tripper, Boyta, Kay, Moore, Evatt, Ball.

Result:
Bellamy 64
Mak 75

MOTM: Craig Bellamy

Brighton & Hove vs Manchester City
Team News:
Brighton are without El-Abd. City give rests to: Richards, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Ireland & Bellamy. Barry is out with an Injury.

Line-up:
GK-Given
RB-Vidal
CB-Toure (C)
CB-Lescott YC
LB-Mee YC
RM-Weiss
CM-de Jong (Injury) --> Marshall 105th
LM-Petrov
RW-Santa Cruz (Injury)
ST-Adebayor --> Ball 63rd
LW-Tevez --> Robinho 63rd

Subs:
Taylor, Zabaleta, Kompany, Marshall, Robinho, Mwaruwari, Ball.

Result:
Brighton 2-2 Manchester City (P)
Toure 5
****er 41
Murray 55
Weiss 58
B&H 4-5 MC (PENS)

MOTM: Vladimar Weiss

[The-Hammers]

O So Close Against B&H. But Its Good That You Got It In Pens.

[MCFC King]

Thanks for the reply: The Hammers.
I think I got a little over confident.

Manchester City

Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Team News:
Richards, Bridge, Wright-Phillips, Ireland & Bellamy are recalled. Barry is out with an injury, Petrov & Lescott are rested.

Line-up:
GK-Given
RB-Richards
CB-Toure (C)
CB-Kompany
LB-Bridge
RM-Wright-Phillips --> Zabaleta 58th
CM-Johnson
LM-Ireland
RW-Bellamy --> Santa Cruz 58th
ST-Adebayor
LW-Tevez --> Ball 58th

Subs:
Taylor, Zabaleta, Sylvinho, de Jong, Robinho, Santa Cruz, Ball.

Result:
Manchester City 2-2 Wolves
Doyle 14
Ebanks-Blake 23
Adebayor 44, 56

MOTM: Emmanuel Adebayor

Review:
"After a stutery start we did well to regain our feet, but we didn't go on to win."

Other Results:
Fulham 3-2 Stoke City
Burnley 1-1 Tottenham
Wigan 1-2 Birmingham
Sunderland 0-1 Liverpool
Man Utd 2-1 Hull City
Blackburn 0-3 Chelsea
Everton 2-2 Aston Villa
West Ham 4-0 Arsenal

Garreth Barry is fit to play.

Birmingham City vs Manchester City
Team News:
Barry & Lescott return, Ireland is replaced by Kay.

Line-up:
GK-Given
RB-Richards --> Zabaleta 89th
CB-Toure (C)
CB-Lescott
LB-Bridge --> Sylvinho 89th
RM-Wright-Phillips --> de Jong 62nd
CM-Kay
LM-Barry
RW-Bellamy
ST-Adebayor
LW-Tevez

Result:
Birmingham City 0-1 Manchester City
Adebayor 52

MOTM: Roger Johnson

Review:
"A better performance today!"

Other Results:
Hull City 0-0 Wolves
Bolton 1-1 Fulham
Portsmouth 0-2 West Ham
Stoke 2-1 Sunderland
Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn
Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United
Tottenham 2-0 Everton
Aston Villa 3-2 Wigan
Arsenal 3-1 Burnley

League Postiton:
3-Chelsea-18 pts
4-Liverpool-18 pts
5-Manchester City-15 pts
6-Tottenham-14 pts
7-Arsenal-13 pts

Top Scorers:
1-Ashton-West Ham-10
2-Rooney-Man Utd-7
3-McFadden-Birmingham-6
4-Arshavin-Arsenal-6
5-Carew-Aston Villa-6

[Bunjemark]

Some very tight games,good win over Birmingham and going well so far.

[MCFC King]

Thanks for the reply: Bunjemark!

Manchester City

Carling Cup draw made.
The draw for the Carling Cup has been made, and Manchester City shall be facing West Bromwrich Albion in it. The third round draw includes 17 Premier League teams, with Burnley, Wigan & Wolves already out.

Aston Villa vs Manchester City
Team News:
Ireland returns.

Line-up:
GK-Given
RB-Richards YC --> Zabaleta 68th
CB-Toure (C)
CB-Lescott
LB-Bridge
RM-Wright-Phillips --> de Jong 88th
CM-Ireland
LM-Barry
RW-Bellamy --> Santa Cruz 68th
ST-Adebayor (Injury)
LW-Tevez

Subs:
Taylor, Zabaleta, Sylvinho, de Jong, Robinho, Santa Cruz, Petrov.

Result:
Manchester City 0-0 Aston Villa

MOTM: Crtis Davies

Review
"The most boring game in history! Bearly any chances and we hardly touched the ball!"

Other results:
Sunderland 0-1 Bolton
Wolves 0-2 Birmingham
Burnley 2-3 Fulham
West Ham 2-0 Hull City
Blackburn 2-1 Stoke City
Wigan 1-2 Tottenham
Man Utd 1-1 Liverpool
Arsenal 3-1 Portsmouth

Adebayor Injury:
Whiplash
1 week

Liverpool vs Manchester City
Team News:
Top City scorer: Adebayor, is missing the match with an injury (whiplash).

Line-up:
GK-Given
RB-Richards
CB-Toure (C)
CB-Lescott YC
LB-Bridge
RM-Wright-Phillips --> Weiss 74th
CM-Ireland
LM-Barry YC
RW-Bellamy --> Mwaruwari 84th
ST-Santa Cruz
LW-Tevez --> Robinho 62nd

Subs:
Taylor, Zabaleta, Kompany, de Jong, Weiss, Mwaruwari, Robinho.

Result:
Liverpool 0-1 Manchester City
Santa Cruz 48

MOTM: Alberto Aquilani

Review:
"A much better result today, and the fans were delighted to see Robinho's return!"

Other results:
Sunderland 2-2 Burnley
Hull City 3-2 Portsmouth
Bolton 2-2 Blackburn
Stoke 0-0 Man Utd
Chelsea 3-1 West Ham
Fulham 1-0 Everton
Aston Villa 2-1 Wolves
Birmingham 2-2 Arsenal

Adeabyor is fit to play.

League Standings:
2-Chelsea-21 pts
3-Man Utd-21 pts
4-Manchester City-19 pts
5-Liverpool-19 pts
6-Tottenham-17 pts

[MCFC King]

Manchester City

Manchester City vs West Bromwrich Albion (Carling Cup)
Team News:
A complete change is made!

Line-up:
GK-Nielsen
RB-Vidal --> Zabaleta 70th
CB-Kompany (C)
CB-Onuoha
LB-McGivern
RM-Weiss
CM-de Jong
LM-Marshall --> Robinho 83rd
RW-Ball --> Santa Cruz 62nd
ST-Mwaruwari
LW-Moore

Subs:
Mentel, Zabaleta, Sylvinho, Ireland, Adebayor, Santa Cruz, Robinho

Result:
(P) Manchester City 0-0 West Bromwrich Albion

Man City 6-5 West Brom (PENS)

MOTM: Nigel de Jong.

Review:
"I think the youngsters did well to step up to the challenge and keep us in the cup!"


United, Fulham, West Ham, Tottenham & Portsmouth all exit the cup!

City drawn against Barnsley in Carling Cup!

More posts to follow!

[MCFC King]

Manchester City

Manchester City vs Stoke City
Team News:
Dean Whitehead is suspended for Stoke. The original starting eleven return today.

Line-up:
GK-Given
RB-Richards
CB-Toure (C)
CB-Lescott
LB-Bridge
RM-Wright-Phillips
CM-Ireland
LM-Barry --> Robinho 81st
RW-Bellamy --> Petrov 66th
ST-Adebayor
LW-Tevez

Subs:
Taylor, Zabaleta, Sylvinho, de Jong, Ball, Robinho, Petrov.

Result:
Manchester City 2-1 Stoke City
Tevez 28
Lawrence 72
Adebayor 87

MOTM: Emmanuel Adebayor

Review:
"Good to get a late winner and seal the three points!"

Other Results:
Blackburn 2-2 Burnley
West Ham 2-0 Tottenham
Wigan 3-1 Fulham
Wolves 1-3 Liverpool
Man Utd 0-3 Bolton
Portsmouth 0-1 Chelsea
Everton 2-1 Sunderland
Aston Villa 2-1 Birmingham
Arsenal 5-0 Hull City

[Box of Clocks Version 2]

Steady results. Nice win over Liverpool a while back so good work on that.