The Vig

12-minutes in, the newest member of the Blues scores on a 25-yard free kick.  What a thing of beauty.
Welcome to City, Robinho.  May your reign be long and glorious.
Update: Just as I hit publish, Chelsea’s Ricardo Carvalho leveled the scoring.  So much for the afterglow…
Update: 11:47 am.  In the end, there was just too much [...]

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No sooner did the announcement come out that the dudes from Dubai have bought my beloved Blues, then they opened up their wallets and started spending like drunken sailors.
Robinho?  Check.
David Villa and Mario Gomez?  Check and check.
Berbatov?  Almost!
Look out, you oligarch bastards.  You think you have money?  Ha!
Every time I fill my tank now, I’m [...]

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The EPL moved quickly to get Man City owner Thaksin Shinawatra out of Eastlands.  A “memorandum of understanding” has been reached to sell the team to a group from Abu Dhabi; in other words, rich Arab oil men.  This all went down in the last week or so.  Meanwhile, we’re still waiting for some official [...]

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It’s been a depressing last few months for Man City fans.  It began with last season’s post-Christmas fade.  The sacking of Sven.  Then we lost out on Ronaldinho.  Now the team’s owner has had his assets frozen and may not be able to dip into his fortune to pay things like salaries.  Sounds familiar to [...]

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Middlesbrough 8 - 1 Man City
Even Derby, as bad as they are, has only given up a maximum of six goals this season.  Granted, they did it three times, but still.
If this is how Sven responds to the speculation, then good riddance.
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Arizona Cardinals: They seem to be getting B-pluses for their draft yesterday. I still don’t get the Dominique Rogers-Cromarte thing. The Deion Sanders seal-of-approval is just too much for me to overcome. I wonder if they’ll come to regret not drafting Mendenhall and cutting Edge. We should know around week [...]

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Yes, that’s me in today’s Trib. The Butterbean story never seems to get old. And just when I think everyone has heard it, I run into another friend who hasn’t.
For the record, the guy who was shot survived. To this day I’ve never met him nor do I even know his name. [...]

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Portland Beavers: I feel terrible. I didn’t make it to a single game this home stand. Between two Blazer games, more on that in a sec, and the rain, I just didn’t make the time. I’ll do better this week. I promise. As for the week past, the Beavs [...]

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Springsteen: There’s not a lot to add that Jack hasn’t said already (Part 1, 2, 3). It probably escaped most folks’ notice, but Rose Garden Poo Bah Mike Scanlon was at the north entrance as fans entered the arena on Friday night. That guy runs a tight ship. Few details get [...]

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I don’t understand a thing about the European transfer window.  As near as I can figure out, the rich teams write checks to the poor teams for their best players and the poor teams use the money to pay off credit cards.  Or something.  Anyway, Man City went out and signed this guy named Benjani [...]

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