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A noon start today prior to catching a train later for London but that allowed me to watch the Test match till the close ( England doing well for a change!) I arrived at Carrington at the same time as Roberto on his bike and then slowly but surely the rest of the players came in.One or two a bit late I would have thought!!

Basically the same players on show again today plus Razak after his appearance with the EDS yesterday.Everyone in good spirits even it seemed a little quiet and plenty of warm ups and stretches before Mancini took a team away to work and prepare for the game tomorrow.Then all back together for a 2 touch game without keepers and using 5 a side nets. Mario and Carlos scoring a couple each and then Kolarov getting the winner.

Then after another fitness routine it was onto the game and an early goal for Sergio ( or did Kidd give it offside I wasn't sure) Milner was standing out.First with 2 brilliant crosses and the a goal with a fierce cross shot. Sinclair then popped up with one of those crosses that turns into a shot as it curled in the far post with Tevez the attacker trying hard to get a touch on it to fool the keeper.Then it was near misses for a while:

A top block from JL on Mario
A great save by Costel
Mario,twice,and Carlos just wide Sergio just wide
Top save by Joe

Then goals from Silva and Edin sort of ended the game but not before Kolarov took out Milner. I would have stayed down for a week but not our James who hardly felt it! Carlos almost scored from an Edin cross before SS rounded the keeper and then was flagged offside and that was that. I decided to leave as 3 regulars looked like they would have some free kick/shooting practice at Wright.

Cheers Sir D,
any rumour on Vinnie fitness test? perhaps will be assessed just tommorow. good to hear good form and spirit by Joleon: few togetherness a part, would be quite confident should the pair be Jol + Nasti

btw, next time You bang on the boss, just say I'm that Mancio4ever will set his Genoa house on fire if he doesn't sort that pass out!
Is still any cretin who has yet to understand how reliable Your filter on public feedback is?

Mancio4ever wrote:Cheers Sir D,
any rumour on Vinnie fitness test? perhaps will be assessed just tommorow. good to hear good form and spirit by Joleon: few togetherness a part, would be quite confident should the pair be Jol + Nasti

btw, next time You bang on the boss, just say I'm that Mancio4ever will set his Genoa house on fire if he doesn't sort that pass out!
Is still any cretin who has yet to understand how reliable Your filter on public feedback is?

Nothing on Vinnie.It will be a last minute job I am sure.

Great to hear Milner has been putting in great performances in training. I really hope he and Barry start together on Sunday.

Hey Douglas, why are you so privileged to get to see City train so often? #Jealous

MCFCKEV wrote:Hey Douglas, why are you so privileged to get to see City train so often? #Jealous

Retired and dedicated enough to turn up every day

Wow thats brilliant thought he worked at City or something, cant wait for retirement!

MCFCKEV wrote:Wow thats brilliant thought he worked at City or something, cant wait for retirement!

Retired and mad enough to turn up in all weathers. By the time you retire they might have barbed wire and traps to get through.

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:

MCFCKEV wrote:Wow thats brilliant thought he worked at City or something, cant wait for retirement!

Retired and mad enough to turn up in all weathers. By the time you retire they might have barbed wire and traps to get through.

Ha Ha yea prob as long as its only that ;)

I have no idea,none at all how Douglas sees training.

lets all have a disco wrote:I have no idea,none at all how Douglas sees training.

Where there's a Doug, there's a way.

You can't keep a legend down.

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

lets all have a disco wrote:I have no idea,none at all how Douglas sees training.

Where there's a Doug, there's a way.

You can't keep a legend down.

Wow he's a dead ringer for Brian Kidd.

Who's that strange fucker behind him, peering over the fence ?

Ted Hughes wrote:
Who's that strange fucker behind him, peering over the fence ?

It's Hughes trying to see where his career went.

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

lets all have a disco wrote:I have no idea,none at all how Douglas sees training.

Where there's a Doug, there's a way.
You can't keep a legend down.

Dunno if this is a joke or not but I saw that when watching Inside City and instantly wondered if that was Doug.

phips wrote:

Mikhail Chigorin wrote:

lets all have a disco wrote:I have no idea,none at all how Douglas sees training.

Where there's a Doug, there's a way.
You can't keep a legend down.

Dunno if this is a joke or not but I saw that when watching Inside City and instantly wondered if that was Doug.

Benefiting from the wind the day before as it had blown the top fence down so I could see easily. Yesterday it was back up again.

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:
Benefiting from the wind the day before as it had blown the top fence down so I could see easily. Yesterday it was back up again.

So thats you then?

Biamp wrote:

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:
Benefiting from the wind the day before as it had blown the top fence down so I could see easily. Yesterday it was back up again.

So thats you then?

Course it's me.Best seat (ladder) in the house

Biamp wrote:

Douglas Higginbottom wrote:
Benefiting from the wind the day before as it had blown the top fence down so I could see easily. Yesterday it was back up again.

So thats you then?

and for for the first edition, has to be said.... a regular guest star of Inside City.