Find it absolutely fascinating that City have named the expanded north stand after Pep. Given the ongoing context of fan disquiet and issues with pricing, access, season tickets etc. does it signal a meaningful change in approach is coming?

Manchester City "make ticketing simple for fans" challenge. Difficulty: impossible

Bournemouth (a) with a 10-day rest is a real chickens home to roost game for our midfield recruitment. Legless. Maresca/Viana first task to fix it. Second is firing James French into the sun.

A sub has scored! 🚨

Been absolutely no positive attacking impact from the bench all season. Huge issue. Only goal from a sub still Cherki on the opening day? In a mess here and the first two subs on are a lad we know is in a massive funk and another who hasn’t played the entire season.

Bozo central. What on earth is going on? Deeply, deeply unserious.

Doku is absolutely unstoppable 1v1 but the touches he takes to set up his own shots are so inept. Always always leaves himself unbalanced and in a poor shape to hit the target. Maddening.

I know Arsenal’s football is bad, but even I wouldn’t demote them to League 1

Ballon NO’R

Essential work in a time where, more than ever, fan culture is being eroded and season ticket holders are under existential threat 🩵

Just a fantastic day of association football

City will forever be an unsolvable conundrum. What a day out, what a second half in a season when phoning in the second 45 has been a hallmark.

Can’t win a league if you can’t win a second half

Would love to know what Haaland thinks of the supporting cast we’ve assembled for him. How many does he actually enjoy playing with or feel are on his wavelength?

Catching up on the broader UCL highlights and you just can't beat the technical and individual quality of the knockouts. Across the board seeing play and goals that look alien to a Premier League now built on man-to-man, transitions, and set plays.

Amongst much, much bigger problems… these corners and set pieces are absolutely lamentable. What does James French do all week?

Try to imagine Savinho or Doku taking one of those three Valverde chances without laughing

Omar must genuinely be in the changing room saying “lads, it’s Newcastle”

Can’t win a league if you can’t win a second half

Ramadan injury time 🩵🤍

The chairman of Manchester City FC and everyone in Abu Dhabi who is involved with the 'Board of Peace' is a disgrace. Eternal, everlasting shame on them all.

Time to see something serious, no half-measures. Performance. Result. Atmosphere.

It’s only a minor exaggeration to say the ticket compliance officer’s head should be displayed on a spike outside the Etihad.

Reijnders looks like a steward here 😂😭😭

Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva 🩵🤍

2-man wall!

This is less of a shock than Saturday. Welcome to football in 2026.

Christ. Give them the Southampton (a) post-match team talk.

In what has been a complete shambles to this point, special shoutout to the 4-5 different lads who have all produced shocking set piece delivery

The club does not give one single toss, but days like today are so much better than big UCL/PL games at the Etihad. Competitively priced, young blues everywhere, no tourists. Bliss 🩵🤍

Two killer late equalisers in our season coming after playing opposition who have had 48 hours longer rest after midweek fixtures. Fine margins.

Savinho is where xG goes to die

Savinho ‘Play to the Whistle Challenge’. Difficulty: impossible

The upside is he turns out to be a Raheem Sterling for the new physical, OOP-dominant EPL era? Bring!!

When the barman really nails your pint pour:

Essential podding with a brilliant guest caller!

Cafu-nes

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Phenomenal performance from City there. Tough with a 90+3 equaliser to not immediately look at the joke scheduling that had us playing Thursday and them with an additional 48hrs rest.

Projects everywhere. In goal, x2 at right-back, x4 (!!) on the wings. Also, as brilliant as he it, any chance of Haaland ever running a channel or offering an out ball when we need to redress the momentum of a game?

Send us some of that UCL money for Grealish

Unless the feeling is he’s staying put and we will compete again in 12 months time, this is deeply unserious

“How do I get a season ticket, Dad?”

A lineup that screams “we play Thursday cos we’re fucking shite” 🎶

So much focus on City’s (admittedly woeful) OOP play, but are we that much better with the ball? Slow, ponderous, and weekly errors playing sideways or backwards. Astounding to see a Pep team that can’t pass.

Pray you’re only a goal down after 60 mins then get all the uncs off the field

Savinho is where xG goes to die

So odd currently. The biggest games give you the flattest feeling, like a stranger in your own ground against Madrid, Liverpool… The contrast with Salford, and hopefully Plymouth, is stark. Better pricing, less neutral interest, and suddenly you see young families of genuine Blues.

Away wins since the opening day of the season: West Ham Slovan Bratislava Wolves Leicester Ipswich Leyton Orient