the-guardian Stories - Bitter and Blue
Charlton 1 City 0
I've not caught anything from Saturday's game apart from the reports I've picked up today, but although it appears it was a much improved away performance ultimately it was the same end result and we slip back towards the relegation zone.Rather than a report then, I've linked to a selection of the...
Mass exodus?
From todays Guardian:Manchester City began what promises to be a period ofextensive transfer activity when they sold Ben Thatcher to Charlton Athleticyesterday in a deal worth £500,000. Stuart Pearce hopes to spend the money onnew recruits but first he must prevent a larger exodus of players, with...
More on fan disenchantment
Guardian columnist (and City fan) David Conn had a piece today under the headline 'City blues show bankruptcy of the Premiership boom', which focused on City but was more of a look at fan apathy in general, but linked back to the current takeover news which is grabbing the headlines.It's worth...
Guardian Pick The Score competition
Following on from me setting up the Bitter and Blue 2008/09 Fantasy Football league, I've also created a league over at The Guardian's Pick The Score competition, which (as it sounds) is a simple correct score/result competiton.Rather than a code to join, it needs an email invite so if anyone is...
Shades of Makelele from de Jong
In the modern game, the role of the defensive - or holding - midfielder has taken on increasing importance. So much so that the architect of this position, Claude Makele, has even lent his name to the role.Given the attacking options in our line-up at present, having a dominating player in this...
Some stats
Courtesy of The Guardian's 2009/10 season preview:We scored 89.7% (4th highest) of our goals during 2008/09 inside the box.We were awarded the joint highest (with Blackburn) number of penalties with 7.We had the second highest shooting accuracy with 45.8%.We saw 10 different nationalities (5th...
Changes
The final installment of David Conn's wonderful illuminating series on the club is up on The Guardian website (and in print no doubt too).It is a big piece, and brings the 'story' up to date with a look at the numerous changes both on and off the field that have occurred over the past twelve...
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