Still all quiet from Eastlands

Jo back to Everton on loan has just popped up, I would have thought that would be held back to have some sort of inclusion in any deal for Lescott which again I would imagine would not be finalised until after the JT to City saga has ended, unless we will get Lescott and Terry, what about that an all English International back four - Richards (or steady Neddy)- Terry - Lescott - Bridge.

Mad Harry seems to be looking at Bellamy, personally I was not impressed when we bought him but the few games he did play he was always a threat, that said I am not sure where he can fit in if we secure Tevez and Eto'o, so it is possible he might be traded in.

JT or not JT that is the question !

Whilst it appears Ancelloti wants to keep JT at the Bridge, it still remains JT himself has not come out and spoken negatively about the offers tabled by City, this to my mind still leaves the door ajar, City must have had a sniff that JT may be ready for a change, a new challenge, maybe he is going stale at Chelsea after so many years and so many managers of late. I suppose I am also trying to convince myself that we have a chance of getting what must be the highest profile English player. What a difference a couple of years, oh and a couple of quid makes.

World Cup Qualifiers

Great result for England in Almaty, I thought Gareth Barry had a great second half, and first half was in the right place at the right time to score the first. Unfortunately a booking means he will miss Wednesdays match.

Robinho was fairly quite for Brazil, his mate Elano laid on two of Brazil's 4 in Uruguay before he was substituted towards the end.

Nigel De Jong scored his first ever goal for The Netherlands in their win over Iceland, they have now qualified for the finals.

Well done Australia in qualifying for South Africa with a 0-0 draw in Qatar.

Barry, the first of many.

I could not have been more surprised when we moved so quickly in the transfer market to secure Gareth Barry, I was not expecting any action until July but I am not complaining, a quality signing, an international midfielder with a great deal of PL experience is just what the doctor ordered.
Now the rumor mill is in full swing and if we believe the strongest rumours then Carlos Tevez and Samuel Eto may soon follow Barry to Eastlands, fingers crossed on both counts.

Transfer Gossip

So the season over now the building for next season should begin, who will we sign? who wont we sign? I'd be interested to here your thoughts hopes or prayers on that subject. Whoever we do end up signing between now and the end of August we will of course if you believe what you read in the papers or on the net have made an approach to almost every top side in Europe for one or more of their players. I for one will be glued to the internet watching developments hoping for that big name signing or two or three. Wouldn't it be nice !

City 1 Sunderland 0

Well, my internet connection, or maybe it was the server of the site I was watching the game on, was pretty poor and kept dropping out every 2 minutes or so, I was not able to fully focus on the game, from what I did see we deserved the 3 points but did not put away our chances again. That penalty miss will be shown the world over again and again, Elano should have grabbed the ball and taken it but then again Robinho was confident enough and should have put it away. I thought Richards looked like his old self going forward and using his pace more than he has of late.
We missed Superman, who would have thought I would every say that !!, but it's true most of our good atacking options come through Ireland, Player of the season by a country mile.

Hoping to see Martin Petrov back in the squad soon which will give us another good attacking option.

City 2 Villa 0

Great result, several outstanding performers - SWP, Elano was near his best, still think he needs to muscle up though and stop lashing out like he does when he looses the ball, Richard Dunne and Neddy both turned in colossal performances to snuff out the Villa attack, Zabaletta did very well and makes me feel more comfortable with him there at right back, DeJong was back at the top of his game in the first half and how we missed him when he went off just after half time.

All in all a very good performance with out our so called top stars. If we can reach this standard with some consistency we would be in a much better position and probably somewhere near where Villa currently sit.