On Tap (Nov 6-12)
Need something to take your mind off the election? Two big games this weekend, with the best sides in the Bundesliga and the Premier League facing off, and then a […]
Category Archives: Manchester City
What to Watch in September
With the international window out of the way, it’s time to get back to the domestic leagues. In case you were worried that you might have time for something other […]
Best Games of 2019-20: November to January
Here’s the second installment of my choices for the best games of last season. These five games take us through the winter break and on into January. Hope you enjoy […]
Champions League Quarterfinals
The Hard Truth of Football The quarterfinal of this year’s condensed Champions League, hosted in Lisbon last week, was nothing short of extraordinary. It seems likely that the combination of […]
Champions League: Manchester City – Real Madrid
Manchester City advanced to the quarterfinals of this year’s compressed Champions League with a 2-1 win, completing a 4-2 aggregate victory over Real Madrid. Though individual errors loomed large in […]
10 Games in September
With the Bundesliga set to kick off this Saturday, now seems as good a time as any to restart my series of posts on the best games of the discontinued […]
The Mixer Project: Chapter 4
Between the Lines This is my fourth installment of a chapter-by-chapter companion to Michael Cox’s tactical history of the Premier League, The Mixer. It also marks the beginning of the […]
10 Games in August
For the past few years, I’ve had the idea of trying to capture the story of a European season in 100 games. So between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day, […]
A Real Manchester Clásico
At the beginning of last season, I wrote an analysis of the first Guardiola-Mourinho Manchester derby, a game that now seems remarkably distant, a relic of a bygone era. The […]
Games to Watch in October
There are so many exciting games this month, it seemed silly to try to whittle them down to a top ten. So here’s a quick list of the best 25+ […]
