

Articles tagged with "mark-hughes"
Would You Rather Your Club Had a Billionaire Owner or a Good Manager?
By Daryl | September 4th, 2008The events of the last few days point pretty clearly to one thing: the end of the football manager. Alan Curbishley quit because West Ham ...
United (finally) get thier man, while City trump everyone
By Rob | September 1st, 2008Dimitar Berbatov has finally completed move to Manchester United, but the real story of the day belongs to thier local rivals Manchester City who have ...
Thaskin to sell Manchester City
By Rob | September 1st, 2008Human Rights specialist Thaskin Shinawatra has agreed to sell Manchester City, to the Abu Dhabi United Group, Thaskin has been invited to stay at the ...
10 Things We Learned in the Premier League
By Daryl | September 1st, 20081. The rules don't apply if you're a billionaire. Newcastle owner Mike Ashley was spotted downing a pint at the Emirates while his team lost 3-0 ...
Premier League round-up (now with Sunday games)
By Martini Extra Dry | August 23rd, 2008Week two of the Premier League season is upon us, with the international game in midweek not causing too much excitement, and Villa won't get ...
Man City Want Thierry Henry, Mark Hughes Just Wants Some Kompany
By Daryl | August 22nd, 2008There was always something fishy about Man City's pursuit of Ronaldinho. It didn't feel quite right, I think for two reasons: 1) He was never ...
Man City predictions
By Martini Extra Dry | August 16th, 2008The big day is upon us. The Premier League season kicks off today, after the summer months and agonisingly watching the European Championships and not ...
Ready Steady Go
By AlexG | August 15th, 2008A huge apology first for my wankerdom in being absent, I've recently relocated countries and am just now starting to settle in. (read, stolen wifi) ...
Prem 08-09: Fearless Predictions
By chris | August 15th, 2008And with the season upon us, it's time for more predictions which will almost certainly not come true because my crystal ball is dirty and ...
Prem 08-09: The Sack Race
By chris | August 15th, 2008The beginning of the Premiership season is upon us, and that means a few things: i. If you root for someone outside the Big Four, ...
FC Midtjylland match review
By j | August 14th, 2008For fans of a more discerning taste, who enjoy watching tactical play and surmising which coaches are making the best decisions, you are in luck ...
Premier League Should Have Seen Man City Mess Coming
By Daryl | August 12th, 2008Despite all the rumours of human rights abuse, Thaksin Shinawatra passed the Premier League club owner "fit and proper test". Why? Because he had money. ...
Mark Hughes to resign?
By j | August 11th, 2008The meltdown continues and you can expect issues like this to be prominent in the news. The Sun quotes an unnamed City source: “The club ...
Vedran Ćorluka to stay!
By j | August 10th, 2008In a reversal of fortune, the Manchester Evening News is reporting that Vedran Ćorluka has turned down a £8m to Tottenham. Mark Hughes noted that ...
Paul Robinson's New Title
By chris | August 1st, 2008If you're a Blackburn fan, you've probably had a rough summer. First the Rovers lost up and comer Mark Hughes to Citeh, bringing in a ...
leg two against EB/Streymur
By j | July 29th, 2008It's a challenge to tell you the Danish squad have a realistic chance to win in this Thursday's match at Barnsley, much less over turning ...
Fergie to Help Choose His Successor at Man Utd, But Who Will it be?
By Daryl | July 25th, 2008If Man Utd think this whole Cristiano Ronaldo thing is a nightmare, just wait til they have to deal with Alex Ferguson's retirement. Ronaldo might ...
is it Wayne Hennessey time yet?
By j | July 25th, 2008The stock of twenty-one year-old Wales International / Wolverhampton Wanderers 'keeper Wayne Hennessey is rising to meteoric heights and within the long-term sights of City. ...
time for Ched Evans and Daniel Sturridge
By j | July 22nd, 2008It was revealed today that twenty-nine year-old Striker Benjani is believed to have ruptured a thigh (or hip) muscle in training today. With an MRI ...
So why no Bentley?
By j | July 21st, 2008This might be the oddest of posts and I suspect it is more of a question of our intent than a comment. With Blackburn obviously coming ...
Aruna Dindane coming to City?
By j | July 20th, 2008On the heels of the Ronaldinho situation collapsing, Mark Hughes, from media accounts, has turned his attention to RC Lens Striker Aruna Dindane. The Cote ...
the emergence of Ched Evans
By j | July 19th, 2008It is becoming more and more clear that Mark Hughes confidence in the young Welsh Striker Ched Evans has grown and he could play a ...
match day one, part one
By j | July 17th, 2008As the Mark Hughes reign at Manchester City begins today at little Tórsvøllur Stadium I can't ignore the brilliant irony of a return to the ...
Volkan Demirel?
By j | July 16th, 2008I'm convinced that if this deal goes down my good friend Musab of the Galatasaray will be very pleased. I'm alluding to the title of ...
Lucas Neill rumours
By j | July 13th, 2008Further to some comments that my good friend Musab of the Galatasaray blog brought-up, I thought I should to mention the rumours of Mark Hughes ...
days numbered for Rolando Bianchi ?
By j | July 8th, 2008It would appear the answer of Rolando Bianchi's role at Man City is going to be decided very soon as Serie A clubs Genoa and ...
where do you start?
By j | July 5th, 2008I'd like to welcome everyone to the Manchester City blog at The Offside. We've got a number of exciting things planned and I encourage you ...
Mark Hughes signs 3 year deal with Manchester City
By Jim | June 4th, 2008From the Blackburn Rovers' official site: Blackburn Rovers today began the search for a new manager after Mark Hughes was appointed by Manchester City. From the Man ...
Sparky to City, Sven to Mexico: Managerial Merry Go Round Goes Mental
By Daryl | June 4th, 2008The managerial merry go round just spun off into bizarro world. Man City sacking Sven after a decent season was weird enough, but now they've ...
Breaking: Chelsea agree deal with Ancelotti reps
By Jack | June 3rd, 2008Earlier today, Sky Sports reported that Chelsea were holding talks with representatives for current AC Milan manager, and Chelsea top target, Carlo Ancelotti. Now, the ...





