Episodes

  • S16 Ep29: Can You Play the False Nine Role?

    S16 Ep29: Can You Play the False Nine Role?
    Feb 20 2025
    After perhaps the best performance of the season against Newcastle and perhaps the worst performance of the season against Real Madrid, David Mooney is joined by City fan Ciaran Murray and, from BBC Radio Manchester, Mike Minay to assess the week.
    They discuss the Jekyll-and-Hyde style displays of the season so far (as they continue to search for pop culture metaphors), while they look at the impact of the new signings so far, and what could come between now and May.
    With Liverpool and Spurs on the cards for this week, they discuss what the state of play is given how both teams have their own little issues at the moment too... and whether City have it in the tank to exploit those or if Pep Guardiola's side are just too unpredictable.
    Former City midfielder Danny Tiatto speaks to the show about his time at Maine Road - taking in back-to-back promotions, playing under Joe Royle and Kevin Keegan, and red cards aplenty.
    Plus there's the best City consolation goals and the best 'Typical City' moments.
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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • S16 Ep28: Adam vs. 200 Scottish Schoolchildren

    S16 Ep28: Adam vs. 200 Scottish Schoolchildren
    Feb 13 2025
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    Another week, another Manchester City collapse... These things are becoming ten-a-penny now, so joining David Mooney to review the latest one is Adam Carter, from StatCity.co.uk, and Paul Hirst, from The Times.
    There were some positives from the performance against Real Madrid on Tuesday, but were they all undone by the nature of the ending? Plus, it's not all bad as a favourable FA Cup draw followed a solid win at Leyton Orient... It's probably best to take the victories where you can this season.
    With Newcastle up next in the league and the race to make the top four getting tighter, we take a look at that game and how much Pep Guardiola has to balance with the second leg in the Bernabeu also in the next midweek. Where should the focus lie and how much energy needs to go into each match?
    After seven fan groups wrote an open letter to the club about ticket prices and ticket policy, we also look at that situation - and hear from representatives from some of the groups to hear their concerns.
    And... on top of all of that... what did you make of the 'Stop Crying Your Heart Out' tifo...?
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    1 hr and 31 mins
  • S16 Ep27: Paid in Crisps

    S16 Ep27: Paid in Crisps
    Feb 6 2025
    David Mooney is joined by City fan Richard Burns and, from One Football, Dan Burke, to discuss the horror show at The Emirates on Sunday. How did Manchester City go from a position of being competitive in the game to being absolutely battered? Can they stop it happening again? And what was made of all of the celebrations afterwards?
    With Leyton Orient to come, we hear from Paul and Steve from Orient Outlook to preview the FA Cup tie. Then, with Real Madrid coming to the Etihad in the Champions League playoff round, Madrid fan Oscar Garcia speaks to us about how their season is going so far.
    We also assess the transfer business now that the winter window is closed - and we also hear from another David Mooney, this time the one who made his name in the football league playing for Leyton Orient.
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • S16 Ep26: What's That Smell?

    S16 Ep26: What's That Smell?
    Jan 30 2025
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    Back-to-back 3-1 victories, both of them after falling behind, have made it a good week for Manchester City. David Mooney is joined by City fan Chris Higginbottom and, from the Daily Mail, Jack Gaughan, to discuss all of the events of the wins over Chelsea and Club Brugge.
    With Pep Guardiola giving two new signings a debut from the start of the game against Chelsea (and that's the first time that's happened since 2017), we sit down with Adam Carter from StatCity.co.uk, plus City fan Richard Burns, and journalist Dom Farrell to talk through some memorable City debuts.
    The reverse fixture with Arsenal is coming up after the shenanigans at the end of the previous meeting... will that have any impact on the game, given City's fall from the title race? We look ahead to the match at the Emirates.
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • S16 Ep25: The Salesmen

    S16 Ep25: The Salesmen
    Jan 23 2025
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    After another collapse from a leading position for Manchester City, David Mooney is joined by City fan Adam Monk and, from Sky Sports News, Ben Ransom to discuss the week... Is there any good feeling left after walloping Ipswich or did the 4-2 defeat at PSG make it all evaporate?
    With Chelsea and Club Brugge on the horizon, City are fighting for the Champions League lives AND qualification for next season's competition with their top four position... Dan Childs from Son of Chelsea gives us insight into their season so far, while Scott Coyne from the Belgian Football Podcast explains how Brugge are doing (spoiler alert: quite well).
    After the sad news of Denis Law's death this week, we replay the interview we did with him in 2014 to hear his memories of his two moves to City and what his experience was like at Maine Road and in Manchester.
    Plus, with three transfers confirmed, how involved could Vitor Reis, Abdukodir Khusanov or Omar Marmoush be this weekend?
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • S16 Ep24: Righting Wrongs

    S16 Ep24: Righting Wrongs
    Jan 16 2025
    After the 8-0 thrashing of Salford City and the 2-2 draw with Brentford, David Mooney is joined by football historian Dr Gary James and City fan Andy MacNab to reflect on the two performances. Despite the result in West London, was the display better than in previous matches recently?
    After the sad news of the death of City legend Tony Book, we replay the interview we did with him from May 2011 and we discuss his legacy at the club.
    With Ipswich and PSG on the horizon, we hear from Rich from The Suffolk Crunch and from Ed from PSG Talk to find out how both of City's next opponents are getting on at the moment.
    And we also discuss the most traitorous City player...
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    1 hr and 33 mins
  • S16 Ep23: Honking and Barking

    S16 Ep23: Honking and Barking
    Jan 8 2025
    After a strangely unconvincing 4-1 win over West Ham, David Mooney is joined by City fan Chris Higginbottom and, from Sporting News, Dom Farrell to discuss the good and the bad of the afternoon. They look at the nerves and tetchiness inside the stadium towards the end (and everything that was said about it).
    On top of that, Jack Grealish has been under the microscope this week after Pep Guardiola's post-match comments. They discuss his future and legacy at the Etihad after what the manager had to say.
    We hear from Danny from the Salford City podcast One Up Front, while Mike from the Brentford podcast Ealing Road drops by to chat about the upcoming match on Tuesday. Sam Rosbottom also talks us through every time City have faced a League Two team since that division's rebrand in 2004.
    Chuck in some silly chat about our favourite defeats this season and the best goals scored by the players with the shortest names and you've got yourself a podcast.
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • S16 Ep22: The Dying Leggy Swan

    S16 Ep22: The Dying Leggy Swan
    Jan 2 2025
    Happy New Year, everybody! Manchester City finished 2024 with a win at Leicester, can they start 2025 with a win over West Ham? Those are the two games that are in focus for City fans Ciaran Murray and KC, who join David Mooney for today's show.
    As Pep Guardiola makes it to 500 games in charge of City, we hear from football historian Dr Gary James. He's discussing the legacy of the only other City manager that hit that milestone, Les McDowall - talking through what he achieved at Maine Road and putting Guardiola's achievements into that historical context.
    The January transfer window is now open, so we take a look at what business we'd like City to do, with the squad showing signs of tiredness and suffering from a number of injuries. We also take a look at all the deals done by the club in the winter since the introduction of the transfer window system.
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    1 hr and 30 mins