James Shipp

I’m not sure if all you footy fans have seen it, if you have, you can’t help but play it over and over again, if not you are in for a treat. What am I talking about?

Many argue that Roberto Mancini’s tactics at times do not take risks and causes city fans to fall asleep, however Mancini proved he is willing to take a risk as he set up a very attacking line up against Sunderland last Sunday.

With a run of 0 wins in 6 and a trip to the ground in which Rovers had previously conceded 18 goals in 4 games, many would assume before the game that they were doomed, myself included, but Blackburn proved what a crazy league this is by securing a 0-0 draw with 10 men for the last 15-20 minutes, a point which was so vital as well as unlikely.

There’s no doubt there’s potential there and I’m sure he could be a very good player, but mate sort your hair out would you? I don’t even know how to describe it apart from baffling, short at the sides and the back and on the top the ends of a sweeping brush stuck up by the looks of it and he thinks this looks good?

So I sat down flicking the channels the other day when I came across the Bert Trautmann story, a goalkeeper for Manchester City mainly in the 50’s and 60’s, he was the first German player to play in a Wembley Cup final and is famously known for breaking his neck vs Birmingham in the 1956 cup final and carrying on leading Manchester City to a 3-1 victory.

Grassroots football is finally getting the help it deserves with the FA putting together a strategy for the grassroots game up to 2015.

When Roberto Mancini spent £23m on Mario Balotelli, football fans in England particularly Manchester City fans didn’t know what to expect from the 20 year old.

Last night saw the remaining British teams in the Europa League knocked out leaving Britain blushing with embarrassment as there were no representatives left to fly the flag for Britain.