Blue day all round, thanks to Ade

I’D imagine that the vast number of impoverished Mancunians would probably need a mortgage to purchase just one of the alloy wheels belonging to the supercars, gleaming in the late summer sunshine outside the ground on Saturday.

Yet there was a hint of pride in the voice of the City fan, who informed us that apparently the silver Audi R8 belonged to Petrov and the white and blue one with the custom-paint job was Stephen Ireland’s (but then I guess the no. 7s on the side were a bit of a giveaway), as if to suggest that the ostentatiousness of the cars alone confirmed City’s newfound status amongst the footballing elite.

Hopefully Manchester United might burst City’s rapidly inflating balloon Sunday. Although such desires are an indication of the downsizing of Gooner expectations. In the past we’d have been up for City and even our sworn enemy, Spurs, hoping they’d take points from United in order to prize open the door for our own title challenge. But after losing two of our opening four and based on our form in recent seasons, only the most blinkered optimist would be focusing on anything other than the results which might best enable us to consolidate third or fourth.