Gutless City stand condemned

THE condemnation of Manchester City’s millionaires was as cruel as it was accurate — they just did not fancy it.

Beaten 1-0 by the 10 men of Stoke, the men from Eastlands were little short of a disgrace. Shay Given, the latest recruit to the City circus, will have watched footage of this game through a lattice-work of fingers.

City’s fans, watching in near-silence, would be forgiven for thinking they had just seen a bunch of highly-paid mercenaries go through the motions.