Terrace Talk - Man City: Heaving Red monster presents first test of City's new optimism

Strange times, but the show must go on, the plot lines must broaden out and the way ahead must be allowed to take on relief and contrast

Pep Guardiola: Heads into his first big test this season as Man City prepare to face the champions. Picture: RUI VIEIRA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

As we sail into Season Five of the Pep Guardiola Show, debate rages about content, intent, focus, key characters and whether there will be a Season Six to enjoy too or whether the star performer will move on to a new production for a rival brand.

A small screen metaphor is not entirely inappropriate, as the global pandemic reduces our football diet to a peanut-and-cans littered televisual experience.