Bayern, Utd, Dortmund, Arsenal friendlies

[john@staustell]

That's a shame. The Lympics have been a happy hunting ground for us scouting players.

The CFG player loan factory needs raw materials!

[nottsblue]

Looking forward to the game tonight. The Euros disappointed in many ways so it'll be nice to get back to proper football, ie City

[john@staustell]

Yeah - and personally I think football at the Olmpics is a joke anyway, along with a lot of other sports, especially team sports, that sneak in these days. Probably be darts soon - might you I suppose that's closer to Greek spear-throwing than football!

[john@staustell]

Nacho back in apparently:

http://footballlive.ng/footballnews/9ja ... our-party/?

Kelechi Iheanacho has been named in the squad for the pre-season tour of Germany and China.

The young forward joins Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Joe Hart and Vincent Kompany in Pep Guardiola’s 34-man party for City’s games against Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United.

The Youngster , who turns 20 later in October, was initially omitted from the provisional provisional tour squad.

Pep Guardiola has named a 32-man traveling party for the tour to Germany and China. But it is subject to change due to visa applications per Manchester Evening News.

City blocked Nigeria’s attempts to include Iheanacho in their Olympic squad, with Guardiola insisting on the striker joining him for pre season, rather than taking part in the Rio Games.

The 19-year-old will be given the chance to establish himself as Sergio Aguero’s understudy next season and the tour was going to be his chance to make an impression on City’s new manager.


Squad: Joe Hart, Willy Caballero, Angus Gunn, Billy O’Brien, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, Fernando Reges, Raheem Sterling, Samir Nasri, Nolito, Sergio Aguero, Aleksandar Kolarov, Wilfried Bony, Jesus Navas, Fabian Delph, David Silva, Gael Clichy, Fernandinho, Jason Denayer, Nicolas Otamendi, Bruno Zuculini, Yaya Toure, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Zinchenko, Pablo Maffeo, Tosin Adarabioyo, Bersant Celina, James Horsfield, Brandon Barker, Sinan Bytyqi, Angelino Tasende, Aleix Garcia, Manu Garcia, Cameron Humphreys.

[Nigels Tackle]

Nacho back in apparently:

http://footballlive.ng/footballnews/9ja ... our-party/?

Kelechi Iheanacho has been named in the squad for the pre-season tour of Germany and China.

The young forward joins Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Joe Hart and Vincent Kompany in Pep Guardiola’s 34-man party for City’s games against Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United.

The Youngster , who turns 20 later in October, was initially omitted from the provisional provisional tour squad.

Pep Guardiola has named a 32-man traveling party for the tour to Germany and China. But it is subject to change due to visa applications per Manchester Evening News.

City blocked Nigeria’s attempts to include Iheanacho in their Olympic squad, with Guardiola insisting on the striker joining him for pre season, rather than taking part in the Rio Games.

The 19-year-old will be given the chance to establish himself as Sergio Aguero’s understudy next season and the tour was going to be his chance to make an impression on City’s new manager.


Squad: Joe Hart, Willy Caballero, Angus Gunn, Billy O’Brien, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, Fernando Reges, Raheem Sterling, Samir Nasri, Nolito, Sergio Aguero, Aleksandar Kolarov, Wilfried Bony, Jesus Navas, Fabian Delph, David Silva, Gael Clichy, Fernandinho, Jason Denayer, Nicolas Otamendi, Bruno Zuculini, Yaya Toure, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Zinchenko, Pablo Maffeo, Tosin Adarabioyo, Bersant Celina, James Horsfield, Brandon Barker, Sinan Bytyqi, Angelino Tasende, Aleix Garcia, Manu Garcia, Cameron Humphreys.

pleased to see bruno zucchini in there.
what a cracking signing he's been!

[Nigels Tackle]

see the team are flying out this morning (live footage on facebook of them walking to the gate - unmissable tv!). that's top notch preparation for a game this evening.

[BlueinBosnia]

Yes bluemoomtv reported Nacho had visa issues. Can someone explain this to me? Is it due to being from an African nation? Is destination country that usually poses the issue? If so if there a chance he would play in Germany and not China, or visa versa?

China is a pain in the arse to get a visa, especially if you're not from a "top-tier" country. And like other communist countries, they take up an entire page in your passport

Do you consider the UK a 'communist country'?

On the visa issue, when Bosnia & Herzegovina played Wales in a friendly in August 2012, 3 or 4 players only arrived in the UK on the morning of the game due to visa issues, having missed pre-match training and everything.

[Wonderwall]

Nacho back in apparently:

http://footballlive.ng/footballnews/9ja ... our-party/?

Kelechi Iheanacho has been named in the squad for the pre-season tour of Germany and China.

The young forward joins Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Joe Hart and Vincent Kompany in Pep Guardiola’s 34-man party for City’s games against Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United.

The Youngster , who turns 20 later in October, was initially omitted from the provisional provisional tour squad.

Pep Guardiola has named a 32-man traveling party for the tour to Germany and China. But it is subject to change due to visa applications per Manchester Evening News.

City blocked Nigeria’s attempts to include Iheanacho in their Olympic squad, with Guardiola insisting on the striker joining him for pre season, rather than taking part in the Rio Games.

The 19-year-old will be given the chance to establish himself as Sergio Aguero’s understudy next season and the tour was going to be his chance to make an impression on City’s new manager.


Squad: Joe Hart, Willy Caballero, Angus Gunn, Billy O’Brien, Vincent Kompany, Pablo Zabaleta, Fernando Reges, Raheem Sterling, Samir Nasri, Nolito, Sergio Aguero, Aleksandar Kolarov, Wilfried Bony, Jesus Navas, Fabian Delph, David Silva, Gael Clichy, Fernandinho, Jason Denayer, Nicolas Otamendi, Bruno Zuculini, Yaya Toure, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Zinchenko, Pablo Maffeo, Tosin Adarabioyo, Bersant Celina, James Horsfield, Brandon Barker, Sinan Bytyqi, Angelino Tasende, Aleix Garcia, Manu Garcia, Cameron Humphreys.

pleased to see bruno zucchini in there.
what a cracking signing he's been!

From what I have seen of zuculini he has looked decent enough. I thought he played well at boro in the games I saw. Problem is he has massive competition for the role he prefers.hopefully we will get a good fee for him if pep decides to offload

[Foreverinbluedreams]

see the team are flying out this morning (live footage on facebook of them walking to the gate - unmissable tv!). that's top notch preparation for a game this evening.

Tickle, get your cv into City mate, you seem to know how to do everything much better than it's being done.

[Nigels Tackle]

see the team are flying out this morning (live footage on facebook of them walking to the gate - unmissable tv!). that's top notch preparation for a game this evening.

Tickle, get your cv into City mate, you seem to know how to do everything much better than it's being done.

might just do that, foreverupjoesarse

[iwasthere2012]

see the team are flying out this morning (live footage on facebook of them walking to the gate - unmissable tv!). that's top notch preparation for a game this evening.

Tickle, get your cv into City mate, you seem to know how to do everything much better than it's being done.

might just do that, foreverupjoesarse

I can't take much more of this optimistic happy clapping, Nidge. Get a grip on yourself.
Your over exhuberant cheerleading is refreshing occassionally, but this constant blue-tinted view of the world is over the top.....

Jaysus! The season hasn't started yet but I feel like slitting my wrists already.

[phips]

is City doing a stream for any of these on the OS?

[Dameerto]

see the team are flying out this morning (live footage on facebook of them walking to the gate - unmissable tv!). that's top notch preparation for a game this evening.

I missed it, did Kompany pick up an injury?

[john@staustell]

see the team are flying out this morning (live footage on facebook of them walking to the gate - unmissable tv!). that's top notch preparation for a game this evening.

I missed it, did Kompany pick up an injury?

Give it 4 hours mate.

[Nigels Tackle]

see the team are flying out this morning (live footage on facebook of them walking to the gate - unmissable tv!). that's top notch preparation for a game this evening.

I missed it, did Kompany pick up an injury?

Give it 4 hours mate.

jaysus etc.....

[Swales4ever]

is City doing a stream for any of these on the OS?

dunno. but see my above spoiler for contingency.

[Wonderwall]

is City doing a stream for any of these on the OS?

dunno. but see my above spoiler for contingency.

Looks at the fixtures list on this site for details

[Foreverinbluedreams]

is City doing a stream for any of these on the OS?

[bigblue]

Yes bluemoomtv reported Nacho had visa issues. Can someone explain this to me? Is it due to being from an African nation? Is destination country that usually poses the issue? If so if there a chance he would play in Germany and not China, or visa versa?

China is a pain in the arse to get a visa, especially if you're not from a "top-tier" country. And like other communist countries, they take up an entire page in your passport

Do you consider the UK a 'communist country'?

On the visa issue, when Bosnia & Herzegovina played Wales in a friendly in August 2012, 3 or 4 players only arrived in the UK on the morning of the game due to visa issues, having missed pre-match training and everything.

Umm, no?

When I go to the UK for a short visit, I get a small stamp in my passport. When I go to China, Vietnam, or Russia for a short visit, I get a big full page sticker. Don't know how it works for you Balkans, but one takes up a lot more space than the other...

[bigblue]

To keep up on the fixtures, best option for me is to just add it to your calendar:

webcal://www.skysports.com/calendars/fo ... live=false

It gets updated automatically, kickoff times adjust to your current timezone, and you can set your calendar to give you notifications the day (or a few hours) before. Bonus is that I can set my work calendar to busy for any City games so no meetings will be scheduled then :)