After a disappointing turn of events in Germany, City find themselves in the media spotlight. Carlos is up to his old disruptive tricks again and even Edin Dzeko has decided to cause a stir. What's going on?
Nothing that hasn't happened before. Every relationship has its problems every now and then, and every problem is solved... until next time.
If we beat Blackburn, we'll have made our best ever start to a league season. I have to thannk Sheikh Mansour for this because I don't think any of the past 6 months would have happened had it not been for his huge investment and strong willpower.
I think Blackburn will provide a sterner test than many City fans think. They my be without a large part of their back line (Dann, Salgado) but any fringe players wanting to cement their place in the team for the time-being will want to show Steve Kean why they should get the nod, and Yakubu has been busy since his summer move, scoring against Arsenal in a 4-3 win.
City will be emotionally tested for the first time this season. We've had our first fall out of the 2010-11 campaign, so now it's time to act like the grown men we are and puff our chests out to the press with a fine display. But that 'Typical City' tag has scared me once again. Knowing it could be our best start to a season - ever - just brings back memories of awful false dawns and missed Robbie Fowler penalties.
I'd like to see six changes from the mid-week game against Bayern made. Out go Kolo & Yaya Toure, Samir Nasri, Edin Dzeko, Gael Clichy and Gareth Barry; in come Joleon Lescott, James Milner, Adam Johnson, Mario Balotelli, Aleksandar Kolarov and Nigel de Jong.
PREDICTION: Blackburn 1-1 Manchester City.
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