tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post6612381714374204484..comments2023-08-24T20:58:46.196-07:00Comments on DOWN THE KIPPAX STEPS: IN OUR LIFETIMESimon Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01814416205256696455noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-31406464623100520252012-06-02T14:16:06.755-07:002012-06-02T14:16:06.755-07:00It must be time to acknowledge all those people wh...It must be time to acknowledge all those people who didn't have tears blocking the view that it was indeed Taiwo and not Ned with the final flailing bootlaces. Yes, you are pedantic, but you are also right and now I have finally cleared my vision sufficiently to write again, I can put it down in black and white. And to the other marvellous pedant, who argued the season didn't start with an Aguero thunderbolt, that Dzeko got our first goal of the campaign, well i'm giving not an inch on that one! There's pedantry and then there's pedantry.Simon Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01814416205256696455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-34722322457298259382012-05-25T21:10:46.332-07:002012-05-25T21:10:46.332-07:00Sitting nervously in a bar in Jakarta expecting th...Sitting nervously in a bar in Jakarta expecting the worst (supporter for 50+ years) I could take no more after half time. Checked on line a while later and saw the 1-2 score line and decided to end (temporarily) the pain by going to bed. Refused to check during the night despite waking up many times. Refused to open the Jakarta Post at breakfast but it fell off the table and staring me in the face was a photo of Zaba in the air. Strange to have a pic of the losers, I thought. And the rest is history. Unusual to have sober tears in the Marriott restaurant at 7 am but the staff are always kind to pilgrims. <br /><br />I re-read your post from time to time in the hope that it is not really a dream. Still not seen the rest of the game but it is waiting for me along with my fanatical Blue son back in Boston. More tears no doubt.<br /><br />David Collins CTBD (beyond)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-26775881533561982342012-05-17T01:52:59.808-07:002012-05-17T01:52:59.808-07:00Thanks for the kind comments, but please don't...Thanks for the kind comments, but please don't get the wrong end of the stick. I have to tell you, I made it all up. This is not real. You do realise? This was just based on a strange dream I had the other night. These sorts of things do not really happen.Simon Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01814416205256696455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-89098482124399773282012-05-16T15:46:32.757-07:002012-05-16T15:46:32.757-07:00Really good read- kind of put the game in quick st...Really good read- kind of put the game in quick stills photography through my head again. Without doubt the most predictably unpredictable team anyone could ever support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-80862108794032908712012-05-16T14:30:15.238-07:002012-05-16T14:30:15.238-07:00Wow! Just wow! Such a fantastic article. I actuall...Wow! Just wow! Such a fantastic article. I actually felt like I was there again, sat with 47,500 others watching Sergio's goal again, as teary-eyed as I was the first time.<br /><br />Truly stunning stuff, Simon.<br /><br />Thank you for bringing it all back.<br /><br />Louis Da Silva CTIDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-55687038092198885132012-05-16T13:24:01.953-07:002012-05-16T13:24:01.953-07:00Great great great article. Am now preparing a clas...Great great great article. Am now preparing a class action against the club for severe trauma. Bless them. Bless them all. I was in the pub - we have no TV, and the web keeled over at 2pm. One bar City (3 of us) and the other 20 "United" fans from Frome where I live.<br /><br />They all piled in at their final whistle to take the piss. <br /><br />He who laughs last. <br /><br />Please God they don't do that to us again.Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-35808298385217928862012-05-16T13:07:52.842-07:002012-05-16T13:07:52.842-07:00The last three paragraphs are as perfect as anythi...The last three paragraphs are as perfect as anything that has ever been written about City. It is a sweet hell, isn't it?CortMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17523325625543524432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-62400134577405927902012-05-16T07:57:12.119-07:002012-05-16T07:57:12.119-07:00This post is the Aguero goal of posts - you may ne...This post is the Aguero goal of posts - you may never better it. As Tyler would say "Drink it in". Brilliant Simon!Tim Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090115783230000997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-55479104007553051362012-05-16T06:13:56.061-07:002012-05-16T06:13:56.061-07:00How to obtain legendary status in 10 seconds, copy...How to obtain legendary status in 10 seconds, copyright S.Aguero...you know, we've not got a poor record against United in a direct competition for a trophy or final...1926, 1968, 1970, 2011, 2012 against 2010.<br /><br />Truly a season that will never, ever, be forgotten. Thank you Sheikh Mansour, Khaldoon and management staff, Roberto Mancini and playing staff.Colin Is The Kingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-86600028361873757322012-05-16T05:38:50.351-07:002012-05-16T05:38:50.351-07:00Lovely stuff. If you want an indication on how &#...Lovely stuff. If you want an indication on how 'Typical City' is dead, here's mine. <br /><br />When Kevin Horlock scored at Wembley in 1999 I have never given the side more abuse. "Too f'king little too f'king late, f'king typical of you shower of shite", or words to that effect. Dickov's goal 4 minutes later was atypical City, snatching victory from defeat.<br /><br />On Sunday when Dzeko scored I bizarrely felt confident. I knew we'd get one chance, and I knew we had the quality added to the desire of 99 to take it. That's the new Typical City. We may suffer some misfortune along the way, but we are now winners, and may that remain the type of club we are for years to come.<br /><br /><br />PS - here's mine! - http://haggisinwonderland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/my-fever-pitch-moment.htmlHaggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08261677639367166858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4509309870771298997.post-63237020549908227782012-05-16T05:20:58.241-07:002012-05-16T05:20:58.241-07:00I've posted this comment elsewhere, the QPR ma...I've posted this comment elsewhere, the QPR match was indeed a microcosm of what the last 44 years has been for City fans.<br /><br />The first 45 minutes represented the ealry season optimism, the hope that this season would see City win something more than just the toss at the start of a match.<br /><br />The second 45 minutes represented the dashing of those hopes and dreams, the crushing disappointment of daring to hoep that City could be, would be successful. This usually occurs around Christmas or after an early round FA Cup exit.<br /><br />The 5 minutes time added on represented the arrival of Sheik Mansour and Roberto Mancini who have consigned "Typical City" and "Cups for Cock-Ups" to the dustbin of history and have overseen the emergence of Manchester City v2.0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com