Thai Assets Examination Committee to Sieze Manchester City!

No, not really, but the possibility is explored here by the rather brilliant satirical website Not the Nation.

Thaksin Doesn’t Know What He’s Doing (It Seems)

One of the primary arguments made by City fans enthusiastic about Thaksin Shinawatra’s takeover last summer is that Thaksin is a successful, efficient businessman who will act wisely to steward his investment, to the benefit of the club as a whole and hence the enjoyment of the fans.
That argument is looking increasingly preposterous as days [...]

City Lose to Thai XI

The “Super Match” featuring Manchester City against a Thai All-Star XI wasn’t so super from a City point of view, with the Blues squandering a 1-0 lead to lose 3-1. City featured Kasper Schmeichel in goal and five other players who saw significant time in the starting lineup this year (Garrido, Petrov, Sun, Hamann [...]

Daily Express Claims Thaksin To Sell Squad; City Denies Story; City Awarded UEFA Cup Slot

In normal times, the big happy news for Manchester City supporters would be confirmation that the club will enter the draw to qualify for the UEFA Cup this summer, based on its position in the Fair Play Table. Sven Goran Eriksson, still acting as manager, issued this statement about the news; Sven’s probably pleased to [...]

Mexico Chases Sven; City Arrive in Thailand; Thaksin hires PR firm

It’s being reported in various outlets that Sven has been offered a job coaching the Mexican national team, partly it appears at the behest of Nery Castillo. Difficult to say that one coming off as there’s a not a lot to do in that job until 2010, other than lead Mexico through a rather tedious [...]

David Conn on Thaksin’s First Year

David Conn, lifelong City fan and one of the most important journalists covering world football, weighs in with an assessment of Thaksin’s first year at City. Conn reckons that City fans got what they bargained for, or at least what could have been easily predicted by anyone willing to do a little research into Thaksin’s [...]

Thaksin Shares Award for “Worst Owner” in Premier League

No definitive word yet on Sven’s future, as the Swede flies out to lead City’s ten day Asian tour. Sven is expected to be dismissed following meetings in Thailand with Thaksin Shinawatra.
Other reports in Tuesday’s papers note that Richard Dunne is apparently on his way out.
Meanwhile, Thaksin earned a distinction Tuesday he probably wasn’t looking [...]

City Humiliated by Boro, 8-1; Sven Sacking Imminent

Manchester City supporters around the world are searching for explanations after a thoroughly disastrous, preposterous defeat to a mediocre Middlsebrough 8-1 in the season closer Sunday. City’s 9th place finish in the league was already secure, and even Richard Dunne’s red card apparently isn’t enough to threaten City’s entry into the UEFA Cup via the [...]

City to Take Backdoor into Europe (Again); Fans Rally for Sven in Manchester; Sven Demands Decision on Future

Plenty of news has been unfolding in the buildup to City’s season-close fixture at Middlesbrough Sunday. On Friday, it was announced that England will get an extra place in next year’s UEFA Cup through the Fair Play table, a place Manchester City is in pole position to claim going into the season’s final match. City [...]

Sven Wants Chelsea Job; Graham Lister on Thaksin and City’s Future

Goal.com has an excellent piece about the Thaksin-Sven fallout; I don’t disagree with a single point made by writer Graham Lister. He writes

Thaksin and his ilk, the new breed of billionaire club owners, need to take a large dose of realism on board in their new roles. As Harry Redknapp stressed this week, “The trouble [...]