The Exiled Robin

Although the timing of his signing means many of you will have already seen Stephen McManus in a City shirt, 90 minutes can never prove too much about a new player, so Anthony Vickers , who writes the Untypical Boro  blog on the Teesiders for the Middlesboro Evening Gazette , has been kind enough to provide this take on City's newest signing. "BIG 'Mick' McManus will be missed at Boro but has been sacrificed as part of the usual on-going financial jiggling needed at this level. He arrived from Celtic initially on loan as part of the great Strachanovite experiment with Jockification - an influx of experienced battlers/leaders who would sweep Boro to glory. Sadly many fell by the wayside or struggled to make the leap from a regime of one intense Old Firm game a month followed by a few easy outings to the relentless twice a week hurly-burly of an attritional Championship campaign. McManus slotted in well though. Although he was a bit slow he was experienced, big, s...

I wanted to share some of my recent offerings on other websites. Hope you enjoy! Firstly, a review of the big winners and losers of Transfer Deadline Day on @The72Football : http://theseventytwo.com/football-league/championship/2012/02/02/the-football-leagues-winners-and-losers-in-the-january-transfer-window/ Next up are two previews of the home game against Leeds for two different sites; 'The Scratching Shed' and 'The Offside - Leeds' : http://www.thescratchingshed.com.customers.tigertech.net/posts/away-fans-views-bristol-city-a-2/ http://leeds.theoffside.com/team-news/interview-with-an-away-fan-bristol-city-2.html Finally, just to act as Mr. Smarty Pants, my preview of the last week's Reading game for @TheTilehurstEnd , including an unfortunately accurate prediction of the impact the signing of  @JasonRoberts30 would have on the outcome (and a pointer towards Peterborough's prospects that seem far more real after a heavy home defeat)... http://t...