Newsletter #60

We welcome a Reading fan to the list who joins a Red, two Evertonians and a QPR fan who either look out for the Blues, pass MCIVTA on to their friends or just like reading it. We have an important game tonight against Chelsea who are also firmly stuck in the relegation zone. Despite having one of the most admired English players of the 80’s as manager and some useful players they seem unable to find any degree of consistency. Sounds familiar, well except for the manager that is 8-). Does anyone know when the transfer deadline is? Surely we’ll see players arriving and leaving in the traditional merry-go-round of panic buying that accompanies the end of every English season. At least BH buys good players, even under these adverse circumstances.

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Next game Chelsea at home, Wednesday 8th March 1995

TEAM NEWS

BH has altered the team somewhat redically from the previous couple of games. Out go Vonk and Quinn, who are replaced by Beagrie and Rösler. Buzzer has been moved into an attacking midfield rôle; this along with Beagrie’s wide postition means City are reverting to the 4-man attacking formation from earlier in the season. The midfield battle will be left for Simpson and Gaudino. So it looks like the formation will be 4-2-4.

Here’s the team details:
Coton, Ian Brightwell, Curle, Kernaghan, Phelan, Gaudino, Simpson, Summerbee, Walsh, Rösler, Beagrie
Subs: Foster, Quinn, Dibble

This is a game which City have just got to win, anything less will be regarded as points thrown away. A win would put Chelsea three points behind City and at least give a bit of breathing space. City need to pick up as many points from here as the final run-in isn’t easy.

NEWS – FAME AT LAST

Ian Thompson gets a message in this week’s 90 Minutes. It is an article about the Internet and has a section on Newcastle United. In the article there is a review of their FA Cup match against City. There is a report from a Newcastle fan and one from a City fan, namely our very own Ian Thompson.

TRANSFER SPECULATION

At last I’ve found out the names of those two Russian players; they are Shota and Archil Arveladze of Dynamo Tbilisi, who are brothers but that’s as much as I know about them.

DODGY DEALINGS!

The FA inquiry into all overseas transfers looks like uncovering all sorts of dodgy dealings. Accusations have already been made this week about Graeme Souness taking a “bung” and of course George Graham has been dismissed already for a similar offence.

As mentioned in MCIVTA 31, the transfer of Kåre Ingebrigtsen to City appears to have been less than completely above board. City claim to have paid 660,000 pounds, half to Røsenborg and half to agent Rune Hauge’s company. Ingebrigtsen has never denied receiving a