The Manchester City spirit

First of all, I wish to congratulate the good United fans for winning this season's title. Fact is they were more stable and didn't had tactical cock ups as we - my beloved Manchester City - had through out the season.

Man City, we're staying up! We're staying up! Nananananana, we're staying up! I'm breathing City, I'm living City. Not just me, together with me so many thousands more. We are City. We are super City from Maine Road. Thank you Noel and Liam Gallagher for injecting me with the City 'virus', that is introducing me your love. I love Manchester as well, one of the two most amazing places on the planet. I'm here, not going away.

Let me become personal: I have been cyber bullied here on Twitter since I started my own blog. And why? Ask them. I know names, know 7 heavily involved, but not going to name them. Karma to take care of it, but not me in person. What have they done you wonder? Reported me for spam for publishing my own blog and send it to my followers only. Gawd, I dared to ask for a re-tweet, oh my, that is 'aggressive behavior' ain't it! Me, just a writer, me not holding back and fearing the established. Me, just me, being cyber bullied due of that single reason.

I'm going even more personal. In 1999 I was fully paralyzed. I had a tumor in my neck in the size of a tennis ball. If you're interested, google image it and come back after that to understand how lovely it looks like. I had no chance to survive, they discovered it early December of that year due of first wrong diagnoses. When I finally understood what was going on, I begged for a surgery: ffs, this is it, just take it out and let me continue my life! The docs refused, due of the fact I was already so far gone that I had no single chance. I beat the odds and I survived. My surgeant Dr Teddy - who got aware I was being dismissed only 5 weeks after the surgery, fainted when he saw me walking on my own out of the building. Can you read this you bullies? I did it, you won't ever come close!

In 2004 I had my second tumor removed, as well a tennis ball size. Damn, what a hell it was, but let me now come back to 1999 first. It was May, and we, Manchester City, played Gillingham in the play offs final. I accepted I would die, I was so far gone that I lived at that stage I just wanted to enjoy single moments to feel worth living for. We were 2-0 down, that goal in the 89th minute left me in big tears - even a promotion wasn't handed to me to at least enjoy. Then the recovery took place: 2-1 and then AGUEROOOOOO, I mean, DIIICKOOOOOOOOV 2-2... No need to tell you the outcome, do I? I live City, I have my life to thank for being City and feeling the Manchester loving. Still some cyber bullies - including a fellow blogger and some forum owners - feel it's justified to deny me having my own blog.

WE are City, I might be a Dutch native, but my life is City, I live it, I once stated: if we win the league just kill me there as then I've accomplished life. I'm still alive, and am enjoying our amazing progress together with my friends, my fellow Citizens. The people I love. No one can ever pull me down.

Thank you

The Paolo Di Canio bandwagon

Oh, how has Paolo became a hot topic last week! Funny that the talentless journalists praised him into heaven when they claimed he was 'appointed by Reading' just two weeks prior. Irony, now they are all silly sheep bashing him because of their lack of knowledge.

Mind you: I condemn fascism, but his personal views were known a long, long time ago. Only for those who actually observe the football world and not copycat other journalists – trying to state “EXCLUSIVE” in order to save their jobs. Some of them wrote down that Di Canio only did a fascist salute just once, but of course he did it way more often while playing for Lazio Roma. It is their club culture, and clearly a reason for me not to wish them any attention.

But what is is about Di Canio? He's a fruitcake, for sure, giving some spice to the more mentally stable elite – who can't crack any excitement into nowadays football to be fair. Have you noticed that he actually understands now that he is being seen as a 'role model', as he both got older and wiser while entering a (long term) manageral career? He knows, he tries to live to it. Politics should not get involved, and it is his to lose of course if he does any comments.

I noticed a lot of hypocrite people being the strongest followers of the 'we hate Di Canio' campaign. You only have to look at Glasgow Rangers v Celtic to understand that politics are being used in the sport of football for a long time now. But of course only attacking an individual who stated his personal views – instead of an entire team – is way more easy to target and easy to destroy. Will it work? I hope this won't. He's not really a Robin Van Persie who didn't understand the word 'no', is he?

I think it's personally best not to join the bandwagon of 'moral belief'. Did you knew that David Millibrand didn't resign due of the appointment of Di Canio, but because he had a job offered in New York? He used this situation to gain a political win only. As I began with today's article with: politics should never hijack the game of football.

Why Carlos Tevez deserves a statue

Manchester City has got a great history coming to legendary players. The amount of trophies might not reflect it, but the true fans know they've been enjoying many special moments and matches along the road. Colin 'The King' Bell without a doubt the most named player – and rightly so, with his amazing pace and productivity. And we drink a drink a drink...

For me the Colin Bell of the current era is Carlos Tevez – not even a doubt about it that he is actually the biggest signing the club has ever made. The whole football elite wanted his signature, after the Man United hierarchy decided not to give Tevez a contract after some amazing games with a high work force. The fans wanted him to stay – they were there in big numbers shouting 'Fergie sign him up' and took every single opportunity to make their statement clear.

I wanted him as well. As a die hard Manchester City fan you absolutely do not want to have any former player of your enemy within your ranks – but this was simply different. It already was that moment when he joined West Ham United that something special hang around him. And he made the Premier League his own, from scratch, helping the Hammers to survive with an amazing brase of goals as first mark of big honour.

Carlos is a strong believer in 'pride in battle'. Forget Messi. Yes he definitely IS an amazing footballer, but playing in a way more comfortable league and at a way more presented team. The Premier League has got more competition going on and you need to work harder for your goals compared to the La Liga. But Carlos isn't a quitter, he seeks and tries to destroy the opposition and does it all on his own if necessary.

But how about that incident last season away at Bayern Munchen? Why do we actually still brag about it, is my answer to that one. Whatever happened then was either a situation between Carlos and manager Mancini, or it was Tevez' his agent who wanted to earn some money by forcing a transfer. It is for me quite clear that Joorabchian is very quiet ever since that fiasco. And after a couple of stormy months Carlos fought himself back into the first team and knew it would take a long time to win back the fans opinion. He accepted his wrong doing, and grabbed his single opportunity with both hands. We have to admire his will power. The Munich incident is behind us.

The current situation now is that his contract is set to expire, and he has indicated his desire to move back to Argentina due of his family life. You can't really blame him for that – two young children and he clearly desires stability for them. But I really hope we will be able to #KeepCarlos as he's City's saviour. Due of the fast we signed him, we showed the football world we meant business. Carlos his signature opened a lot of doors, it created many transfers. For example: nice that Yaya Toure's brother Kolo was already playing for us, but he would not have joined City due of him, he joined due of Tevez. And so did Silva and so did quite a lot more.

Carlos deserves a statue. Either coming from the new MetroLink stop, him standing capping his ears facing the stadium, or either on the Ashton New Road side, facing Trafford. However, I prefer the first option due of the great stream of fans arriving via that route. - #KeepCarlos

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