A Tale of Two Cities

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I can remember back when I was in college, one of the ladies I worked with had a friend who visited from England. He hated Manchester United(he was a Man City fan) but he offered to bring me a Man U hoodie and a box of tea. I still have the hoodie and I abandoned the tea rather quick. He had brought me a box of aromatic earl gray tea. I think he bought me pansy tea to go along with what he thought was a pansy clubs hoodie.

You ask most of the people in the world what football teams they know and they will name off Manchester United, Newcastle, Chelsea, but never will you hear Manchester City. In all of the derbies that get played across England and the world, I think none are more dull than the Man U vs. Man City derby. Man U usually fields a strong side and Man City goes and rounds up the boys playing in the school yards. But, it would seem that this season is a wee bit different. One week, and three games into the new Premiership season, Manchester United is near the bottom of the ladder and Manchester City is sitting at the top smiling down at their cross town rivals.

I have read columns on BBC.com that say people automatically jumped on the absence of Rooney and are saying that this two month loss could spell disaster in the table for Fergie and the Reds. United only have two points, so far this season, but the season is only two weeks old. I think the pundits should back off on those that would call the season now. Let the fans have their fun. Most of the City fans are just happy that their team is not in United's place this early in the season.

Man City won against their cross town rivals on Sunday and City's coach, Sven-Goran Erikkson, was all praises for his side, which was apparently put together at the last minute. As nice as the win was for City, it makes one wonder if the FA should have rethought it's decision on sacking Erikkson amid tribulations of his "personal life," which both parties have denied. Erikkson, who has won double silverware in three countries, might take his new team and do the same thing. Granted, it will take time to see those results, but one thing is for sure, this very well maybe a tale of two cities worthy of Dickinson himself.