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Mon 01 Jan 2009Forget Kaka and give us back the old City idiot
PREMIER LEAGUE: Mark Hughes should not have alligned himself with Manchester City if he wanted to steer clear of downright craziness
IT’S VERY easy to laugh at Manchester City, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. Football needs its jokers – more than ever in this po-faced age – and City have always been one of the game’s most beloved jesters. They are the roly-poly buffoon to Manchester United’s straight man, the office idiot who, while never in danger of winning a promotion, is always the one everyone wants to get in the Secret Santa.
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