Manchester City defender Micah Richards expects to miss four months after having surgery on the knee injury he suffered on Saturday. The 24-year-ol...

In the nearly five months since his new contract, Mancini seems to have been trying very hard to destroy his own credibility, and City's chances of building on last season's triumph. A series of baffling transfer and team selection decisions have contributed to City's stuttering start to the Premier League, and now - after a 1-1 draw against Borussia Dortmund - being in danger of exiting the Champions League at the group stage for the second successive year.

I'm willing Hodgson's side to prove me wrong, and like Denmark and Greece before them confound all expectations and march to European glory; unfortunately however, this squad selection doesn't give me much hope.

"It's only a game," they will tell you. But many football players and fans will tell you otherwise. On the verge of tears recently was Manchester C...