Manc and a Yank Podcast

Jon and Joe aka Manc and a Yank have officially merged with the Maine Road Ramble podcast. In this episode we explain what fueled the decision and in the coming weeks will outline what's to come. We really appreciate all of the support we've received along the way. This was an opportunity that we felt was best for the content we'll be a part of, and hope that you all will join us with Maine Road Ramble as we look to the future. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out to us on twitter (@MancAndAYankPod or via email mancandayank@gmail.com.There were some technical difficulties within the first 8 minutes of recording. We do apologize very much for that but they are brief and do not hinder the listening experience much so we encourage you to stick with us throughout. To find us moving forward, please subscribe to Maine Road Ramble anywhere you normally get our podcast today. You can find us any time on Twitter @MaineRoadRamble or via email at maineroadramble@gmail.com!

The Maine Road Ramble and Manc and a Yank Podcast teamed up for a crossover that spans across all eras of Manchester City, drafting a starting eleven from the all-time greats in the club's history!Joe and Jon are joined by Maine Road Ramble's Kevin Nelson and Andrew Dettmer to compile the best lineups imaginable, with the picks ranging from Eric Brook all the way to Gabriel Jesus. The rules are simple. In a snake draft format, select eleven players that can reasonably play a position based on their experience in a reasonable formation (no 1-1-8's allowed!). The draft picks are being evaluated on their best sustained version while playing for City, so picking Frank Lampard does not get you the peak Chelsea years. Finally, each selection must have played at least 10 first team senior matches with the club.Simple enough, right? Yet it was actually more of a difficult exercise than we all thought trying to rank the litany of City legends while maneuvering around the plans and stolen picks of our competitors. Ultimately, this was an incredibly fun episode to prepare for and record, but YOU will be the ultimate decider for who among us drafted the greatest team. After you listen, head over to Twitter and look for a poll on both of our respective profiles (@MaineRoadRamble and @MancAndAYankPod) to cast your vote on who the champion of the Completely Unofficial All Time Manchester City Draft is!

What is the most important goal in City's history? How about the best celebration?These are just two of the "Best City _______" moments that Manc and Yank tackle in this special bumper podcast. There's a special twist for Jon as Joe lays down the challenge that his answers have to be events that he witnessed in person, which leads to an embarrassing admission about Wembley 1999.

It's good to talk, and so they did. Join Jon and Joe as they dust off the mics and share working from home tips, isolation ideas, entertainment recommendations, and begin to speculate about what football could look like when it returns.

In what appears to be the last podcast for a little while, Jon and Joe look back on a(nother) derby defeat and debate City’s goalkeeping situation.There’s also some now-wildly-outdated coronavirus speculation, plus the lads take a look at this week’s other Champions League games.

Jon and Joe look back at the best week of the season so far as City pick up a victory in Sheffield and a trophy at Wembley on their way back from Madrid.Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden feature heavily in conversation ahead of Sunday’s Manchester Derby, and Jon sits firmly on the fence when it comes to John Stones.

After an extended break thanks to - among other things - Storm Ciara, Manc and Yank return to studio refreshed and ready for City’s mouthwatering European clash with Real Madrid. There are reviews of recent wins (and clean sheets!) against West Ham and Leicester, a look ahead to Sunday’s City Carabao Cup final, and Jon has his (brief) say on UEFA and FFP.

After City somehow contrive to lose at Spurs, Jon and Joe argue about how influential the game will be in the wider scheme of the season. There’s also a West Ham preview (which, much to Jon’s surprise is this weekend), and some excellent listener questions.

Jon and Joe review a loss that was also a win against United as City progress the League Cup Final for the third straight season. The lads also look ahead to City's visit to the Bernabeau, and disagree over their desired lineups now that Wembley awaits the Blues just 4 days later. Plus, there's a Fulham review, Spurs preview, and Jon has his say in the empty seats conversation.

Jon is back in the studio after a battle with the flu as him and Joe dive into all things City. The lads recap City's narrow 1-0 victory over Sheffield Utd, talk City's penalty (or lack thereof) takers, go into their love of Aguero and hatred of VAR as well as discussing the Crystal Palace match and preview the 4th round FA cup tie against Fulham at the weekend.Be sure to give us a follow on twitter @mancandayankpod and rate and review the show. Cheers!

On this week's episode of Manc and a Yank, we have a special guest as Kevin Nelson from the Main Road Ramble podcast steps in to join Joe in the studio as Jon recovers from the Flu.Joe and Kevin cover City's 6 goal obliteration of Aston Villa at the weekend, dive into a love affair of Sergio Aguero as he creates more history, preview the weekend match vs Crystal Palace and cover some "City In The News". You can find us on Twitter here:Manc And A Yank: @mancandayankpodJoe: @viewsofablueJon: @jonashley87Kevin: @kevin_n_nelson

Jon and Joe return for the new decade in triumphant mood as City demolish/outclass/run rings around/bamboozle/humiliate United at Old Trafford once again. There’s praise for academy graduate performances in the FA Cup which leaves Pep with a Villa selection dilemma, plus Ricci identifies which defenders City should be looking at next summer.

Jon and Joe squeeze in a podcast before the end of the decade and before City play 2 games in 2 days, or 3 games in 5 days, or 4 games in 8 days…however you calculate it, it’s insane. There are multiple accusations of fence-sitting across a Leicester review and previews of Wolves and Sheffield United. The lads also share their hopes and dreams for what the Blues can achieve in 2020.

Manc and Yank look back over an incredibly busy week in this bumper podcast.There’s news of two cup draws and rumors surrounding Mikel Arteta, Leroy Sané and Jadon Sancho, plus Jon and Joe review routine wins at Arsenal and Oxford as City’s midfield seems to find its long-lost rhythm.Somewhere in the midst of all that, Manc spent the weekend in Miami at NBC’s Premier League Mornings Live, where he spoke with fans and former City and West Ham midfielder Ian Bishop.

Jon and Joe pronounce City’s title chances officially dead after the Blues are defeated in the derby, but are also excited about the uncharted territory that this opens up in the cup competitions and squad selection. There’s a review of a dead good dead rubber in Zagreb, and the lads discuss transfer targets.

Jon and Joe are in a better mood this week as Rodri and Gabriel Jesus get City purring again with classy win at Burnley, but not before ruing the loss of two points in the depths of the Tyne. The boys look ahead to the Manchester derby with their customary unrealistic lineup predictions, and seek expert advice over whether they are drowning or suffocating in the New England snow.

Joe is less than thankful for Guardiola after two games with minimal rotation and underwhelming performances against both Chelsea and Shakhtar. The lads discuss Pep’s future as City boss and the implications that might have for the next few transfer windows, and how City will fare in the short term without Sergio Aguero during his annual festive “injury” break. Jon fails miserably at not sounding sarcastic when being genuine.

Gluttons for punishment Jon and Joe review City’s latest defeat at Liverpool and question performances, team selection and the state of English refereeing. Things get personal at the England training camp and will the Blues regret leaving the door open for Mikel Arteta to go to Arsenal?

Jon and Joe celebrate/lament the triumphant return of Typical City as the Blues draw at the San Siro in a way only they could. Kyle Walker makes a case for an England recall as competition for Jordan Pickford, and the lads speculate how Guardiola will setup his injury-depleted squad for Sunday’s showdown at Anfield.

Jon and Joe are joined by @BlueMoonPodcast's David Mooney, who talks candidly about his experience as an LGBTQ City fan and identifies a common thread that links a number of football’s current issues with discrimination. There’s analysis of the win against Aston Villa, a preview of the League Cup/Premier League double-header against in-form Southampton, and blue-tinted nostalgia abounds as David and Jon reminisce about a 6-0 win over Swindon Town in the late nineties.

It's birthday week on Manc and a Yank Podcast. Jon and Joe happily return from the International Break with a Palace review, previews of Atalanta and Aston Villa, and an birthday wish for Pep to include them in a matchday squad so that they can afford a trip to the San Siro.

Jon and Joe look back on a painful weekend for City and point the finger squarely at one tackle-happy Argentinian (and all the injuries). There's a host of listener questions, a Premier League report card, and a confession from Joe that could land him in legal trouble...

Jon and Joe are joined by City podcast royalty as the Noisy Neighbors pop in to review the wins against Dinamo Zagreb and Everton. Joe and Mulv tuck in to Mahrez and Ederson-flavored humble pies, Joey fawns over the Iberian Thanos, and there’s a serious debate over who would make it into City’s strongest eleven.

It's a solo show this week as Jon is in the midst of house repairs, Joe takes over to recap all things City in the past week. After a week of media scrutiny as a result of City's defeat to Norwich, they came back with some dominant performances against Preston North End in the Carabao Cup as well as an 8-0 stranglehold of Watford in the league. Additionally, Joe previews the Premier League match ahead at the weekend against a struggling Everton side.

Jon and Joe reflect on a dire performance and result in East Anglia and are left with more questions that answers. Will Joao Cancelo finally get his full debut this week? Is Phil Foden really injured? Should Ederson be dropped? Can anyone catch Jon at the top of the Fantasy League? Will anyone give us the credit we deserve for calling for 3 at the back before it was cool?

At the end of what feels like a never-ending International Break, Manc and a Yank are back with a Brighton review, Norwich preview, Champions League group reaction and listener questions. Plus, Jon and Joe go out on a limb and advocate for a change of formation.

Manc and Yank review a very scrappy south coast affair as City ground out a win at Bournemouth as well as looking ahead to the Champions League draw (feat. a nauseating prediction from Joe). There’s a preview of Saturday’s clash with Brighton and Jon laments Phil Foden’s lack of game time.

Manc and Yank review an eerily familiar Spurs match and lament VAR’s empowerment of already power-hungry officials. Praise is heaped on a Finnish canary and there’s a serious discussion about who should be City’s first-choice striker: Aguero, Jesus, or Ricci?

Jon and Joe review the first match of the season and argue about VAR as City make the perfect start against West Ham. Manc and Yank also cast their eyes over the weekend’s other fixtures and look ahead to the huge game against a near-fully-fit Spurs side on Saturday.

In this BUMPER pod, Jon and Joe reveal their predictions for the 2019/20 season and reflect on an anything-but-friendly Community Shield and the now somewhat tiresome Sané saga. Plus, there’s a preview of City’s opening Premier League game at West Ham.

After City’s heroic Premier League Asia Cup exit to Wolves on penalties, Jon and Joe discuss who should be the Blues’ first choice from twelve yards and who they think would make the best captain for 19-20 and beyond. There’s plenty of praise for a couple of academy products, questions still linger over the future a certain German winger, and the guys get misty-eyed over their all-time favo(u)rite City transfers.

Jon and Joe talk transfer updates before speculating about what City's Premier League rivals need to either dethrone the back-to-back champions and/or stay in the Top 6.

Jon and Joe give their opinion on Puma's first attempt at making City kits and reminisce about their first and favourite shirts. Joe shares a breaking transfer update thanks to some borderline-creepy social media research, Jon makes a bold proposal about the domestic cups, and there's even time for some listener first City game stories.

In their historic first episode, Manc (Jon) and Yank (Joe) share their City origin stories, cast a retrospective glance over the 2018-19 season and look ahead to 2019-20 with transfer talk and the kind of back-tracking that would have Guardiola clapping above his head on the issue of VAR.

A big alright mate from Manc and Yank! Follow us on Twitter @MancAndAYankPod. Email us at mancandayank@gmail.com