Alexis Monteith
@alexismonteith.bsky.social
Jamaican-Italian. Lover of the beautiful game. Manchester City. City Football Group. Reggae Boyz. Reggae Girlz. Azzurri. Azzurre. I also post about Jamaican women's football, and women's football in general on @yardieball.bsky.social
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Manchester City Women: Can change finally break the cycle?
Years of potential, trophies just out of reach, and managerial shuffles—Manchester City Women continue to face familiar challenges.
www.northcoastdispatch.com
Manchester City Women are once again in transition. New coach, new hope, same questions. Can they finally break a cycle of familiar challenges? In this piece I share my take on why change is so hard within City’s fixed football identity.
The MAGA tech bro oligarchy called Maslow's Hierarchy of Dweebs.
The haematological consultancy called Maslow's Hierarchy of Bleeds.
The land registry office that’s called Maslow’s hierarchy of deeds
February 4, 2026 at 12:28 PM
The MAGA tech bro oligarchy called Maslow's Hierarchy of Dweebs.
The plant genetic resource bank called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Seeds.
The artisanal brewery of traditional drinks called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Meads.
The haematological consultancy called Maslow's Hierarchy of Bleeds.
February 4, 2026 at 12:18 PM
The plant genetic resource bank called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Seeds.
Well, if the USA's political and legal institutions won't resist the corrupt MAGA oligarchy, someone else has to.
February 3, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Well, if the USA's political and legal institutions won't resist the corrupt MAGA oligarchy, someone else has to.
And these three, with their goals, are just the tip of the spear. The truth is that right throughout the team all the players are on top of their game right now.
Bunny Shaw, Kerolin, and Viv Miedema account for 26 out of Man City’s 41 WSL goals ⚽️
Shaw is the leading goal-scorer, with Kerolin and Miedema tied for 3rd place, 14 games into the season 🥵
📸 @mancitywomen @mancity.com @mancitywomen.bsky.social
Shaw is the leading goal-scorer, with Kerolin and Miedema tied for 3rd place, 14 games into the season 🥵
📸 @mancitywomen @mancity.com @mancitywomen.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:41 AM
And these three, with their goals, are just the tip of the spear. The truth is that right throughout the team all the players are on top of their game right now.
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Brazilian and Jamaican joy. Samba and Reggae energy. Cachaça and Rum. Kerolin and Bunny. Jogo Bonito has arrived in Manchester.
Photographer: @deasthamphoto on Instagram
Photographer: @deasthamphoto on Instagram
February 2, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Brazilian and Jamaican joy. Samba and Reggae energy. Cachaça and Rum. Kerolin and Bunny. Jogo Bonito has arrived in Manchester.
Photographer: @deasthamphoto on Instagram
Photographer: @deasthamphoto on Instagram
Girma get mash up today by Bunny Shaw. Nah lie. She still don't know what hit her.
February 1, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Girma get mash up today by Bunny Shaw. Nah lie. She still don't know what hit her.
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Bunny Shaw said, "Get out the way!"
February 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Bunny Shaw said, "Get out the way!"
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Is Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw in your conversation yet?
January 30, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Is Khadija 'Bunny' Shaw in your conversation yet?
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This moment of pure cathartic release tells you what Bunny Shaw's winner against London City Lionesses meant to Manchester City and their fans. The pressure of the title race and the unrelenting intensity of the Lionesses provoked a primal celebration in the end. Photo by a City fan—Rhi Yan Winskill
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 PM
This moment of pure cathartic release tells you what Bunny Shaw's winner against London City Lionesses meant to Manchester City and their fans. The pressure of the title race and the unrelenting intensity of the Lionesses provoked a primal celebration in the end. Photo by a City fan—Rhi Yan Winskill
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Jamaican musician and producer Sly Dunbar of the legendary musical duo Sly and Robbie has passed away at the age of 73. In the space of just over two months, the world has lost Jimmy Cliff, Stephen 'Cat' Coore, and Sly Dunbar—three greats of Jamaica's music industry.
Sly Dunbar, reggae drummer and producer with Sly and Robbie, dies aged 73
Drummer helped to define the sound of roots reggae and dancehall, and worked with stars including the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and Grace Jones
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Jamaican musician and producer Sly Dunbar of the legendary musical duo Sly and Robbie has passed away at the age of 73. In the space of just over two months, the world has lost Jimmy Cliff, Stephen 'Cat' Coore, and Sly Dunbar—three greats of Jamaica's music industry.
Marc Guéhi, Semenyo, Doku. Pep slowly filling his squad with players who pray, in case his playing tactics don't work out.
January 26, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Marc Guéhi, Semenyo, Doku. Pep slowly filling his squad with players who pray, in case his playing tactics don't work out.
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"Young man, you too girlie girlie,
you jus’ a flash it ’round the worldie."
“Girlie Girlie,” a Jamaican hit song about a womanising man, was released by Sophia George in 1985. It reached number one in Jamaica and number seven in the UK. This live performance was on the Dutch TV show TopPop.
you jus’ a flash it ’round the worldie."
“Girlie Girlie,” a Jamaican hit song about a womanising man, was released by Sophia George in 1985. It reached number one in Jamaica and number seven in the UK. This live performance was on the Dutch TV show TopPop.
Sophia George - Girlie Girlie (1986) • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
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January 26, 2026 at 1:10 PM
"Young man, you too girlie girlie,
you jus’ a flash it ’round the worldie."
“Girlie Girlie,” a Jamaican hit song about a womanising man, was released by Sophia George in 1985. It reached number one in Jamaica and number seven in the UK. This live performance was on the Dutch TV show TopPop.
you jus’ a flash it ’round the worldie."
“Girlie Girlie,” a Jamaican hit song about a womanising man, was released by Sophia George in 1985. It reached number one in Jamaica and number seven in the UK. This live performance was on the Dutch TV show TopPop.
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It was an "angry celebration" from Bunny Shaw after scoring the winner in what was a very difficult game for Man City
"This is ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name"
"This is ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name"
January 25, 2026 at 2:45 PM
It was an "angry celebration" from Bunny Shaw after scoring the winner in what was a very difficult game for Man City
"This is ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name"
"This is ten percent luck
Twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure
Fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name"
London City Lionesses 1-2 Manchester City
Between the pressure the Londoners put us under and this damn band, it was a pretty stressful win.
Between the pressure the Londoners put us under and this damn band, it was a pretty stressful win.
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
London City Lionesses 1-2 Manchester City
Between the pressure the Londoners put us under and this damn band, it was a pretty stressful win.
Between the pressure the Londoners put us under and this damn band, it was a pretty stressful win.
That band playing in the background of the London City Lionesses vs Manchester City game is very sporadic, isn't it.
January 25, 2026 at 12:36 PM
That band playing in the background of the London City Lionesses vs Manchester City game is very sporadic, isn't it.
Happy to see Marmoush get on the scoresheet. Loved the play that led to Semenyo's strike for the second goal. 2-0 up. Hope we keep the pedal to the metal in the second half.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Happy to see Marmoush get on the scoresheet. Loved the play that led to Semenyo's strike for the second goal. 2-0 up. Hope we keep the pedal to the metal in the second half.
Despite the loss, I'm hoping we can use this as encouragement going forward through the season. Keep the confidence level high. It was a strong performance against a top side. We just didn't have our scoring boots on.
Goals win games. And Manchester City Women had so many chances against Chelsea today and couldn't put them away. Chelsea wins the League Cup semifinal 1-0. That's the way the cookie crumbles. Dust it off. On to the next one. Come on, City!
January 21, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Despite the loss, I'm hoping we can use this as encouragement going forward through the season. Keep the confidence level high. It was a strong performance against a top side. We just didn't have our scoring boots on.
Goals win games. And Manchester City Women had so many chances against Chelsea today and couldn't put them away. Chelsea wins the League Cup semifinal 1-0. That's the way the cookie crumbles. Dust it off. On to the next one. Come on, City!
January 21, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Goals win games. And Manchester City Women had so many chances against Chelsea today and couldn't put them away. Chelsea wins the League Cup semifinal 1-0. That's the way the cookie crumbles. Dust it off. On to the next one. Come on, City!
We need to ramp up the energy in this game if we are going to get anything from it. Halftime strategising and team talk from Jeglertz will be critical.
January 21, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We need to ramp up the energy in this game if we are going to get anything from it. Halftime strategising and team talk from Jeglertz will be critical.
"I said to the club I don’t want that [a bigger squad]. I don’t want to leave five or six players in the freezer. I don’t want that. I will quit. Make a shorter squad, I will stay." — Pep in May 2025.
And that's why I don't look at injuries as an excuse for our performances and results anymore.
And that's why I don't look at injuries as an excuse for our performances and results anymore.
January 20, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"I said to the club I don’t want that [a bigger squad]. I don’t want to leave five or six players in the freezer. I don’t want that. I will quit. Make a shorter squad, I will stay." — Pep in May 2025.
And that's why I don't look at injuries as an excuse for our performances and results anymore.
And that's why I don't look at injuries as an excuse for our performances and results anymore.
I missed City's game today and saw the score line. I went online to find the highlights fully expecting to see that the goals against us were counter-attacking goals. They were. Because they mostly always are. It isn't rocket science. We are stuck tactically, and have been for a long time.
January 20, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I missed City's game today and saw the score line. I went online to find the highlights fully expecting to see that the goals against us were counter-attacking goals. They were. Because they mostly always are. It isn't rocket science. We are stuck tactically, and have been for a long time.
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Manchester City's Yui Hasegawa is the beautiful game.
Video credit: @katageegi on X
Video credit: @katageegi on X
January 20, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Manchester City's Yui Hasegawa is the beautiful game.
Video credit: @katageegi on X
Video credit: @katageegi on X
"So far since the start of the year, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A has spent an impressive sum of €110.3 million on new signings. Only the Premier League (€238m) has spent more than the Brazilian top flight..."
Brazilian football's new financial muscle is changing its relationship with European football
When it comes to the January transfer window, most football fans expect a period of intense negotiating and transfers dominated by the deep pockets of Premier League clubs. Few European top-flights ca...
www.transfermarkt.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:30 AM
"So far since the start of the year, the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A has spent an impressive sum of €110.3 million on new signings. Only the Premier League (€238m) has spent more than the Brazilian top flight..."
Heard a commentator suggesting this could be a power shift in Manchester. The bias is insane, which is why we need to get back on top of our game, because these clowns will become insufferable.
January 17, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Heard a commentator suggesting this could be a power shift in Manchester. The bias is insane, which is why we need to get back on top of our game, because these clowns will become insufferable.
Khusanov and Donnarumma rose to the occasion tonight but the two of them were not enough to turn the tide.
January 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Khusanov and Donnarumma rose to the occasion tonight but the two of them were not enough to turn the tide.