Dan Burke

Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: 21: Studying Norman Wisdom A hard-fought win at Forest, three games in six days, plus the alternative highlights of the season so far

We recorded the last @bluemoonpodcast.com of 2025 this morning, where I discussed #MCFC's latest bigly win, manufactured controversy, the title race, Semenyo, Bobb and more with @davidmooney.co.uk and Richard Burns 🩵

Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: The Christmas Quiz 2025 Time to get your thinking caps on!

🎄 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY

Time for the CHRISTMAS QUIZ! @davidmooney.co.uk is quizmaster...

Competing is:
@domfarrell.bsky.social | KC | @amosmurphy.bsky.social | @richardtheburns.bsky.social | @chris-hig.bsky.social | @fussballdan.bsky.social

Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: 19: The Rodri’ed Nico Calm victories after the storm, insight into West Ham, and just how bad did it get for Pep and the players last season?

🎙️ NEW #MCFC PODCAST

🤩 Palace & Brentford wins
🎢 Control, possession and xG...
😱 How bad did it get last season?
⚒️ #ManCity vs. West Ham preview
🎅 Father Christmas in Norway

With @davidmooney.co.uk is:
@fussballdan.bsky.social | Luke Stanley | James Jones

I was saying Boo-nes! Nunes, Savinho and the curious phenomenon of Manchester City's boo-boys through the ages | Blue Moon Podcast Get more from Blue Moon Podcast on Patreon

I was saying Boo-nes! Nunes, Savinho and the curious phenomenon of Manchester City's boo-boys through the ages

✏️ Written by Dan Burke (@fussballdan.bsky.social)
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It was written while they were on tour in Stockholm one January I believe! Great song though and definitely a festive favourite of mine.

Growing pains Manchester City have won three on the bounce and are well in the title race, but what comes next will be all important

Even after three straight wins, #MCFC are a very difficult team to make sense of this season. But perhaps it's all part of their growth journey?

Read my thoughts in the new Totally City Substack post 🩵

Wasteful, wobbly and a bit soft Decry refereeing decisions all you want, but Manchester City's biggest problems are of their own making this season

The refereeing wasn't great on Saturday, but I was far more frustrated by #MCFC's wastefulness and defensive frailty against Newcastle. It will cost them the title this season if they don't improve.

Read more in the latest Totally City Substack post 🩵

Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: 15: Out on the Lam Insight into Newcastle and Leverkusen, the City players on international duty, and City's ever-evolving style

I enjoyed stepping into @bluemoonpodcast.com hosting duty in @davidmooney.co.uk's absence this week, where we talked Haaland, O'Reilly, Foden, Donnarumma, Nico, Newcastle, Leverkusen and more, with @samdlee.bsky.social and Chris Higginbottom 🩵 pod.fo/e/356985

The statement we've been waiting for Whisper it quietly, but Manchester City might actually be back

I was pretty downbeat about #MCFC's title chances after they lost at Villa Park the other week, but the performances and results since then have blown a hole in my pessimism. Here's my latest post for the Totally City Substack 🩵

The statement we've been waiting for Whisper it quietly, but Manchester City might actually be back

I was pretty downbeat about #MCFC's title chances after they lost at Villa Park the other week, but the performances and results since then have blown a hole in my pessimism. Here's my latest post for the Totally City Substack 🩵

Back to square one Manchester City's defeat at Aston Villa wasn't a disaster, but it did give us the biggest indicator of their title chances this season yet

After a pair of one-nils yesterday, I'm struggling to see how Arsenal don't win the title this season, and how #MCFC will get anywhere near them.

It's not a crisis, just reality. Read all about it in my new Totally City Substack post 🩵

On the left, David James (in an outfield shirt) looks aghast towards referee Rob Stiles against Middlesbrough. On the right, it reads: "Agree to Disagree"; "Will anything good ever happen against Boro?" and "Blue Moon Podcast".

🎙️ NEW #MCFC PODCAST
It's #ManCity hot takes time, as we sit down with three City fans to play AGREE TO DISAGREE.

🔹 @fussballdan.bsky.social
🔹 @domfarrell.bsky.social
🔹 Adam Monk

🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/141604...

Just how good are Manchester City? Saturday's win continued a strong run, but the underlying stats perhaps tell a different story

#MCFC are on a great run of form at the moment, but will their thinly veiled problems catch up with them eventually?

That's what I've written about in this week's Totally City Substack post 🩵

We're gonna win the league? Recent results have put a whole new complexion on Manchester City's title prospects this season

Recent results have forced me to reassess my pre-season belief that #MCFC weren't good enough to win the Premier League title this year. Read all about it in my new Totally City Substack post 🩵

Manchester City book launch with author Dom Farrell Official launch party for 'Glory Days for the Waifs and Strays: Identity and Meaning in the Rise of the Modern Manchester City '.

Aaaaaand, if you like the idea of me and @davidmooney.co.uk prattling on about Manchester City a little more, I have a book launch night at The Waldorf in town on October 30. All proceeds going to @mcfcfoodbank.bsky.social

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Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: 8: This is Why They Don’t Build Trains out of Magnesium Improving performances, a dodgy penalty, and City players who are the Premier League's top goalscorers from different countries

Was great to be back in the @BlueMoonPodcast saddle this week, talking #MCFC's improvement, fantastic Foden, Bernardo's legacy and much more, with @davidmooney.co.uk and @domfarrell.bsky.social 🩵

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The Good, the Bad and the Average Rating every Manchester City player out of 10 so far this season

After eight games played in all competitions, it feels like a good time to give every #MCFC player a mark out of 10 for their performances so far this season, so that's what I've done in my new Totally City Substack post 🩵

Agreed. Our possession game went a bit stale the last couple of years and other teams got wise to it. I don't see us being good enough to win the league this season, but I feel like we're back on a good track, and that'll do for now

Two points dropped or one point gained? Manchester City couldn't quite cling on to win at Arsenal, but the draw was still a decent result

Sunday's performance wasn't pretty from #MCFC, and the late equaliser was a kick in the teeth, but the approach and result showed encouraging signs of progress.

Read all about it in my new Totally City Substack post 🩵

Two points dropped or one point gained? Manchester City couldn't quite cling on to win at Arsenal, but the draw was still a decent result

Sunday's performance wasn't pretty from #MCFC, and the late equaliser was a kick in the teeth, but the approach and result showed encouraging signs of progress.

Read all about it in my new Totally City Substack post 🩵

📺 TV REVIEW 📺 Long Story Short The creator of BoJack Horseman takes the animated family sitcom in a brilliant new direction

This week I have written about Long Story Short - a Netflix show which really charmed me this summer - and where this ‘sadcom’ sits in the pantheon of adult animated comedy.

Never felt more like singing the Blues Sunday's win over United was just what City needed, but has the Manchester derby lost something?

Sunday's derby win was just the tonic for #MCFC, with great performances from Haaland, Foden, Doku and Donnarumma 💙

Read my take on it in the new Totally City Substack...

Never felt more like singing the Blues Sunday's win over United was just what City needed, but has the Manchester derby lost something?

Sunday's derby win was just the tonic for #MCFC, with great performances from Haaland, Foden, Doku and Donnarumma 💙

Read my take on it in the new Totally City Substack...

What's going on? Trying to make sense of Manchester City's Jekyll and Hyde start to the new season

In the first Totally City Substack of 2025/26, I have tried to contextualise #MCFC's early-season woes 🩵

MCFC 2024/25 Season Review Part 1 of 2: What went wrong and who's to blame? Dan Burke and friends look back on the 2024/25 campaign

It's Season Review time on the #MCFC Totally Wired Substack, and in part one I'm joined by some solid Blues to analyse where it went wrong this season, and who's to blame 💙

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Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: Promotion at Blackburn: The 25th Anniversary Special An in-depth documentary feature to look back on Manchester City's promotion at Blackburn in May 2000

🎙 #MCFC PODCAST DOCUMENTARY:
On 7 May 2000, #ManCity won promotion at Blackburn to return to the Premier League. For the 25th anniversary, this special episode is the story of that second successive promotion.

Blue Moon Podcast - A Manchester City Show: 39: Sing a Song, Do a Silly Dance, then Play Left Back A win over Forest, insight into Wolves, and a look at City's makeshift left-backs under Guardiola

🎙️ NEW #MCFC PODCAST

🥰 Another Wembley win
🤩 Rico and Nico's displays
🤠 Pep's improvised left-backs
🐺 #ManCity vs. Wolves preview
🚷 More planned protests

With @davidmooney.co.uk is:
@fussballdan.bsky.social | Simon Bajkowski | @talkingwolves.bsky.social

Interesting that you didn't draw the line at rampant capitalism, Trump donations or the Super League. Also interesting that you mute at the first sign of an actual debate. Modern football/life is full of hypocrisies, and we're all navigating these murky waters together brother. Stay humble ✌️

We've heard this rubbish from loads of fanbases over the years. Very easy to say when you'll likely never have to back it up. City fans have had to think about this subject a lot more deeply than you probably ever will, so stop with the pious brow-beating, because you're not holier than thou

No you wouldn't