City v Stoke - Two Clubs With Class.

Tonight is City's final home game of a quite remarkable campaign. With Champions league football guaranteed and the chance to qualify for the group stages in our hands superbly complementing the sweet taste of winning th F.A cup.
Stoke City make their way to Eastlands tonight and bring with them the sparkling reputation which they earned over this past weekend. Much has been made of the way Stoke play and the Physical approach adopted by Tony Pulis. Whilst most condemn this style, the attitude of their players and even more so the way their fans conducted themselves over the weekend showed exactly the kind of class that runs through the club. There were an unbelievable amount of fans that stayed behind after the final whistle at Wembley and continued to show their support and appreciation to the City team.
To the delight of myself and many other City fans, City will replicate the class shown by the potters in refraining from parading the trophy around the pitch. The decency suggested by this gesture is something every City fan should be proud of and something which not many other clubs would do.
As for the game itself, Mario Balotelli is ruled out with a knee injury and David Silva and Tevez are both doubts. I expect Adam Johnson to come in and support Edin Dzeko who should lead the line. James Milner could start the game which we really need to win.
Mancini is expected to make a speech at the end of the game, whether or not his words will be heard above the fans chanting his name is unsure.
A win tonight would mean that we only have to equal Arsenal's result next weekend to automatically qualify for the champions league group stages - who could have dreamed of that going into the play off final 12 years ago?
The blue moon has already risen, the question now is how far can it rise.
Stuart Yearsley