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Bag in a Barrel Build

Jan 10, 2025 | winemakermag.com | Sam Lee

Woodworking and winemaking go together in my cellar, so when I have the opportunity to combine the two, I jump at it. This story started with a gift from a good friend for helping him make some wine. For my time and effort, he thanked me with a beautiful 5-liter (1.3-gallon) oak barrel. I used the barrel for aging wine in for years and when I took it out of service, I couldn’t throw it away.
After three successive defeats

Nov 6, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

After Manchester City's 4-1 defeat to Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday evening Bernardo Silva said that his side were "in a dark place," although Pep Guardiola did not agree. The City boss pointed out that his side had played very well for the most part, like they did when exiting the Carabao Cup at Tottenham last week.
Gyokeres upstages Haaland in Amorim's farewell home game

Nov 5, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

Manchester City were left stunned as they lost 4-1 away to Sporting Lisbon in Ruben Amorim's final home game before he becomes Manchester United head coach later this month. City started well and were in front after just four minutes, Phil Foden continuing his run of only scoring in Champions League games this season. The visitors then toyed with Amorim's side for much of the half, but their recent inability to keep a clean sheet reared its head once more.
Why Pep Guardiola needs Phil Foden to 'break the game' when opponents sit deep

Oct 30, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

It was slightly jarring at Wolves recently when Manchester City - via Josko Gvardiol - scored their seventh goal of the season from outside the penalty area, a number which at that point represented 25 per cent of the 20-team Premier League 's total for the 2024-25 campaign. And people generally love to see long-range goals.
Rodri is a deserved winner of the Ballon D'Or

Oct 28, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

Real Madrid may have set the tone - quite spectacularly - here but... Rodri winning the Ballon d'Or is really not controversial, is it? If Vinicius Junior had won the award, as Madrid had long expected, it would have been well deserved. And as Madrid argued on Monday, having decided not to attend the ceremony in Paris, there was a great argument for Dani Carvajal to win it as well.
Man City 1 Southampton 0

Oct 26, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sam Lee
The unusual Manchester City tactic where a centre-back walks towards his own goal with the ball

Oct 24, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

He has previously described it as "taking a coffee" and it is an approach that does not always thrill the City fans, some of whom would prefer a bit more cut and thrust: more risks, a bit more action. That is not in Guardiola's thinking at all, though, to the extent that when he suggested an alternative, albeit one he seemingly hated the sound of, it was nothing like putting the ball in the mixer more often. "The other option is to say, 'OK, you don't come? I don't come'," he said at Molineux.
Who should win the 2024 men's Ballon d'Or

Oct 24, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sam Lee |Guillermo Rai

The Athletic has launched a series of sports debates in which two writers break down a specific topic. In this edition, Sam Lee and Guillermo Rai discuss whether Manchester City and Spain midfielder Rodri or Real Madrid and Brazil forward Vinicius Junior should win the 2024 men's Ballon d'Or.The winner of the men's Ballon d'Or will be announced on Monday.
Manchester City 5 Sparta Prague 0

Oct 23, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sam Lee

Haaland's first goal was a spectacular acrobatic backheel that ranks among the best strikes in his sizeable collection and Stones' header marked the first time in the 30-year-old's career that he has scored in back-to-back games. Here, Sam Lee analyses the key talking points from the match at the Etihad Stadium. How on earth did Haaland manage that?
Manchester City without injured Jack Grealish out for at least a week, Jeremy Doku 'a little longer'

Oct 23, 2024 | nytimes.com | Sam Lee |Ali Rampling

Both players were absent from City's squad for Wednesday's Champions League fixture against Sparta Prague with the club explaining the pair are not fully fit. Guardiola explained they both sustained injuries during Sunday's Premier League victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers, a game that Doku started and played 66 minutes, while Grealish featured for 17 minutes from the bench. "Injury, both," Guardiola told TNT Sports when asked about the pair's whereabouts.