The Guardian is determined to tar everyone with the same brush for this ESL fiasco and they've got "fans" to proclaim sentence on each of their clubs...
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...-discuss-englands-big-six-after-the-esl-farce
For City they have Llyod Scragg...
Manchester City
I’m so glad it collapsed, and in the way it did. Out of pure greed and an obsession with self-preservation, these six clubs were willing to destroy the fabric of our game, shunning a tradition of merit-based competitive sport to join a closed-shop league, marooning the other 86 professional clubs. I’m disappointed in City; I don’t think I could have continued supporting them if this had gone ahead.
Any positives? This has to be a watershed moment. I want our clubs protected as institutions of local cultural importance, to ensure they can’t be divorced from their communities and join an NFL-style franchise system. That could mean issuing a golden share to allow fans to veto decisions, or creating a new legislative “wrapper” around each club, akin to what already exists for national parks and listed buildings.
Should they be punished? In theory, yes. But practically, I’m not sure how. A points deduction from next season possibly?
Lloyd Scragg @lloyd_scragg NinetyThreeTwenty.com
Lloyd is, of course, entitled to his opinion, but as a bellwether for City fans? I think not.
Lloyd writes occasional bits for the Guardian it says on his Twitter bio, so no bias there.
This is how these things always unravel. Genuine outrage hijacked for a dozen different agendas, with go to rentagobs, masquerading as the authentic voice of something or other, only too willing to oblige with compliant soundbites for a fee or a plug.
I gather Lloyd has form, always willing to do a bit of hand wringing angst for the Guardian's fair and balanced City coverage.