Am I the only City fan who thinks that signing Wayne Rooney would be an absolute disgrace?
I can honestly say that I HATE the man. Forget all the postitutes that he's allegedly been unfaithful with, what he said at the end of the England Vs Nigeria match in the World Cup was an utter disgrace.
To deliberately seek out a television camera and criticise the England fans in the way that he did was truly abhorrent. Those fans were by far the best set of supporters in South Africa. They were the only fans at the tournament to be heard singing over the vuvuzelas and they roared the three lions on throughout an, at best, lackluster performance against the USA.
Then, they cheered England on for a full 90 minutes of an x-rated display against Algeria. It wasn't until injury time that some of those loyal fans decided to boo the horrific performance that had been playing out in front of them.
Many of those fans had spent several thousands of pounds travelling to the World Cup. Some had even given up their jobs to support their country, which in the current financial climate, shows an unrivalled sense of passion and loyalty.
Nearly every one of those fans will never earn as much in a lifetime as Wayne Rooney does in six months. He's an absolute abomination for that one act alone - never mind all his other misdemeanours on and off the pitch.
And, for me, there wasn't a club in the world he was more suited to than Manchester United - a club that has dominated English and world football for the last 20 years using their financial muscle (and a more than a little bit of over-generous timekeeping) to bully the rest of the footballing world.
But now, with United crippled crippled by the Glazers' debts, Rooney has shown his disloyalty by jumping ship to the highest bidder. A bidder which looks increasingly like my club - Manchester City.
But the trouble is the Manchester City that I grew up supporting looks almost unrecognisable to the club I now see before me. I'd accepted the fact that we'd end up buying the Premier League title - like Blackburn, Manchester United and Chelsea before us - but will we really do it at any cost?
Tevez was different. He was a hard-working player who was undervalued by United and I'm the first to join in with a chorus of "Fergie sign him up". Terry Cooke, Andrei Kanchelskis, Peter Schmeical and Andy Cole - I welcomed them all with open arms.
But Rooney is a totally different kettle of fish. To me, if Rooney signs for City in January, it will symbolise a passing of the torch from one Manchester club to the other of a team that is willing to compromise its morals and integrity for the sake of success.
I have had a season ticket at City for the last 10 years. I could keep on going to games if we sign Rooney. But I know that if we won the Champions League with a winning goal scored by Wayne Rooney, I would not have the same joy in my heart that I felt when Paul Dickov scored to take us through to extra time in the playoff final at Wembley in 1999.
I don't expect many, if any, of you to understand. But I feel that the club we once knew and loved is dying. And I fear it may be terminal.
Dons tin hat.........
