br62 said:
Some people have got to realise that we are well behind Arsenal and Liverpool in the global scale of things. Clearly, we are doing our best to catch up but it takes time.....great strides have been made and a lot will depend on how we do in the next few years. Another Premier League title or some good runs in the Champions League will really boost our profile world wide.
It was noticeable from the posts on this forum and from the atmosphere this season at the Etihad - just from us winning the FA Cup and Premier League - that a lot of our fanbase's view of how big a club and name Manchester City Football Club is wholly unrealistic. Fans' expectations of what we 'should be' doing or how much they feel they 'should be' entertained or how many goals or points they demand to see were too high.
We're ever growing but growing from being a very average club. We've won trophies but not established ourselves as anything, yet. We've barely played in Europe much, clubs like CFR Cluj have a bigger CL pedigree than we do. Worldwide our income is ever growing but compared to the likes of Arsenal we're miles behind, for now.
We are not a huge name yet in the football world. We're getting there slowly, but it will take time, just like everything else has done.
I've said this a few times but I reckon we're at about the level Deportivo La Caruña or Wolfsburg were at the time they were winning their respective league's titles. That's where we are as a club, for me, for now. Yet some think we're at Madrid or München's level already.