On the red rose bit Manchester geographically & Historically and is in the county of Lancashire, City have spent the majority of their time while boundry and political wise Manchester was still Lancashire, it is a fabric of our City itself so we should acknowledge it. we have always had a decent fanbase from other areas in uk , Ireland and some parts of europe, those long time fans wore the old badge never caring about the rose so don't see why it bothers people now. I am more concerned we don't have fc on it than part of our heritage being there.