I have good mates who are fans of various other teams who would still like to see City do well, so there are definitely still a lot out there who don't hate us. I guess those that do are the ones who have no connection whatsoever to the club, and therefore no idea of what we, as fans, have been through to get here.
However, I have been shocked this year at the reaction that goals scored against us have received in the pub where I watch the games. It's a huge pub full of expat English football fans of all teams (every single game is shown live in there) and there is now always a loud cheer whenever we concede.
It seems that there are plenty out there willing us to fail, which I find quite sad, as I think City fans in general are representative of the vast majority of non-gloryhunting football fans out there. Despite our wealth, we're the perennial underdogs; supporters of clubs like Stoke, Norwich, Everton, Newcastle, Villa, Sunderland, West Brom, Fulham etc etc should be willing us on, because we are them. But for some reason, they're not.
