Yeah, I took the time to fill it in, after nearly deleting it. The problem with all these surveys that give you a scale of 1-10 is that that just levels everything off, with no real possibility to analyse and give proper weighting to things. Most of the time I put my answers at about 6 on the scale. But often with some misgivings. 5 seemed a tad too harsh, in a season in which we did after all win silverware (and in doing so beat the dippers, which is always particularly pleasant), and got to a historic semi-final of the CL (however limply we went out of it…). 7 on the other hand seemed definitely too generous (especially thinking of our two league performances against said dippers, aaaaargh!, and losing to the most toothless United side of the last quarter century).
The one word I chose for the season overall was "Fair". But part of that assessment must be, for me, the announcement that the best manager in the world is coming to us for three years. And I'm not sure that that is supposed to be part of this season. It just seemed to mitigate the sometimes awful football that we played, especially in the league.
The one thing that I didn't move the scale on at all: pre-match and halftime entertainment. I left it at zero. I've got strong feelings about this. I am absolutely, but absolutely, pissed off about having my ears blasted by the sound system, Hugh Ferris or whoever, and the vaguely embarrassing antics of some characters out on the pitch, when I either want to talk to whoever's next to me about their take on the match, chant with the crowd, or just think about things and generally gather my wits. What I most definitely don't want at City is manufactured razzamatazz. Perhaps the kids at the family end like it (? although even that I'm not sure about)