Another Everton fan here been reading a few of your posts as I read a lot of other forums just out of interest and thought i'd give my two-penneth :-
1 ) Yes we do treat Man city games as "cup final games" but the same is said for when we play Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. I know Tottenham are above us but I dont think they're seen in the same light.
Interested in knowing what your thoughts are of teams around you ? do you only treat the man united game as a "cup final" like someone said earlier? what about before you got taken over ?
2 ) Hatred between our teams ? does it really exist ? I read some of you hate all evertonians because a few have posted abuse on here ? I've read a few messages on here slagging everton fans off but certainly wouldnt tag all man city fans as hating us ? personally I still feel in general there's no hate amongst us ? maybe a day after a defeat or something! I'm great friends with a couple of man city fans and work with a one. Yeah I gloated but thats the nature of a football fan.
3 ) Mancini and Moyes - becareful what you wish for ! I watched Man city play some of the best football I'd seen last season, maybe not so much this season but it's there somewhere ! As for Moyes I think he gets the best out of what he's got and at the start of this season we played some of the best stuff i've seen us play for years ! yeah we have blips like last week but both good managers and I'm sure they'll both be working hard to get our teams playing the way they want them.
4 ) You're 2nd in the league I cant see you winning it ! and even if you dont win the FA cup which you still have a good chance of 2nd isnt bad.