Youve hit on a good point. That’s another reason why why we Generation X’s are special. I started watching City when I was 6, literally a month after we won the league cup in 76. What immediately followed was 30 odd years of shite. Character building shite. We went the hard yards through the lower divisions clinging to the memory of that first couple of late 70s years, when City were still seen to be as big as United, Liverpool, arsenal et al.
When the glory returned we enjoyed it more than anyone. The boomers had already seen success, you millennials were just getting old enough to enjoy it at the right time and today’s youth were just glory hunters who knew nothing different.