The problem is the support for football clubs in the UK is saturated with little scope for growth. The British media is obsesssed by certain clubs and a sense of entitlement.
Outside the UK is where the supporter growth lies and the only competitions that matter are the Premier League and Champions League. Do well in these and the support for City will rocket even more.
The message after the takeover was that the best players would always choose the Sky 4 clubs with history and City could only sign mercaneries. Now the best players openly choose City because of ambition and top players like Aguero, Silva and Yaya have remained loyal to City and won trophies.
The British media chooses not recognise this or the quality of our players. They are dinosaurs peddling the same hackneyed views and prejudices. The consistent negative spin about all things City has had an effect but luckily they carry little weight outside these shores where the media will form its own views.
We are no longer ickle city and have overtaken all but a few elite sides. Manchester City is now regarded as a top team throughout the world. Go on any football forum and fans of even the historic elite sides acknowledge it as fact. We do it in style. However, the bias against City still exists in the British Media but this will change with success. The BT showing of Feyenoord v City was the least anti I have seen although Keown couldnt help himself with his little digs. The best thing we can do is to make our views known and campaign for fair coverage.