As a 'FOC' as several contributors on here might put it (and, if I might say, rather rudely towards us FOCs..blanket condemnation, or what?!) I miss, nay, I even pine for the days when we were referred to in the footy/sports media as the 'root of all evil'.
You know, when such as Arsene Wenger of The Tarquins could be relied upon to pop up with regular comments about us and 'financial doping' (even though his club was more than happy to accept North of £70M of The Sheikh's moolah for some of its players, including Adebayor, Nasri etc) or The Amazingly Dentate One telling us he's 'out the door' if his club has to pay £100M for a player (Caicedo (not!), Jurgen?!)
You knew where we stood in those halcyon days, especially when compared to those two paragons of virtue.
This positivity towards City (even if it is just a faux-liking to make a point against another club currently in the sights of the venal media) is a tad confusing, don't you think?
It seems we might be getting to a situation opposite to that Mitchell and Webb running gag about the Nazis ('are we the bad guys?').. are we becoming 'the good guys'?*
(* probably not..)