Oh dear, what are we in danger of becoming? How dare Sunderland turn up last night and not roll over and let us win. I know we have been top dogs for season after season and remembering the very distant past is a bit tricky, but relegation threatened clubs have been doing this for years. The year we won it, Wigan went on a ridiculous run, beating both the rags and Arsenal. For people who have been following City for a while, you must remember 95/96 and Mr Balls team. Second last game and we are at Villa, who are 4 points off 3rd. Must rank as one of the most disappointing days ever. It might have been the worst (though there are many to choose from!) against all expectation we've gone and won 1-0 and will definitely be getting out of the bottom three. Back to the car and Coventry and Southampton have both won away. Back to back wins for all 3 teams and all that's happened is our goal difference has got worse! Then we had the 2-2 with Liverpool. If I didn't throw my season ticket at anyone after that I will never be throwing it. It matters to me far more than that. If it was just about winning I would have crossed the divide years ago. I would respectfully suggest, that if winning is why you come to City, you might want to think again. Disappointment and upsets are fine, but divorce? I don't think so.
Finally, these quotes from Wiki will always remain true and should remind us why blue going up against blue is as pointless as it is distasteful.
"Then there are the City supporters, many of whom have developed ulcers and who have grown prematurely grey for the cause. I have seen them at Plymouth and Newcastle, Portsmouth and Middlesbrough year after year, 'like Patience on a monument smiling at grief'. They have cursed, applauded, demanded, cajoled, laughed and wept. They have sworn never again to take out season tickets, never again to support their team. And always they have come back, generation after generation. As Mr Mercer put it on Saturday: 'I'm as pleased for our supporters as I am for anyone. Like the players they deserve to have their perseverance rewarded.'"
Journalist Eric Todd in a match report for The Guardian following Manchester City's victory against Newcastle United to win the league title in 1968.[65]
"Sometimes we're good and sometimes we're bad but when we're good, at least we're much better than we used to be and when we are bad we're just as bad as we always used to be, so that's got to be good hasn't it?".
Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 1 presenter (November 2001)[66]
"My husband's time as manager of City, from 1965 through to the early 1970s, was one of the most enjoyable periods of his life. He loved the club, the supporters, the players, the hope and the atmosphere of that period".
Norah Mercer, Joe Mercer's wife, who continued to regularly attend City matches until her death in 2013.
"To support United is too easy. It's convenience supporting. It makes life too easy. There is no challenge. It is a cowardly form of escapism, a sell-out to the forces of evil. United fans have no soul and will spend their eternity neck deep in boiling vomit. City fans retain their soul and will spend their eternity forever reliving the moment their team beat Newcastle 4–3 away from home to win the League Championship in 1968, beating United into second place."
Paul Morley, journalist (1998)[67]
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