I take your point but this is just natural progression. He arrived as a prospect and developed into a world class keeper who will be rewarded accordingly for that if he does sign.
Thing is Falcao, I slightly disagree with Kaz (sorry Kaz) as I don't believe you have ever had the morale high ground. For years, your lot have been "buying the league" spunking millions hoovering up the best players, but it somehow slipped under the media radar, probably as you were winning most things and able to generate a lot of inch columns for them (or was it the Pisscan ruling them with his draconian style). In that period, you were proudly and unashamedly taking the piss out of us as you never, ever thought anyone, let alone lickle Citeh, would knock you off the perch.
In more recent times, you have appointed the wrong managers and continued to squander hundreds of millions, fielding the most expensive team ever, but the difference now is that you have bought poorly and he results are there for everyone to see. Still, the media have given you an easy ride because they are struggling to come to terms that the shackles that Pisscan had on them have been released and they can now write more freely about the real state of Utd. It's most gratifying for all fans, but particularly City fans to see the press starting to highlight the demise of Utd in a manner that shows they no longer have any fear of what they write.
As for both sets of fans. Well, during those dark years we knew we were shite and rolled with those punches whilst still maintaining a super fan base that travelled to all corners of the UK to support our team, no matter what league we were playing in, so our success now is something we are all ecstatic about.
Your demise is something new to the majority of your fanbase and you don't know how to cope (more impressively, neither does your club!). Your default mechanism is to hit out, but, as you and many others of your fanbase fail to recognise, the bullets you are firing are the same bullets everyone else fired at you all those years ago.
My final point is that all City fans know and appreciate that we wouldn't be where we are today without Sheikh Mansour, but money aside, he is a very shrewd businessman and he ensured he recruited the best of the best to manage his investment both on and off the field. That team has used the Sheikhs money very wisely and we have now have the best squad in the country ( I would say that but would like your view on that) and a sustainable and self supporting footballing business plan going forward, so if it does give you hope that one day, he will get fed up and take his investment out, don't dwell on it too long, as we will still be dining at the top table.
Compare that to your hand to mouth owners who are milking you dry. You are debt ridden, so if one club in the NW is to fall from grace big style and "do a Leeds", it will be your lot, and don't be too upset if many bluemooners start popping the corks. However, we are classy enough as a club to not but a banner in our stadium to reflect your downfall. That's not to say we all wouldn't chip in a have a plane fly over the swamp with a "warm friendly message" from the fans.
