Thing is, they're turning up at ours in Sunday as huge underdogs, miles off the pace in the hunt for the PL title and struggling like fcuk to finish in the top 4.
Half a billion in debt, crumbling stadium, no permanent manager in place and struggling for an identity.
Their time has all but passed, the bright, burning flame of the 90's is now barely a flicker.
Shockingly run, paying a 37 year old half a million pounds a week, coupled with paying a similar amount for a guy they gave away and then spent £89 million pounds to bring back only to be giving him away for free again at the end of the season..
Out of the PL title race, out of the FA cup and long, long outsiders for the CL ..
They may win at the weekend, who knows..?
If they do, you can put your house on it that it will be celebrated as much as a PL or CL win by the rag hoards..
And that in a nutshell is where they are in comparison to the progress we have made over the last decade..
The derby, a one off game, it's always hard to call but one thing that is not up for debate is that not only have we caught them up on and off the field, we've streaked ahead and to quote the (ex) chosen one, we are now everything they aspire to be..!
City, City, the best team in the land and all the world..!