it's all about personal preferences really. I never go in the away end - thankfully almost always have enough points for away (though out of principle, home and away for almost 40 years - and refuse to step within a mile of Old Trafford). I go to football to shout and sing for City - if I want to just watch the game, I might as well watch it on Telly.
I fucking hate away fans anywhere near me at the Etihad (and if seen, will ask for them to be ejected). My football is tribal (without being idiotically violent) and I want to sit and stand with my tribe. It's why I love away games with small allocations - Luton last year was fantastic.
Don't start me on tourists, or the Tunnel Club (which I have been forced to suffer a few times). And our own tourists at every London away game just makes me physically ill.
Yes - I am a FOC, and proud of that too - and kind of looking forward to being back in the Championship or wherever the wankers at the FA decide to send us - which will mean these plastics, tourists and away fans in our home end - can go back to the Tarquins or Scousers - as I am not sure that Chesterfield at the Etihad will sell out their away allocation!