Every time people are unhappy other people remind us how rubbish we were before 2008. We know that, most of us were City fans then too. But why is context thrown out of the window, it's 2012 and we're the champions of England so the expectations are understandably higher.
I don't think anyone is demanding 100% perfection but at least would like good football (after so much money spent we should at least be able to play entertaining and consistently high level football but for every 7 or so games out of 10 we aren't), challenging bravely for the league, and if possible doing well in a cup or two. Are we supposed to be happy that we've bombed out of Europe in embarrassing fashion, the League Cup in the worst City performance I've seen since Forest in the cup, and are very close to throwing away the league if we don't improve immediately?
It's not dramatic to say that, if we lose to Norwich and United beat WBA, the gap is 10pts. That's how close we are to throwing the league away and people thinking United will throw a 10pt lead away (3 wins + 1 draw we must make up) and repeat last season's mistake are really clutching at straws I think. So the negativity and fear (of fooking it all up so early like Real Madrid have) is understandable, some of it is OTT but we are having a terrible season based on the standards the club sets
for itself these days. Just look at the form guide to see why many people are down.