Some of the players mentioned really were worse that dogshite but even so I would never boo or shout abuse at them. A shake of the head and an audible mutter maybe, but never full blown. Apart from one player Nicky f**king Summerbee. That season he was worse than dog shite, in fact infuriatingly so to the point of getting me off me seat to remonstrate with him during a particularly woeful display of which they'd been many. He reacted turned round and told me to fuck off and then ran off like the shitbag he was. I was fuming and unleashed a volley of abuse at him for 5 minutes and he spent the last 15 minutes of the match doing anything he could to come nowhere near where I was sat even though he was supposed to be playing that side. It was the most committed thing he ever did in a blue shirt. I am not proud of myself and have kept the promise I made once I'd calmed down never to do that again. He'd offered nothing all season and got worse as it went on but started pretty much every game. A truly shite footballer for Man City and a stain on his surname. I'm pretty sure he is a rag as well after his weird performance in the derby that year. In brief a TWUNT!
I sat next to him on a flight from Nice to Liverpool around 2000, when he was playing for Sunderland
I chatted to him all the way back about football, City, and his career. I'm sure he mentioned this incident (or one similar)
What I can say about him is that he is a really decent bloke, he is definitely a blue (not a rag) and that he was hurt by the treatment he got off some City fans.. but not as much as Mike and the rest of the family who were heartbroken