That too was my lowest ebb as a City fan. After such an exhilarating journey, it seemed we were cursed to die of boredom when we finally got to the other end and re-established ourselves in the Premier League. Must confess, I seriously lost interest around that time. My love for City was too deep for that disinterest to last, but at the time I wasn't that bothered. I was stupidly in love with my then fiancé at that time, mind. That definitely played a part too. Fuck me, was she in for a shock as soon as Sven arrived. The beast inside me re-awoke at that time. She was genuinely shocked at how far I immersed myself into City when things got interesting again. That genuinely played a big part in my subsequent divorce from her.