Agreed. I don't understand all this bad feeling towards City because they are spending big money. Chelsea and Man Utd have spent big in the past yet no one claims that they "bought" the EPL. Real Madrid spend millions upon millions year after year, bankrolled by the Spanish Royal family and yet the same hypocrytes who slate City for spending big often have a soft spot for Real. You could argue that every team in the EPL spends a fortune on their playing squad - bar maybe Arsenal. City are very much a local club who not so long ago went down to the third teir of English football but still took thousands upon thousands of fans to every league match at Maine Road - not something that a lot of clubs could do ... I'm thinking the early 90s when TGFITW could only muster 12000 (or so) for a league match. As fas as I can see, City are being slated by fans of rival clubs who are running scared of what's happening over at COMS. The club's owners are spending millions redeveloping the Eastlands area so that there will be a lasting legacy of sports facilities there for community use as well as for developing young talent. It's a long-term project rather than just a fun distraction for a bored billionaire.