Looks like it's thee and me alone on this thread John!

First game down, 37 to go, and no great surprises.
Manyoo losing their first home game this season has given them a knockback. They'll recover, but it was nice to see!
Your team doesn't win just because your name is Louis van Gaal, there's lots of hard work to get things right.

I'm optimistic about Burnley's chances of staying up this season, if they can consistently play like they did last night.
Chelsea are going to beat most teams in front of them this season, so last night's result came as no great surprise.

Ah, bitter and twisted it is then!
Perhaps it's better if you don't contribute to this thread.

If you pulled your head out from up your own backside then you'd get a much clearer idea of what happened in Salford!
The Manyoo supporters you seem to have so much respect for were protesting because the Glazers effectively forced them to sell their shares in the club.
As it happens the entire supporters share allotment combined was insufficient to prevent the Glazers doing what they did, so at least the Glazers gave everyone the option to sell up at a knockdown price.
That the Glazers managed to buy the club with someone else's money is one story that beggars belief.

The only Manyoo supporters you should really respect are the ones who went off and started their own club - they are in the process of building a new ground not far from where my mother lives, which coincidentally can't be more than a mile away from where Manchester United started up, as the Newton Heath branch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

City have never floated on the Stock Exchange, so have been a private limited company for a very long time, as have the vast majority of football clubs.
Control of the club has changed hands quite a few times in recent decades, but possibly the strangest time was when Thaksin Shinawatra was in control of the club.
When he had little option but to sell his interests because of the authorities in his home country froze his assets the one really great thing he did was to talk to the Sheikh and ask if he was interested in buying the club.
Thankfully the Sheikh did buy the club, and financial stability has been with us ever since, albeit with a huge investment from our Arab owners.
The flip side is that since the Sheikh took over City as a club have made huge gains in revenues, and are running at around the break even point.

Now I certainly haven't sold my soul during the last change of club ownership - I'm still a City supporter, and I will be 'til I last draw breath
I am enjoying the ride, and expectations are high.

Of possibly greater interest and importance than what the Premier League team does is the new Academy site, and the prospect of developing young players properly and them making it through the ranks to become regular first team players.
As it happens I'm off to see our U21 side tonight, where they're playing Shalke 04's U21s - the venue is Hyde FC, a lower league club that has benefited enormously from the relationship they have with Manchester City.
Other local clubs, including Oldham Athletic have benefited with their relationship with Manchester City too - I have memories of 'Latics knocking Liverpool out of the FA Cup in 2013, and one of the Oldham goalscorers was Reece Wabara who was on loan from Manchester City.

Just in case you weren't aware of the new Academy site I've included this video - things are near to completion, and I'm looking forward to attending games there.