I genuinely don't get your position on Manchester City.
Steve Gibson loves Middlesbrough FC, no question, but is not the man so many think he is.
Football club owners are rich powerful people and they don't get to be so without treating some people badly.
There are very few players who leave the Club and speak well of the Club.
They speak well of the fans sometimes, of the area sometimes, of their teammates sometimes and of their playing experience sometimes. But of the Club - and that is Gibson - virtually never.
I am extremely balanced re Steve Gibson. He's enabled some unbridled joy in my life and for that I will always be grateful, but our Club is all about him. We actually need his financial input, as in 2012, 2014 and 2016, not just guarantees (crucial as they are).
As long as his Club owes his Company money we are completely beholden to him, there are absolutely no alternatives, and subject to the results of his decision making. For 15 years that's been...