That is a very weird post. He seems to be trying to convince himself more than anything. But of what I'm not entirely sure?
I do sympathise with that type of City fan though. The type who've spent most of their adult life defining their support as noble in opposition to the corporate behemoth down the road. There is/was an undoubted quiet pride in being the smaller club. The club that slummed it whilst their neighbors gorged on gold and glory. I understand that. It makes sense. The problem is, that club is dead now, and the club it's become is following the same corporate/marketing blueprint set out - hell, co-written! - by the thing they've always hated. And it went from 0-60 in 5 seconds, bypassing any reasonable middle moral ground in the process.
All of which means that there's no real way to be feircly 'old City' anymore. There's no lording it over OOTs and glory hunters anymore because they're on the fast track to the same thing (and on a lottery ticket to boot) But there's also no way they can "out big club" us either, so they're stuck in a kind of supporter identity purgatory, where both idealised versions of City undermine the other. They're no longer a noble small club, 'cos they sold out, but they're not yet a fully fledged big club, 'cos they bought in. They're the worst of both worlds. Right now at least*. And however dismissive they may be, that's still really annoying to the kind of fan who took a great and understandable deal of pride in being "not Man Utd"...
Obviously a lot more have just rolled with it humorously, of course. I know some perfectly sound City fans who're well aware they hit the jackpot and are just enjoying the ride, and hoping it eventuality normalises them. And fair fecks. But there are clearly others who find it maddening, and don't know what to do with themselves anymore. Leading to rambling weirdness like that.
* Chelsea have ridden the same hurdle with success tbf, so it can be done. But it took the iconicity of Mourinho, a European Cup, the subtle toning down of Abramovich's influence and the arrival of City themselves as a replacement big bad to do it. Right now City have "Aguerooooo!" They need a lot more.
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