For many years Manchester City was a mid-table side who occasionally flirted with a relegation fight, a fight which they once even lost and were forced to drop down to Division 1. During those years I loved nothing more than ridiculing my buddy Reddy Kancharla, a die hard City fan. The comments that I made firmly bit me in the butt once Sheikh Mansour arrived with his billion of pounds wroth of investment, and now Manchester City are one of the finest teams in the world. Despite the fact that City have been so strong in the Premier League since…