I just respect their fans for keeping attendances up when they fell from top flight to third tier. That's when they earned my respect. Also, my hatred of Manure makes a bit of a difference
Couldn't give a flying one about City, or Chelsea for that matter, althought Chelsea have gone full circle as they were formed as a rich man's plaything. They only exist because Fulham didn't want to play at Stamford Bridge and the onwner was left with a football stadium and no one to play in it.