Their eyes still sparkle with hope, a counterbalance to the violent graffiti and posters that make one worry if the leaders here can ever set aside their hate and mistrust.
Despite the assertions of loyalty and job security put out by the City hierarchy regarding their manager Roberto Mancini, the Italian could be in danger of bankrupting himself in the eyes of the Eastlands faithful through his continuing failure to produce a side whose sparkle matches the bling it took to recruit them.