Whether you are a fan, a manager, a journalist or a pundit you'll have different views of why things at God's own team are not quite right.
After watching yesterdays performance, which yielded a fifth consecutive draw in the Premier League, one thing stuck out like a sore thumb. The team has definitely lost that edge that cut that saw them through the first seven games of the season.
The manager puts it down to the fact that we are not killing games off and people aren't doing their jobs.
"We've at times vacated areas before the danger has passed and as a consequence they've been able to penetrate.
"The initial penalty decision came from that. The second goal as well, where our enthusiasm getting forward has vacated areas.
"Second half for the vast majority of the half I thought we were excellent.
"Some of the stuff that we played was the best we've produced, but unfortunately after working so hard to get in a winning position we've conceded late on and that's the disappointment.
"We didn't allow ourselves to feel sorry for ourselves. We picked ourselves up and scored three goals in return. We'd like to think we'd get credit for that.
"The edge has been taken off the performance because we've conceded a late equaliser. But from our point of view there are areas you need to look at and work on."
The request for praise is a little disturbing Mark as we did just throw are second home advantage away in a matter of weeks and were playing Burnley.
It was blatantly obvious what their problems are - and that is at the heart of their defence.
There are no problems with City’s midfield or their attacking options.
But Lescott and Toure, who cost £22million and £16m apiece from Everton and Arsenal respectively this summer, are not up to the job.
On Saturday against Burnley, Clarke Carlisle and Steven Caldwell, who cost only £400,000 in total, looked a far superior pairing.
It just goes to show you don’t always get what you pay for. And I think City have paid ridiculously over the odds for Lescott and Toure.
City could have got away with playing either Lescott or Toure alongside a rugged no-nonsense stopper like Nemanja Vidic or Brede Hangeland or dare I say a Richard Dunne.
Then you would have a balance between a ball player and a pure defender. But Lescott and Toure together are too soft and too flaky.
And if City boss Mark Hughes is still at the club in January then he has to strengthen their defence.
Selling Dunne to Aston Villa for £5m this summer also looks a massive mistake.
As a Villa fan I am absolutely delighted that we got him because he likes to defend and attack the ball in the air.
Not looking to rock the boat are we Stanley? Also can you tell us which one of Dunne and Collins is the ball player in your fantasy central defensive partnership? If there are no problems with our midfield and attack I wish you'd tell Messrs Barry, Tevez and Ireland that the deserve a pat on the back on that display.
Although fans support a variety of theories, the majority agree with Collymore basically in blaming the defence.
"It's not good enough!", "We were better off with Dunne" and "Its better to win one and lose one, than keep drawing like this." can be heard across pubs and after matches all around Manchester.
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