Yes, you have fairly summarized the life of a football fan who sticks with his club. There will be highs and lows. Your criticism can be leveled at every football club in the history of the game. Man City never win their ‘big’ games because they don’t win the Champions League, which is their...
I think football is messier than that and you are too much of a perfectionist. Some of my best moments in football have been stealing a win away from home when we absolutely didn’t deserve it. Goals (not stats or being deserving) win football matches.
But if we had beaten Brentford or Fulham you would have called them mid table fodder. If we beat a top team they are having an off day. Basically you can never be happy.