I do have to say that the coverage of us over the country just isn’t there.

I have a lot of friends all over the country and some of them didn’t even know there were any protests so to suggest that someone in the Middle East seen it could well be stretching it a little!

I am simply saying that their demo’s may have cost them their appointment of Shearer. no more no less.

What about Man U fans when the Glazers bought the club?

They demonstratd in their thousands,(they are the mob in your eyes)boycotted the club and even started their own bloody club!

I don’t recall this having a negative effect on the club. In fact I think they went on to win three league titles on the bounce and a Champions League.

So your theory that ‘the mob’ helped reduce this club to a pile of rubble in the Championship really has no substance!

Comes back to the common sense theory really- Good players make a good team and bad players make a bad team. Pretty simple.

Supporters weren’t buying the ridiculously poor players!

Fans are people and people are not usually happy with being given prescribed patterns of behaviour they must follow.

I think that’s exactly as is it should be. Individual fans are free to decide whether to kick up a fuss or not.

It’s up to the club to decide whether that fuss merits consideration in relation to its long-term plans.

Stardust said: “Is this blog not meant to be expansive?”

Yes. I don’t see anything wrong with contentious articles like this.

By the way – “I often just think you’ve gone to the extreme in your support of Ashley and mocking of those you see as his detractors, almost for the sake of it.”

I have been polite as the queens butler on this blog thank you very much kind sir

BBM – I disagree it was a one off event, the anti-Ashley campaign was sustained throughout the season. It was on everyones lips every time I was near a fan every game all year, that negativity feeds through slowly and creeps into all aspects of the club.

You only have to head outside the region to see the perception we have created – not from one event but from a few years – but this year has seen a new level of that mentality.

This thread was not a campaign, was not a political point, it was stating maybe a view that some people dont see of themselves from an objective point of view.

Well BBM – if I see it, and as I have said many of my friends and associates see it, then people who will be looking to invest might see it too.

Hugh alluded to the subjectivity of view, and it will depend on who takes over, but the reality is – in my opinion – that the “Mob” may well have cost themselves of their choice of manager because of their conduct in the past – actions and consequence and all that.

Contrary to your view, I am an absolute realist, I understand the best thing now is to sell the club ASAP, and for Ashley to head out of town, the article was just to head down a line that maybe some hadnt considered.

Is this blog not meant to be expansive?