Fuck me this is depressing. It is almost as if people want the protests, the government led review and fan representation to fail, so they can wallow in self-pity. The only way this won't work is because of fan apathy.
That's not the case, Al.
The shambolic 'protests' we saw at OT are the kind of thing that set genuine causes back and see reasonable people turning their backs on them.
I think we, as adults, can distance ourselves from the brainless, inarticulate rabble and still get behind genuine, grown-up rather than pissed-up, adults in fan groups who actually have something meaningful and cohesive to say rather than " Glazers out, Gazprom in" and "you Scouse bastards."
The rabble represented no one but themselves, and most had highly conflicting reasons for even being there at all.
Fan representation, government reviews? Of course we all want them things to bear fruit. No sane football fan wants those to come to nothing. Recreational violence and destruction from a confused and conflicted rabble, though. No, they can fuck right off.
Edit:
When fans act like brainless gobshites, they lose all credibility and so does their argument (if they even had a cohesive argument anyway). You don't listen to a kid having a tantrum. You might pacify it, but you won't actually listen to it. Acting like a pissed up rabble can often mean the baby gets flushed away with the bath water. Sane, cool and rational heads will be the ones who achieve any real change, not spoiled, drunken and entitled dickheads like we saw the other day.
