I understand this, but at the same time, I don’t think the Glazers would be selling the club if the fans hadn’t tanked the super league idea or constantly fought the ownership. Protesting doesn’t always work but it can definitely be an influencing factor in decisions and it’s worth a go if it’s the difference between Saudi owners or not.
Sorry, but I think the Glazers can see the 'cash cow' starting to need 'new pastures' (a new stadium at least) and spending more on players to get the ones the manager really wants, not who will sell most shirts. The super league will be back, the mass media enterprises will see to that, but it would be too long before the owners will see their return, in the meantime they would have to stump up billions, for stadium, players etc.
Glazers always viewed United as business, they grew the asset from £0.8B to a currently estimated £5/6B, so in their grand plan, it is now probably the time to let go.
The problem for supporters is that the Glazers are in complete control of the price, the timing, and ultimate
it is they who will choose the new owner. No prizes for guessing what their criteria will be!
We fans/supporters could find ourselves in the unfortunate position of '
being careful what you wish for'. The fans are passionate about the club but the protests I doubt ever really disturbed the Glazers, since every time United appeared on the front page/main news bulletin, as well as the sports section, I suspect even more cash flowed into the Glazers coffers.
I am not suggesting fans shouldn't protest, but some of the '
cutting your nose off to spite your face' ideas that occasionally surface on the Red Cafe postings are frankly barmy!