I think you first off, you have too many questions which you need to research yourself. The best place would be to visit the MUST site, or maybe try emailing Drasdo, he's very approachable, I've emailed him and had replies the next day. Maybe your questions and his answers will add new light on the RKs and MUST.
Before you ask any question, try reversing the point you wish to make behind the question, this will lead to a either a better question or a more specific question, or point. I’m not intending to belittle or anything, I’m just making a point, as too many questions put off someone answering as it seems you’ve not put much thought in to what you’ve asked.
I will try to answer the five questions in you first paragraph best to my knowledge.
I kept the above statement which you quoted in mind to your questions
We being the fans would have no say in any bid without MUST. We couldn’t reject any bid anyway. What I think Drasdo is saying, as a United fan and head of MUST, is that they wouldn’t want any bid for the club from anyone who would want to own the club outright, as MUST want United owned by and run by the fans.
Are you asking ‘do we want a say in who runs our club?’, if so then the answer would be yes, as the Glazers running of the club is threatening its future and highlighting their ethics/goals.
If you are asking do we want MUST involved, then that raises two other questions in my mind; firstly, who else would speak for us fans, and secondly; who are MUST and what do they stand for.
The second question is partly answered below, in what I suspect was the question you was really asking. Without MUST I’m not sure how else we would really have a body to speak up for the united fans.
If you are questioning the ethics of MUST then you’d have to, or did have to consult the MUST website. They did want United run and owned by the fans as a NPO, where the fans had a say who runs the club, but now it seems a stake in the club will suffice. This is a point which now pisses me off, and maybe we should start a campaign to get MUST to change their goals back to what they wanted before the RKs. The dropping of the NPO may show the true colours of the RKs. But maybe the dropping of the NPO step is needed so MUST can gain us a step on the ladder.
MUST wanted the fans to buy and own United, but lately they said they would back any bid which would let the fans have a say in the club, the new MUST site isn’t too specific and states “Our goal is to ensure that the next owners share the supporters' priorities of investing in the club”. A large step back from what they originally advocated
As MUST is a NPO, he shouldn’t be making a killing, but let’s see if he has that extension done, or buys a bigger house, maybe even watch out for Raphie arriving at OT by limo.
I don’t feel you are, but many are, if you believe the MUST site, then 139,397 fans are supporting it. Like you, I am now questioning what MUST and the RK’s are about, but then if they’re pledging 25.1% of the club to a NPO supporters trust, then it got to be better than the Glazers. We would be able to read where the money we invest into United is going, and maybe even have some sort of say. If they run the club as bad as the Glazers then we could always start another internet revolution and get them out.