After putting some thought into it I must say: Actually the protests don't matter. Now angrily you already pull your keyboard closer and want to launch your verbal attacks, but hear me out first.
In fact what are the protests against: The Glazers themselves or rather about football losing it's identity or becoming a product without any morality, soul and values? Or might it even be deeper?
Well, the so called Super League and the results of it the new model of the Champions League have put the last nail in the coffin, for me! I've loved football, not a particular club but in general, as long as I can remember. My personal highlight was 1996 Semi-finals England vs. Germany with a cracking match and an even better ending. So many emotions I've have never felt and will never feel after during an televised event. Simply a magical night. Great characters were on the pitch, the famous Kuntz (football's coming home), Gaza just to mentioned a few.
Nowadays you hear only the same "blablabla" by random styled and tattoo ball jugglers, written and trained by their advisors who take a lord-worth income per month which a hard-working family father will never earn in a life-time of work.
Speaking of family; nowadays a visit to a stadium, if you are able to get tickets, costs similar for a 4 headed family than a short term holiday. If you are lucky you even get to see your stars, your kids idols. If you are more lucky, they will be even motivated enough to play a good game. In most of the cases you will see 22 mercenaries worth millions playing a game for themselves transmitted in approx. 200 countries worldwide. Another club comes along, offers higher salary. Goodbye player, who kissed the club's emblem the last game. 0 identification for the club, for the city, for the fans. Partially it's understandable because the club throws them away like a foul apple if they won't perform, speak a wrong word or show a bit of fair play (google Alpay Ozalan fairplay if interested).
In German there is an expression:" A fish stinks from it's head". In football it's true and it stinks terribly. Corruption, World Championship in Qatar, a country famous for his human rights and Respect to other ways of living. It's the same Respect that is written on every Jersey of every professional football player. It's the same respect which is demanded and granted but only if it isn't against filling Scrooge McDuck's money bin. If there is the slightest possibility to increase the brand, sell a little more: Sajonara whatever we were standing for before. Currently they are called Glazer or Infantino, before their names were Blatter or Hoeness. In the future? Most likely Chinese... but who knows. The world is spinning so fast, almost like a football.
The first real crack to my love for football came in 2009, Barcelona vs. Chelsea. Not by any of the players but by the ref. himself Mr. Ovrebo. I kept and still keep watching football but that excitement and eagerness for a match has never been coming back to me. Even when Germany became World Champion 2014 I wasn't really happy. And today? I can watch a halftime which is enough. I was thinking a long time, how did that happen? Now I know the answer. Because I can' identify with any of these marionettes any longer. Marionettes who support the shell of a product which at some point stood for something. It stood for the people!
Were the protests successful? Against the Glazers maybe. But if there are no Glazer then there will be another locust or hedge fund whose only goal is to get the max return.
Were the protests successful? Against football and it's plastic product?
I say: Definitely not!