Pipe down

Amongst excitement today that a helicopter landed at our training base in Benton, with the rest of the squad training at Carton House near Dublin, came news breaking from the Chronicle that United face a 'player revolt' if the management/ player embargo isn't lifted within two weeks. The playing squad have correctly identified the current situation as a farce, but the fact remains that they played a crucial part in their own downfall.

It is NOT the players that suffer here, it is the fans. It is the people for whom this very club exists. Expensive, well-run, professional fitness sessions in exchange for payment of thousands of pounds per week - that is what the playing squad are 'suffering' with at the moment. They aren't fighting for the club, for the fans, or for what they believe in, they are fighting for themselves, and probably a damn sight harder than they ever fought for the Premier League status of this club.

This is not to say that Ashley and his men can be excluded from the blame game, far from it. The players are right - the sale is going too slowly, the appointment of a manager has not happened quickly enough and the booting out of old rope needs to begin now. But the adjudacators here are us, the fans. The board has no right to argue, the players have no right argue - get out - the lot of you.