Manchester United

The Glazer takeover is going the right way!

I doubt that the Glazer family understand the resolve and bloody-mindedness of the average football fan. It can go like it has at once great clubs like Wolves and Leeds where the fans have stuck to the club through thick and thin or it just might go the other way.

You have to look at United's fan base. Legend has it that most drive up from Surrey and places from all points to the compass. I'm not so sure this slur is actually that true.

Would they drive all this way to watch mediocre football, with the team losing? Not saying they will but all of the aggravation will have an affect on the team.

But what about the local fans who've been going for years. These are actually the key, as they can easily work all sorts of protests which may well unsettle everything, from the team, to other fans to management.

But as I suspect many will have not given up their season tickets yet, the cuts in money to Glazer will come in three areas; replica kit, sales of matches like the Cups and catering. All of which I suspect are on Glazer's list of price rises.

I just hope that Ipswich draw United away in a cup, so I'll see first-hand the mess Glazer will inevitably make. Especially, when he falls out with all of the management, who with their experience are prime candidates for poaching by other clubs.