The Poison Dwarf

Much has been said about the events surrounding the sacking of Kevin Keegan and the subsequent fans demonstrations at the home game with Hull City. I don't wish to go over that old ground now except to say that Kevin Keegan has subsequently received the 100% backing of Sir Bobby Robson, Alan Shearer and other non-United people in the game such as Alex Ferguson.
The thing that was at the core of the matter for me, and is still the "big issue" is how Cashley could back a football nobody like Dennis Wise against a man of the experience and stature in the game such as Kevin Keegan.
Dennis Wise as a player was a hate figure for United fans - older fans will remember this. For him to become a "Director of Football" at United was a step too far for many of us. So when he was seen as the major cause of the trouble which led to Kevin being sacked - for many of us this was the final straw.....
United fans know Kevin to be an honest man with integrity. A man who told the fans what was in his mind and in his heart. A man who was not afraid to stand on the steps of St James' Park and explain unpopular decisions face to face.
On the other hand, those same fans have no such link with Cashley and Wise. Communication to the fans from the club chairman and directors has been non-existent since Kevin left.
There have been suggestions in the press recently that United fans might be prepared to forgive Cashley for his past mistakes and start again.
Nice press story, almost to the point of propaganda and apparently fuelled by statements from that small merry band of a few hundred United fans who collectively call themselves the Supporter's Club and purport to "speak for the fans". But that's another argument!
Suffice to say, the only way peace can even begin to be talked about is if Wise is first kicked out on his backside.