What you say is true and much of the lively debate here has been fuelled by various Mirror stories. I must admit that I don't really understand what is going on as I don't believe that it is down to lazy journalism so that means that either someone is feeding them snippets for their own ends or else the Mirror are printing blatant lies and I'm not sure which one it is.

The board are well aware of what is said on these boards and they do often use them as well as social media for putting across their views.

They also know that many supporters are interested in their views otherwise why would Steve Parish have over 16,500 followers on his Twitter account.

There is no doubt that robust debate on the forums does get the Board's attention and perhaps we do influence some of their thinking otherwise why would Steve Parish have said that they wouldn't be employing Chris Coleman as so many of the fans were against the idea.

The board and Steve Parish in particular understand the power of the fan and know how important forums and social media is nowadays in formulating and spreading opinion and there is no doubt that it was the unrest here that forced Tony Pulis to state that he wouldn't be walking away but it's just a shame that Steve Parish and Steve Browett didn't come out and issue unequivocal denials straight away to kill off the story before it gained legs