This is a good statement Nigel, but, in the last 50 years we haven't really thrived past League 2 level under private ownership. Wycombe, Exeter, AFC Wimbledon and Newport are all fan owned, are all above us in the League and all of them survive on smaller gates than us.
If we were fan owned, the club would still have a CEO, I think that James Whiting pretty much runs the club most of the time whilst KT is in America and DB is in Dubai, so in that respect it wouldn't be much different.
You are absolutely right. It wouldn’t be much different. In essence, it would perform exactly the same as it has historically.
If what a fan owned club has to offer is a maximum of league one football, which is what all evidence from elsewhere suggests it is. Then what’s the point? The club and the supporters do not need another board that keeps us ticking over.
I'd need to see a bit more than “I think the CEO runs the club” to suggest the credentials of any proposed takeover extends past a tick on the Trusts bucket list.