Excellent post by Fez which should be carefully considered by all.
Whichever side of the debate you are on one thing must be clear to everyone and this is that the present ownership model for NTFC is broken. McRichie, Cardozas, DB/KT have all succeeded in severely disappointing us. We have to change direction and now is the time to consider other possibilities and at the very least keep an open mind until we know exactly what is on the table. The rush by some to hasty negative judgment is unwise and unhelpful.
I think mentioning the current owners in the same breath as those two bastards is rather harsh.
As for fan ownership, I was against this until reading Fez's post. I'm more interested in this. If the trust was to look at community shares would there be a minimum investment that would allow fans on a modest income to get involved.
Also I'd be interested in what targets the club would set for managers. Recent years there's been a shrug of shoulders when we've gone out of the league and FA Cups or been relegated without a fight from League 1. Both cups represent good extra sums of income both in terms of prize and gate money and my opinion is that the target for the team is to get to Round 2 of the League Cup and Round three of the FA Cup. Staying in League One this season would have guaranteed at least six full houses at Sixfields that we missed out on because so many poor to completly unacceptable performances from a highly paid manager and his highly paid players were simply tolerated for too long.