I understand the frustrations being branded at Alan Hardy, and to some degree even the down right monotonous, mindless abuse also being fired his way....he’s messed up, albeit by trying very hard not to mess up, which makes the situation very sad indeed.

But let’s not kid ourselves, This season has been long in the making. Others will point the finger at the Trew tenure, some at the beautifully disappointing Munto fiasco or at the depressing state the club was in during the days of the supporters trust, but it seems to me the club has been careering down this path since the day Mr Allardyce left us to join Bolton Wanderers in 1999.

Of course, the blame can’t be shoved under Big Sams office door, but at the time of his departure we were top, or very near the top, of what is now League One at Christmas and looking strong. I think our now, almost inevitable, drop into the National League, can be traced back to ensuing catalogue of errors...starting with the appointment of the nice, but seemingly inept (as first team manager anyway) Gary Brazil.

Again, Of course, the current debacle also isn’t his fault, but the drop in form that season was never recovered and from that season on we have bimbled along from one catastrophe to another.

I don’t feel anger at Mr Hardy, Ray and Aileen Trew, or the supporters club, as essentially I feel their hearts were in the right place (this will, no doubt, be hotly contested) and genuinely wanted the best for the club....they all saved it at one time or another after all.

The plight of the club (in my mind, looking back) began with the ownership of Scardino and Storrie which was only a year after our capitulation under Gary Brazil. We never really recovered from their crooked attempts at running the club and you only have to look at Portsmouth to understand the crooked ineptitude of of Peter Storrie inparticular....though at least they have an FA Cup to show for their misery.

Since then, almost two decades ago, we have, for the most part, been basically rudderless, mismanaged, conned, and void of someone with the understanding, vision, gumption and ethics on how to properly run a football club and where we are now is a culmination of those, and probably even more, factors.

Unfortunately I only started supporting Notts the year we were relegated from what is now the Championship so I may be seen as a Jonah by some bit I’ll always hold a special place for Notts. I don’t think you can ever change allegiance (no matter how much you wish it could be so) but some part of me is almost relieved that our downward spiral is almost now complete. It’s hard to explain, especially to the hard of understanding on this board, but the club desperately needs to start again.

If we survive,wherever that may be, I wouldn’t be averse to the possibility of starting all over again....from new owners, a new mentality, even a move away from Meadow ‘Misery’ Lane. It’s like a house that needs gutting from top to bottom and laying the foundations once more. Forget the oldest league club line, it’s not once worked in our favour since I’ve been a supporter (we are just not big or glamourous enough I’m afraid).

If, to coin a phrase, “We move on”, then let’s move on in a direction based on stability, sustainability, youth, and family, in the aim to build a club for a new future and new memories and leave this dishevelled old carcus behind.