[Exile on Spencer St]

Good post, Ash, and much to agree with.
However, just one thought about those few who berate Mr.Beattie for, as they see it, not applauding the fans.
I generally only get to away games in the soft south but, at Cheltenham for instance, the manager came over to the away end during the warm up and was certainly not ignoring anyone.
You say that it was the Luton manager that rounded up his players and made them salute their fans.
Again my experience of Stanley away games is that the manager never needs to make his squad do that; maybe it's because he's already instilled in his players the importance of doing so. And, maybe, just maybe, he believes that it's the players who deserve the fans applause, instead of him.