Look, we all heard the stories swirling around the club when DG was in charge. As a person, he wasn't someone many of us would warm to but yeah, he was a good fit for the club and the players seemed to enjoy playing for him. I honestly don't think the 'Knobhead Army' seriously swayed Newton's final decision. The worst they did was provoke DG into a few social media spats, which given DN's penchant for professionalism and running a tight ship, certainly didn't help - but in the end DG dug his own grave by essentially chucking the towel in, by which I mean I don't think he had the energy to build another team. The summer after Ferriby needed early signings and a plan - he didn't have one.
I recall at Fylde, having just been utterly humiliated, it was left to Gregg Smith to conduct the post-match post-mortem on the pitch with a few of the United squad. Den wasn't really bothered. He found Carla and buggered off down the tunnel, not to be seen again. Indeed, Paul Cavell was left to wander around looking for him. It was then that I knew it was curtains for DG, his mind just seemed elsewhere. It's a shame how it ended - I think he'd just run his course and a parting of ways was inevitable. Really don't think you can say six lads on twitter or Andy B yelling at him really affected things too much. Christ, if that's the kind of thing that did, Newt would burn through eight managers a month.