In lieu of any real news on the Manchester United front, the people at the Manchester Evening News have decided to try to drum up a bit of their own.

Yesterday there was a pointless article by Stuart Mathieson on how the Red Knights are getting ready to put their bid to the Glazers (yawn). How about come back and report when/if they actually DO put in a bid and let us know the outcome? That’s called NEWS!

Today, they have put up a questionaire that they would like the Manchester United supporters to complete.

It all starts off innocently enough.

“How would you rate the season overall?” is the first question.

It then asks you to give marks out of ten for the players. As if this makes any difference to anybody anywhere.

Then “Who is your favourite player?” ooo… now let me guess who might come out on top there.

It then goes on to ask some pretty poor taste questions such as “Should United sell Berbatov?” and “Who was the biggest disappointment?” and “How much longer will Scholes/Giggs/Neville continue to play for?”

And then, right at the very bottom, we come to the REAL purpose behind all the nonsense.

“What is your attitude to the Glazers?”

“What is your attitude towards the Red Knights proposed takeover bid?”

Expect an article next week saying that “90% of Manchester United supporters strongly oppose the Glazers and 90% are strongly in favour of the Red Knights’ bid”.

If, after months of anti-Glazer/pro-MUST/Red Knights articles appearing in the very same paper these figures somehow miraculously show the opposite scenario then expect an article saying, “Wayne Rooney: The Fans’ Favourite!”