I think it's the way the new articles allow for changes that makes the difference, Grandad. If the club's run as a personal fiefdom then the articles are likely to allow one person to change them according to his taste.
I think part of the change was that a consensus was needed before they...
I may have grasped this completely wrongly at the time, but when Knight came in, weren't the club's articles of association changed to ensure that in future no individual could ever again hold overall control, himself included?
If that's the case, the whole argument is pointless. (Although...