It’s very convenient to say the fans deserted the club because they hated Swann, as that fits your fans blame narrative. The reality is that more and more have attended less and less due to what has been served up over the last few years. A lot more fans hate him now we’re out the league I should imagine, but that’s not why many stopped attending and continue to do so, even though the buck stops with him. A roundabout way of saying, the fans aren’t to blame, as much as you lay the blame at their door, he is.