If the Board pandered to "thick, entitled fans" when they sacked Puel, then God help the club. It is utter tosh. They sacked him for their own reasons, which of course may have converged with the reasons that the vast majority of fans wanted him out by the end of the season, but not because of, or at the behest of the fans.
Most fans feel that clubs don't listen to them enough and that we are taken for granted - now all of a sudden it is mob rule forcing the Board to sack a managerial genius?
There's Pony, and there's Pony and Trap.