There wasn't any to begin with. I know people are accused of being plants and Fishers at the first sign of disagreement, but this guy's clearly not genuine.
Haskell made a comment saying there was no issue with how Appleton went about his business, so I don't think there'd be much of a complaint outside of not getting the result you'd hoped for.
I remember summers where the concern was not having a recognised rightback or whether Chris Coleman can steer clear of the beer garden lovelies. Halcyon days in retrospect.
It's as if Richard Keys is getting the Salman Rushdie treatment rather than people lightly mocking his sense of self-interest and promises that never came to pass.