Dein's Dubai link to Anfield suitors

[Tom]

Yes I think he did.

[Vermilion]

H&G are the boys now apparently, according to some on the big massive thread, So long as they keep their promises FROM NOW ON. i'm off now. Sorry to but in.

[alunevans]

Does Dein still have shares in Arsenal???? If so he can't take the job with us.

didn't he sell them a few months back

[sonsofthedesert]

H&G are the boys now apparently, according to some on the big massive thread, So long as they keep their promises FROM NOW ON. i'm off now. Sorry to but in.

[Vermilion]

[rushscored4]

By all accounts, apart from the hothouse of fan sites and phone-ins, Parry is very highly regarded amongst the administrators fraternity. I doubt that Dein is held in such high regard in the current Arsenal Boardroom.

IIRC, they spent years fannying around with ridiculous suggestions about moving to Wembley (and sacrificing European success with an ill-judged shift there for the competition); they had a prime site for sale and redevelopment to help fund the move, a sympathetic and supportive council and an appropriate, nearby site to develop on - it may even have been 'brownfield', I'm not sure. At one stage they had to stop working because of cash flow problems, and if I'm not mistaken had to rely on the very deep pockets of another Director - Fizmann or somethinig? - to bale them out. They certainly had to restrict transfer funds. They alienated many fans with some of their bond proposals, and their naming rights deal seems lightweight and desperate - as in they were cash strapped and had to agree. They're certainly coining it now, but that for me leaves the biggest question mark - why not sooner? Their business imperative was so much greater than ours even - for 13 years of the Premiership, or 10 years of being (one of the ) top dogs - i.e. when the money was sloshing around - they were playing in a clearly undersized stadium - 10,000 less than us every game. So what they are making now is in fact an indictment of what they could have made before - say 5 years earlier quite realistically.

Actually, Dein is clearly a good administrator in many ways; it's just that there's an easy 'grass is greener' tendency to see the positives from the outside as opposed to the obsessing - and complaining - over the minutae of every move, statement, slip etc in our own club that we indulge in.

Jesus wept, an intelligent and articulate reply on this site!!