This has been discussed before, but I wonder whether the issue has more force now that most people seem to accept that Wenger has lost what once made him great.

I am trying to decide whether it is being revisionist to blame our current decline on David Dein's departure? At the time, the club's desire not to become an oligarch's plaything seemed to make sense. There seemed to be purpose in the club being run along sensible commercial lines, and it was reasonable to assume that once Highbury Square was finished we would not be short of funds.

But when we look at things now:

The club's failure to hold onto our best players; allowing contracts to run down and failing to shift our dross

Gazidis' utter ineffectiveness

Wenger's monomania

The failure of the Emirates to make any difference to our relative spending power

The arrogance of Hill Wood and co

The sad demise of Danny Fizman - a Gooner through and through

and...the oligarch's plaything, Chelsea FC now showing a profit!

Would much of this have been avoided if DD had stuck around? Was DD Peter Taylor to Wenger's Brian Clough?