Quote Originally Posted by Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie View Post
Do you think anyone at United would have allowed Ferguson unchecked power?

Personally I think any club is better run than ours as long as it hasn't gone to the opposite extreme of appointing a director of football.

The board have no control over any football aspect of the club, they have deferred totally to one man

I blame Dein for the current mess because he brought Kroenke and Usmanov to the table but at least when people like him, Danny Fiszman, Ken Friar and Keith Edelman were about there was a definite sense of structure and hierarchy. The board now there is a total disconnect between them and the footballing aspect and in that vaccum Wenger has made himself a little tin God
Ferguson went to war with the main shareholder of Man Utd over a damn racehorse and didn't lose his job! How's that for unchecked power? I'm sure if he wanted to be more hands on like Wenger he could, but the key to good leadership is delegation.

As for our club being one of the worst run, you're smoking. You truly have lost the plot on that one. We spend within our means, make a profit, make a killing at the gates, London based, a 60 seat stadium...there is no way this would be possible if we didn't have the right people to see this through, Wenger included. You are smoking, my friend.