Emirates Cup 2013/Galatasary and Trouble at Overseas Games

[northbank123]

I don't hate PHW, I just view him as a complete figure of fun who invites derision.

As Hlebby said he was born into great wealth and I'd add to that that he sold his birth-right to the highest bidder and continues to happily preside over our continual decline whilst taking a healthy income from the club. Some 'Gooner'.

[highburyJD]

PHW has plenty of dosh, don't think club supports him (unlike Dein who's whole career is based on Arsenal)
HillWood's kids (and Edelman's for that matter) don't follow football.

Reason I consider PHW a Gooner is because he goes to plenty of games and has always been a supporter

[northbank123]

He sold his inherited right to exercise any real degree of control over the club, some of it to a greedy American who clearly only had one vision (even PHW knew this - "we dont want his sort" ), yet happily still draws £67,000 a year from the club for doing fuck all of note.

The fact that he goes to games where he is presumably able to guzzle as much champagne and brandy and scoff as much food down his greedy neck as he can isn't decisive for me.

[I Hate Hleb]

If he is an 'obvious gooner' that has 'plenty of dosh', why did he sell a big chunk of his shares to Dein, claiming it was money down the drain, then subsequently sold the rest to Kroenke?

Of course he goes to plenty of games when he gets to sit and dine in such comfort and at no expense to himself!! I wonder how many of the away matches he goes to - especially the less glamorous ones?

Really JD, you've made some controversial, provocative and even insightful statements on here, but to give PHW credit for turning up for home games and claiming he is a true supporter because his family owned the club is just plain stupid - especially given his actions stated above. Obvious gooner my arse!!

[highburyJD]

yet happily still draws £67,000 a year from the club for doing fuck all of note.

did not know he got paid that much...
sounds over the odds

[highburyJD]

didn't know about the £67k (that's a rip-off)

but plenty of other 'fans', 'supporters', board members, owners and/or their kids don't attend games
surely it means something...

[northbank123]

I actually pulled that from the club's latest accounts so it's not a Wenger/Diaby wage that suddenly goes up by 5% every time something goes wrong!

[highburyJD]

that's WAAAY too much for a boardroom figurehead
if we're paying that much of a chunk would far rather it went to somebody like Bob Wilson or Pat Rice
NorfBank is changing my mind a bit on this one...

[flash gunner]

that's WAAAY too much for a boardroom figurehead
if we're paying that much of a chunk would far rather it went to somebody like Bob Wilson or Pat Rice
NorfBank is changing my mind a bit on this one...

Fucking hell NB123 for forum president

[northbank123]

that's WAAAY too much for a boardroom figurehead
if we're paying that much of a chunk would far rather it went to somebody like Bob Wilson or Pat Rice
NorfBank is changing my mind a bit on this one...

Fucking hell NB123 for forum president

Does that come with a £67k plus benefits remuneration package?

Or a package of an entirely different nature from HashKads?

[QuartzGooner]

HillWood's kids don't follow football.

Not so. Follow

@charliehillwood

Reason I consider PHW a Gooner is because he goes to plenty of games and has always been a supporter

Agree that Peter Hill-Wood is an Arsenal fan, even if his Chairmanship has been controversial.

unlike Dein who's whole career is based on Arsenal

Dein was in business before buying into Arsenal.

Since he has left us he was a main manager of England's World Cup bid.

[RoscommonGooner]

http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/galat ... al-madrid/

[flash gunner]

that's WAAAY too much for a boardroom figurehead
if we're paying that much of a chunk would far rather it went to somebody like Bob Wilson or Pat Rice
NorfBank is changing my mind a bit on this one...

Fucking hell NB123 for forum president

Does that come with a £67k plus benefits remuneration package?

Or a package of an entirely different nature from HashKads?

What do you think? Good luck

[highburyJD]

HillWood's kids don't follow football.

Not so. Follow

@charliehillwood

Reason I consider PHW a Gooner is because he goes to plenty of games and has always been a supporter

Agree that Peter Hill-Wood is an Arsenal fan, even if his Chairmanship has been controversial.

unlike Dein who's whole career is based on Arsenal

Dein was in business before buying into Arsenal.

Since he has left us he was a main manager of England's World Cup bid.

I stand corrected - will be following the NooYoikHillWood
(thought I read PHW say that... must have got confused between him and Edelman)
according to David Conn's "the beautiful game" Dein's fruit business was going nowhere fast
he read the TV tealeaves well, leveraged up and bought in at a basement price

[QuartzGooner]

Just because Dein's business (started as a grocer's, moved to commodities I believe?) made a loss in some years, does not mean he had no life before Arsenal.
He was a wealthy man in his own right prior to buying the shares.