I Blame Dein - Fixtures Shit Deal


Away again

By Boris Mellor
June 19 2008

Do you remember a couple years ago when Chelsea got all away games after CL match days? Breathless reporters hung on every word of Mourinho as he claimed that Arsenal had got all home games after CL fixtures because Dein was on the FA. And then old red nose chimed in echoing some of the accusations of favouritism.

  Since then Arsenal have had a shit fixture list every year, whilst our rivals have had far better. That was until this year's new fixtures, when the press were full of concern for old red nose and his tiny understaffed squad. Horror of horrors they have got away games after CL fixtures, but strangely the media barely noticed it when it happened to Arsenal. Nor have they noticed it this year when it is almost as bad.

Of our 6 CL match days 5 premiership games are away immediately afterwards. Only one is at home and that is against Manchester United. Oh what a wailing and a sobbing will occur before that match on November 8. Poor old Man U they will cry. Meanwhile no one will notice that we have cushy away trips to Bolton, Sunderland, Boro and Chelsea after our CL match days.

Head of the FA, Brian Barwick and Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein

The good old days

I blame Dein, instead of fixing up behind the scene deals with Yanks and oligarchs he should have remained at the FA fixing up those cushy fixtures, and light number of match suspensions our players used to get.

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I Blame Dein - Fixtures @#$%& Deal
Discussion started by Arsenal Times , 19/06/2008 19:02
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I Blame Dein - Fixtures @#$%& Deal

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80'sGoona
19/06/2008 20:05
So true.

I rate AW so highly in this regard, he never moans about little issues like this.

People call him a moaner while ignoring the fact that managers like ferguson and mourinho moan their a.rses off about things like fixtures.

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Padre Pio
19/06/2008 20:31
Good point

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brian from the b.o.f
20/06/2008 19:18
Er i agree... but we have'nt actually qualified for the group stage proper just yet padre.

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