I've met him. I've spoken to him. I've dealt with him. I don't share that opinion.
It's not true that Doug didn't spend - he just didn't spend what we didn't have
yeah i understand all that, but it was a one-off amounts, not sustainable. The players Gregory bought on the whole would need to be replaced after a few years with no re-sale value and yet he gave the go-ahead anyway knowing that we'd be broke with no money to buy replacements as both GT and DOL found to their cost. I just wonder how he took his eye off the ball so totally under Gregory given his reputation
He had the annoying habit of looking down his nose at "the common man" but I wouldn't say he was a nasty pice of work. A little eccentric maybe
It's not true that Doug didn't spend - he just didn't spend what we didn't have, and the late nineties was the time when we had more than ever before so he spent more.