I don’t think any opinion is worse than the other, they’ve both not had the authority of a proper DOF but been hyped as the ones in charge pulling the strings.No its worse, Thelwell has been hung out to dry by Farhad the rat
A true DOF should be responsible for the style of play the whole club plays (not just first team), therefore the managerial appointments so that they know they will be on brand and all of the signings so they know they will fit the plan.
Instead we do mad things like sign Iwobi last minute out of desperation because we couldn’t get Zaha, sign Rooney because he’s a blue, bring in Ancelotti who plays a different style to Silva and let him sign players that have nothing to do with our scouting but are people he worked with before etc.
The people responsible are Kenwright and Moshiri for not setting up a proper structure and hierarchy within the club and constantly meddling in affair themselves.