Villan4Life Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Paul has resigned from Nottingham Forest! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31090329 Nottingham Forest chief executive Paul Faulkner has resigned less than 24 hours after Stuart Pearce was sacked as manager, BBC Nottingham Sport reports. Faulkner had only been in the role for five months, having officially taken over at the start of September 2014. The former Aston Villa chief executive has been placed on gardening leave, but the club are yet to confirm his exit. Dougie Freedman replaced Pearce as boss on Sunday after the loss to Millwall left them 12th in the Championship. Owner Fawaz Al Hasawi said the poor run, which has left Forest 13 points off the play-offs, convinced him that Pearce had to go. But he said dismissing Reds legend Pearce was his "hardest footballing decision". Pearce, who spent 12 years at the club as a player, is still considering taking up an advisory role at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Interesting interview from a few months back which I didnt see posted. Dont think I ever heard him do an interview but was always a bit of a fall guy when he was at Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Sort of a hapless character. better luck next time, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djemba_Villan Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Enjoyed that. Thought he came across as a really decent guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 32 minutes ago, Djemba_Villan said: Enjoyed that. Thought he came across as a really decent guy. I know a guy who used to play 5-a-side with him occasionally, and from what he said, he is indeed a very decent sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Completely blocked that guy from my memory. Was he before or after the legendary Tom Fox? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 23 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Completely blocked that guy from my memory. Was he before or after the legendary Tom Fox? before, came in when Randy did but was background for a few seasons.He was always blamed for MON leaving and the club going backwards 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 29 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Completely blocked that guy from my memory. Was he before or after the legendary Tom Fox? He was involved behind the scenes for a few years and then we bumped him up to CEO around 2008 I think as previous season we'd have a couple of short lived CEOs (Michael Cunnah is name that sticks in my mind and fairly sure there was someone else). Worked at MBNA so that's how he got to know Lerner. Will give the interview a listen when I've got more time but my feeling is he tried his best but it became pretty difficult when the cash taps ran dry. Interesting what role he played in the managerial decisions around that time e.g. Mcleish. Think he might've been a bit too nice for a ruthless role like CEO as harsher one would've let MON go straight away in May 2010 and avoid all the nonsense a few months later. Purslow did exactly that with Benitez at Liverpool around that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Seems a nice fella but basically he was Randy's mate and was never going to ask the difficult questions namely you are still bothered owning Villa and if not try to sell it. It could have saved us a relegation and 3 years in the wilderness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 57 minutes ago, Keyblade said: Completely blocked that guy from my memory. Was he before or after the legendary Tom Fox? All of Fox's trendy corporate buzzwords meant to convey competence and strength amounted to **** all. He came off as a bit too slick for my liking. Just another hog at the trough, in my opinion. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Pearce and Faulkner exits haven't made any difference for Forest today.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 39 minutes ago, maqroll said: Pearce and Faulkner exits haven't made any difference for Forest today.. Of course, they left 5 years ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Zatman said: Of course, they left 5 years ago ☺ Edited December 5, 2020 by maqroll 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 (edited) Faulkner's been on Birmingham commerce board for last 4-5 years I think so that's the sort of role that probably suits him, getting sponsor deals for Commonwealth games and stuff like that as I imagine he has decent contacts from his time with us. Edited December 5, 2020 by VillaChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 6, 2020 VT Supporter Share Posted December 6, 2020 I'm not buying this innocent hapless character. I remember getting so angry during a radio interview with him I nearly destroyed the radio. He basically admitted that he appointed Alex McLeish on the basis that as he'd won the League Cup with Birmingham then he MUST be a good manager. That is a dangerous man in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts