Davkaus Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 2 hours ago, DJ_Villain said: You could imagine NSWE telling him that this was his mess, they had stopped it getting any worse but he had to clear it up. I could imagine Christian Purslow being made of cheese, while we're just fantasising. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 9 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I could imagine Christian Purslow being made of cheese, while we're just fantasising. What kind of cheese? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2022 16 minutes ago, DJ_Villain said: What kind of cheese? Bolaro Cheese. It doesn't actually exist, I've just made it up but for the purposes of the bizarre unsubstantiated campaign being waged against Purslow for unknown strange reasons. It will do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2022 9 hours ago, Mantis said: Genuine question: have I missed something - was he opposed to sacking Gerrard and overruled by the owners? People just believing everything written on the Internet and reinforcing it as fact when nobody knows anything about anything. One thing I am absolutely certain about is that for such a key appointment as manger, Purslow, Edens, Sawiris and Lange must have been all in agreement to appoint Gerrard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 minute ago, sidcow said: People just believing everything written on the Internet and reinforcing it as fact when nobody knows anything about anything. One thing I am absolutely certain about is that for such a key appointment as manger, Purslow, Edens, Sawiris and Lange must have been all in agreement to appoint Gerrard. It would be reasonable to assume Purslow's recommendation might carry less weight this time because of going'all in' on Gerrard and getting it spectacularly wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 minute ago, Made In Aston said: It would be reasonable to assume Purslow's recommendation might carry less weight this time because of going'all in' on Gerrard and getting it spectacularly wrong. Nobody knows Purslow went all in on Gerrard. Nobody has a clue how he was appointed. Again just a load of Internet rumour that's become fact. He might have said to the rest of the board he might be able to get him and Edens and Sawiris fell over themselves with excitement like giddy schoolboys whilst Purslow tried to calm them down for all anyone knows. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pez1974 Posted October 25, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2022 6 hours ago, TheAuthority said: It's interesting reading back over the last week of this thread. I get people were upset about the state of things on the pitchaot I am not going to use the phrase "bed-wetting," but opinions look a little extreme in hindsight. Purslow has been the CEO of Aston Villa during a time which has seen us appoint Dean Smith who completely changed the culture of the playing squad, got us promoted, reached a Cup final and kept us up in the the PL in our 1st year (essentially unheard of for a team that finish 6th in the Championship.) Our 2nd season in the PL was spectacular until the injury to Jack Grealish and arguably we could have been competing for a European spot had he stayed fit. Then he left. After 11 games of the next season Smith was sacked (too soon IMO) and Purslow oversaw the appointment of a young and up and coming manager with a big reputation. Was this nepotistic? Vanity? Stupid? Depending on your chosen view of Purslow you can argue every which way. It has been confirmed that he was talking to the fans before the game this past Saturday after Gerrard was sacked. This notion of him being a Gerrard "fanboi" of whatever are somewhat silly IMO. Perhaps he admired him, respected him and or wanted to be liked by him. Fame and talent does funny things to those around them. You can always go with hindsight and say Sanson wasn't worth this and Coutinho wasn't worth that. Well, we also got Kamara for free and sold Grealish for 100 million pounds. Business is business and honestly, I think some don't like him because he has a public school accent and looks like a school prefect. I can understand that. Ultimately, has Christian Purslow been a net positive for my club, Aston Villa? Then so far unquestionably the answer is yes. Today he had a hand (none of us have any idea how much) in hiring an extremely successful manager for our club. Arguably the most successful manager we've ever hired. Every managerial hire is a gamble and no-one can say if this one will work out. Overall, from the tangibles I've seen form the outside and ignoring all rumor and hearsay, Purslow deserves his seat running AVFC for now. And made sure that Grealish had a £100m fee clause in the contract. He's stated he didn't want to include it, but the player and agent insisted, meaning we got a crazy fee. Plus, his communication at the time was first class - something a lot of clubs and CEOs get very wrong. As quite a few have said - he's clearly got the Gerrard one wrong (I'm on the fence about Smith - but I doubt he'd have got us much further than he did) - but Emery is an amazing appointment. I know that MOMS spoke to him, and he said that sacking Gerrard hadn't crossed his mind. Of course, he said that to a podcaster - what else is he gonna say? Doesn't mean it's true. He deserves the opportunity to put this behind him and be judged on what happens now. He still has credit in the bank for me - just a bit less than he had before. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: It would be reasonable to assume Purslow's recommendation might carry less weight this time because of going'all in' on Gerrard and getting it spectacularly wrong. I don't think that's reasonable at all. I think we can agree that Sawirus and Edens are both very savvy business men, and I don't doubt they have the capacity to be ruthless too. Along with Purslow himself, they are probably the only two people capable of assessing whether CP is capably delivering on his brief as CEO of their business. I doubt NSWE would retain a CEO that they couldn't fully trust to do his job - why would they? He's paid a lot of money to make delegated decisions, so if their confidence in him was shaken I'm sure they'd bring someone else in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 47 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I could imagine Christian Purslow being made of cheese, while we're just fantasising. Cheese is a kind of meat A tasty yellow beef I milk it from my teat But I try to be discreet 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pez1974 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 11 minutes ago, Made In Aston said: It would be reasonable to assume Purslow's recommendation might carry less weight this time because of going'all in' on Gerrard and getting it spectacularly wrong. Not sure what this means (I know a lot of people say similar things - so not a dig at you). If you sack one of the most popular managers the clubs ever had, you'd better not make the next appointment half-arsed. Or 'let's see how the next 6 months go'. Gerrard could've proved a master stroke - he wasn't. We've moved on. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 25 minutes ago, The Fun Factory said: Cheese is a kind of meat A tasty yellow beef Beef mince is actually one of the food items that have gotten cheaper during this period of hyper inflation. I've been thinking about mince all morning and now this. Look out meat isle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderball Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 No one is perfect, but I wouldn't really want anyone else as our CEO, he has been unambiguously net-positive for the club, we are iin very capable hands there, and he will have learnt from the Gerrard debacle. Gerrard was a miss step, and unfortunately was doubled down on by changing direction on the recruitment policy which looks a poor decision despite the quality we have secured unless Emery can wring some performances out of them. On the positive side we do have a decent blend of experience and ages but some balancing remains a task to be completed over the next two windows by Emery. Maybe Lange should be looking to improve his standing at the club, he needs some winners too. Purslow will definitely navigate his world successfully for himself then the club as they are inextricably linked, he is too canny to be a victim, he will always be the last to go he will always have a fall guy which is why he wouldn't have had too much problem with sacking Gerrard. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Now that his mate/pet project is gone I will reluctantly give him a 2md chance.....Needs to keep his ego in check and stay away from the football side of things I am guessing he wont be all over Talksport/Sky like he was with the trainee last November 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 I would have sacked him. Gerrard wasn't just a misstep it was a disaster. Unforgivable for me. But it's not like I have any say in the matter so it's just an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Good lad. I've always rated him.. He's done the business here to be fair and you can't ask for anymore, no matter what happens. The Villa curse with managers is strong. We've got a proven top level elite coach. It still stings we've wasted millions and time hiring someone who , not even in hindsight, should never have been given the job. We've got the top level elite mentality coach we have indirectly been promised. He's done the business. Thank you 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 25 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: It still stings we've wasted millions and time hiring someone who , not even in hindsight, should never have been given the job. Someone on VT calculated that Gerrards signing have cost us £170m in transfer fees and wages that we are tied into for the next 4 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Stunned we havent heard from him yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted October 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2022 1 minute ago, GingerCollins29 said: Stunned we havent heard from him yet Wait for the book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, sidcow said: Bolaro Cheese. It doesn't actually exist, I've just made it up but for the purposes of the bizarre unsubstantiated campaign being waged against Purslow for unknown strange reasons. It will do. I've started a # on Twitter to get this trending #BolaraCheesePurslow Edited October 25, 2022 by ender4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted October 25, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted October 25, 2022 Wanted him out but if he's negotiated Emery then he's proven me wrong, I'm happy as Larry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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