Rugeley Villa Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 One of our own Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 He had alot of fun it seems. Fair play to him. An extremely good CEO for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2023 Particularly commendable, given that he is also ex-Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted September 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2023 1 hour ago, sharkyvilla said: Like you say, fair play to him, nice touch from the other Villa fans too recognising him for what he did for the club. yep, good to see that the regular match going fans don't hate him like the twitter crowd who refuse to forgive him for gerrard do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Demitri_C Posted September 24, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2023 You never see ex ceos with fans of clubs they left. He dont have to come with fans. He ahs a affiliation and love with the club. How can anyone criticise that. The purs is one of us 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted September 24, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2023 It certainly suggests this was not some acrimonious sacking. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightoffyour Posted September 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted September 24, 2023 2 hours ago, StefanAVFC said: Tbf he’s a CEO that oversaw mostly the most successful time at the club in years. He got one huge thing wrong but not much else. Terrace View? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmicVillan Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Fair play to him, helped us become a far more professional outfit both on and off the pitch. Can you imagine the welcome Wyness would get with the away fans ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyDirk Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, CosmicVillan said: Fair play to him, helped us become a far more professional outfit both on and off the pitch. Can you imagine the welcome Wyness would get with the away fans ? Or Randy Lerner with the General? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) No beef with Purslow if he wants to support the team like that. He did a lot of good for Villa, made some mistakes, didn't do anything horrific* or turn on anyone. Overall, he was part of getting us back to being a side challenging for Europe. Have some doubts about his footballing judgment, but in terms of commercial strategy he was solid. * well, okay, Gerrard, but he made that mistake in good faith Edited September 24, 2023 by KentVillan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulberto21 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 It’s not like he’s got the balls to drink in town ……… mate! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Wasn't he CEO or something similar at Chelsea too? Fair play to him, he seems to have really taken us into his heart and it wasn't just talk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 So now we are changing the badge, as well as complaining about the kit. Add this to the Terrace View, the gambling sponsor, price increases and the Gerrard fiasco But its Ok he got a ticket to the away end and sang some songs. Maybe Randy Lerner could try this to win back some support 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mark Albrighton Posted September 27, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 27, 2023 36 minutes ago, Zatman said: So now we are changing the badge, as well as complaining about the kit. Add this to the Terrace View, the gambling sponsor, price increases and the Gerrard fiasco But its Ok he got a ticket to the away end and sang some songs. Maybe Randy Lerner could try this to win back some support Did we have this issue with the Castore shirt last season? Not sure we did. If so, not quite convinced that’s his fault. The messing around with the badge. Doesn’t really have anything to do with him. A new badge was selected through consultation with supporters and that presumably going to be the end of the matter. Chris Heck decided otherwise. Now, you may hate the Purslow era new badge, it may be shit (personally I’m “meh” about it). But the fact that that this is once again an issue is because Heck has decided it is. It’s not Purslow’s decision to revisit it. Price increases. Are you confident that prices won’t increase again next season? Reckon they’ll stay the same now that Purslow has gone? Has the introduction of the proposed money making venture in the lower grounds at the Holte made you think that? Or was that Purslow as well? Terrace View, likewise. Presumably the club will have seen the error of its ways and ammend it. Yes it was developed and proposed during his time here and he likely will have had a heavy involvement in it. When did the work actually begin on it? After Purslow left wasn’t it? I guess it was completely impossible for anyone at the club to alter or ensure that the work could be carried out that at least didn’t result in the Holte being a building site at the start of the season. That was all down to Purslow hiding the brooms in a final act of spite I guess. My view on the lower grounds, the terrace view etc…that’s all happening with Purslow or without Purslow. With Heck or without Heck. They may well be key facilitators in it, but to lay it at their feet is incorrect imo. And fwiw, while I think the owners want this, to an extent I think they’re just “playing the game” too. It’s the way football at this level is going. We could have different owners and I believe we would have something very similar. I don’t much like the gambling sponsorships. Although people want the club to make more money (and ideally not from the supporters), so I’d be interested in the proportion of people who’d want a more ethical sponsor that gave the club less money. Yeah, Gerrard. Shite appointment. It happens. Smith. Good appointment. That can happen too. 6 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Zatman said: So now we are changing the badge, as well as complaining about the kit. Add this to the Terrace View, the gambling sponsor, price increases and the Gerrard fiasco But its Ok he got a ticket to the away end and sang some songs. Maybe Randy Lerner could try this to win back some support Do you have evidence that purslow was responsible sorely for all of this? Or just another stick to beat him with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Do you have evidence that purslow was responsible sorely for all of this? Or just another stick to beat him with He was the CEO. Unless people bypassed him then he definitely would have had the final say 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 3 hours ago, Zatman said: He was the CEO. Unless people bypassed him then he definitely would have had the final say But difference with players you can see with your own eyes on pitch when they play poorly You dont know what purslow actually did behind the scenes ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Demitri_C said: You dont know what purslow actually did behind the scenes ? You might have more of an idea if you read the reports from VT's attendance at FCGs, in this instance specifically the ones about the badge / design in which we dispatched something of a world leading expert in the field Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 22 hours ago, Zatman said: He was the CEO. Unless people bypassed him then he definitely would have had the final say Some appear to have a selective memory when it suits. Depends what the argument/criticism is really. When it's all roses and things going well, the life-long Liverpool fan with the 5 year plan was the centre of praise. When the shit happened and things turned to crap, it was everyone else's fault from - NasWes down to the man selling the programmes. Get with the times @Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post sidcow Posted September 28, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2023 Fact is we'll sign a sponsorship deal with whoever offers the most money be that Microsoft or a gambling firm. We'll sign up to whichever kit supplier offers us the most money be that Castore or Adidas. We'll open up as many hospitality areas as we can cram into the stadium and we'll increase ticket prices to the absolute maximum we think the fans will pay. And we'll do all this if we we're being run by Heck or by Purslow. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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