Popular Post MWARLEY2 Posted November 7, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 7, 2021 I think that the TEAMs type video from Purslow in the summer was done very well. We had lost our best player and lets face it the fanbase were gutted on the whole. It was PR lifted straight from the Moneyball film when they replaced their best player with 3 others. It calmed the large majority and with Ings joining really helped alleviate some of the gloom. Purslow has reigned it in a lot from the rentaquote he was initially when he joined . He has also handled todays sacking well with some decent words and the thanks for everything video. His job is to manage the day to day running of the club whilst implementing the owners vision. They have delivered big time with huge investment on and off the pitch. The only thing missing is the results over this calendar year for the first team to keep pace with the investment. The horrible thing has been how quick it fell apart. The results and form came out of nowhere. Watching him celebrate after we beat Manure was wonderful and it mirrored i guess every other villa fan getting a win against the bogey team of bogey teams. I dont think you can blame Purslow for this . He unfortuanately has been found out while suffering injuries and illness and losing his righthand men. But his job is to deliver results and he has not managed results. He left Purlsow with no option and i believe it is the right decision 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinker Posted November 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2021 Let's hope the next 5 games aren't losses , if they are then we are going to see quite a few managers this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishVilla10 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 8 minutes ago, tinker said: Let's hope the next 5 games aren't losses , if they are then we are going to see quite a few managers this season. Yeah let’s hope it’s more controlled based on more data Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 (edited) I said even before the Southampton game and then again as recently as an hour before the sacking was announced today that it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to let Dean go without a replacement ready to go. I'd have expected no less from the uber-polished Purslow. Readers of this thread will know I'm not his biggest fan but I'd have at least expected him to cover his arse and have sent out feelers already. If he hasn't..... oh boy. Edited November 7, 2021 by est1874 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvonVillain Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 40 minutes ago, tinker said: Let's hope the next 5 games aren't losses , if they are then we are going to see quite a few managers this season. Any more than two almost guarantees relegation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2021 It amazes me how many people on here have access to the minutes of board meetings and recruitment committee minutes. They must just leave them hanging about for so many to know for a fact who did what. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 27 minutes ago, sidcow said: It amazes me how many people on here have access to the minutes of board meetings and recruitment committee minutes. They must just leave them hanging about for so many to know for a fact who did what. There’s plenty of gossiping and briefing of journalists that happens behind the scenes. We can’t be certain of anything, but pretending everyone is totally in the dark is also wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 7, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 7, 2021 1 minute ago, KentVillan said: There’s plenty of gossiping and briefing of journalists that happens behind the scenes. We can’t be certain of anything, but pretending everyone is totally in the dark is also wrong. OK so let's see the newspaper reports that state Purslow did these things. Not some Twitter rumour that's now become fact, the actual newspaper reports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 2 hours ago, MWARLEY2 said: I think that the TEAMs type video from Purslow in the summer was done very well. We had lost our best player and lets face it the fanbase were gutted on the whole. It was PR lifted straight from the Moneyball film when they replaced their best player with 3 others. It calmed the large majority and with Ings joining really helped alleviate some of the gloom. Purslow has reigned it in a lot from the rentaquote he was initially when he joined . He has also handled todays sacking well with some decent words and the thanks for everything video. His job is to manage the day to day running of the club whilst implementing the owners vision. They have delivered big time with huge investment on and off the pitch. The only thing missing is the results over this calendar year for the first team to keep pace with the investment. The horrible thing has been how quick it fell apart. The results and form came out of nowhere. Watching him celebrate after we beat Manure was wonderful and it mirrored i guess every other villa fan getting a win against the bogey team of bogey teams. I dont think you can blame Purslow for this . He unfortuanately has been found out while suffering injuries and illness and losing his righthand men. But his job is to deliver results and he has not managed results. He left Purlsow with no option and i believe it is the right decision You let the most successful villa coaching set up for 10 years crumble...really shouldn't be too surprised what followed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 55 minutes ago, sidcow said: OK so let's see the newspaper reports that state Purslow did these things. Not some Twitter rumour that's now become fact, the actual newspaper reports. Which specific things do you think aren't true? Sorry, lots of different stuff been mentioned in the thread, and some of it is corroborated by newspaper reports, whilst other bits aren't. (Genuine question.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 I'll have serious reservations about his involvement in the football stuff if we recruit a personal connection of his with little experience and track record. You recruit Lange and presumably a team of analysts to shortlist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 22 minutes ago, Dale said: I'll have serious reservations about his involvement in the football stuff if we recruit a personal connection of his Unless it’s Ancelotti from when Purslow was consulting for Paris St-Germain between Liverpool and Chelsea… (I know I cut off the important part of your sentence to make a bad joke). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 3 hours ago, est1874 said: I said even before the Southampton game and then again as recently as an hour before the sacking was announced today that it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to let Dean go without a replacement ready to go. I'd have expected no less from the uber-polished Purslow. Readers of this thread will know I'm not his biggest fan but I'd have at least expected him to cover his arse and have sent out feelers already. If he hasn't..... oh boy. Agree, but even if he's already got someone lined up, which i think he has, he wont admit that publicly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 Very concerned we've sacked a boss the whole squad loves without a plan of how to replace him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 10 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: Very concerned we've sacked a boss the whole squad loves without a plan of how to replace him. They did the same thing with Bruce. Didn't have anyone lined up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 3 hours ago, sidcow said: It amazes me how many people on here have access to the minutes of board meetings and recruitment committee minutes. They must just leave them hanging about for so many to know for a fact who did what. I don't get this mentality by posters (Not just aimed at you) but if there is someone or more than one person sharing info, why do they suddenly have to be attention seeking, bullshitting or whatever? This mentality by a certain few posters on here baffles me. 2 hours ago, KentVillan said: There’s plenty of gossiping and briefing of journalists that happens behind the scenes. We can’t be certain of anything, but pretending everyone is totally in the dark is also wrong. Correct. Snippets of info are passed on and around in different circles all the time. From Kit launches to players arriving, Potential managers to new sponsorships. It's really not surprising that football related info is shared amongst peers in this day and age. I really don't understand why so many posters get so bent out of shape about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted November 8, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 8, 2021 6 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: I don't get this mentality by posters (Not just aimed at you) but if there is someone or more than one person sharing info, why do they suddenly have to be attention seeking, bullshitting or whatever? This mentality by a certain few posters on here baffles me. Correct. Snippets of info are passed on and around in different circles all the time. From Kit launches to players arriving, Potential managers to new sponsorships. It's really not surprising that football related info is shared amongst peers in this day and age. I really don't understand why so many posters get so bent out of shape about it. Really? Well it baffles me how so many people read stuff on the Internet and just believe it's true to such an extent that they presume someone guilty of poor behaviour on the basis of zero evidence other than rumour. It's like 18th century witch trials. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciggiesnbeer Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 I respect him for what he has done. He made a head coach appointment which was successful, now it isnt, so he made a change. Thats his job. He did Dean Smith and the fans a favour by making a change before it got a unpleasant. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 28 minutes ago, sidcow said: Really? Well it baffles me how so many people read stuff on the Internet and just believe it's true to such an extent that they presume someone guilty of poor behaviour on the basis of zero evidence other than rumour. It's like 18th century witch trials. That's up to them though isn't it, surely? If they are not clever enough to know real news from fake news then that's their problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 8 hours ago, villalad21 said: They did the same thing with Bruce. Didn't have anyone lined up. Ah come on now, Bruce had a cabbage thrown at him. They had no choice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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