Zatman Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 1 hour ago, limpid said: I think that you need to provide information about what these rumours are and where they are from. Was a post from somebody that he heard Purslow was leaving from his personal driver 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Class work from Purslow as per usual. This guy is levels above anybody else when it comes to running our football club. He is a Don. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted November 11, 2021 Administrator Share Posted November 11, 2021 Just now, Zatman said: Was a post from somebody that he heard Purslow was leaving from his personal driver And people believed it? Blimey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfTimePost Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Big call, if it's a disaster Purslow will lose his job. Had a lot of criticism when he was at Liverpool and so I'm a bit worried about his judgement here. This is a Purslow appointment and I'd be interested to have been able to see the discussion between Lange and Purslow about this. Although if it's true Lange wanted the Denmark manager then maybe this is better off. Tad worried both the guys at the top reportedly wanted their mate in. Hopefully we've made the right call and we all continue singing Purslows praises for the coming years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QldVilla Posted November 11, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted November 11, 2021 Football has a been a business for a while now and in business you have to be ruthless to succeed and unfortunately a byproduct of this is good people are cast aside. Purslow is a good operator, the owners hired him for a reason, the decision he made was less to do about football and more to do with marketing, exposure etc. It’s unfortunately not all about football when running a club these days, it’s creating income streams, sponsorship etc etc. We may not like it, but it’s modern day football. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 From hero to zero. Bring back Tom Fox. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 52 minutes ago, limpid said: And people believed it? Blimey. It was on tinterweb man, how much proof do you need? Jeez. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 37 minutes ago, QldVilla said: Football has a been a business for a while now and in business you have to be ruthless to succeed and unfortunately a byproduct of this is good people are cast aside. Purslow is a good operator, the owners hired him for a reason, the decision he made was less to do about football and more to do with marketing, exposure etc. It’s unfortunately not all about football when running a club these days, it’s creating income streams, sponsorship etc etc. We may not like it, but it’s modern day football. Even my wife knew who Steven Gerrard is. Could be a very smart move that will raise our profile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villa4europe Posted November 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 say what you like about the decision but the actual manner in which it was carried out was good again, not only quick but no bullshit in the media, no leaks, no pissing about with betting markets and numerous favourites, no high profile or worse low profile manager that we didnt want anyone embarrassing us by publicly declining the job just in general no noise thats something that i really like about him 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveAV1 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 5 minutes ago, AntrimBlack said: Even my wife knew who Steven Gerrard is. Could be a very smart move that will raise our profile. I don’t think it was a move to raise our profile, but that’s a welcome bonus. Instead of Gary Lineker and his buddies patronising Dean, they’ll be fawning all over the gaff when they talk to SG. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 The first publicly questionable decision I've seen from him over the past 3 seasons. You could make a solid case for letting Smith go, but it's a hard sell to say that Gerrard is a much better option than Deano at this point. Time will tell, I guess. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 Calling them "Glasgow Rangers" in the press release was a nice bit of soccerman trolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 2 hours ago, MrSmirch said: I don’t trust him to be anywhere near as ruthless when it’ll come to sacking Gerrard. He just sacked someone who on the face of it he had a very close and successful relationship with. He's a businessman. He's right at the top of the tree. You think he wouldn't sack Gerrard you are wrong. He has a stake in the club and a high powered job. If we are in the relegation zone and looking abject in 4 months time. He'll be sacked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 38 minutes ago, KentVillan said: Calling them "Glasgow Rangers" in the press release was a nice bit of soccerman trolling. Haha I spotted that. They will be spitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaJ100 Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 1 hour ago, KMitch said: The first publicly questionable decision I've seen from him over the past 3 seasons. You could make a solid case for letting Smith go, but it's a hard sell to say that Gerrard is a much better option than Deano at this point. Time will tell, I guess. Honestly I think they've gone for a manager of (arguable) similar ability but a way higher profile sadly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dukes Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 The speed at which this has been done (especially given Gerrard's comments when asked about the Newcastle job "Do I look happy? Do I look settled? Don't ask me silly questions then") shows that the board have a ruthless streak, as well as high demands (which would be appropriate for any business that has spent £200M Net over 3 years). Purslow and the board have previously shown loyalty to Dean Smith when we had that dodgy run from December 2019 - March 2020. Football is a results driven business, and given the squad we have 5 straight defeats is simply not good enough. I'd say if Dean wants to blame anyone for his sacking it would be whoever was to blame for the loss of Terry and ROK, this seems to have greatly affected everyone (as well as the embarrassment of having the set piece coach running up and down the touchline barking orders, having Martinez take free kicks at 60 minutes, and passing notes around the pitch like a group of giggling schoolgirls). Purslow and our Billionaire owners have done what good business men do. Changed things at the bottom, given those at the top the chance to make it work, and then when they have failed sacked him. Dean Smith did a fabulous job on the whole, but we should undeniably be in a better position than we find ourselves in, and so it's on to the next man. Gerrard wasn't my choice for the job, but the more i hear about him and his backroom team the more excited i become, and what must the board have told him of their plans that made him so happy to join us, when just 3 weeks earlier he was so ahppy and settled when Newcastle came knocking with their huge sacks of cash ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 2 hours ago, AshVilla said: From hero to zero. Bring back Tom Fox. Steady on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mykeyb Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 as this is almost certainly been driven by Purslow his balls are well and truly on the chopping block. If Gerrard fails then Purslow follows him out the door. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted November 11, 2021 Moderator Share Posted November 11, 2021 3 hours ago, AshVilla said: From hero to zero. Bring back Tom Fox. Good grief. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted November 11, 2021 Share Posted November 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, mykeyb said: as this is almost certainly been driven by Purslow his balls are well and truly on the chopping block. If Gerrard fails then Purslow follows him out the door. The owners will have signed off on this so unless Purslow backed it to the point he offered to fall on his sword if it doesn't work out, this is highly doubtful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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