Purslow came across really well. Didn't really say anything we didn't already know & as previously mentioned the "Sky journalism" questions weren't the most inspiring to be fair.
For years I've been frustrated at the way Villa have been run. Irritants included lack of discernable transfer strategy, lack of clear playing style and tactics, signing older journeyman players with no resale value on high wages and long contracts, signing late in the window so no settling in time, poor scouting network, dinosaur managers whose idea of tactics is to shuffle the pack or tell players to roll their sleeves up. We weren't the only ones, far from it, but I'd watch in frustration as clubs like Liverpool signed young talent early in the window and hired forward thinking managers and coaches, studiously avoiding the likes of O'Neill. It's not rocket surgery but Purslow shows how we are now, finally, doing things in a sensible way. It boils down to common sense and business sense (players as assets rather than liabilities? who'd a thought it?) and it's great how quickly NSWE and Purslow have applied these simple concepts and turned things around. What is surprising is the degree to which previous regimes were unable to grasp, let alone apply, such simple concepts. Let's hope it works, because it deserves to.
It's on the facebook group linked earlier.It's a brilliant interview. I can see why some people wouldn't like him (particularly other clubs fans) as he does come accross as a bit smarmy, but he is so purposeful and assured it is fantastic for us to have him. Enormously impressive..
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Quote from: ktvillan on August 13, 2019, 11:32:52 AMFor years I've been frustrated at the way Villa have been run. Irritants included lack of discernable transfer strategy, lack of clear playing style and tactics, signing older journeyman players with no resale value on high wages and long contracts, signing late in the window so no settling in time, poor scouting network, dinosaur managers whose idea of tactics is to shuffle the pack or tell players to roll their sleeves up. We weren't the only ones, far from it, but I'd watch in frustration as clubs like Liverpool signed young talent early in the window and hired forward thinking managers and coaches, studiously avoiding the likes of O'Neill. It's not rocket surgery but Purslow shows how we are now, finally, doing things in a sensible way. It boils down to common sense and business sense (players as assets rather than liabilities? who'd a thought it?) and it's great how quickly NSWE and Purslow have applied these simple concepts and turned things around. What is surprising is the degree to which previous regimes were unable to grasp, let alone apply, such simple concepts. Let's hope it works, because it deserves to. I agree, but don't forget Liverpool did have Roy Hodgson and Kenny Dalglish.