Christian Purslow - Resigned

[hilts_coolerking]

If we get relegated I would be delighted to get £180m for those 3. The real concern is we get less than half that.

I will take the bet we get more than 90 for those 3

What bet ?

Let’s say £100 that if we sell Mings Grealish and McGinn this summer we get more than £120 million. Happy to up it if you like.

Can I get a piece of this action?  It's free money.

[ChicagoLion]

If we get relegated I would be delighted to get £180m for those 3. The real concern is we get less than half that.

I will take the bet we get more than 90 for those 3

What bet ?

Let’s say £100 that if we sell Mings Grealish and McGinn this summer we get more than £120 million. Happy to up it if you like.

So you are taking a bet I hadn’t made, and now taking your own bet?

Anyway, asking a slightly different question what % reduction in transfer fees would relegation cost us?

Very little, the thing that will determine price is the number of potential buyers, player preference and perceived market value. The fact the market knows we have to sell will have an influence because it shortens the time line but the critical element is demand.

[aev]

I think sadly player preference and pressure in the modern game (especially for a relegated side) is huge.

Of course this hopefully won’t be happening.

[pauliewalnuts]

If we get relegated I would be delighted to get £180m for those 3. The real concern is we get less than half that.

I will take the bet we get more than 90 for those 3

What bet ?

Let’s say £100 that if we sell Mings Grealish and McGinn this summer we get more than £120 million. Happy to up it if you like.

So you are taking a bet I hadn’t made, and now taking your own bet?

Anyway, asking a slightly different question what % reduction in transfer fees would relegation cost us?

You should take that bet - it won't be possible to accurately prove the transfer fees involved. They'll all be undisclosed.

[Mister E]

This Purslow bit of a hoodwinker.
....
But now Purslow is running show very badly Gary Neville summed him up by once calling him a clueless fool.

He came he with a very respectable reputation, and I wouldn't believe everything that Gary Neville says.
That said, when the post-mortem of this season is conducted all three of the key decision-makers will have to bear the responsibility for what happened. My thoughts are:
- I suspect one excuse from Purslow will be that the club was walking a very thin tightrope between investing in the squad (which was seriously depleted after last season) and not falling into FFP traps.
- Smith was a big risk: unproven at this level, with an inexperienced squad and a rooky coach. Hindsight says that this was an unecessarily risky combination.
- I'd never heard of Pitarch before he was appointed.; perhaps, because I do not follow European football particularly. We appear to have recruited someone with little 'feel' for the Premier League and a perhaps-cavalier approach to balancing potential with the need for performance.

I don't particularly like looking for people to blame. My sense is that we brought in too much risk (i.e. inexperience) without also bringing in some assured performers. For that, Purslow certainly is responsible.

[mr underhill]

we seem to have the uncanny knack of employing more cnuts than Red Tube.

[Des Little]

Red Tube?  What's that then? *whistles*

[brian green]

Its the Central Line isn't it?

[Luke8]

There have been comments on here and elsewhere. Even Percy article suggests that Suso is under pressure

Ta.  There seems to be a bit of blame avoidance going on at the club when the reality is that they are all to blame for where we are.

ETA.  It was only a few days ago that he was defending the recruitment, saying it wasn't a risk, they had no other options and "there was no other way to do it."

Out of interest, what strategy would you have employed given that, upon promotion, we had about ten senior players under contract, the majority of who were clearly not going to be of a standard to play consistent as a starter at this level?

The recruitment obviously shouldn’t be without criticism at all, but it was a really tough situation we were in.

[hilts_coolerking]

Out of interest, what strategy would you have employed given that, upon promotion, we had about ten senior players under contract, the majority of who were clearly not going to be of a standard to play consistent as a starter at this level?

The recruitment obviously shouldn’t be without criticism at all, but it was a really tough situation we were in.

Isn't it obvious?  I would have signed a mix of young players and wiser, older heads.  There is absolutely no reason why we should have signed so many untested players.  It was never going to work.  And I wouldn't have gone into the season with three attacking options: a Brazilian kid, a has been whose injury ruined him, and a perma-crocked kid who doesn't score.

[walsall villain]

There have been comments on here and elsewhere. Even Percy article suggests that Suso is under pressure

Ta.  There seems to be a bit of blame avoidance going on at the club when the reality is that they are all to blame for where we are.

ETA.  It was only a few days ago that he was defending the recruitment, saying it wasn't a risk, they had no other options and "there was no other way to do it."

Out of interest, what strategy would you have employed given that, upon promotion, we had about ten senior players under contract, the majority of who were clearly not going to be of a standard to play consistent as a starter at this level?

The recruitment obviously shouldn’t be without criticism at all, but it was a really tough situation we were in.

I’ve seen some right rubbish written by so called villa fans on Twitter since the weekend. One rant suggested we should have stuck with Jedinak, Hutton and the like. Yep, that would have made a real difference.

[chrisw1]

Out of interest, what strategy would you have employed given that, upon promotion, we had about ten senior players under contract, the majority of who were clearly not going to be of a standard to play consistent as a starter at this level?

The recruitment obviously shouldn’t be without criticism at all, but it was a really tough situation we were in.

Isn't it obvious?  I would have signed a mix of young players and wiser, older heads.  There is absolutely no reason why we should have signed so many untested players.  It was never going to work.  And I wouldn't have gone into the season with three attacking options: a Brazilian kid, a has been whose injury ruined him, and a perma-crocked kid who doesn't score.

exactly, with a smattering of sensible loans as needed.

[Luke8]

Out of interest, what strategy would you have employed given that, upon promotion, we had about ten senior players under contract, the majority of who were clearly not going to be of a standard to play consistent as a starter at this level?

The recruitment obviously shouldn’t be without criticism at all, but it was a really tough situation we were in.

Isn't it obvious?  I would have signed a mix of young players and wiser, older heads.  There is absolutely no reason why we should have signed so many untested players.  It was never going to work.  And I wouldn't have gone into the season with three attacking options: a Brazilian kid, a has been whose injury ruined him, and a perma-crocked kid who doesn't score.

Which is all lovely in theory but the reality is that those experienced players and Premier League standard striker would have all cost significantly more than the signings that we made in transfer fee and wages. Given than we had to sign two thirds of a new squad, it just wasn’t really practical.

[hilts_coolerking]

Which is all lovely in theory but the reality is that those experienced players and Premier League standard striker would have all cost significantly more than the signings that we made in transfer fee and wages.

Says who?  That's pure speculation. 

[Holte L2]

I think we've just missed a little bit of top flight class.

Signing Cahill instead of Engels.  Kalvin Phillips instead of Nakamba and Danny Ings instead of Wesley would have made such a difference.