Christian Purslow - Resigned

[Matt Collins]

I just can't see him arriving in post and sacking the manager within a fortnight this early in the season

I do hope he's already initiating a search for a new manager though

[junxs]

If he sacks Bruce he'll become an instant hero with the fans

[DB]

That is only half a job. Easy to get rid of the problem but they have to come up with the solution.

[RussellC]

The things is for Purslow, his success will be largely dependent on how successful Bruce is. Premier League football will make commercial deals a lot easier and therefore I'm sure he will be ruthless should it look (again) like Bruce isn't going to get us there.

[mr underhill]

history tells us he isn't going to. Two years on and we look no closer to it.

[steamer]

earlier posters are right.
The new C.E.O I am sure will have a set of given objectives.
Promotion is probably, Number 1 on his list
The time frame ? if you are given the job after the season is started, I would guess 1.5 seasons is a fair challenge.
He lives or dies by Bruce results
if we are off the pace after another 2/3 games, I would imagine him getting a bit nervous about his ability to give a result.
I can not imagine his objective is a play off place and then the lottery
I hope for some leadership and Vision from the new C.E,O

[eamonn]

*1.85 seasons

[mike]

He knew we hadn’t got a defence when he signed so I can’t imagine he agreed to any objective that involved getting promoted this year.

[Damo70]

I would suspect that if we fall more than a couple of points away from the top six a decision will be made to change the manager. Each season out of the top flight presents more problems for the people running the club and they won't put up with it.

Plus, obviously Bruce wasn't the new regimes appointment, they inherited him.

[mr underhill]

they really should have dealt with this when they first came in. Leaving him in post  has made it very much harder, as he has this uncanny knack of pulling results out of the bag when he needs them most.

[Ads]

Is that really a disaster, that we go on a good run?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

As we expect to win the next few games, a good run will come as no surprise. It's what happens in December that should concern him. Will he wait for the inevitable collapse and sacking or take steps now and start the process a few months early?

I'd have sent him packing first thing Monday morning, assuming we had somebody lined up, even if that somebody was only until the end of the season.

[ktvillan]

Is that really a disaster, that we go on a good run?

In a sense it's the worst of all possible worlds, Bruce possibly doing enough to keep himself employed, but not enough to get us up.  Unless he can sustain it over the season it just keeps us in limbo.  Since history indicates he can't sustain it, best to take the long term view and bin Bruceball.

[jwarry]

Is that really a disaster, that we go on a good run?

In a sense it's the worst of all possible worlds, Bruce possibly doing enough to keep himself employed, but not enough to get us up.  Unless he can sustain it over the season it just keeps us in limbo.  Since history indicates he can't sustain it, best to take the long term view and bin Bruceball.

I really don’t understand this way of thinking, I don’t care who is the manager as long as the team I’ve supported all my life wins more often than it loses

[SheffieldVillain]

Is that really a disaster, that we go on a good run?

In a sense it's the worst of all possible worlds, Bruce possibly doing enough to keep himself employed, but not enough to get us up.  Unless he can sustain it over the season it just keeps us in limbo.  Since history indicates he can't sustain it, best to take the long term view and bin Bruceball.

I really don’t understand this way of thinking, I don’t care who is the manager as long as the team I’ve supported all my life wins more often than it loses

I'd like us to win enough to be promoted, as this squad should be capable of.