Christian Purslow - Resigned

[ChicagoLion]

Agreeing with Risso.
And the language Purslow is using is different, there are no gimmicks, not too many cliches. No Engine bollocks.
Yes he comes over as very smooth and eloquent but that is what you would expect from someone with his background.
It looks like he and Smith have rapport and are working together but at their respective roles.
We now have the right owners, executive and coaching team in place and now they are building the playing squad. Long May it continue.

[TheTimVilla]

Liverpool fans don’t seem to like him though, mainly for bringing Hodgson in.

[VILLA MOLE]

Liverpool fans don’t seem to like him though, mainly for bringing Hodgson in.

Hodgson is a good manager though

[Confusious says]

I think his problem with the fans was sacking Raffa Benitez, it wouldn’t
matter who replaced him they Loved Raffa

[mike]

But...that's what he is? Our Head Coach.

He just reminded me of bosses I've had who talked all over me and tried to take all the credit when I'd done a good job. Plus, anyone who claims to love the club 5 minutes after getting here gets very little credence after the badge kisser Alpay. Having said all of which, I think Purslow is very good at what he does and I'm glad he's our CEO, I just felt a bit for Dean having his moment of glory stolen by a man in a suit.

[maidstonevillain]

But...that's what he is? Our Head Coach.

He just reminded me of bosses I've had who talked all over me and tried to take all the credit when I'd done a good job. Plus, anyone who claims to love the club 5 minutes after getting here gets very little credence after the badge kisser Alpay. Having said all of which, I think Purslow is very good at what he does and I'm glad he's our CEO, I just felt a bit for Dean having his moment of glory stolen by a man in a suit.

Dean got his moment of glory on the pitch and on the balcony where it probably means a lot more to him.

I'm still impressed by Purslow though. He was/is pretty successful outside of football, so it seems he does this job, including at his other previous clubs, because he enjoys it.

[dave.woodhall]

Christian Purslow running round Wembley with a trophy or Tom Fox keeping quiet as we get relegated? Tough decision. 

[kippaxvilla2]

  Xia made gloop for Chinese takeaways. Possibly.

This line really made me giggle.

[kippaxvilla2]

Liverpool fans don’t seem to like him though, mainly for bringing Hodgson in.

He got unfair treatment at Liverpool.  Hodgson turned out to be a failure but so did Dalglish 2nd time and Rodgers.  What people don’t credit him with is introducing the current owners to try and eventually successfully oust Gillette and Hicks.

[VILLA MOLE]

  Xia made gloop for Chinese takeaways. Possibly.

This line really made me giggle.

not hungry

[Damo70]

Purslow talks straight and talks sense. In the past few years one or two of our hierarchy in suits have come out with stuff straight out of the David Brent phrasebook.

[Monty]

Yes a lot of it is just the usual bluster - new chapter, great club, best fans etc - but you can always read between the lines to some extent. With Fox, you could read panic and fear and total lack of cohesion; with Xia, it was obviously all bluff and exaggeration, with no real plan or competence; with Purslow, on the other hand, it does actually seem like the club has a proper structure in place and contingency plans if things go better or worse than expected, as well as an actual sense of what we want to do on and off the pitch and how those two things work together. I'm pretty optimistic.

[Sexual Ealing]

Liverpool fans don’t seem to like him though, mainly for bringing Hodgson in.

He got unfair treatment at Liverpool.  Hodgson turned out to be a failure but so did Dalglish 2nd time and Rodgers.  What people don’t credit him with is introducing the current owners to try and eventually successfully oust Gillette and Hicks.

Until Saturday Rodgers did as well as Klopp had. Obviously Klopp is the better of the two by several miles.

[Hookeysmith]

When you look at the commercial deals he has been instrumental in previously

2009 - £80mil - 4 year shirt sponsor deal for Liverpool (I think our deal in 2009 was around £1.5 mil per year - in 2015 we did a £5mil deal for 2 years with Dafabet to put it into context)

Chelsea

Shirt sponsor - Yokohama tires - £200 mil

Training kit - Carabao - £30mil

Nike kit provider - £900 mil

In his interview with Deano he stated about footholds in USA etc from a marketing perspective

This guy is a serious player

[Des Little]

Liverpool fans don’t seem to like him though, mainly for bringing Hodgson in.

He got unfair treatment at Liverpool.  Hodgson turned out to be a failure but so did Dalglish 2nd time and Rodgers.  What people don’t credit him with is introducing the current owners to try and eventually successfully oust Gillette and Hicks.

Until Saturday Rodgers did as well as Klopp had. Obviously Klopp is the better of the two by several miles.

This is true, but who's got the better teeth?