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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #660 on: July 02, 2020, 08:32:36 PM »
I couldn't give a stuff who he supports.  He looked as completely gutted as everybody else when Liverpool scored two late goals against us in the home game.  What I do I care about is the performance in his job, and the structure he's put together for Villa, which to say the least, hasn't worked one bit this season.

Quite, he maybe doing some good on the Business/commercial side but on the Football side it’s been downright dreadful and I’m sure it’ll be coming up in his end of season debrief to Sawiris and Edens. It’ll be interesting to see who carries the can for the failings if we do drop, Suso and Smith for their failures or the man that appointed them?

Offline hilts_coolerking

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #661 on: July 02, 2020, 08:48:40 PM »
If Suso and Smith have been failures then they have to go, regardless of what happens to Purslow.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #662 on: July 02, 2020, 10:00:28 PM »
None of it has worked this season.  The recruitment, the coaching, not improving as expected.  All absolutely shit and Christian Purslow will be patently aware that this comes down to him.  I expect him to completely rethink his strategy because this season has been a disaster so far. Other than the cup, where we were all surprised how much we competed, although, still lost!

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #663 on: July 03, 2020, 04:42:41 AM »
Quoting your own previous post is the equivalent of liking your own Facebook posts.
« Last Edit: July 03, 2020, 02:50:03 PM by kippaxvilla2 »

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #664 on: July 03, 2020, 07:09:02 AM »
The failures that are down to the CEO, was not making sure that the squad was strong enough to complete because of a lack of a capable centre forward and player experience, whilst individual recruitment is not down to him, recruitment policy and overall responsibility for success is.
Not addressing the managers failings, he has allowed the saga to continue when it became apparent that Smith was out of his depth and needed help or replacing.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #665 on: July 03, 2020, 08:14:09 AM »
Agree with all of that.  The way modern football is run offers too many hidey holes at clubs for those responsible for catastrophically stupid decisions to avoid the consequences of their incompetence.  The not me Guv culture.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #666 on: July 03, 2020, 01:57:41 PM »
You're starting to reply to, and quote, yourself now.

I can't help it.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #667 on: July 03, 2020, 02:06:43 PM »
The thing is, sacking Purslow won't make Suso any better at judging a player's quality, and it won't make Dean a better manager or coach.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #668 on: July 03, 2020, 02:50:20 PM »
Quoting your own previous post is the equivalent of liking your own Facebook posts.


Nor me.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #669 on: July 03, 2020, 03:03:16 PM »
Purslow is a proper CEO type a bit slippery and can talk for an hour without really saying anything
 but i don't mind him he seems professional and after that fat chap (forgot his name) who looked as dodgy as hell i think he represents us well enough

he like any other CEO will be judged on his appointment of managers


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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #670 on: July 03, 2020, 05:26:45 PM »
Purslow is a proper CEO type a bit slippery and can talk for an hour without really saying anything
 but i don't mind him he seems professional and after that fat chap (forgot his name) who looked as dodgy as hell i think he represents us well enough

he like any other CEO will be judged on his appointment of managers
No idea why people think a CEO has to be slippery, how many have you met?
I agree Purslow comes a across as a bit “corporate” but by no means typical.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #671 on: July 03, 2020, 06:33:32 PM »
Agree with all of that.  The way modern football is run offers too many hidey holes at clubs for those responsible for catastrophically stupid decisions to avoid the consequences of their incompetence.  The not me Guv culture.

I’d have thought football management is the least likely place for stupid decisions to go unpunished, whether that’s the head coach or the CEO.

Perhaps you’d care to substantiate your argument?

« Last Edit: July 06, 2020, 07:23:24 AM by oldhill_avfc »

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #672 on: July 05, 2020, 07:26:54 PM »
So Purslow, what's the plan? You told us it wouldn't be like this but it has been a big pile of shit from day one.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #673 on: July 05, 2020, 07:39:53 PM »
I'm sick to the back teeth of Villa being shit.  Since Ron Saunders left, I can honestly say that only Graham Taylor, Big Ron, Brian Little and MON have, for me, been favourable appointments, perhaps a little bit of John Gregory.  The last 10 years, bar the 10 game streak and the play off final have been terrible.  We have the owners, we seem to have the CEO, so for fuck sake, sort it out. 

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #674 on: July 06, 2020, 01:06:06 AM »
This guy should be fired now ahead of other imminent changes.

 


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