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Offline Steve67

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #750 on: August 08, 2020, 12:20:54 PM »
Concentrating on the four or five players we need to get in.

Offline eamonn

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #751 on: August 08, 2020, 03:47:57 PM »
On holiday in Gibraltar, hanging out with the monkeys.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #752 on: September 10, 2020, 06:56:42 PM »
Purslow has just been on sky news talking very sensibly about how to get fans back into stadiums and it should not be put on hold.  The plans to test supporters etc seems very logical.  Reckons the 20 PL clubs are losing £20m combined per month.  Far worse in the EFL.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #753 on: September 10, 2020, 06:59:01 PM »
The clubs have always cared about the fans, not so sure the Premier League have given many fucks about the match going fan over recent years

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #754 on: September 10, 2020, 08:31:43 PM »
I volunteer to be a guinea pig.

Offline edgysatsuma89

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #755 on: September 11, 2020, 12:08:06 AM »
Purslow has just been on sky news talking very sensibly about how to get fans back into stadiums and it should not be put on hold.  The plans to test supporters etc seems very logical.  Reckons the 20 PL clubs are losing £20m combined per month.  Far worse in the EFL.

It was an interesting interview in terms of what the testing plans were. It was £100 mil combined per month that was stated by the way, not that it really matters. What sort of figures does a month at villa park bring in on average?

Offline mr underhill

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #756 on: September 11, 2020, 07:00:47 AM »
Even the EPL can't take another half or full season behind closed doors. in truth, nobody could have foreseen the impact that this pandemic has had but unless we find a way of accommodating it very quickly most clubs will simply go to the wall, just like businesses in other entertainment sectors. Of course, there are much wider cultural and social implications for living in a world without spectator sport and if only some sanity had prevailed in the immediate past on player salaries and agent fees some of the pain would undoubtedly have been avoided. but it is what it is, and unless crowds are allowed back into stadiums safely with in the next month or so, it's game over.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #757 on: September 11, 2020, 07:17:57 AM »
I volunteer to be a guinea pig.

Yep, me too.

Online kippaxvilla2

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #758 on: September 11, 2020, 07:36:22 AM »
Purslow has just been on sky news talking very sensibly about how to get fans back into stadiums and it should not be put on hold.  The plans to test supporters etc seems very logical.  Reckons the 20 PL clubs are losing £20m combined per month.  Far worse in the EFL.

It was an interesting interview in terms of what the testing plans were. It was £100 mil combined per month that was stated by the way, not that it really matters. What sort of figures does a month at villa park bring in on average?

Sorry yes I was confusing it with the 20 clubs.  Yes £100m.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #759 on: September 11, 2020, 07:46:06 AM »
I recently watched the The 30 Year Wait - Liverpool BBC documentary. I thought it was going to focus more on this last season than it did but it was a pretty long drawn out affair about their history with Purslow popping up in the acrimonious FSG court/take over from Hicks and Gillet. I didn't realise he was so involved with them at that turbulent period (they owed the bank I think it was something like £200 million) pretty full on stuff by all accounts. I'm not sure if that makes me more suspicious of him or actually gives me more confidence in him?

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #760 on: September 11, 2020, 10:03:16 AM »
From memory didn’t he manage the exit of Gillette and Hicks but got a guilt by association status.  Though he did hire Hodgson that obviously went down well with the fans.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #761 on: September 11, 2020, 11:19:43 AM »
From memory didn’t he manage the exit of Gillette and Hicks but got a guilt by association status.  Though he did hire Hodgson that obviously went down well with the fans.
Just having a quick look to get some more background of that time and came across this extremely critical/concerning article in the Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/aston-villa-vs-liverpool-why-christian-purslow-paul-tyrrell-villains-anfield-a9180396.html
Not wanting to cause alarm and apologies if this has already been raised/covered in this thread but I'd say it's probably worth a read and something to bear in mind.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #762 on: September 11, 2020, 11:35:47 AM »
Well...we all , er, make mistakes...I'm sure he's learnt from them...

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #763 on: September 11, 2020, 11:53:41 AM »
Re his beeline for star players.  He seems to have a semi every time he sees Tyrone.  There was a weird moment at the Play off Final presentation when he almost fell over the presentation area beckoning Tyrone to come over for a hug. 

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #764 on: September 11, 2020, 01:18:20 PM »
Who was it that gave Kalinic a 5 year contract?

 


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