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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #765 on: September 11, 2020, 01:40:08 PM »
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. 

well we have all felt that  :)

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #766 on: September 11, 2020, 02:18:42 PM »

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #767 on: September 11, 2020, 02:43:26 PM »
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.

I’ve read a couple of things suggesting he got a bad rap from the Liverpool fans over that business.

I guess they know a thing or two about bad raps at Anfield.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #768 on: September 11, 2020, 02:48:01 PM »
Well...we all , er, make mistakes...I'm sure he's learnt from them...

Purslow or Diablo?

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #769 on: September 11, 2020, 02:48:02 PM »

Alright Aldo
Sound as a pound
I'm cushty la but there's nothing down
The rest of the lads ain't got it sussed
We'll have to learn 'em to talk like us

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #770 on: September 14, 2020, 08:54:56 AM »
Who was it that gave Kalinic a 5 year contract?
Smith's first signing.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #771 on: September 14, 2020, 08:59:59 AM »
Who was it that gave Kalinic a 5 year contract?
Smith's first signing.

I thought it was a Bruce agreed deal just before he got the bullet and we were comitted to take him

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #772 on: September 14, 2020, 09:01:36 AM »
Who was it that gave Kalinic a 5 year contract?
Smith's first signing.

I thought it was a Bruce agreed deal just before he got the bullet and we were comitted to take him
You mean agreed deal so it still went through?
Could have been.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #773 on: September 14, 2020, 09:04:54 AM »
Kalinic was going to be signed by Remi Garde but we couldn't get a work permit sorted.  Based on his performances for us you can see why.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #774 on: September 14, 2020, 09:04:56 AM »
Who was it that gave Kalinic a 5 year contract?
Smith's first signing.
I thought it was a Bruce agreed deal just before he got the bullet and we were comitted to take him
You mean agreed deal so it still went through?
Could have been.
Point being, it was on Purslow's watch.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #775 on: September 14, 2020, 09:23:58 AM »
We had signed Croatia's No 1 international keeper. It was just a signing that didn't come off, it happens.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #776 on: September 14, 2020, 01:12:27 PM »
We had signed Croatia's No 1 international keeper. It was just a signing that didn't come off, it happens.
Yeah, to be fair I think for a player who we'd fancied for a while, Croatia's No 1, when we were playing in the Championship and probably expecting another season there ... I think it's just one that hasn't worked out either for us or him.  He's not hit the ground running, and we've progressed faster than expected so it's a difficult time for him playing catchup.


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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #777 on: September 14, 2020, 02:29:36 PM »
We had signed Croatia's No 1 international keeper. It was just a signing that didn't come off, it happens.
Yeah, to be fair I think for a player who we'd fancied for a while, Croatia's No 1, when we were playing in the Championship and probably expecting another season there ... I think it's just one that hasn't worked out either for us or him.  He's not hit the ground running, and we've progressed faster than expected so it's a difficult time for him playing catchup.



He was shocking.  I remember coming away from the game at Wigan thinking that was the worst debut I'd seen since Ugo's absolute very firstest debut game in the world ever.

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #778 on: September 14, 2020, 02:40:32 PM »
Was Ugo's worse than Woodgate's for Real Madrid?

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Re: New CEO appointed - Christian Purslow
« Reply #779 on: January 04, 2021, 12:01:49 PM »
On Talksport soon after 12 noon news.

 


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