Christian Purslow - Resigned

[Dougs Socks]

Purslow hired Gerrard. Therefore he should be sacked.

Haha, no fucking chance. One frigging mistake ( maybe two ..Smith?), he's gone with what he thought would improve us. Fair play, he has fucked it. However, off the pitch it's a different kettle of fish. I'm glad we have him, and I think a lot of you agree.

He has his own cash invested. That's commitment.

[ChicagoLion]

Off the pitch don’t look that great to me either.
Catering  , transport,  merchandise all shit. The website is haphazard.


I don’t see why his having invested in the club should make any difference to the way we judge his tenure.

[Mister E]

Off the pitch don’t look that great to me either.
Catering  , transport,  merchandise all shit. The website is haphazard
I don’t see why his having invested in the club should make any difference to the way we judge his tenure.

Well, when you put it like that ...

[RamboandBruno]

Purslow hired Gerrard. Therefore he should be sacked.

Haha, no fucking chance. One frigging mistake ( maybe two ..Smith?), he's gone with what he thought would improve us. Fair play, he has fucked it. However, off the pitch it's a different kettle of fish. I'm glad we have him, and I think a lot of you agree.

He has his own cash invested. That's commitment.

How was Smith a mistake?

[Beard82]

I don’t think we can be too mad someone didn’t have a passport when he was apointed.

It’s unfortunate - but I would imagine the club were fully aware and decided despite that he was the right man. 

We have more coaches than the national express surely one of them should have been there to run it

The fact he has only just started I think is another reason why Gerrard gets more time

[aj2k77]

What has he done any good so far? Wear a suit, talk buzz words, generally not make an arse of himself, I get that. Where have the improvements come from apart from throwing huge amounts of money around, which I could do?

[Brazilian Villain]

What has he done any good so far? Wear a suit, talk buzz words, generally not make an arse of himself, I get that. Where have the improvements come from apart from throwing huge amounts of money around, which I could do?

So you're voting for Truss not Sunak?

[aj2k77]

What has he done any good so far? Wear a suit, talk buzz words, generally not make an arse of himself, I get that. Where have the improvements come from apart from throwing huge amounts of money around, which I could do?

So you're voting for Truss not Sunak?

I'd rather vote for that bloke who wears the giant metal helmet.

[Risso]

What has he done any good so far? Wear a suit, talk buzz words, generally not make an arse of himself, I get that. Where have the improvements come from apart from throwing huge amounts of money around, which I could do?

Plus points:

Well to be fair to him (and Smith) they got us up and kept us up
The youth development route appears to be very good
Plans for the new North Stand look decent

Minus points

The taking of the extra step seems to be a lot more difficult than he thought
Transfer strategy has had mixed results at best, the two directors of football haven't really turned up any gems
The catering at the club is an absolute shambles still

[aj2k77]

What has he done any good so far? Wear a suit, talk buzz words, generally not make an arse of himself, I get that. Where have the improvements come from apart from throwing huge amounts of money around, which I could do?

Plus points:

Well to be fair to him (and Smith) they got us up and kept us up
The youth development route appears to be very good
Plans for the new North Stand look decent

Minus points

The taking of the extra step seems to be a lot more difficult than he thought
Transfer strategy has had mixed results at best, the two directors of football haven't really turned up any gems
The catering at the club is an absolute shambles still

Yes, youth development seems light years ahead of where we were 5 years ago. Good point. The North Stand is just going to be a white elephant though if were continually shit. It's just on paper, he hasn't done anything but asked someone to draw a picture. Grealish, Tammy and Mings got us up that season. Those 3 were on fire. Credit to Purslow for hiring Smith though as I though at the time he didn't have it in him, although I suppose having 3 England internationals in the Championship did help.

Financially, we've been terrible still. Is Lange good enough? The last few windows have been shit.

[Flin5tone]

Talks as though we're top 4 with fantastic facilities. Reality Absolutely NOTHING has changed on or off the pitch, we're still CRAP and paying more for it . There was the same cigarette butt wedged between a ceiling tile that was there on the final Home Game of last season?

The Holte Hotel hasn't been painted in years and looks like it's closed down. The catering is absolutely horrendous. The manager hasn't got a  clue and the players aren't motivated .

What do the Maintenance Team (if we have one?) do in the closed season? 

[frank black]

Talks as though we're top 4 with fantastic facilities. Reality Absolutely NOTHING has changed on or off the pitch, we're still CRAP and paying more for it . There was the same cigarette butt wedged between a ceiling tile that was there on the final Home Game of last season?

The Holte Hotel hasn't been painted in years and looks like it's closer down. The catering is absolutely horrendous. The manager hasn't got a  clue and the players aren't motivated .

What do the Maintenance Team (if we have one?) do in the closed season? 

So you haven’t got the feel good factor?

[aj2k77]

Talks as though we're top 4 with fantastic facilities. Reality Absolutely NOTHING has changed on or off the pitch, we're still CRAP and paying more for it . There was the same cigarette butt wedged between a ceiling tile that was there on the final Home Game of last season?

The Holte Hotel hasn't been painted in years and looks like it's closer down. The catering is absolutely horrendous. The manager hasn't got a  clue and the players aren't motivated .

What do the Maintenance Team (if we have one?) do in the closed season? 

Couldn't you sit on your mates shoulders and pull it out? The cigarette butt that is.

[Beard82]

What has he done any good so far? Wear a suit, talk buzz words, generally not make an arse of himself, I get that. Where have the improvements come from apart from throwing huge amounts of money around, which I could do?

Plus points:

Well to be fair to him (and Smith) they got us up and kept us up
The youth development route appears to be very good
Plans for the new North Stand look decent

Minus points

The taking of the extra step seems to be a lot more difficult than he thought
Transfer strategy has had mixed results at best, the two directors of football haven't really turned up any gems
The catering at the club is an absolute shambles still

I think this is a fair summary.  I think a lot of the minus fit in with SG - as SG wants finished quality, rather than gems, and hasnt delivered (yet) on the field

[dave.woodhall]

I'm still in the 'talks a good fight' camp. For all we say we're making progress there isn't much tangible proof. The Matchday Experience™ is mixed at best, the team could go either way and there seems to be a disdain for supporters that I've not noticed since the glory days of Doug.