Christian Purslow - Resigned

[andyh]

Surely he has to go.  He has thrown his hat into the ring and lost it.  First of all the Jack Grealish contract and the get out clause, followed by Bshit over replacement players, then throwing Dean Smith under a bus as a result of his own failure and latterly appointment someone supposedly close to him as Head Coach, which has ultimately failed. 

At least do the Boris thing and offer your resignation.  It will be accepted.

I dont think we can beat him up on the Grealish thing.
At the end of the day we have mugged city off, eased our  FFP concerns, and let’s not forget, Grealish had been trying to leave for 3 years.

The only thing Purslow has fecked up on is having a vanity project and gambling that he would be deemed a genius for unearthing and new managerial superstar.

[AV82EC]

His future ultimately depends on whether the owners feel he is delivering. After the Suso debacle, Lange reports directly to NSWE, so it’ll be interesting to see how Lange sees this and whether this reflects well on Purslow. Lange of course being equally culpable in my view for the Gerrard appointment. I still think Naseef and Wes are too reliant on Purslow and if they dig deeper wouldn’t be happy with how he’s doing things. Something doesn’t feel quite right.

[ChicagoLion]

His future ultimately depends on whether the owners feel he is delivering. After the Suso debacle, Lange reports directly to NSWE, so it’ll be interesting to see how Lange sees this and whether this reflects well on Purslow. Lange of course being equally culpable in my view for the Gerrard appointment. I still think Naseef and Wes are too reliant on Purslow and if they dig deeper wouldn’t be happy with how he’s doing things. Something doesn’t feel quite right.

I don’t see how anyone but Purslow is responsible for Gerard's appointment.
The owners would have more of a say than Lange.

[AV82EC]

His future ultimately depends on whether the owners feel he is delivering. After the Suso debacle, Lange reports directly to NSWE, so it’ll be interesting to see how Lange sees this and whether this reflects well on Purslow. Lange of course being equally culpable in my view for the Gerrard appointment. I still think Naseef and Wes are too reliant on Purslow and if they dig deeper wouldn’t be happy with how he’s doing things. Something doesn’t feel quite right.

I don’t see how anyone but Purslow is responsible for Gerard's appointment.
The owners would have more of a say than Lange.

I can’t believe that as the Director of Football he isn’t intimately involved in all discussions with the owners on matters of management and coaching as well as the more obvious player recruitment stuff. I agree with you that he’s just one voice and ultimately the owners and Purslow have more say, I think Langes input could be crucial here in whether a change is being contemplated.

[boozey182]

Out of the 3 you mention he would be my 3rd choice.I have never really taken to Rodgers.
Why are the Leicester fans so against him?

Not too sure. One of my Leicester mates thinks they are massively fickle and will rue the day he goes, others can’t wait till he does. My take is Leicester fans have developed a massive massive delusion of grandeur, they honestly believe they now should be champions league challenging etc - think this doesn’t help BR

I’d be a mix of delighted/happy for any of those 3. Poch is the one though. Genuinely believe he’s obtainable

I once met a Leicester fan that told me that they would have won the league whether Ranieri was their manager or not and that they felt he got too much credit for it. As you say, massive, massive delusion of grandeur!

If Poch is in anyway obtainable, I would imagine we have put the feelers out already. It would be cirminal not to, and Purslow must know that he cannot make another mistake like last time. The next appointment will define his tenure - if he gets it wrong, he will have been a failure.

[Brend'Watkins]

Out of the 3 you mention he would be my 3rd choice.I have never really taken to Rodgers.
Why are the Leicester fans so against him?

Not too sure. One of my Leicester mates thinks they are massively fickle and will rue the day he goes, others can’t wait till he does. My take is Leicester fans have developed a massive massive delusion of grandeur, they honestly believe they now should be champions league challenging etc - think this doesn’t help BR

I’d be a mix of delighted/happy for any of those 3. Poch is the one though. Genuinely believe he’s obtainable

If Poch is in anyway obtainable, I would imagine we have put the feelers out already. It would be cirminal not to, and Purslow must know that he cannot make another mistake like last time. The next appointment will define his tenure - if he gets it wrong, he will have been a failure.

If he is available then Purslow is not doing his job if he isn’t seeing how available he really is.

[Footy-Vill]

Leicester are failing miserably now and Rodgers seems to be one of those managers that can't address the slide.

[mallo]

I can see the benefit in asking Poch if he's up for it, but I don't think he'd come. I suspect he might get some Champions league team request within a few months. Experience, coaching ability and silverware are the minimum requirements.

[boozey182]

I can see the benefit in asking Poch if he's up for it, but I don't think he'd come. I suspect he might get some Champions league team request within a few months. Experience, coaching ability and silverware are the minimum requirements.

We've got to turn a negative into a positive. Use the fact that our manage is terrible to our advantage - get rid of him while the other teams are giving their guy more time to turn into Arteta (rather than accepting that they're a Sherwood, Di Matteo, Bradley, Magath, Di Canio, de Boer, Kean, Garde, Wigley, Santini, Mel etc), and strike now. If we are to get someone of an elite level, timing will be everything. This could be our only chance, we have to stack the odds in our favour.

[mrfuse]

Leicester are failing miserably now and Rodgers seems to be one of those managers that can't address the slide.

I would say the issue seems to be that Leicester are broke and having to sell their best players which must be demoralizing for Rodgers and the whole squad. I cant say I would give my best performance under similar circumstances if I worked for a company like that.

[KRS]

For me, Purslow has some credit in the bank so I don’t see any need for him to leave on the back of appointing SG. His strengths are behind the scenes running the club as a business, and he always speaks well of and about the club…from what I can see, he’s done a lot more good than bad, so I don’t really have any complaints. Just keep him away from management appointments in the future!

[LeeB]

Out of the 3 you mention he would be my 3rd choice.I have never really taken to Rodgers.
Why are the Leicester fans so against him?

Not too sure. One of my Leicester mates thinks they are massively fickle and will rue the day he goes, others can’t wait till he does. My take is Leicester fans have developed a massive massive delusion of grandeur, they honestly believe they now should be champions league challenging etc - think this doesn’t help BR

I’d be a mix of delighted/happy for any of those 3. Poch is the one though. Genuinely believe he’s obtainable

I once met a Leicester fan that told me that they would have won the league whether Ranieri was their manager or not and that they felt he got too much credit for it. As you say, massive, massive delusion of grandeur!

If Poch is in anyway obtainable, I would imagine we have put the feelers out already. It would be cirminal not to, and Purslow must know that he cannot make another mistake like last time. The next appointment will define his tenure - if he gets it wrong, he will have been a failure.

I've told it before, but I met a Leicester fan at his workplace, in Leicester and after spending 20 minutes discussing the merits of our respective teams amicably in the canteen, I noticed a claret t shirt poking out the back of his work jacket. He was wearing the old Reebok/NTL Villa shirt, which apparently his nan had bought him years before.

Weird fuckers.

[Risso]

Try living round here! A weird bunch indeed.

[LeeB]

I actually don't mind them, or the city, all that much. They just all seem a bit bongo, the one's I've met, like they got dropped on their heads as infants.

[pauliewalnuts]

That weird high pitched, slightly camp accent they have, though.