Christian Purslow - Resigned

[Risso]

I'd limit his responsibilities  to showing Prince William to his seat and guffawing at the appropriate  time.

Ha ha, excellent!

Made me loff!

[Drummond]

His failings are there for all to see, he is not a very good CEO and the club will be better off when he is gone.

What are those failings then? Just for those of us who aren't as observant.

[Drummond]

We are finally performing on the pitch, which means we can get better deals off it. Trying to get a deal done based on the last 10 years would be almost impossible.

The development of the North Stand, new Villa Live thingy, and the environs are all good. We seem to be building good relationships with the council etc.

Season tickets are getting more expensive, but they were always going to, because they do at every club and we need to maximise income. I don't like it but if we want to continue to compete at the top, it's inevitable. We aren't controlled by a state, so can't make companies sponsor us.

Football has changed folks.

[Stinkin_Thinkin]

I wouldn't let Purslow have any input on fan issues either, he only knows one way, Make them pay!  Seeing how he shoo's away the subordinate cleaning the seat in the Rigby sky video interview sums him up.

Never forget Purslow said "Aggressive ticket price hikes are not our policy" in a meeting with fans before the last summers stealth hikes. (zone deletions etc) and that was way before the cost of living crisis! Sky must be impressed with the way he talked, defending their investment against the 'grotesque' superleague. I'm sure they'll use that clip on loop for time to come.

[Beard82]

I think there's zero doubt Nas won't be letting Purslow run with any managerial appointments any time soon.

Yep, think he's been given one chance - fucked it up massively - isn't likely to be given another.

Didn’t he sway the owners away from Henry and to Deano?

[Drummond]

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/aston-villa-vs-liverpool-why-christian-purslow-paul-tyrrell-villains-anfield-a9180396.html

It's interesting, and is of course written by the person who probably most despises him and who he dislikes/mistrusts the most (or his pal Tyrrel does).

As Ads says, I think there's a different sense of identity with our clubs, and frankly, that whole time at Liverpool, with the previous owners was a complete shambles. Nonetheless, it does seem that he didn't exactly help himself. I suspect he was being tarred with the same brush, guilty by association.

Having said all that, I'm not sure I'm that bothered about the whole thing, because in my view he's not done a lot wrong since he's been with us (barring appointing that knob Gerrard and the Terrace View).

[Lastfootstamper]

I think there's zero doubt Nas won't be letting Purslow run with any managerial appointments any time soon.

As he's 8 years older than the man who'll be our manager for the next 3 decades, I think you might be right.

[Risso]

If you've got good owners, which we have, all you really need is for your CEO to have a good knowledge of football, and to be competent in doing commercial deals etc. And not to choose managers, obvs.

[ChicagoLion]

So long as he keeps out of the football side - which I am not sure he has in the past - he is probably ok.  Simply because I don’t think the owners would tolerate it if he wasn’t.  Hiring and firing CEOs is their world. 

I do get the general frustration - certainly I would spend more at VP if I could ever get a drink.  I am assuming it is outsourced to someone and it might be that these things take time to change due to contracts etc.  but I think by hook or by crook we’ll see a much slicker commercial operation in the future

We have to - today newcastle announced a short deal worth double ours - probably following the Man City model - so to compete at the top we really need every aspect of the club and the way it is ran to be as good as it can

I can not see a contract that does not have some basic performance criteria, SLA.
It’s not like he hasn’t had plenty of time to fix it, which mens he is useless or doesn’t give a fuck.

[Mister E]

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/aston-villa-vs-liverpool-why-christian-purslow-paul-tyrrell-villains-anfield-a9180396.html

Sounds all rather bitter and twisted, with some comments very assumptive. All fans and journos are biased about clubs!
The photo of Klopp with UE is interesting: Bingo has his hand on the back of UE's neck (as has been observed in some photos of Trump, by the way) - it's definitely a power-pose and one that is threatening. Just an observation.

[RamboandBruno]

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/aston-villa-vs-liverpool-why-christian-purslow-paul-tyrrell-villains-anfield-a9180396.html

It's interesting, and is of course written by the person who probably most despises him and who he dislikes/mistrusts the most (or his pal Tyrrel does).

As Ads says, I think there's a different sense of identity with our clubs, and frankly, that whole time at Liverpool, with the previous owners was a complete shambles. Nonetheless, it does seem that he didn't exactly help himself. I suspect he was being tarred with the same brush, guilty by association.

Having said all that, I'm not sure I'm that bothered about the whole thing, because in my view he's not done a lot wrong since he's been with us (barring appointing that knob Gerrard and the Terrace View).

I think an almost 50% hike in season ticket prices, in two seasons is not necessary and on Purslow. The Gerard decision was also a disaster and could of led us back to relegation without the intervention of one of the owners. These are two pretty big markers against him and then the terrace bar is a third.

[Goldenballs]

Is the terrace bar really a problem? Nobody has to use it if they don't want to.

[dave.woodhall]

Is the terrace bar really a problem? Nobody has to use it if they don't want to.

In which case they get worse facilities than we already have. Plus it's the thin end of the wedge - it shows that no part of the ground is sacrosanct. 

[ChicagoLion]

Is the terrace bar really a problem? Nobody has to use it if they don't want to.

If any one needed convincing of his attitude towards the fans purely as nothing more than walking ATMs.

[Ads]

It's like some of you have woken up and not realised the game was bought and sold for Sky gold over 30 years ago. The only push back we've had is when away tickets were capped so we stopped having to pay £60 to go to places like Stamford Bridge.