Quote from: paul_e on July 11, 2020, 05:08:17 PMQuote from: Risso on July 11, 2020, 05:04:15 PMWe’re as good as relegated. Of course it was the wrong decision.Not really, who would've taken the job during the lockdown and how well would the change work without proper training? If there was someone lined up ready to come in just before the lockdown then fair enough but if they didn't have that then I just don't think you can say for sure that a change would've been 100% the right call.So the smart thing to do would have been to have friendly conversations with a number of targets before the season restarted and have one or two interested parties potentially willing to take over at short notice if Dean failed to pick up a win in his first 2-3 games. The promise of a £1m survival bonus would have been ample sweetener for the likes of Allardyce. We've played 6 now and it's too late to affect anything ourselves at this point. I think it's a disgrace and it's total mismanagement from the top down, given the massive hole it's going to blow in Club finances.
Quote from: Risso on July 11, 2020, 05:04:15 PMWe’re as good as relegated. Of course it was the wrong decision.Not really, who would've taken the job during the lockdown and how well would the change work without proper training? If there was someone lined up ready to come in just before the lockdown then fair enough but if they didn't have that then I just don't think you can say for sure that a change would've been 100% the right call.
We’re as good as relegated. Of course it was the wrong decision.
Quote from: Chris Smith on July 11, 2020, 04:57:58 PMTrying to run a recruitment process when the country is in lockdown and the owners are on different continents would make the logistics of almost impossible so I can understand why the held off.Have they heard of ZOOM?Football isn't exactly your run of the mill business, if you want a survival specialist you pick up the phone and get Big Sam.
Trying to run a recruitment process when the country is in lockdown and the owners are on different continents would make the logistics of almost impossible so I can understand why the held off.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on July 11, 2020, 04:38:18 PMQuote from: colin69 on July 11, 2020, 04:27:44 PMI just cannot get my head around billionaire owners sticking with him for so long when it’s obvious we are going down. How did they make their fortunes?If you hire a CEO you entrust them with executive responsibility for the organisation.Billionaires know that you have to allow the CEO to run the business, they can not spend all of their time hiring and firing CEOs, if they did they would not be billionaires.Fair comment. So my my next question is how the hell is Purslow still on a job when he’s failed so miserably? I’m sure these guys have sacked enough people in their time to realise they are going to lose a hell of a lot of money.
Quote from: colin69 on July 11, 2020, 04:27:44 PMI just cannot get my head around billionaire owners sticking with him for so long when it’s obvious we are going down. How did they make their fortunes?If you hire a CEO you entrust them with executive responsibility for the organisation.Billionaires know that you have to allow the CEO to run the business, they can not spend all of their time hiring and firing CEOs, if they did they would not be billionaires.
I just cannot get my head around billionaire owners sticking with him for so long when it’s obvious we are going down. How did they make their fortunes?
Watching Sheffield Utd just now.Average squad.Fit, motivated and organised.
Quote from: Big Ming on July 11, 2020, 06:42:39 PMWatching Sheffield Utd just now.Average squad.Fit, motivated and organised.you have to have that, it’s a given to compete.Good teams work hard first, everything comes from that.
That he’s been allowed to appear back in the side looking like that is simply beyond understanding and I’m quite a clever bloke. Who is it that looks at him and says ‘yep he’s in shape and ready to fight for our survival.’ It’s really, really unprofessional. Everyone I’ve spoken to not linked to Villa have noticed it.
I remember at the start of the season I was really looking forward to it because I'd bought into the Smith myth of no matter what the opposition we will always go and give it a go and try and win the game What on earth happened