Purslow parts company with Liverpool FC

[aws]

Are we expecting an appointment of a new CEO anytime soon now ?

 

Do we really need one? Ayre seems to be handling the commercial side OK and Comolli seems to be capable of handling transfer negotiations. What's left to do? The fewer people trying to establish a power base the better.

[Graham Smith]

 

Shit, forgot that meeting where the resolution was passed by the Committee to process as one from the Solly to Caldy to put that up. :yes:

 

Seriously, is that real and not photoshopped? Obviously, it had nothing to do with the Union.

[JohnnyH]

I've never known a fan base to court division so much. If people spent half as much time pulling together as they do with trying to talk down everyone else then God knows what we could achieve. We accuse them over the road of being bitter yet the level of bitterness shown to any person or group who put their heads above the parapet is astonishing. There is none better at slamming down a Liverpool fan then another Liverpool fan.

[Freddie pagnam]

I am relatively new to TLW but have to confess to being shocked and appalled by the treatment Christian Purslow gets from some people on these message boards.

 

However wrong we think the appointment of Roy Hodgson was, however wrong 'some' people thinkwe were to get rid of benitez , Purslow was vital to securing the future of our club by his actions in getting rid of hick and gillett.

 

and it is clear he didn't jump ship from them two at the end. why is it clear?

 

well if you look at the controversial meeting between purslow and sos in the autumn of 2009, sos publsihed minutes of the meeting in which puirslow made it clear he was not a supporter of hicks and gillett and wanted them out. subsequently, he tried to get sos to tone them down. sos refused and then purslow, realizing he had cocked up - stopped speaking to SOS.

 

I have a couple of questions for Graham Smith from SOS Mr Smith:

did you not realise that purslow was trying to not get into trouble with what he said to you in that meeting?

 

why did you feel the need to go to war with him over those minutes, when you met Rafa in the aumun of 2008, spent 4 hours with him and never published a single word about that until he left the club?

 

was the real truth that you did not like purslow cos he is a bit posh and your organisation likes to class warriors?

 

or was it because Owen Brown, Tony Evans and Rafa's other cronies felt he was a threat?

[JohnnyH]

I am relatively new to TLW but have to confess to being shocked and appalled by the treatment Christian Purslow gets from some people on these message boards.

 

However wrong we think the appointment of Roy Hodgson was, however wrong 'some' people thinkwe were to get rid of benitez , Purslow was vital to securing the future of our club by his actions in getting rid of hick and gillett.

 

and it is clear he didn't jump ship from them two at the end. why is it clear?

 

well if you look at the controversial meeting between purslow and sos in the autumn of 2009, sos publsihed minutes of the meeting in which puirslow made it clear he was not a supporter of hicks and gillett and wanted them out. subsequently, he tried to get sos to tone them down. sos refused and then purslow, realizing he had cocked up - stopped speaking to SOS.

 

I have a couple of questions for Graham Smith from SOS Mr Smith:

did you not realise that purslow was trying to not get into trouble with what he said to you in that meeting?

 

why did you feel the need to go to war with him over those minutes, when you met Rafa in the aumun of 2008, spent 4 hours with him and never published a single word about that until he left the club?

 

was the real truth that you did not like purslow cos he is a bit posh and your organisation likes to class warriors?

 

or was it because Owen Brown, Tony Evans and Rafa's other cronies felt he was a threat?

 

Ha ha. Wow. Well you are certainly coming from one side of the argument aren't you!

 

All your answers (well, apart from the daft question of class wars) are throughout the thread. Or you just join one of the many "Rafa is a cunt" threads as there's plenty of them and I reckon you'll fit right in.

[AmerScouse]

I've never known a fan base to court division so much. If people spent half as much time pulling together as they do with trying to talk down everyone else then God knows what we could achieve. We accuse them over the road of being bitter yet the level of bitterness shown to any person or group who put their heads above the parapet is astonishing. There is none better at slamming down a Liverpool fan then another Liverpool fan.

 

amen

[Trumo]

This bit

 

...confess to being shocked and appalled by the treatment Christian Purslow gets from some people on these message boards.

 

is easily explained by this bit.

 

I am relatively new to TLW...

[Graham Smith]

I have a couple of questions for Graham Smith from SOS Mr Smith:

did you not realise that purslow was trying to not get into trouble with what he said to you in that meeting?

 

Don't think that is right. The version that was published by us was toned down in terms of his manner and quotes as how he actually projected himself was hugely embarrassing.

 

I don't actually think the true version (our version) made him out to be "in trouble" as was evidenced by the fact that nothing happened to him and he was still there until they went.

 

why did you feel the need to go to war with him over those minutes, when you met Rafa in the aumun of 2008, spent 4 hours with him and never published a single word about that until he left the club?

 

I wasn't on the Committee in 2008 but I do know subsequent to that meeting it was agreed that any meetings with the Club had to be on the record as far as possible.

 

And I don't think any record of that meeting was ever published. You might be confusing it with a chance meeting with Benitez in Spring last year at the Academy when some Union members were there.

 

The "war" as you style it was created by him. He effectively made out that our version was incorrect when the reality was the other way around (especially as we had a recording that we never disclosed despite the abuse and allegations of lying we received afterwards).

 

All we did was put the facts forward that there were 15 of us at the meeting who recalled our version of the minutes being accurate.

 

was the real truth that you did not like purslow cos he is a bit posh and your organisation likes to class warriors?

 

Yeah, Socialist Workers Party us.

 

or was it because Owen Brown, Tony Evans and Rafa's other cronies felt he was a threat?

 

The group otherwise known as The Illuminati no doubt.

 

I'm afraid the truth is far more boring and prosaic. We just didn't like being labelled as liars or twisters of the truth.

[Bogman]

I am relatively new to TLW but have to confess to being shocked and appalled by the treatment Christian Purslow gets from some people on these message boards.

 

However wrong we think the appointment of Roy Hodgson was, however wrong 'some' people thinkwe were to get rid of benitez , Purslow was vital to securing the future of our club by his actions in getting rid of hick and gillett.

 

and it is clear he didn't jump ship from them two at the end. why is it clear?

 

well if you look at the controversial meeting between purslow and sos in the autumn of 2009, sos publsihed minutes of the meeting in which puirslow made it clear he was not a supporter of hicks and gillett and wanted them out. subsequently, he tried to get sos to tone them down. sos refused and then purslow, realizing he had cocked up - stopped speaking to SOS.

 

I have a couple of questions for Graham Smith from SOS Mr Smith:

did you not realise that purslow was trying to not get into trouble with what he said to you in that meeting?

 

why did you feel the need to go to war with him over those minutes, when you met Rafa in the aumun of 2008, spent 4 hours with him and never published a single word about that until he left the club?

 

was the real truth that you did not like purslow cos he is a bit posh and your organisation likes to class warriors?

 

or was it because Owen Brown, Tony Evans and Rafa's other cronies felt he was a threat?

 

 

 

Oh dear.

 

 

Originally Posted by JohnnyH

I've never known a fan base to court division so much. If people spent half as much time pulling together as they do with trying to talk down everyone else then God knows what we could achieve. We accuse them over the road of being bitter yet the level of bitterness shown to any person or group who put their heads above the parapet is astonishing. There is none better at slamming down a Liverpool fan then another Liverpool fan.

 

 

Spot-fuckin-on.

[aws]

Seems that Purslow's joined TLW now he's got more time on his hands. Fair do's.

[Royal Family]

And you haven't addressed or produced the pro-Benitez evidence of an SOS love-in. Because there isn't any.

 

Liverpool Echo - Liverpool FC - News - Rafa Benitez meets with Spirit of Shankly

 

Forgive me, but is this the four-hour SOS meeting with Rafa in 2008 that you are describing as a "chance" one (or is that another one??) despite the fact it is clearly reported here as being an "appointment"?

 

What is interesting in looking at the SOS archive is that there was a statement published about meeting Gillett on September 14, but SOS did NOT publish a note of this meeting with Rafa although it is widely reported in the Echo and indeed by Tony Evans in the Times. Odd, and lacking in transparency.

 

What about the SOS march and protest on the very day Rafa was dismissed? Just a strange coincidence I presume? Was always going to be called for that day?

 

People aren't idiots, Graham, and I'm afraid that it doesn't reflect well on you to try and revise the historical record. SOS was so close to the former manager that it ought to have been re-named Spirit of Benitez, and that's of course one reason why so many fans are still suspicious of the Union.

[neopulian]

johnny you say bascombe done fuck all. Well let me tell you it was him who gave kopfaithful all the information on the blackstone gso group that and that alone stopped hicks from refinancing. Because if the emails were not sent then blackstone would have gave hicks the money. That is a fact yet tony barrett wanted to credit kenny fucking haung for stopping blakstone. They are the fucking facts.

 

Bullshit. Speculation.

[neopulian]

It depends of course if a Hicks man was put in place, which would have been 99.9% the case.

 

It would have made a difference Johnny, without the vote, there would be no sale. For better or worse things would be different to what they are today.

 

If not Purslow, then someone else consented by RBS to protect their interest. The outcome would be the same.

[Joe Le Taxi]

Fuck off Cecil you cunt.

[ngogswilly]

I am relatively new to TLW but have to confess to being shocked and appalled by the treatment Christian Purslow gets from some people on these message boards.

 

However wrong we think the appointment of Roy Hodgson was, however wrong 'some' people thinkwe were to get rid of benitez , Purslow was vital to securing the future of our club by his actions in getting rid of hick and gillett.

 

and it is clear he didn't jump ship from them two at the end. why is it clear?

 

well if you look at the controversial meeting between purslow and sos in the autumn of 2009, sos publsihed minutes of the meeting in which puirslow made it clear he was not a supporter of hicks and gillett and wanted them out. subsequently, he tried to get sos to tone them down. sos refused and then purslow, realizing he had cocked up - stopped speaking to SOS.

 

I have a couple of questions for Graham Smith from SOS Mr Smith:

did you not realise that purslow was trying to not get into trouble with what he said to you in that meeting?

 

why did you feel the need to go to war with him over those minutes, when you met Rafa in the aumun of 2008, spent 4 hours with him and never published a single word about that until he left the club?

 

was the real truth that you did not like purslow cos he is a bit posh and your organisation likes to class warriors?

 

or was it because Owen Brown, Tony Evans and Rafa's other cronies felt he was a threat?

 

haha plenty of free time for yourself now eh Christian?

[Joe Le Taxi]

Wonder if Dave will let me repeat my post on Purslow...

[Iantn]

johnny rafa was still here when the blackstone thing was going on.

 

Blackstone pulled the plug on the deal in September, weren't it?

 

Was Hicks' talks with them really going on for that long previously?

[G Richards]

We always seem to go to extremes when discussing anything on here! "Purslow was the spawn of Satan." "No he wasn't. He saved LFC!"

 

The truth is always somewhere in between. What Purslow did right was play his part in the eventual ousting of G&H. That should not be overstated though, as RBS, along with their proxy Broughton, were always on top of that one. Still, Purslow played his part and should be thanked for that, if nothing else.

 

On the downside he did come across as a bit of a slippery character. SOS were onto this character flaw before most, though the ins and outs of it will always be convoluted. What we do know for sure is that he was no football man! When he got involved on that front it tended to be a disaster.

 

So, he is gone. That's the right decision. I'm sure he is a top businessman, and good luck to him with that.

 

We continue to move onwards and upwards as a club, which is as it should be.

[paddyberger15]

We always seem to go to extremes when discussing anything on here! "Purslow was the spawn of Satan." "No he wasn't. He saved LFC!"

 

The truth is always somewhere in between. What Purslow did right was play his part in the eventual ousting of G&H. That should not be overstated though, as RBS, along with their proxy Broughton, were always on top of that one. Still, Purslow played his part and should be thanked for that, if nothing else.

 

On the downside he did come across as a bit of a slippery character. SOS were onto this character flaw before most, though the ins and outs of it will always be convoluted. What we do know for sure is that he was no football man! When he got involved on that front it tended to be a disaster.

 

So, he is gone. That's the right decision. I'm sure he is a top businessman, and good luck to him with that.

 

We continue to move onwards and upwards as a club, which is as it should be.

 

And all without calling anyone a cunt. God preserve the Padre.

[Guest ShoePiss]

Blackstone pulled the plug on the deal in September, weren't it?

 

Was Hicks' talks with them really going on for that long previously?

 

They pulled the plug in August and it was announced in September I think.

[Freddie pagnam]

Thanks for the feedback Graham,

 

I used to go on another forum and remember when rafa left, Peter hooton waxed lyrical about a FOUR hour meeting between representatives of s.o.s and rafa in autumn 2008. Sounds like a strange 'chance' meeting at the academy to me. Or was that a different one? Did s.o.s. Meet with rafa after the Purslow meeting. Did s.o.s. Ever go to melwood to meet with either rafa or Owen brown?

 

Why I am so interested in this you may ask? I am fascinated at why you decided to go on a collision course with a man who, then recently installed as MD at the club, clearly spoke to you off the record and then you stitched him up. I believe your version of what he said than his. That make me think even more positively about him because it was clear he wanted hicks and gillett out. But SOS went on some crusade with him about what he said or didn't say..

 

Then you complained that he would not speak with you again after that. Oh, and you admit you taped the conversation!

 

Purslow got some things wrong, with Broughton, Hodgson was the biggest mistake.

 

He also got a lot of things spot on. Under his watch, we landed the biggest commercial deal in our history (great work by Ayre I would imagine). He was the one who - with Broughton- persuaded torres to stay. That meant we got £50m for him in Jan when his worth last summer (due to injuries and a crap world cup) would have been half that. He also was in charge when we got the captain to stay. He managed to get a whole load of shite out of the club on loan or permanent deals. He and the rest of the board shelved out 500k on raheem sterling, plus also picked up shelvey and wilson. Remarkably, he gets blamed for Konchesky and poulsen. If he had stopped those deals, his critics would have gone mad about him interfering with what the manager wants.

 

Most importantly, he Ayre and Broughton did not blink when hicks and gillett tried to run our club into the ground.

 

He has gone, we have great new owners in charge and I hope history will judge him more kindly that some of those who just hurl abuse at him here.

 

I have never met the fella, but if I did, I would buy him a drink and thank him for his service to club.

[corro]

I've mentioned this before but the fact remains that Purslow done absolutely nothing during his time with us.

The new owners got on to him early doors and like some of the other poor performers within the club they have decided to ship him out.

Lets move on now and fuck " christian ". He's not gonna starve and like Moores and Parry will not be remembered with any fondness.

[StevieH]

GSO executive Michael Whitman confirmed to ATK on the telephone that it was fan pressure that caused them to pull the plug on the refinancing deal with Hicks after the email campaign crashed their server.

[Coro]

Thanks for the feedback Graham,

 

I used to go on another forum and remember when rafa left, Peter hooton waxed lyrical about a FOUR hour meeting between representatives of s.o.s and rafa in autumn 2008. Sounds like a strange 'chance' meeting at the academy to me. Or was that a different one? Did s.o.s. Meet with rafa after the Purslow meeting. Did s.o.s. Ever go to melwood to meet with either rafa or Owen brown?

 

Why I am so interested in this you may ask? I am fascinated at why you decided to go on a collision course with a man who, then recently installed as MD at the club, clearly spoke to you off the record and then you stitched him up. I believe your version of what he said than his. That make me think even more positively about him because it was clear he wanted hicks and gillett out. But SOS went on some crusade with him about what he said or didn't say..

 

Then you complained that he would not speak with you again after that. Oh, and you admit you taped the conversation!

 

Purslow got some things wrong, with Broughton, Hodgson was the biggest mistake.

 

He also got a lot of things spot on. Under his watch, we landed the biggest commercial deal in our history (great work by Ayre I would imagine). He was the one who - with Broughton- persuaded torres to stay. That meant we got £50m for him in Jan when his worth last summer (due to injuries and a crap world cup) would have been half that. He also was in charge when we got the captain to stay. He managed to get a whole load of shite out of the club on loan or permanent deals. He and the rest of the board shelved out 500k on raheem sterling, plus also picked up shelvey and wilson. Remarkably, he gets blamed for Konchesky and poulsen. If he had stopped those deals, his critics would have gone mad about him interfering with what the manager wants.

 

Most importantly, he Ayre and Broughton did not blink when hicks and gillett tried to run our club into the ground.

 

He has gone, we have great new owners in charge and I hope history will judge him more kindly that some of those who just hurl abuse at him here.

 

I have never met the fella, but if I did, I would buy him a drink and thank him for his service to club.

 

:lol:

 

If you're new to this forum then i'm Johnny Cash with a ring of fire.

 

Some desperate stuff on here.

 

"At a football club, there's a holy trinity - the players, the manager and the supporters. Directors don't come into it. They are only there to sign the cheques".

 

Sorry Bill, we've now got supporters who idolise journalists who in turn idolise directors because everyone wants a piece of the pie.

 

All sorts of self serving shenanigans going where everyone else is to blame.

 

Don't know how lucky we are to have someone like Dalglish back in charge.

[mattyq]

Ha, why don't you marry him, Freddie?