Topic: FIGHT BACK, PART 4: PURSLOW IN THE DOCK - WE WANT ANSWERS!

[bobadicious]

because he is a recent edition to RAWK, as is yourself I see and those of us who are doing our bit regarding the vermin that infest our club, E-mails, letters, Independance day et al are (rightly in my opinion) suspicious of recent members after Christian Slimeball Purslow set his lawyers on RAWK and tried to shut us down.
I am sure if you take a bit of your time to read the threads on "The Liverpool FC Forum" you will see why we are angry, who knows you might even want to lend a hand

Wow!!! I havent been on the forums much recently but this is beyond the pale!! Its like 1982, trying to control the media. We're obviously having an impact. Keep up the good fight. Yanks and snakes OUT!!!

[Fat Scouser]

New page so here's the questions again....
Dear Mr. Purslow,
Your appointment as Managing Director of Liverpool Football Club in July 2009, was officially reported at the time as a temporary role until a long-term replacement for Rick Parry as Chief Executive is found. One year on, could you confirm the following:

1. Are Odgers Berndtson still retained by the club in relation to filling the Chief Executive vacancy?

2. If so, how many candidates have been shortlisted and/or interviewed in the last 12 months? And have you been personally involved in that selection process?

3. If not, has another executive search company been appointed or is the vacancy considered 'dormant' or 'on hold' at present?

4. Is it true that if/when this appointment is made, despite remaining at the the club as a board director, you will cease to have any direct operational responsibility?

5. Do you expect to remain at the club in any capacity once the sale of the club eventually goes through? Do you believe your continued presence will be countenanced by the fans or new owners?


In relation to the club's financial state and operational matters:

6. What happened to the significant investment you were tasked with obtaining for the club, and confirmed earlier this year as being "very likely (by) Easter"?

7. How do you account for that failure given Liverpool FC's high profile globally? Does it reflect on yourself, the owners, or the club itself?

8. Are you able to explain why you feel empowered to make football-related decisions when you have previously had zero experience in the industry, and were appointed solely on the basis of your financial background? Outside of normal MD supervisory responsibilities, would you agree your primary remit was investment not asset-stripping?

9. Do you feel it is acceptable behaviour for any senior executive at a football club to privately brief hand-picked journalists to disseminate false information via the media, in order to further their own agenda to remove key employees and spin-doctor the financial realities of the club?

10. Did you earlier this year, personally contact either Jorge Valdano, Miguel Pardeza or any other Real Madrid executive to discuss the potential availability for transfer of Rafael Van Der Vaart, without prior discussion or indeed even the knowledge of the then-manager Rafa Benitez? If so, with what purpose given it is the manager's chief responsibility to identify who to buy or sell, subject to board financial approval.

11. Why did you decide to terminate the employment of Rafa Benitez by paying out £6m in lieu of the remainder of the length of his contract, when he was already having discussions with Internazionale who according to their owner Massimo Moratti, were prepared to pay an equivalent sum in compensation to Liverpool FC for Benitez's services? Moratti had, after all, just similarly received €8m from Real Madrid as compensation for the loss of Jose Mourinho.

12. Why, having effectively placed a combined £12m in contractual fees as a debit on the club's balance sheet, did you and the board then decide it prudent to appoint Roy Hodgson as the new manager, thus requiring the club to further pay in excess of £2m in compensation to Fulham FC? Nonwithstanding Hodgson was clearly not the choice of a key member of the selection committee, and there were other far more suitable candidates available for the role who were either internal or out of contract and thus required no such payment to be made.

13. You recently stated in relation to player transfers that "no-one leaves until a new manager is appointed". So given Hodgson's imminent appointment, who can we look forward to the club selling now?

[R.A.La]

He was a laugh wasn't he. I asked the mods not to ban him, but you know them... worse than Purslow's lawyers that mob.

The poor twat didn't realise he was helping the fight against the nest of vipers with every comment he made. We should sign him up.

[Fat Scouser]

And here's the people we're going after. But feel free to send to anyone who you think is relevant in all of this, and, as always, get as many people as you can to join us and help...

John Hourican
Chief Executive, Global Banking and Markets
RBS
36 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
EH2 2YB


Distribution list:
cc. Stephen Hester,
cc. Suneel Kamlani, GBM
cc. Marco Mazzucchelli, GBM
cc. Alan Dickinson, UK Corporate
cc. Mark Catton, UK Corporate
cc. Roger Lowry, Head of Public Affairs

Here's the main politician to go for...

Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 1106
Fax: 020 7219 1191
cablev@parliament.uk
Constituency

2a Lion Road, Twickenham, TW1 4JQ
Tel: 020 8892 0215
Fax: 020 8892 0218
***************************
The Premiership....
Richard Scudamore
Chief Executive
Premier League
30 Gloucester Place
London
W1U 8PL

cc.
David Sheepshanks
Acting Co-Chairman
The Football Association
25 Soho Square
London
W1 4FA

cc.
Roger Burden
Acting Co-Chairman
The Football Association
25 Soho Square
London
W1 4FA

And this is the person at the Premier league who has been sending out the replies to our original inquiries...
Rachel Pallant
Supporter Relations Executive '
Premier League
30 Gloucester Place
London
W1U 8PL

[Fat Scouser]

The poor twat didn't realise he was helping the fight against the nest of vipers with every comment he made. We should sign him up.

I tried mate. I tried. But oh well... it was funny while it lasted.

[vicgill]

"Everyone deserves a chance to address behaviour that is deemed inadvisable. Just switching MrBaker off without due cause is tantamount to censorship and plays into the hands of our fiercest critics. MrBaker also deserves the same level of protection from abuse or bullying as any other user and if he feels unjustly attacked he can call on that. However, being deliberately antagonistic, especially when one is new to the site, just creates a stronger reading on the radar. Some get that, others don't, so the jury's still out. For now. MrBaker should get a feel for the current mood, now more than ever given the events - he may just be lacking in the ability to integrate, we'll see".
 
Thank you for that and I completely understand and agree with what you say.
 
making the comments that he has made, I would suggest the above
 
 

[Fat Scouser]

Vic, I hope he sees this....
Funny isn't it.

[vicgill]

Vic, I hope he sees this....
Funny isn't it.

Yep, I hope Mr. Ferguson doesn't see it, no dinner invitations for Roy

[HFD]

OK, here goes.. first post.
Been a lurker on here for ages now and i've been doing what I can by joining SOS and sending emails and letters to try help rid us of the biggest pair of lying, two faced, greedy, cheating, slimy, backstabbing pair of cnuts to walk the face of the earth as well as their two fucking rent boys.

Finally got registered a couple of weeks back, but not posted as I've been working away.

@ FS - you're a fecking legend and an inspiration - you've prompted me into action, an I'm a lazy git at the best of times 

Anyway, glad to be onboard and lets keep it up.

[24/7]

OK, here goes.. first post.

Nice swan - welcome - and I like your user name

[vicgill]

New page so here's the questions again....
Dear Mr. Purslow,
Your appointment as Managing Director of Liverpool Football Club in July 2009, was officially reported at the time as a temporary role until a long-term replacement for Rick Parry as Chief Executive is found. One year on, could you confirm the following:

1. Are Odgers Berndtson still retained by the club in relation to filling the Chief Executive vacancy?

2. If so, how many candidates have been shortlisted and/or interviewed in the last 12 months? And have you been personally involved in that selection process?

3. If not, has another executive search company been appointed or is the vacancy considered 'dormant' or 'on hold' at present?

4. Is it true that if/when this appointment is made, despite remaining at the the club as a board director, you will cease to have any direct operational responsibility?

5. Do you expect to remain at the club in any capacity once the sale of the club eventually goes through? Do you believe your continued presence will be countenanced by the fans or new owners?


In relation to the club's financial state and operational matters:

6. What happened to the significant investment you were tasked with obtaining for the club, and confirmed earlier this year as being "very likely (by) Easter"?

7. How do you account for that failure given Liverpool FC's high profile globally? Does it reflect on yourself, the owners, or the club itself?

8. Are you able to explain why you feel empowered to make football-related decisions when you have previously had zero experience in the industry, and were appointed solely on the basis of your financial background? Outside of normal MD supervisory responsibilities, would you agree your primary remit was investment not asset-stripping?

9. Do you feel it is acceptable behaviour for any senior executive at a football club to privately brief hand-picked journalists to disseminate false information via the media, in order to further their own agenda to remove key employees and spin-doctor the financial realities of the club?

10. Did you earlier this year, personally contact either Jorge Valdano, Miguel Pardeza or any other Real Madrid executive to discuss the potential availability for transfer of Rafael Van Der Vaart, without prior discussion or indeed even the knowledge of the then-manager Rafa Benitez? If so, with what purpose given it is the manager's chief responsibility to identify who to buy or sell, subject to board financial approval.

11. Why did you decide to terminate the employment of Rafa Benitez by paying out £6m in lieu of the remainder of the length of his contract, when he was already having discussions with Internazionale who according to their owner Massimo Moratti, were prepared to pay an equivalent sum in compensation to Liverpool FC for Benitez's services? Moratti had, after all, just similarly received €8m from Real Madrid as compensation for the loss of Jose Mourinho.

12. Why, having effectively placed a combined £12m in contractual fees as a debit on the club's balance sheet, did you and the board then decide it prudent to appoint Roy Hodgson as the new manager, thus requiring the club to further pay in excess of £2m in compensation to Fulham FC? Nonwithstanding Hodgson was clearly not the choice of a key member of the selection committee, and there were other far more suitable candidates available for the role who were either internal or out of contract and thus required no such payment to be made.

13. You recently stated in relation to player transfers that "no-one leaves until a new manager is appointed". So given Hodgson's imminent appointment, who can we look forward to the club selling now?

Great mail mate, I'm on it now

[Red_Isle_Chap]

Bump. After yesterdays rally, this needs to stay up the top even more!

[RedinExile]

^

[Fat Scouser]

Okay Monday morning. Frash start and all that.
Here's the questions again and who to send them to...

New page so here's the questions again....
Dear Mr. Purslow,
Your appointment as Managing Director of Liverpool Football Club in July 2009, was officially reported at the time as a temporary role until a long-term replacement for Rick Parry as Chief Executive is found. One year on, could you confirm the following:

1. Are Odgers Berndtson still retained by the club in relation to filling the Chief Executive vacancy?

2. If so, how many candidates have been shortlisted and/or interviewed in the last 12 months? And have you been personally involved in that selection process?

3. If not, has another executive search company been appointed or is the vacancy considered 'dormant' or 'on hold' at present?

4. Is it true that if/when this appointment is made, despite remaining at the the club as a board director, you will cease to have any direct operational responsibility?

5. Do you expect to remain at the club in any capacity once the sale of the club eventually goes through? Do you believe your continued presence will be countenanced by the fans or new owners?


In relation to the club's financial state and operational matters:

6. What happened to the significant investment you were tasked with obtaining for the club, and confirmed earlier this year as being "very likely (by) Easter"?

7. How do you account for that failure given Liverpool FC's high profile globally? Does it reflect on yourself, the owners, or the club itself?

8. Are you able to explain why you feel empowered to make football-related decisions when you have previously had zero experience in the industry, and were appointed solely on the basis of your financial background? Outside of normal MD supervisory responsibilities, would you agree your primary remit was investment not asset-stripping?

9. Do you feel it is acceptable behaviour for any senior executive at a football club to privately brief hand-picked journalists to disseminate false information via the media, in order to further their own agenda to remove key employees and spin-doctor the financial realities of the club?

10. Did you earlier this year, personally contact either Jorge Valdano, Miguel Pardeza or any other Real Madrid executive to discuss the potential availability for transfer of Rafael Van Der Vaart, without prior discussion or indeed even the knowledge of the then-manager Rafa Benitez? If so, with what purpose given it is the manager's chief responsibility to identify who to buy or sell, subject to board financial approval.

11. Why did you decide to terminate the employment of Rafa Benitez by paying out £6m in lieu of the remainder of the length of his contract, when he was already having discussions with Internazionale who according to their owner Massimo Moratti, were prepared to pay an equivalent sum in compensation to Liverpool FC for Benitez's services? Moratti had, after all, just similarly received €8m from Real Madrid as compensation for the loss of Jose Mourinho.

12. Why, having effectively placed a combined £12m in contractual fees as a debit on the club's balance sheet, did you and the board then decide it prudent to appoint Roy Hodgson as the new manager, thus requiring the club to further pay in excess of £2m in compensation to Fulham FC? Nonwithstanding Hodgson was clearly not the choice of a key member of the selection committee, and there were other far more suitable candidates available for the role who were either internal or out of contract and thus required no such payment to be made.

13. You recently stated in relation to player transfers that "no-one leaves until a new manager is appointed". So given Hodgson's imminent appointment, who can we look forward to the club selling now?
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Here's the list of people to send them to. If you only send one, make sure it's to Scudamore at the Premier League. They're choka with us. Great.... let's push them over the edge

John Hourican
Chief Executive, Global Banking and Markets
RBS
36 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
EH2 2YB


Distribution list:
cc. Stephen Hester,
cc. Suneel Kamlani, GBM
cc. Marco Mazzucchelli, GBM
cc. Alan Dickinson, UK Corporate
cc. Mark Catton, UK Corporate
cc. Roger Lowry, Head of Public Affairs

Here's the main politician to go for...

Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 1106
Fax: 020 7219 1191
cablev@parliament.uk
Constituency

2a Lion Road, Twickenham, TW1 4JQ
Tel: 020 8892 0215
Fax: 020 8892 0218
***************************
The Premiership....
Richard Scudamore
Chief Executive
Premier League
30 Gloucester Place
London
W1U 8PL

cc.
David Sheepshanks
Acting Co-Chairman
The Football Association
25 Soho Square
London
W1 4FA

cc.
Roger Burden
Acting Co-Chairman
The Football Association
25 Soho Square
London
W1 4FA

And this is the person at the Premier league who has been sending out the replies to our original inquiries...
Rachel Pallant
Supporter Relations Executive '
Premier League
30 Gloucester Place
London
W1U 8PL

[rakey_lfc]

I think I'm going to send you the bill for another ink cartridge FS!

Great work as usual, printing them as we speak. Just got to get the envelopes wrote and then post them after work!

[Fat Scouser]

I think I'm going to send you the bill for another ink cartridge FS!

Great work as usual, printing them as we speak. Just got to get the envelopes wrote and then post them after work!

Nice one mate. And I'll gladly treat you all to a new cartridge and a couple of pints when we win.

[RedGirlSuzie]

Nice one mate. And I'll gladly treat you all to a new cartridge and a couple of pints when we win.

I think I'll need surgery on my hand the way things are going! Been writing by hand in the hope it gets through more, but after exams, and all kinds of meetings in work that I've been writing notes and minutes for, my hand is about to fall off!!

Keep up the good work though FS!!

[Fat Scouser]

Right. I'm off for a while so...
bump bump bumpitty bump.

Come on folks, the momentum's with us right now. Let's make sure we capitalise on it.

[Graceless]

Another bump!

[-HH-]

Got another reply from Rachel Pallant:

Dear Mark,

 

Thank you for your further correspondence.

 

Mr Scudamore has seen your email, and is well aware of the concerns Liverpool fans have about both the ownership and chairmanship of the Club. As we explained in our letter to you, we understand that fans wish to ask questions of their Clubs, but we do not have the authority to act outside of our Rulebook and have no power to investigate a Club employee outside of these Rules.  Many employees and Chairmen (for example Steve Morgan at Wolves, and David Gold during his time at Birmingham City) openly support other Clubs and we have no Rule to say that they cannot do this. Many employees and Chairman regularly mix socially. Whilst we understand your concerns, we are not aware of any Rule breach having taken place, and as such we have no investigation to conduct.

 

We will ensure that your questions are forwarded onto the Club directly.

 

Kind regards,

 

Rachel Pallant

 

Supporter Relations Executive





So I have sent this back in response:

Dear Rachel,



Thank-you for once again forwarding my comments to Mr. Scudamore and for your swift response. I hope that these questions being forwarded from the Premier League directly will result in fans getting some answers.

I think that the main difference between the chairmanship of other clubs and that of Liverpool as it stands is that the chairmen of other clubs that you mention are permanent (or at least long term) appointments. Therefore it is in their interests to protect the long-term interests of the clubs they run. As far as I'm aware, Mr. Gold and Mr. Morgan are/were major shareholders and again this means that they would run those clubs in the club's best interests regardless of any personal affiliation.

Mr. Broughton is an interim appointment with no investment in the long-term future of Liverpool Football Club. Our owners were described in the commons recently (and correctly) as asset-strippers. The sale of players Mr. Broughton is overseeing is in Chelsea's interests and the owners' interests but could absolutely decimate the football club. The point I am trying to make, yet again, is that if this isn't against your current rulebook then it absolutely needs to change. Fernando Torres is again being heavily linked with Chelsea, with reports that Roman Abramovich flew out to South Africa to try and convince the player to join Chelsea.

There have even been (unreliable) reports linking Javier Mascherano with Chelsea. What you are saying seems to suggest that our whole first-team squad could be sold to Chelsea below market value and no conflict of interest would have occured - surely you must recognise that there comes a point where this becomes an unhealthy pattern.

Even if this cannot be changed in time to save our club from the vultures currently determined to rip it apart for their own ends (and make no mistake, that is what is happening, regardless of the power the Premier League has to stop it) then it needs to be looked at again to stop this happening to other clubs. Interim appointments like those of Mr.Broughton and Mr.Purslow offer a new challenge to the Premier League in this modern money-dominated era and the Premier League must adjust its role accordingly.



Thank-you again for keeping this dialogue open, I'm aware that it must be frustrating to repeat that you are powerless to stop this situation but I guarantee you it is nothing compared to the powerlessness felt by Liverpool fans as things stand. The club we love is falling apart before our eyes.



Yours faithfully,



Mark Ballard

[Jagged Princess]

HH, brilliant reply, some excellent points you've made there.

[Fat Scouser]

Take me hat off to you there Mark mate. That's brilliant. Well in Sir.

[Jshooters]

That's a cracking reply from HH.  I hope that it gets the Premier League thinking...

[Fat Scouser]

Oh and SOS are intending to quiz Purslow at a do for Standard Chartered. I've forwarded the questions to them.

[24/7]

Get in there Mark. Great reply.

[conman]

excellent stuff FS..

[-HH-]

Oh and SOS are intending to quiz Purslow at a do for Standard Chartered. I've forwarded the questions to them.

Nice one FS - be great to see the fucking snake put on the spot with as many questions as possible.

[Alonso_The_Assassin]

Greta work HH. Now we have to start hitting the inbox with this similar tact. You've made an awesome inroad here. Let's all follow and have these characters buckle sooner rather than later!

[wiresnreds]

Feel free to send to anyone who you think is relevant in all of this, and, as always, get as many people as you can to join us and help. But here's the usual suspects...

John Hourican
Chief Executive, Global Banking and Markets
RBS
36 St Andrew Square
Edinburgh
EH2 2YB


Distribution list:
cc. Stephen Hester,
cc. Suneel Kamlani, GBM
cc. Marco Mazzucchelli, GBM
cc. Alan Dickinson, UK Corporate
cc. Mark Catton, UK Corporate
cc. Roger Lowry, Head of Public Affairs

Here's the main politician to go for...

Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable

Westminster

House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
Tel: 020 7219 1106
Fax: 020 7219 1191
cablev@parliament.uk
Constituency

2a Lion Road, Twickenham, TW1 4JQ
Tel: 020 8892 0215
Fax: 020 8892 0218

Sorry to be a prat FS, but, i have just done the letter the 'cc' list do i just add that in the letter or do a seperate letter for each of them at the same address.....?

[Jshooters]

Oh and SOS are intending to quiz Purslow at a do for Standard Chartered. I've forwarded the questions to them.

Apparently the snake swevred it - Standard Chartered cancelled the event at the last minute

[vicgill]

Apparently the snake swevred it - Standard Chartered cancelled the event at the last minute

kind of supports the suspicions that he has people on RAWK, anyway it's a result of some sort

[Jonathan Hall ☆☆☆☆☆☆]

kind of supports the suspicions that he has people on RAWK, anyway it's a result of some sort

He doesn't need people on RAWK, they can read it like anyone else can, it's not closed of to guests to read.

[vicgill]

Mark, that is a fantastic reply, well done mate

[electricghost]

kind of supports the suspicions that he has people on RAWK, anyway it's a result of some sort

He is probably a member of SOS or someone is that he knows. What better way of keeping up with what is being planned.

[Jonathan Hall ☆☆☆☆☆☆]

He is probably a member of SOS or someone is that he knows. What better way of keeping up with what is being planned.

SOS have things on their site that can be read, the same as almost all of RAWK.

You don't need to be a member to READ...

[T-1000]

SOS have things on their site that can be read, the same as almost all of RAWK.

You don't need to be a member to READ...

Exaclty. He can also read this:

You thought you were living the dream by being chief exec and running a football club. You thought you could be a big-shot by shitting on the club and the fans. You deserve the reaction you're getting and it will continue until you and your leverage-buyout buddies ARE OUT OF THE CLUB.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

[Fat Scouser]

On top of swerving the Standard Chartered thing today. He's had a mural in Mellwood, of Rafa and the Lads winning the European Cup, taken down. I don't know what the official excuse was for either. And, knowing his track record, there's no point in quizzing him anyway.

But if you want to know why The Standard Chartered thing never went ahead and wee Cecil didn't have to face SOS, here you go...

Standard Chartered
Tim Baxter
Head of Corporate Communications
Telephone: + 44 (0) 207 885 5573
Email: tim.baxter@sc.com
Address: 1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD

For electronic contact https://forms.online.standardchartered. ... act_us/en/


Apparently, Baxter's even answered a couple of lads on this one. So if you fancy a word in his shell like about wee Cecil or anything else....
tim.baxter@sc.com

But as always don't get abusive or kick off... especially you Vic.

[tbeavan]

Got another reply from Rachel Pallant:


Thank-you again for keeping this dialogue open, I'm aware that it must be frustrating to repeat that you are powerless to stop this situation but I guarantee you it is nothing compared to the powerlessness felt by Liverpool fans as things stand. The club we love is falling apart before our eyes.



Yours faithfully,



Mark Ballard

Top letter, chap! Keeps the momentum going and someone, somewhere will crack. Hopefully, the Premier League can be on our side sooner rather than later.

[vicgill]

On top of swerving the Standard Chartered thing today. He's had a mural in Mellwood, of Rafa and the Lads winning the European Cup, taken down. I don't know what the official excuse was for either. And, knowing his track record, there's no point in quizzing him anyway.

But if you want to know why The Standard Chartered thing never went ahead and wee Cecil didn't have to face SOS, here you go...

Standard Chartered
Tim Baxter
Head of Corporate Communications
Telephone: + 44 (0) 207 885 5573
Email: tim.baxter@sc.com
Address: 1 Basinghall Avenue, London, EC2V 5DD

For electronic contact https://forms.online.standardchartered. ... act_us/en/


Apparently, Baxter's even answered a couple of lads on this one. So if you fancy a word in his shell like about wee Cecil or anything else....
tim.baxter@sc.com

But as always don't get abusive or kick off... especially you Vic.

Good job i read that last bit, I was just about to start, I will not do anything now until tomorrow, give myself a chance to calm down, I understand what you are saying mate. I just feel so frustrated about it all.

[Rococo]

Haven't written to this Baxter fella yet, will add him to my list and get on it tomorrow at work. 

Still getting no replies from my other letters but fuck them, I'm going to keep writing