He did not fail, as such. The offer(s) he brought in were tuned down by Hicks.
So he failed in his task to reduce the debt by a certain deadline
The talk is that the day to day running of the club would interfere with his current Advisory tasks that NESV have set out for him.
So this 'advisory' role is more important than being responsible for the day to day running of the club?
As above, if he's so highly valued then why is he a non-exec? Why take away all his power?
It's a token gesture from NESV. It's very much a case of thanks but no thanks.
Plus I am sure he did not overly like the death threats etc that he was getting while doing his job. If it was not for him (and MB, IA) we would still be in the crapper.
That's the first I've heard of death threats. If that's true then it's out of order however that doesn't mean what he done and the way he handled himself prior to the sale of the club was right.
I've said before that I'm thankful for his contribution to ousting H&G (although Broughton could have just replaced him if he wasn't playing ball) but that doesn't mean he should stay on at the club.
Rick Parry fought against and blocked H&G securing all their loans against the clubs assets which we should all be thankful for. There's no ****ing way I want him back at the club though. He was the lesser of 2 evils at the time, just like Purlsow was the lesser of 2 evils during the takeover.
My reasons for not wanting Purslow at the club is not purely because I dislike him for the way he's handled himself; he's simply not needed anymore.
edit: as I was replying, it's coming out that Ian Ayre also offered his resignation to NESV and it was declined and he was told he has a future at the club.