BP1960 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 29 minutes ago, Gentleman said: I've heard that Billy Davies and Steven Pressley are being interviewed. More hope of resurrecting Sammy Davies and Elvis Presley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wogghead1 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, HarryBosch said: I feel similar. An experienced foreign manager I could get behind but some of the British journeymen on the bookies lists depress the fuck out of me. Correa, or someone similar for me, if not let's just see what Wellens can do for a month or two. I'm with you on that, we've had 20/21 years with the same old, same old. Let's go foreign and see where the ride takes us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 (edited) Lifted from Billy Davies' wikipedia page... Last paragraph may link to the reason why people have told clubs to avoid him. Quote Davies' second spell proved to be a controversial and damaging one. He dismissed long-serving club staff without explanation, shouting at a photographer taking photos for the club's matchday programme after a match at Millwall, banning journalists issuing a "near media blackout" and employing his cousin, Jim Price, a suspended solicitor, as his closest advisor.[28][29] After an eight-game winless run leaving Nottingham Forest one place and two points outside of the play-off positions and having seen his side lose 5-0 to local rivals Derby County on 22 March 2014, he was dismissed on 24 March. A statement on Forest's website read "Nottingham Forest Football Club have confirmed the termination of manager Billy Davies' employment.[30][31] Louise Taylor of The Guardian pointed to Davies' "paranoia", "self-destructive insecurities" and "obsession with conspiracy theories and old grudges" as the reasons behind his downfall, suggesting that he had "shattered" his reputation.[32] The Daily Telegraph's John Percy, who was one of a number of reporters who were "accused of being in league with his former employers" for questioning decisions Davies made, said that Davies was "destined for failure" because he was "obsessed" with conspiracies and hidden agendas. He pointed to the "huge funds" Davies was given to get Forest promoted and suggested that he "could have got away with" the "unsavoury" behaviour, had Forest been winning.[33] John Payne of The Metro said that Davies owed the Forest fans an apology for his behaviour after failing to acknowledge them at the end of the defeat to Derby and "insulted fans' intelligence" by refusing to answer straight questions on the rare occasion he gave press interviews. Edited September 27, 2017 by Latics_Fanatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Davies the PR disaster, he'd fit in lovely at BP if he brought his red fleece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 We can rule out Owen Coyle. Appointed at Ross County on a two-year deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafc1955 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Aawww...what a shame! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryBosch Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) I thought Davies was a wind up at first and imagined even we wouldn't touch him with a bargepole. When you think about it though he was a very, very good manager not so long ago. Even at Forest where he was considered a huge failure he had a 41% win rate. If he's sorted his head out we could get ourselves somebody we wouldn't have a cat in hells chance of attracting without the baggage. I'm warming to this. Not sure I could cope with the fact he speaks like a fucking Dalek though..... Club From Until Hons Games per Honour W D L Total Win% Derby County 2006 2007 1 69 31 14 24 69 44.93 Preston North End 2004 2006 0 n/a 45 35 21 101 44.55 Nottingham Forest 2009 2011 0 n/a 53 36 37 126 42.06 Nottingham Forest 2013 2014 0 n/a 25 21 14 60 41.67 Motherwell 1998 2001 0 n/a 41 31 51 123 33.33 Edited September 28, 2017 by HarryBosch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Davies claims of a witch hunt, but he does sound a bit rabid even now. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/sep/09/billy-davies-nottingham-forest-derby-county-no-job-smear-campaign Lies have kept me out of work for over three years, claims Billy Davies • Manager has been unemployed since Nottingham Forest sacking in 2014• ‘A smear campaign has driven me away. But I’ll be back soon,’ he says Billy Davies has blamed his three-and-a-half year spell out of work on “lies and smears”, alleging there has been a deliberate and orchestrated campaign to sabotage him, and claiming 17 different clubs in England and Scotland have been specifically warned to steer clear of him. Davies, unemployed since being sacked by Nottingham Forest in March 2014, said he was fighting back against a “smear campaign” to clear his name after what he claims is a witch-hunt led by a PR company he refused to reveal. “I love football, I miss football,” Davies said in an interview with The Times. “It is in my blood. But three years ago I spoke with a very respected legal individual, who, back at the beginning of all this, told me categorically: ‘Billy, you cannot go back into football until you clear this up.’ I have gone through various QCs, Scottish and English law firms, the League Managers Association, HMRC and more, chasing all the data I needed to show I was an innocent man. It has taken me a long, long time but I have now got that data.” Asked to specify who exactly he meant, Davies said a PR campaign had maliciously targeted the clubs that might ordinarily want to employ him. “What they decided to do in their smearing is identify the bottom six EPL clubs, and some English Championship clubs that they know I would go to. They’ve sat down and identified these clubs. Plus, throw in the only club in Scotland – Glasgow Rangers – they identified them as well. Just look at the comments on these forums from certain people, during the process when Rangers were starting to pick a new manager. You can see it clearly. Davies, who formerly managed Derby County and Preston North End, insisted he would come out on top and return to the game at a high level. “I know where I belong in the game, I know where I should be managing. No smear campaign, lies, maliciousness – whatever you want to call it – is going to drive me down to a lower level of football. “A smear campaign has driven me away. For whatever reason, they have decided to take away from me something that I love. They have put my career on pause. But I’ll be back soon. I don’t think there is any doubt that one day I will be back at the top of football.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeslover Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Think he's fucked his chances of a fresh start in Scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal89 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I'd take Billy Davies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, Goal89 said: I'd take Billy Davies Anywhere nice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 2 minutes ago, Goal89 said: I'd take Billy Davies But we are more likely to end up with Billy Smart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal89 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, deyres42 said: Anywhere nice? definitely start in Costa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 13 minutes ago, Goal89 said: I'd take Billy Davies As far away from us as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Its seems that it has been made out Davies is a few steps away from the 'funny farm' so why not go the whole hog and manage it!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedtobeWozzer Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Skybet taken odds down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boundaryblue80 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 1 hour ago, singe said: No smear campaign, lies, maliciousness – whatever you want to call it – is going to drive me down to a lower level of football. He sounds like a right nut job. I particularly note this line. What a terrible place the lower level of football would be to work, eh Billy? Don't worry...anybody in their right mind wouldn't enforce such a hardship on you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcshuck Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I f*cking love Billy Davies. Get him in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) Latest odds https://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/oldham/next-permanent-manager I'd take Davies over Stubbs. Edited September 28, 2017 by yarddog73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 5 minutes ago, yarddog73 said: Latest odds https://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/oldham/next-permanent-manager I'd take Davies over Stubbs. Was Stubbs that bad at Rovrum? Looked like they were doomed regardless of who tookover - did they improve once he left? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markspark92 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I'm really warming to giving Wellens a chance comes across really well in his last 2 pressers, obviously very knowledgeable about the game, seems to have a good relationship with the players knows the club and someone we the fans have a connection to, however I doubt the new investors would like him to take it so hopefully he sticks around after they take over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngen Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 5 minutes ago, Markspark92 said: I'm really warming to giving Wellens a chance comes across really well in his last 2 pressers, obviously very knowledgeable about the game, seems to have a good relationship with the players knows the club and someone we the fans have a connection to, however I doubt the new investors would like him to take it so hopefully he sticks around after they take over. The more I listen to him, the more convinced I am he knows exactly what we need. Knows the squad inside out, and has no qualms saying what it is we are missing or needing. Also loved him slagging off the coaching courses!! Id not be disappointed if he got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hometownclub Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 4 minutes ago, Markspark92 said: I'm really warming to giving Wellens a chance Me too, when I see that list of potential candidates. Could give him 4 or 5 matches to see how he does. Looking at that list, we could do a lot worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Some need to realise that candidates on the list must have failed in management somewhere or they wouldn't be on the list. Shez failed elsewhere also don't forget. If Wellens wins Saturday then give hiM another few games but a defeat and his chances are likely done. People slag Corney for appointing people who interview well but lack experience. Many falling in the same trap with Wellens because they like him. Why do you have to like the manager. In a ideal world but Id be happy with a bastard who wins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Betting suspended on SkyBet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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