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If he had shown more tactical nous and/or balls against West Ham we would have had our day in the sun.
Billy Davies
What more could we have done in that final? Certain players never turned up. However, a year later, if the Board had backed Billy further, not selling Cresswell for a start and later in season instead of them only giving him enough money for Marcus fucking Stewart on loan, we might have done it. Them 2 years we deserved promotion, shame the board weren't prepared to take a risk on money as they have been for the last 2-3 years on shite like Shumi, Nicholls, Hawley, Carter, Gallagher, Collins, Ricketts, Pergl, Soley, Hart, Chaplow etc.
Just been saying exactly this to my dad. PNE backed the wrong horse (again) I'm afraid.
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You don't need the money if you have the tactics, as proved today. Rubbish excuse that the players did not turn up. Pathetic tactics cost us. I hate Billy Davies!
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Out of the three play-off finals we have been to, that was our chance and we never took it.
I think that not only still disturbs PNE fans but is also something Davies has regrets about, it will probably all come out one day in his book?
Tell me what you would have done different against West Ham then? Our tactics were always 4-4-2 that season. The only change he could have made, was Alexander to start at right back, drop Davis and play Mawene at centre back. In hindsight that was what he should have done. However, the way we played at Derby, why would any manager make a change? This is a fact, Davies wanted Nugent to be on the bench for the Play Off Final. But he was scared that people like you would have hung him from the floodlights.
We should have beaten West Ham. I admit that. But you then shouldn't sell your top goalscorer (Cresswell) and spend the money on players like Anyinsah, Hibbert, Neal, Dichio, Stewart. We were a weaker side the year we lost to Leeds, yet the other teams in the Play Offs were just as weak. We could have easily have gone up that year if the Board had spend the same money as they did with Simpson and Irvine in charge on the likes of Shumi, Nicholls, Collins, Gallagher, Trotman, Hart, Chaplow etc. If Billy Davies had that amount of money to spend when in charge of us, we'd have been in the Premier League years ago.
Yes. Boring history lesson. We are where we are.
I could accept defeat against West Ham.But his team selection in the home game against Leeds a year later was baffling!
And as any Forest fan will tell you to be turned over four times in a season by the Lashers is unacceptabl😡
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Spot-on two or three million to Davies would have done it.
He is. He is a knobhead of a person, but an excellent manager. That man took us the closest we've ever been to the Premier League, and that was on a limited budget. If he'd have had the millions that Simpson and Irvine wasted, we'd have at least had a year in the Premier League by now.
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The reason Davies gets a bad press is that most North Enders beleived in him, the fact that he wasn't backed is history now. Equally I was dissapointed in the way that he left but I would have him back tomorrow.
Billy Davies will, imo, one day manage PNE again. 🙂
This time, he won't fail at the final hurdle.
Some people, in time, need to swallow their pride. I'm looking at you DS, if you're still around. 🙄
Those who have said that a fully backed Davies in 05/06 would have taken us up are 100% correct.
PNE never ever learn.
This time, he won't fail at the final hurdle.
Some people, in time, need to swallow their pride. I'm looking at you DS, if you're still around. 🙄
Those who have said that a fully backed Davies in 05/06 would have taken us up are 100% correct.
PNE never ever learn.
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His record is not showing that these days.
So he leaves us, year later takes a poor Derby side into the Premiership. He takes over Forest, saves them in a relegation battle, year later takes them to the Play Offs. Yeah, shit record!
No offence but show me a Championship manager who can guarantee a Top 6 finish like BD can?
PNE - 5th, 4th
Derby - 3rd?
Forest - 3rd.
4 full seasons at this level, 4 playoffs.
4 1/2 months @ Forest and he saves them from relegation.
Go figure.
Your bitterness, naivety and downright disdain is all too obvious. 😱
Grow up.
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His quote of "When i was walking the steps to collect the Trophy with Derby, i was thinking that it should have been Preston i was walking with" or words to that effect lead me to believe that BD and his ego both have unfinished business @ PR1 6RU.
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you are correct they should of backed him big style - just like they should of backed Simpson when we were up there and ended up with loanees - Shaw would do this as he wouldn't take the risk (£) - we should of got better crowds but the people of Preston would not leave their armchairs even though we were invincible at home - even Davies could not believe why the home crowds were about the same each game 13,000?