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Davis preferred candidate and Proctor to return (LEP)

Davis preferred candidate and Proctor to return (LEP)

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Preston North End are sticking to their early January timetable when it comes to appointing their new manager.


North End chairman Peter Ridsdale has reiterated that a final decision will only be made once Monday’s visit to Rochdale is out of the way.

That gives caretaker pair Graham Alexander and David Unsworth two more games to press their claims for the permanent job, starting with the New Year’s Eve clash against Sheffield Wednesday (1pm).

Billy Davies is understood to be the club’s favoured external candidate, his previous spell in charge at Deepdale seeing North End reach the Championship play-off final in 2005 and the semi-finals 12 months later.

The Scotsman would be extremely keen to return, although would want his trusted backroom staff with him as well as having a budget available to strengthen the squad.

Ridsdale won’t go down the route of publicly naming potential candidates, preferring to keep the club’s plans in-house.

But he believes PNE will come up with the right man having given themselves sufficient breathing space between Phil Brown’s dismissal 15 days ago and an appointment in the first few days of the New Year.

Ridsdale told the Evening Post: “We’ll get through the next two games and then things will become clearer.

“I have obviously seen a number of external candidates, while the two lads in charge have been showing what they can do.

“I’m happy with the response we have got from the players towards the management team we have in place at the moment.

“While we will be considering people from outside, they would have to be measured against what we have got already.

“We went down to MK Dons and won, and then there was the draw against Carlisle on Boxing Day.

“This is a useful period because it has given me the opportunity to meet with external candidates, some of them on more than one occasion.

“It’s always good to see what is available outside, knowing that you don’t have to rush things.”

Davies, 47, has been without a job since being sacked by Nottingham Forest in June after losing to Swansea in the play-offs.

He’s spent the last few months visiting clubs in Europe to study their training methods and is keen for a return to management.

Should North End go for an internal appointment, the job wouldn’t be done jointly as Alexander and Unsworth are doing in their current caretaker capacity.

One of them has been given seniority by Ridsdale during this temporary spell should the need arise.

On the playing front, the PNE squad will be bolstered by the return of Steven Smith, pictured, after suspension for the Sheffield Wednesday clash.

And it’s hoped that Jamie Proctor can be declared fit too, the teenage striker having been undergoing treatment after breaking down on his comeback from a double hernia operation.

Unsworth said: “Jamie has been given a week or so of intensive treatment.

“He was very close to being involved on Boxing Day, but Graham and myself took the decision that we won’t risk any player.

“Unfortunately, Jamie might have come back a bit too soon after his surgery, and we don’t want to risk anybody long term.

“This week we’ve got some good work into him and hopefully he’ll be available for the next game.”
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http://www.lep.co.uk/sport/football/proctor_to_return_for_pne_1_4097733
 
Baldygit said:
I would have thought you of all people would have realised that this is just the LEP taking stuff off this forum and printing it as fact.
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Exactly. Billy Davis is the 'preferred candidate', by whom? Ridsdale has not said anything to suggest who the candidates are, let alone who his preferred one is. The only ones to be mentioned are Alexander and Unsworth and even then not by name!
 
Baldygit said:
I would have thought you of all people would have realised that this is just the LEP taking stuff off this forum and printing it as fact.
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If Trev is about to do an about turn and invest some serious money then expect this to happen otherwise Billy will be a no show,
 
pkbpne22 said:
Blind faither.....
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Blind faith is where you put your faith into something without any real foundation (just hero worship in your case)

Billy Davies has a proven track record at Championship level achieving the play offs in five seasons out of five.

Think before spouting utter bollocks and making yourself look an even bigger idiot.
 
shaky said:
Blind faith is where you put your faith into something without any real foundation (just hero worship in your case)

Billy Davies has a proven track record at Championship level achieving the play offs in five seasons out of five.

Think before spouting utter bollocks and making yourself look an even bigger idiot.
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Fuck off you tard, it is you who are the blind faither. His previous record would guarantee fuck all here and now, hence your 'blind faith / hero worship'.

I had you down as being a bit more intelligent than this, however by assuming you were above average intelligence I guess I did make myself look a idiot.

Just out of interest, who is it you are assuming that I am hero worshipping ? (This should really sort out the idiots from the idiots) !
 
pkbpne22 said:
Fuck off you tard, it is you who are the blind faither. His previous record would guarantee fuck all here and now, hence your 'blind faith / hero worship'.

I had you down as being a bit more intelligent than this, however by assuming you were above average intelligence I guess I did make myself look a idiot.

Just out of interest, who is it you are assuming that I am hero worshipping ? (This should really sort out the idiots from the idiots) !
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Typical idiot response to a perfectly valid post.

Davies is a proven success at a HIGHER level.

idiot.
 
shaky said:
Typical idiot response to a perfectly valid post.

Davies is a proven success at a HIGHER level.

idiot.
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Typical tardy response from our resident antogonist....

Your facts are wrong by the way.... he did not get to the play offs 5 out of 5. I thought someone shouting the odds would know better, obviously not... you see the problem with fuckwits like you is that you are glutton for punishment and aren't open to points of view that may differ to yours.

Again I will ask who exactly is it that I am hero worshipping by not wanting Davies back, whereas yourself seem convinced that his return will end all our woes and see us out of the rut we are in (blind faith) !

I too thought the points I raised where perfectly valid.
 
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With the money he spent at Forest he should have got them promoted. He didn't.

He went all crazy against Leeds in the play offs with a line up and formation that even Phil Brown would have raised his eyebrows at.

But despite that, I'd welcome him back with open arms. (But not a goose-fat covered sphincter like some on here)
 
shaky said:
Blind faith is where you put your faith into something without any real foundation (just hero worship in your case)

Billy Davies has a proven track record at Championship level achieving the play offs in five seasons out of five.

Think before spouting utter bollocks and making yourself look an even bigger idiot.
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We are not in the Championship.
 
pkbpne22 said:
Typical tardy response from our resident antogonist....

Your facts are wrong by the way.... he did not get to the play offs 5 out of 5. I thought someone shouting the odds would know better, obviously not... you see the problem with fuckwits like you is that you are glutton for punishment and aren't open to points of view that may differ to yours.

Again I will ask who exactly is it that I am hero worshipping by not wanting Davies back, whereas yourself seem convinced that his return will end all our woes and see us out of the rut we are in (blind faith) !

I too thought the points I raised where perfectly valid.
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Four out of four then, twice with us, once with Forest and once with Derby.

That still doesn't detract from you being a blind faith idiot.

He is proven at a higher level at three clubs, all Alexander has going for him is the hero worship of a few blind faithers. You don't want him because you're all upset that he turned his back on us, how mongish is that?
 
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