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Billy Davies Interview on RamsTV

Part 1 - https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2017/11/ramstv-meets-billy-davies-part-one
Part 2 - https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2017/12/ramstv-meets-billy-davies-part-two

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Fascinating insight into that man’s mind. You find yourself agreeing with everything he’s said, and then you realise he’s not answered the question he was asked! Delivers answers that appear genuine but everything about him is calculated. He’s a master of his craft.

Surprised he admitted to fabricating situations to get a reaction out of the staff (from board to players). His career is littered with ‘situations’ which is partly why he has the reputation he has. 

Quick mention for Colin Gibson who did well to push some tricky questions. So far though Davies is well prepared, which is expected. A PR expert couldn’t write or deliver responses as well as that. 

And yes, the sound is crap. Shame on whoever buggered that up. 

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therealhantsram

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Just watched part 1. Masterful interview technique from Gibson. Billy as slippery as an eel. His body language gave him away during questions about possible takeover. My conclusion... there was no takeover talk at that time. Billy just made it up.  If he didn’t ... why on earth wouldn’t he just be straight with us. 11 years on, it doesn’t really matter.

In those 20 minutes, you see right there why he doesn’t have a job today. 

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1 hour ago, therealhantsram said:

Just watched part 1. Masterful interview technique from Gibson. Billy as slippery as an eel. His body language gave him away during questions about possible takeover. My conclusion... there was no takeover talk at that time. Billy just made it up.  If he didn’t ... why on earth wouldn’t he just be straight with us. 11 years on, it doesn’t really matter.

In those 20 minutes, you see right there why he doesn’t have a job today. 

Got it in one.

Slippery, smoke and mirrors, not very likeable.

He remains good but not quite good enough to justify the hassle of dealing with him.

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11 hours ago, Moist One said:

His tenure was damaging? I would say that the 3 changes of ownership of the club within 2 years is what did the damage!

3 amigos > league of gentleman > Pearson > GSE

There was nothing toxic about the way he managed the club? Nothing negative about his role in the prem season and the horrible vibe that PJ then took to another level? He left us in good shape did he?

Not taking away from the achievement of promotion but the guy is just a whole bundle of negative energy, you can't tell me that had no effect on what happened after we got promoted. Therefore his tenure was damaging in what it helped to set in motion.

Not all his fault of course. Completely agree that the board / ownership issues played a major/larger role, that is not in question.

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These interviews are becoming more memorable than the football this season.

the reality is that the board did pull the rug from under his feet.

and the management were deserving of more loyalty.

anyone in his position who had achieved promotion and then found a club not wanting to invest and plotting an ownership change would be frustrated, and angry.

The board undid all the good work. But BD made it easy for them to sack him by his confrontational behaviour 

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29 minutes ago, RamNut said:

These interviews are becoming more memorable than the football this season.

the reality is that the board did pull the rug from under his feet.

and the management were deserving of more loyalty.

anyone in his position who had achieved promotion and then found a club not wanting to invest and plotting an ownership change would be frustrated, and angry.

The board undid all the good work. But BD made it easy for them to sack him by his confrontational behaviour 

Yep. He wasted it anyway but just over £10M was never going to be enough to compete.

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12 hours ago, ViewsFromTheMiddle said:

Yep. He wasted it anyway but just over £10M was never going to be enough to compete.

At which point you could argue he should have just gone out and signed ten £1,000,000 players under the age of 23 and set us up for the next five seasons.

Or do a Burnley even and accept you’ve gone up too early, hardly spend, yo-yo and spend upon your second promotion. 

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20 minutes ago, cannable said:

At which point you could argue he should have just gone out and signed ten £1,000,000 players under the age of 23 and set us up for the next five seasons.

Or do a Burnley even and accept you’ve gone up too early, hardly spend, yo-yo and spend upon your second promotion. 

Easier said than done. At that time Mido went for 6m and yakubu for 11m

In the whole of the summer only 16 players moved for @ £1m

not many of these would have been classed as successful signings.

 

Caleb Folan [Wigan - Hull] £1m

Mikele Leigertwood [Sheff Utd - QPR] £900,000

Dejan Stefanovic [Portsmouth - Fulham] £1m

Wayne Thomas [Burnley - Southampton] £1m

Darren Carter [West Brom - Preston] £1.25m

Izale McLeod [Milton Keynes Dons - Charlton] £1.1m

James Morrison [Middlesbrough - West Brom] £1.5m

Carl Hoefkens [Stoke - West Brom] £750,000

Dickson Etuhu [Norwich - Sunderland] £1.5m

Stephen Clemence [Birmingham - Leicester] £1m

Gary Naysmith [Everton - Sheffield United] £1m

Tyrone Mears [West Ham - Derby County] £1m

Craig Beattie [Celtic - West Brom] £1.25m

Russell Anderson [Aberdeen - Sunderland] £1m

Aaron Hughes [Aston Villa - Fulham] £1m

Gavin McCann [Aston Villa - Bolton] £1m

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I would like to see the "round 2" to this interview that Billy discussed. It would be a good, detailed insight of the work a football manager does.

I enjoyed the interview. I have fond memories of the siege mentality, the goals from Howard and the exciting play from Barnes during the 2006/07 season. 

He wasn't backed in 2007/08 season so it was always an uphill battle. He should have stayed. The relegation would have still happened but I'm sure the points total would have been more than 11. Then 2008/09 would have been another push for promotion. 

He's a very good manager at Championship level and I hope he gets back into football soon. He clearly demonstrates a passion for the game. 

 

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16 minutes ago, MuespachRam said:

Just watched the second part, excellent interview great to hear such passion and enthusiasm coming from King Billy.  

The board should never ever have sacked him. 

oh yes they should (best pantomime voice)

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18 minutes ago, MuespachRam said:

Just watched the second part, excellent interview great to hear such passion and enthusiasm coming from King Billy.  

The board should never ever have sacked him. 

Yeah...we might have got 15 points instead of 11

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On ‎29‎/‎11‎/‎2017 at 13:23, Sparkle said:

Looking at that lot it shows that Eddie Lewis was about the best signing with Kenny Miller a close second ( let’s not complain about what we see currently)

He said at the time that he'd enquired aftter over 100 players but no-one wanted to join us. It's almost as if they thought we'd get relegated with 11 points or something.

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