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The Alf Billy Davies Love-In Thread

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Gyros Peter

Gyros Peter

Sauce salad?
Alf-engelos Mindminackers said:
His face was strong-boned, yet delicate — this due to his tight, full mouth, high cheekbones and thin, black brows sat beneath soft, mousy brown hair. His eyes were blue and beyond description. In them was something clear and substantial, so that he often seemed to be seeing more than what he was actually looking at. Both a visionary and a genius all in one package; the ultimate package.

The night had ended, but I kept talking, talking, to fill the room and fog my own pain. My words sounded stupid, specious. Finally, I just shut myself up. That was so much easier, just being there with him in the stillness. After the room cleared, I stood to go, and I reached down to him. He was so small: the media, that great shark, had eaten away so much of him. His arms reached up and pulled my face into his neck. We stayed like that — joined without words — for minutes; then he whispered, “I don’t want you to feel bad.” Tears I hadn’t known were there slid out of my eyes, wetting his loose skin and V-necked jumper. I tightened my arms around him, tightened my closed eyelids, and promised (lied), “I won’t.”
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Please can you draw it?
 
Alf-engelos Mindminackers

Alf-engelos Mindminackers

The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Gyros Peter said:
Please can you draw it?
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Tony Woodcock's LoveChild

Tony Woodcock's LoveChild

Now what?
Alf-engelos Mindminackers said:
His face was strong-boned, yet delicate — this due to his tight, full mouth, high cheekbones and thin, black brows sat beneath soft, mousy brown hair. His eyes were blue and beyond description. In them was something clear and substantial, so that he often seemed to be seeing more than what he was actually looking at. Both a visionary and a genius all in one package; the ultimate package.

The night had ended, but I kept talking, talking, to fill the room and fog my own pain. My words sounded stupid, specious. Finally, I just shut myself up. That was so much easier, just being there with him in the stillness. After the room cleared, I stood to go, and I reached down to him. He was so small: the media, that great shark, had eaten away so much of him. His arms reached up and pulled my face into his neck. We stayed like that — joined without words — for minutes; then he whispered, “I don’t want you to feel bad.” Tears I hadn’t known were there slid out of my eyes, wetting his loose skin and V-necked jumper. I tightened my arms around him, tightened my closed eyelids, and promised (lied), “I won’t.”
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Beautiful.

This should have its own Netflix series.
 
BryanRoy22

BryanRoy22

Bob McKinlay
He could do with another job, or does he?

Billy Davies in the Championship. He'll get you in or around the playoffs.

I think he's a decent manager, but it's 10 years since his last job. It must have been some pay off.
 
Statto

Statto

Free Kick Specialist
BryanRoy22 said:
He could do with another job, or does he?

Billy Davies in the Championship. He'll get you in or around the playoffs.

I think he's a decent manager, but it's 10 years since his last job. It must have been some pay off.
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The trouble he has is not down to his ability to get results.

He is clearly batshit crazy and/or has other issues because no-one touched him after he was sacked from Derby until we did. No-one touched him between ND firing him and Fazza appointing him, and no-one has touched him since Fazza sacked him.

Football moves on and the CH is different from 2011 when he last achieved a play off finish and it is also from what, 2014 when he last managed a game.

The longer things like that go on the harder it is to get back but then after he's caused an absolute shit storm and been fired from a club where he's at least slightly liked and has got results, then this starts to not work in your favour as much.

There's pretty much zero chance we will see BD in a manager's post. No-one has come back to management after that long out and done anywhere near a decent job.
 
Mr. Blonde

Mr. Blonde

Stuart Pearce
Statto said:
He is clearly batshit crazy and/or has other issues because no-one touched him after he was sacked from Derby until we did. No-one touched him between ND firing him and Fazza appointing him, and no-one has touched him since Fazza sacked him.
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Didn't Blackpool try and get him in before he rejected them to come back to Forest?
 
Senior Flange Technician

Senior Flange Technician

Flangey
Has been mentioned for a few Scottish jobs but never sems to go anywhere, rumours of interviews but everyone has picked someone else. Maybe he needs to swallow his pride and do a job in the lower leagues where he can run the show.
 
Haych

Haych

John Robertson
He ain’t managed in 11 years it’s over for him, it’s basically a completely different sport to back then. He should’ve took a Scottish job years ago to rebuild his reputation, he needed that or therapy anyway.
 
Master Yates

Master Yates

Stuart Pearce
Nick Miller in the Athletic went and has done a write up.

As expected, it was dull and boring and mainly involved Billy Davies blaming everyone else.

Bizarrely, he apparently “addressed rumours” about him and Natalie Jackson :LOL:

About 250 people went though. Which is about 240 more than I thought would be willing to pay out 50 notes to hear his nonsense.


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Statto

Statto

Free Kick Specialist
That piece of Binns genius doesn't deserve to be within a kilometre of that poison dwarf
 
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redodare

First Team Squad
Master Yates said:
Nick Miller in the Athletic went and has done a write up.

As expected, it was dull and boring and mainly involved Billy Davies blaming everyone else.

Bizarrely, he apparently “addressed rumours” about him and Natalie Jackson :LOL:

About 250 people went though. Which is about 240 more than I thought would be willing to pay out 50 notes to hear his nonsense.


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How many of the 250 attending actually paid for their own tickets.

There were a fair few on my social timline thanking others for gifting them tickets.

The sponsor will be happy of mentions.

The Athletic piece mentions Billy admitting that he agreed to Fawaz's request to pick certain players - Abdoun and Djedbbour seem to fit the bill.

Sad demise of a once proud man .
 
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incident

Viv Anderson
In the photo above, the one with them on stage at the event - am I the only one who's annoyed that they just put up the promotional graphic on the screen, complete with show information, ticket cost, and the QR code presumably to buy tickets? At least spend 3 minutes to clean up the picture to remove that stuff as everyone in there already knows where and when it is, and presumably doesn't need tickets.
 
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redodare

First Team Squad
Mr. Blonde said:
I genuinely don't understand why anyone gives a shit about him
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It's a really good question.

I'm wondering why I care enough to read and post in the thread.

I think it's partly looking for closure on what, while at the time seemed like hope during a dark period , now looks like folly at best.

Also I think there's a wider narrative about leadership. How people are prepared to invest in someone who sells hope, yet had no moral compass.

I suspect it helped Cooper win over fan affection. Beyond his promotion achievements, and despite his ultimate failings , he seemed to be motivated by the right things. Nuno , while a different personality, appears to have strong ethics too. All too rare in football and from today's leaders generally.

So partly as a reminder of how far we have come and how fortunate we now are.
 
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