Don't think Billy Davis has really failed anywhere - his worst spell was in the Premier League at Derby, which was effectively a consequence of getting them an unexpected (and unprepared for) promotion the previous season. Seems to have encountered problems in his dealings with chairmen/CEOs.
Don't let on to @ElfsborgAddick .. Billy Davies at the start of his illustrious playing career had a few games in Sweden for .. Yes .. Elfsborg .. that fact alone would be enough for our happy wanderer to demand that Davies be appointed CAFC manager tout de suite, if not sooner
Don't let on to @ElfsborgAddick .. Billy Davies at the start of his illustrious playing career had a few games in Sweden for .. Yes .. Elfsborg .. that fact alone would be enough for our happy wanderer to demand that Davies be appointed CAFC manager tout de suite, if not sooner
I'd argue that the game had already started to move on when most of them were breaking through 10-15 years ago. I'd further that by saying it can be easier to overachieve with a small team using the traditional organized, physical, British style (Jewell, Davies, also Bryan Robson, Aidy Boothroyd, etc.) than it is to manage a team with the expectation of going out and winning more games than not (Moyes).
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think there is going to be a "lost generation" of former players looking to go into management because the methods they were used to as players, and the coaches they played under, are just incredibly dated now (Roy Keane, Martin O'Neil). The days of tackling from behind and the YTS lads cleaning the senior players' boots is gone now, but my god does that seem to stick in the craw of so many former ex-pros (many of whom currently work in commentary).
I'd argue that the game had already started to move on when most of them were breaking through 10-15 years ago. I'd further that by saying it can be easier to overachieve with a small team using the traditional organized, physical, British style (Jewell, Davies, also Bryan Robson, Aidy Boothroyd, etc.) than it is to manage a team with the expectation of going out and winning more games than not (Moyes).
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think there is going to be a "lost generation" of former players looking to go into management because the methods they were used to as players, and the coaches they played under, are just incredibly dated now (Roy Keane, Martin O'Neil). The days of tackling from behind and the YTS lads cleaning the senior players' boots is gone now, but my god does that seem to stick in the craw of so many former ex-pros (many of whom currently work in commentary).
SD, can't quite remember if it was Billy Davies in charge, but 3-4 seasons ago Forest absolutely battered Charlton at the Valley. It only ended 0-2, but they "passed them off the park" as the saying goes. I have a feeling it was Billy Davies' team, and they were massively impressive, but I may be wrong.
For a period of time, Spanish style tactics and managers were all the rage or Mourinho and his disciples. Now Germans are all the rage, apart from Klopp there's also his assistant Wagner at Huddersfield, and Arsenal have been "linked" with his replacement at Dortmund, Tuchel
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Wish we'd appointed him instead of Dowie.
Slightly surprised SCP took an assistant's job, I guess he felt that it was better than being out of the limelight and forgotten about
Will never run in that park again
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/west-bromwich-albion/11349679/West-Brom-manager-Tony-Pulis-reveals-Paul-Jewell-was-Charlton-candidate.html
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I think there is going to be a "lost generation" of former players looking to go into management because the methods they were used to as players, and the coaches they played under, are just incredibly dated now (Roy Keane, Martin O'Neil). The days of tackling from behind and the YTS lads cleaning the senior players' boots is gone now, but my god does that seem to stick in the craw of so many former ex-pros (many of whom currently work in commentary).
For a period of time, Spanish style tactics and managers were all the rage or Mourinho and his disciples. Now Germans are all the rage, apart from Klopp there's also his assistant Wagner at Huddersfield, and Arsenal have been "linked" with his replacement at Dortmund, Tuchel