Billy Davies - Most popular for September 2011
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Stop me if you think you've heard this one before: ambitious manager seeks to resurrect reputation
and career at second tier club, also with aspirations to restore former glory; a short while into
this apparently made-in-heaven match, ambitious manager discovers that the club might not be
prepared to bleed cash in order to bolster the squad to the extent he deems necessary to secure
promotion.
I was on holiday when Billy Davies was sacked and although I, like the LTLF editor, was shocked and
disgusted that the club could treat an employee like that, by the time I had returned to my
computer he had been replaced by Steve McClaren. My anger still hadn't completely subsided, but I
decided to give the new boss a chance before I vented my spleen on this website [.
There are certain days on the football calendar when even the most level-headed, tolerant fan
allows the throes of passion, anxiety or excitement to send any sense of reason and long term
judgement spiralling out of the window to be replaced by an almost Neanderthal desperation, with
either joy or fury displayed beyond any normal boundaries [.
