'Silly Billy' at it again.

[MadAmster]

Claims to have spent at least £100K on assembling this "proof" of his. I can't wait to see what he has "proven" to be able to judge if it's been the huge waste of time and money most think it is or if he can show that there was a smear campaign going on. Will such proof lead to civil cases? Will any journo be take to court? :-)

From 05 through 08 when I was teaching at a sports college, we went to MF a couple of times a year with students doing the UEFA B course for a week of practical experience and swapping thoughts with the DCFC Academy staff. We would work with the Academy Monday through Thursday and then, on the Friday, we would be with the 1st team, observing the routines they were working on specifically with Saturday's game in mind. The day before that amazing day at Barnsley when we took 7.5K there, we watched all manner of things going on from keeper's routines, tackling, shooting, deadball situations etc. The one that got me the most confused was on one pitch, one member of staff was stood in one of the penalty areas and 3 central defenders were in the other half of the pitch. The coach lumped balls up over the halfway line for half an hour and the 3 CDs headed them back to him. After training we were supposed to have a 30 minute Q&A session with Billy. I asked him what the thinking behind the heading practice was. The answer was stunningly simple. Barnsley lump every ball up to their CF, their only tactic so we were getting them used to a barrage of balls.....

THAT comment at Wembley, the failure to start rebuilding the team immediately, going off on a 3 week holiday instead, the lack of thought that went into the buys that summer..... all reasons to be glad he isn't with us now.

However, we saw the other side of Billy that day. While we were waiting for him to arrive for the Q&A, a member of staff popped in to say that something had cropped up and Billy was on his way but couldn't stay longer than 15 minutes. Billy arrived we ggot into a great football discussion, swapping thoughts, stories, tactics etc etc etc as coaches do when they get together. 15 minutes became 30 and the member of staff returned saying "Billy, time is well up...." Billy said "Tell them I will be late, I'm enjoying this, this is what it's all about, discussing football, swapping thoughts and learning from each other and I am learning from these guys". That Q&A lasted almost an hour and a half.

That is a side of him most haven't seen. A lot has been done and said about engineering exits etc and I wouldn't want him back at the helm of DCFC..... BUT..... if I ever got the chance to have another football discussion with him, wild horses couldn't keep me away.

[ramAnag]

Fair point MA. Can't abide the bloke myself, but I'll admit I've never met him and a different perspective is always interesting.