David Davies on Breakfast

[BUTTERBALL]

Said our achievement is more sensational than Leicester winning the league given where we were 20 years ago.

Talked knowledgeably about the club, the dark days, the struggle and name-checked Dick Knight and Tony Bloom. What a top man.

 

[HantsSeagull]

BBC Breakfast

David Davis (ex FA) bigging us up on BBC Breakfast - greater achievement than Leicester winning Prem

 

[sllugaes]

Yes spoke sense, and understood the old days and troubles.

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[HantsSeagull]

beaten to it - please merge

 

[TheJasperCo]

If only his grasp of Brexit could be as enlightened.

 

[A mex eyecan]

Didn't see his interview, but you can bet we will suddenly be heaped with praise when all season long we've been invisible. After all we can't lace the boots of Toon, Weds and the mighty Leeds can we.

 

[Weststander]

In the Dan Walker / Mike Bushell bit an hour before that, they praised the Albion's board. I assume they mean the varying boards of directors over the last 20 years. It's great that outsiders to Brighton in the sports world are knowledgeable on the Albion's journey.

They contrasted us with Coventry at the moment.

 

[fleet]

BBC have done well today. Davis especially, but they also had Virgo on earlier which was nice. Just the small matter of the 3 points on Monday now!

 

[Weststander]

Didn't see his interview, but you can bet we will suddenly be heaped with praise when all season long we've been invisible. After all we can't lace the boots of Toon, Weds and the mighty Leeds can we.

They all assumed that the small club (just the 28,000 regulars) wouldn't keep up in the top 2. Perhaps being the dark horses to outsiders helped us?

 

[beorhthelm]

Greater than Leicester's title is going too far, smaller clubs than us have had promotion to the premier league and of course we have been in the top division before.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Now we are nearly at the top table the sycophants will all over this club,i could have sworn Tony Blair was at fans united

 

[LamieRobertson]

Now we are nearly at the top table the sycophants will all over this club,i could have sworn Tony Blair was at fans united

Who is this 'we' you talk about....I thought you supported Bradford or someone non league?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Now we are nearly at the top table the sycophants will all over this club,i could have sworn Tony Blair was at fans united

That was Michael Sheen.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Greater than Leicester's title is going too far, smaller clubs than us have had promotion to the premier league and of course we have been in the top division before.

Agree, absurd comparison.

 

[Eeyore]

Said our achievement is more sensational than Leicester winning the league given where we were 20 years ago.

Talked knowledgeably about the club, the dark days, the struggle and name-checked Dick Knight and Tony Bloom. What a top man.

He was outstanding at the FA during the dark days.

A number of people are ignorantly critical of some at the FA during that time but I can say first hand, where he is concerned, that praise rather than criticism is due. He really wanted the club to survive.

People talk of those that they would love to be at a promotion party. He'd be right up there on my list.

 

[227 BHA]

Agree, absurd comparison.

I don't think it was.
He wasn't making a direct comparison to Leicesters season last year more comparing our story of coming from near oblivion to the Premier League is similar or maybe even greater in magnitude of achievement considering where we were not so long ago.
It is an incredible football story!

 

[BUTTERBALL]

He was outstanding at the FA during the dark days.

A number of people are ignorantly critical of some at the FA during that time but I can say first hand, where he is concerned, that praise rather than criticism is due. He really wanted the club to survive.

People talk of those that they would love to be at a promotion party. He'd be right up there on my list.

Could not agree more, this 100%. Davies hugely raised the profile of our cause in those darkest of times and made a massive contribution to our survival and getting us on an upward trajectory.

 

[Ernest]

Surely Bournemouth's rise is as big as ours ?

 

[AmexRuislip]

On BBC iplayer now, about 3hrs 25mins in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006v5tb/episodes/player

 

[SuperFurrySeagull]

Surely Bournemouth's rise is as big as ours ?

I was thinking of Swansea's rise also, except neither of these clubs had quite the winner-takes-all, make or break event like we had at Hereford (I don't recall anyway).