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Offline villan from luton

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #30 on: February 04, 2017, 12:51:50 AM »
Ron built two sides, not three.

His first was built by the great Vic Crowe -Ron added Instant Carrodus and sometimes Phillips and after Xmas we were more or less unstoppable.

Not sure about that. In Crowe's last season we were pretty mediocre

We were not pretty, just mediocre. Loved Vic Crowe but things had to change and Sir Ron did that. I didn't want him at first but he was brilliant and I consider myself so fortunate to see such great football from my beloved club.

Offline dcdavecollett

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #31 on: March 24, 2017, 06:43:19 PM »
Mediocre because the board -incredibly-cut off funding with promotion within reach.

The sale of Rioch would have given him money to spend; on his track record, I think he would have spent it wisely.

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #32 on: March 15, 2021, 01:26:51 PM »
Another great discovery from Villaboy:


Offline West Derby Villan

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #33 on: March 15, 2021, 01:45:15 PM »
Another great discovery from Villaboy:



Wow, don’t remember that. Brilliant interview. He certainly came good on his prophecy

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #34 on: March 15, 2021, 04:31:55 PM »
Did you clock that little smile at the end? Love him!

Offline West Derby Villan

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #35 on: March 15, 2021, 05:27:02 PM »
Did you clock that little smile at the end? Love him!

Wind !

Offline Damo70

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #36 on: March 15, 2021, 05:43:39 PM »
Did you clock that little smile at the end? Love him!

Even when he was in a fairly good mood he had a quiet menace about him.

Offline dcdavecollett

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #37 on: March 16, 2021, 12:20:28 AM »
Good work, VillaBoy!

Offline TopDeck113

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #38 on: March 16, 2021, 07:06:53 AM »
What a great interview!

Right man, right place, right time. 

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #39 on: March 16, 2021, 07:55:56 AM »
Another great discovery from Villaboy:



That's fabulous.

Offline wittonwarrior

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #40 on: March 20, 2021, 05:28:36 PM »
Imagine the likes of Social media when we lost to the likes of Blues, West ham in the cup, Luton and  Cambridge in the League cup.  Not everyone was pleased all the time with Ron Saunders if my memory is not playing tricks.

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #41 on: March 20, 2021, 05:40:54 PM »
Another great discovery from Villaboy:



That's fabulous.

That is fantastic. The don't-fuck-with-me shone through from day one!

Offline passport1

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #42 on: March 20, 2021, 06:01:09 PM »
Imagine the likes of Social media when we lost to the likes of Blues, West ham in the cup, Luton and  Cambridge in the League cup.  Not everyone was pleased all the time with Ron Saunders if my memory is not playing tricks.

Ron would have dealt with it pretty much as he did journalists  back in the day ,by treating them with the contempt they deserved.

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #43 on: March 28, 2021, 09:39:25 AM »
What a great no nonsense interview. As an aside I think Trevor East was the reporter. He was an essential part of match days for me only because I'd watch Tiswas before I went- he played a slightly dim role.In reality he went on to be a successful TV executive. Derby fan.

Offline Flamingo Lane

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Re: Ron Saunders
« Reply #44 on: March 28, 2021, 10:01:37 PM »
What a great no nonsense interview. As an aside I think Trevor East was the reporter. He was an essential part of match days for me only because I'd watch Tiswas before I went- he played a slightly dim role.In reality he went on to be a successful TV executive. Derby fan.

And, unless I'm mistaken, the man responsible for there being no footage of Villa 5 Liverpool 1 in 1976-77, and instead what we got was footage of Derek Hales making his debut for Derby.

 


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