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DD’s
departure has been met with mixed reactions; there is no doubt
that he has done some good for the club. He is clearly a good
face for QPR. He is eloquent, media friendly and comes across as
an approachable man.
His
impeccable handling of the recent situation with Ian Wright
showed just how astute he can be, however he came in for much
criticism just before Christmas when his ill timed comments to a
local paper about the clubs financial position created wide
spread panic.
Davies moved
the club into, through and out of administration, taking out the
highly controversial loan with ABC in the process; something he
still maintains was unavoidable despite many protestations to
the contrary. He leaves the club promoted with record season
ticket sales and heading in the right direction.
He was
involved in the decision to bring Ian Holloway to the club,
which has undoubtedly been our best managerial appointment of
recent years, however it was one the board lucked into having
been turned down by all their principal choices.
His
reputation took a major battering the day he decided to take
three Rangers fans to court after a leaked boardroom memo was
placed on a QPR website.
In a recent
interview with QPRnet.com Davies defended this decision by
saying “We've come too far to have people treat QPR like it's an
amateur club. It's a professional club, it's got good people in
it and I'm dammed if I'm going to have people treat it like no
name United playing in an amateur league”.
It was a
move that left a sour taste in the mouth of many and one that
could forever tarnish his legacy at Loftus Road.
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