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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTMYzgrXA7M

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fucking brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That my friend has just brought a few tears to an old boys eyes.

Thankyou .....just wonderful.

Yep
I know it's old
but it sums up so much of the good times
let us hope we can make another come the end of the season!

Fucking ace. Brought a tear to my eye. Did you compile that Dos?

Note to self. Stop being a soft cunt.

I just felt it would remind us of the good time. I am gutted.

Didn't realise it was old, but cheers anyway Dos. More memories packed into 21months than the previous 10/15 years

I'd love him to come back, but I'm not shedding any tears like some big girls' blouses.

Banbury.....I suggest both you and I know PDC seemed to be a very special guy.

He was given the opportunity to take a football club which was on its knees..in fact a very special football club forward.

Di Canio took this opportunity and was given financial support from inexperienced shareholders and an inexperienced Chairman (J Wray).

Yes, PDC showed determination and skills far above the 4th division standard and continued these skills into the 3th division with great success...

However, when the push came....he didn't show the bottle or the determination that he demanded from his players..

PCD reminds me of most Australian businessmen....they can all talk the talk but walking the walk. They crap out and show no bottle.  

Di Canio, what ever has happened here and possibly we will never really know...you have let the players and fans of STFC down.

But most of all you have let yourself down big time......

Just go now and find someone else to use.

I doubt if the club has ever had a manager with a more determined work ethic than di Canio.

Sure he made mistakes but he demonstrated a desire to learn from them and rectify them. It came at a cost, but was sanctioned.

Macari, Ardiles and Hoddle all left when better offers came along; I don't recall them being let down by the powers that be at the club. Di Canio left because he thought the board had undermined his position (presumably, though possibly not). I don't feel as though he has let me down, and I have no idea what the players may think.

if the bad times is us being top of the league, cry me a river

fuck me some need to get a grip, good job alot of you wasnt around when ardiles left and we got demoted from the top flight, look, he acheived alot spent alot, lets move on

leftside

yes - we don't know how the players feel about his departure
they have been extremely quiet and professional about it
perhaps this is the most critical factor
I suspect Paolo didn't share any of the financial/political issues with them
he would have seen it as his duty to protect them from them
(a hard thing to do, as it might seem)
I am sure they felt he was a bit like a strict father at times
but that most (not all) are probably gutted that he and his team have disappeared
how that impacts their spirit/resolve etc we shall see in the coming weeks

The trouble is with Ward or another manager is that from this position the only way is down.

Unless we manage to stay top which would be a miracle.

A few gifted managers let us down by walking out for a better offer.

Most have belatedly been belatedly told to walk out after months of "I will not quit" pledges tolerated for too long to our despair by dithering boards.

Paolo has, when you look at his career and character, very predictably walked out on a point of principle.

It's a shame because here we are, more famous, hated, written about and let's face it envied than since we were last in the Premiershit, here we are top of tier 3 on an upward surge for the first time since Macari (I don't count McMuck, obviously).

Fan or otherwise of Andrew Black, he, not PDC has been the out-walker

As Doss's post reminds we have enjoyed a manager with a persona unmatched anywhere in management and who has shown uniquely among STFC managers a passion for our club.

Thanks for the memories

this is true, but he could and should of gave jed and his motly crew a chance

Sorry can't agree.
Di Canio would still be here and we would have gained promotion this season.

Andrew Black totally responsible for turning his back and going against his original plan.

No time for Black. He has caused all of this and can fuck off.

Also I'll reserve proclaiming him our financial saviour until Si Pie explains how much we still owe to whom, by when, and how it compares to when he came in, in full colour pictures!

Didn't Macari get sacked in your world?

Cheers chaps, i'm in bits at the moment, just wanted to put together a compilation to show how much we love Paolo :D

 :(

Very good DV

Bought a lump to my froat........

Di Canio should have stuck it out until the end of the season and then gone with our best wishes and a better CV. I have fond memories of the man (coming over to thank us fans in the pissing rain at Bournemouth) but I balance that with not so fond thoughts of him binning Caddis , Bodin and latterly Benson. I truly believe he was gutted about the Ritchie sale but if he had the funds available he would have replaced all of his squad with better players without a care for what those players had given to us. Ardiles took the same team who hoofed the ball under Macari and turned them into players who passed the ball on the deck. Di Canio embraced the same style but so did Hoddle & Wilson. If we do go up it will be inspite of the man because he owed it to the fans to see this season through.

The title of the thread makes me want to throw up. Anyone would think it had been written by a 10 year old girl.

Thumbs up to that!

Agreed.

In fact I think I want to thump half of the saps in this thread.

Get a fucking life.

Jesus.

Managers come and go, some good some bad, he has left us (at a bad time and with dubious reasoning) but lets move on and be thankful to the good and the bad times he gave us.

Lets face it, it was not all rosey but the good times outweighed the bad by a fair amount.

If he stayed and got us promoted he would have been a true Swindon hero but he was not here for the long term despite hinting at it, he let the fans and players down in the end even though I partially agree with his reasoning.

Lets finally draw a line under it and move on, who knows the next board/manager could be the best we have ever had, they could be the worst, we don't know and only time will tell.

Since I started follwing Swindon we have had 21 different managers, not including the temporary caretaker bosses such as Hunter/Bodin/Byrne.

Some were brilliant managers like Macari, some were poor like Malpas and Trollope, some were terrible like Beamish, Hart and Onoura, some started well and faded like Wilson, Muckmarn and Ardiles, some left us when the going looked good and we recently been promoted like Hoddle and now Di Canio.

Lets just wait and see what happens, no one manager is bigger than the club or the fans and we all move on to hopefully better times.

I hope you're reading this Paolo. I am keeping you as my screensaver picture. The romance was never going to last but you will never be forgotten. All the best for the future darling. xxxxxx

Thats unfair on some 10 year old girls!

Jesus Christ!

you're lucky. since i started following STFC i've had:

King
Onuora
Wise
Sturrock
Malpas
Wilson
Hart
Di Canio

i only ever liked Wilson.

That reminds me.

Anybody know where I can find a non-PDC town wallpaper, mine needs changing.

CVan you just stop and think about this for one second. The adorable Paolo brought us some of the zenith moments in the history of STFC and certain individuals have already started disparaging him. I can see this causing a great schism. Are you joking me? When we're back in mundane impersonal nothingness, you'll yearn for the hero, ultra hero, that is PAOLO DI CANIO.

dosser knew.

Jeeezz shut the fuck up and move on - the rest of us have  ;D

I got spoilt from a young age, Ardilles was my first love and Glen Hoddle on a rebound relationship, and henceforth a few flings with Wise and Sturrock that just left me feeling dirty, but nothing will compare with Paolo. xxxxxxxx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUiTQvT0W_0

 :soapy tit wank: bet you're knocking one out right now dossy

 :D I have had a furtive fondle but then the recollection of being gang banged by a coterie that included Paul Hart, Razor Ruddock and Joey Beauchamp doing me up the wrong'un rather spoilt the moment.

We've been through some interesting times.

Dosser fucking knew.

Lets see how much he loves him when he comes back and sues our arse for compensation citing breach of contract shall we ?

This had passed my mind too mate.

The fact that he had legal representation at his meeting with the new consortium was not lost on me mate

As long as he doesn't do a Ruddock on us and end up costing us a lot of money in compo, that would right royally fuck up this seasons promotion attempt.

Exactly

Lets she how much he really cares about the town and the fans shall we ?

http://www.lifesapitch.co.uk/laptv/podcast/fl-extra/swindon-cant-afford-di-canios-850k-basic-salary/? Worth a read .dont know how they get their info.

Unlikely to be this season as would never get to court that quickly, but could hang over us.

I would hope that there is some form of indemnity within the sale to limit new co from claims against old co - actually do we know how the sale was completed has another holding co bought the club or have they bought Swindon Football Holdings Ltd.

Would be interesting case as I suggest that slating employers in press for a prolonged period is probably also a breach so could lead to counter claim.

But paolo never would he was getting a tattoo you know....

STFC's new owners are Seebeck 87 Ltd

You're really bitter about that tat, aren't you? :)

Yeah it’s beginning to look like that isn’t it… :D :D

It’s more a personal thing with the way he pulled the whole ‘we are all in this together’ angle and then buggered off when things got rocky, we knew the statements were just spur of the moment things to make him look good, but ultimately they were no more than the footballer kissing the badge.

In life generally I get irritated with bullshit like this and perhaps Paolo’s tattoo, or lack thereof has come to personify self-publicity!

However if Jed promises to get a tattoo I will support him to the hilt!

I think Di Canio largely just said whatever came into his head at the time he was saying it. He probably meant it while he was saying it, but expecting to hold him to it or taking it seriously would be like berating a 34-year old for not keeping the promise he made when he was 5 to become an astronaut.

This guy is spot on.

Been a while since I did employment law but I'm not sure how he could tbh. Where's the breach of contract? Even if having a certain amount of money to spend was part of his agreement, he'd spent the season's budget already.

The fact that Ritchie was sold behind his back isn't likely to do it, if the owners/Directors of a company want to dispense with an employee's services without telling their line manager first then that's a piss poor way to go about things obviously, but ultimately tough shit.

That said without knowing exactly what his agreement was then who knows. Just seems unlikely. And there would be a certain irony if he did sue the club for breach of contract, considering he will have almost certainly breached at least 2 players contract's during his time here with his very public and very vicious bollockings!


Edit: bollocks, must change avatar  :doh:

 

then why have legal representation at the meeting with the new owners ?

Potentially renegotiating his contract? Think I read that somewhere?

He did renegotiate didn't he?

I think him renegotiating his contract was made up.

More than likely to ensure he had a way out

There was talk of it, but I didn't think he actually had. Could be wrong though, the last 2 or 3 weeks are all a bit of a blur!

Paolo says statement made about him is bollocks.

He also says no contact was made on Monday to tell him that the deal wouldn't be completed in the time they said. Does sound like he would of stayed if contact was made.

Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!

In case anyone missed it:
http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/10245019.Di_Canio_upset_by_Town_statement/

Still disappointed if this is true:

 "As I stated in my last statement, I resigned on the 12th February but I agreed a temporary agreement with the new consortium which ran out on Monday at 17.00, despite them knowing the deadline there was no attempt to contact me or my representatives to extend our agreement and by not doing so they were fully aware my resignation would have to stand. "

Though technically he did leave on the eve of a big game..

Sure there was a tweet from Jed saying they did try to contact him on Monday.

He said something on the lines of "who said we didn't" when asked.

Here it is....

There's other similar tweets as well.

As it stand's though it's Jed's word against PDC's. I'm taking no sides right now.

I want Jed to be telling the truth and not PDC, because Jed is here now and PDC isn't. It would not be good for our new chairman to get started off with a fucking mahoosive lie.

Indeed.

Incidentally, where did Jed say he didn't know there was a deadline?

on twitter, I'll have to dig it out

OK, ta. I don't think I get twitter properly, I seem to miss an awful lot.

I know there are a lot on here who loved him, but I have to be honest and say that I was never too keen.

Does this mean you're back for good now?

(Or until Paolo comes crawling back).

Probably not, I just like the drama.

gary barry ‏@MrGsCAFE
@JedMcCoy did u sack dicanio
 
Feb 18 JedMcCoy ‏@JedMcCoy
@MrGsCAFE how can I ..!!.. And ' NO ' Reports state he resigned last Tuesday ..!!..I haven't been officially informed myself yet ..!!..
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James Collis ‏@stfcjimbo
@JedMcCoy 5pm deadline on the 18 Feb.... See communication between owners & manager still a key issue from PDC's statement!

Feb 18 JedMcCoy ‏@JedMcCoy
@stfcjimbo obviously no-one has officially told me yet ..!!..

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Geoff Catling ‏@GeoffCatling
@JedMcCoy @Official_STFC #stfc WTF!!!!!!! Please tell me this isn't really happening!?!? Someone please tell the fans wtf is going on!!

Feb 18 JedMcCoy ‏@JedMcCoy
@GeoffCatling @official_stfc gutted Geoff thought it was resolved Friday ..


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There's more as well but can't find it all.

As I said, somebody is telling porkies. Either that or there has been a monumental fuck up in communication.

Thanks!

I originally thought the "official notification" was regarding his re-instated resignation following the passing of the deadline. Re-reading that I'm not so sure.

The Friday thing is when they allegedly agreed he'd stay on (which PDC says was until 5pm Monday)

Who know WTF happened, and WTF is going to happen next!

Maybe we're missing a part of it, ie who was talking to who and what they said.

If Paolo gave the deadline to Team Black when he resigned, then maybe Team Jed didn't know about it.

Would make sense seeing as Paolo and Team Black appear to have had a massive falling out.

As I said.

Somebody is telling porkies, or a monumental fuck in in communication.

The appointment might shed some light on it. IF it does turn out to be Newell then I don't think it'd be unreasonable to assume that was the intention all along...

If Newell/Stein is appointed then I'll be donning an orange hat myself on the basis that we have been lied to.

That's just not going to happen though.

What I'm saying is it might not have been a fuck up, Team Black could have done it deliberately. There seems to be some real animosity between them, Black and Paolo have both said "wait until the truth comes out".

James Moffat ‏@jimmoffat1
@SamMorshead_SA what about the story about pdc about to break on mail online
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5 mins Sam Morshead ‏@SamMorshead_SA
@jimmoffat1 I have an idea what it is. If it is what it is, it's a legal knot.
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Sound's like Fred may have been bang on the money?

hmmmmmmmm

If we breached his contract we've shot ourself in the foot haven't we. IF.

A pissed off Paolo loves a fight.

If only somebody would employ him...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXUNXOqpwiE&bpctr=1363895042