He does get the best out of his players, just not on a consistent basis. One bad loss and people forget about all the times we have played very, very well.
I reckon maybe he puts them under too much pressure at times. I can think of no other reason why a professional footballer at any level would not be able to pick out a simple pass to a team mate.
Well...yeah...but that's a manager's job is it not?? Of course I haven't forgotten the Villa performance or last week's 4-0 win at Stevenage (or wins v Stoke or Brighton or Bournemouth or.....whoever). I also have not forgotten the fact that he's complaining that the squad is not big/good enough and yet we have players out on loan
who he has signed. He's saying the strikers aren't good enough
but he signed them. It's ridiculous that he seems to expect a constant conveyor belt of players coming into (and going out of) the CG. No other manager has that luxury (well, apart from Ronnie Moore at Tranmere of course and his mega-bucks budget
) so I don't understand why Di Canio thinks he is any different.
And as you rightly say, he does put them under too much pressure at times. That's not the way to get the best out of players. Neither is publicly criticizing them. People can say "Oooh, I don't care what he does or says as long as we get results"..but no one should underestimate the damage that is doing in the the changing room and at some point it
will affect results (maybe it has done already - who knows?). That to me as a massive no no. You just don't do it -
not in publicI have no axe to grind with Di Canio - ultimately all I want is for the team in red and white to be winning games - and there is no doubt in my mind that he has the ability to go all the way to the top. There are certain aspects to how he goes about his job which are unsustainable in my view though and will prevent this from happening unless he changes. He says he learns from his mistakes so we shall see.
It will be interesting to see what happens when the Mbongo is lifted as to how far the Board will let him go with bringing in new players and at what point they use the 'N' word. That will be a pivotal moment.
