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Experienced duo set to leave
           

  MICHAEL Timlin and Kevin Amankwaah are set to leave Swindon after Paolo Di Canio confirmed the duo are currently not a part of his plans.

           

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Timlin to Southend should be a safe bet then, you'd think.

Stupid.

Atiku to Ciren or Supermarine baffles me.

What did Di Canio and Timlin fall out over?

I feel sorry for the bloke, I know its been said a few times, he may not be the most talented footballer we have but he will always give 100% and could certainly do a job in this league. He has signed a contract in the summer and 4 games in isn't needed.... Strange.

Amankwaah also confuses me, I rate him, all seems strange to me.

Appointing di Canio was always going to lead to strange decisions....doesn't necessarily mean they wont work...only results will show this.

I think both are good enough to play in our team.That said, Caddis is a nailed on starter at right back and i can't argue with that. I think Di canio has faith in Thompson in that position too so it does figure.
Dunno what happend with Timlin as he looked like he was going to feature this season.

Fitness?

Think Atiku was just a mistake, he's found better now so Atiku is 4th choice. With no reserve games it makes more sense for him to be out on loan subject to injuries.

Timlin, not bothered. Ferry starts, i think Smith could develop into something really good, Mccormack looks alright as well, jury is still out on Risser.

Amankwaah? amazes me!! Kennedy isnt good enough in my opinion, and nothing so far has convinced me otherwise. Dont know how good this Cibbochi is going to be, but at the moment i'd rather be having Caddis at LB and Manks in the team at RB. Always casualties of manager changes though i guess.

The reason Timlin suddenly doesn't figure in Di Canio's plan is clearly because he's spoken out of turn to him nothing whatsoever to do with his footballing skills (or lack of some might say).  He's never been one of my favourite players, but I find the situation quite pathetic to be honest.  The Amankwaah one has pissed me off more though, it doesn't appear he's been given a chance and he deserves better imo.

Personally I think this is a piss poor managerial decision.  Both players are the sort of experienced players you need in League 2.  Manks in particularly is far better than some of the players that Di Canio has been picking. 

Not happy with this decision. Both add something to the squad.

Timlin and Manks are experienced players who have excelled in this league and higher before. Amankwaah is the perfect RB for this league and has the potential to be the best RB in the league, but has had no chance whatsoever :( But it costs a fortune to have his name put on your shirt as I found out, cost cutting measure by the board ?  :hmmm:

I don't really care.Grateful for the service they have iven the club but if they are not in his plans then i couldn't give a shit tbh.Again alot of people seem disspointed but realistically as most have said the reason we have lost games recently is because of set pieces and not taking chances.I fail to see what these two players could or would of done to prevent this.

We havn't had more than a handful of decent performances from big kev since the playoff season and timlin blows hot and cold anyway,dicanio wanted to play him left wing but he doesnt want to so fuck it.

Jo and Fola... both these players have had ample opportunity to show there worth...both were in the squad last season that finished rock bottom...Manks is a good player but is always injured.
Timlin has had four years here and done what...tell me what he brings to any side because i must be missing something :hmmm:

Its time to move on and if a player gets on the wrong side of a new manager then he has only himself to blame.

To be honest Leef I'm not really that bothered about Timlin just making the point that it's a row that's caused it.

I've always liked Manks and am genuinely disappointed with this one.  I know he was injured a fair bit last season, but when fully fit in the latter stages he wasn't given a chance.  Tbh I don't think he would have done any worse than the utter shite we witnessed.

I think the injury is key with manks, he wasnt half the player when he did get in last season, I suspect we may be offloading a white elephant on someone, as it may have crocked him more than we know. Timlin, yeah effort etc, but he can be summed up in one game for me, Huddersfiled at home last year. He was brilliant for 60 mins, I couldn't believe my eyes, the final 30 mins he was a lower league pub player, godawful, Lower league 2 player, which ironically we currently are, but won't be for long and we need better.

I think a few people need to take off the rose tinted specs. Manks was a good player but is injured more than he's fit. He's taking a place in the squad and picking up wages while being fit for what, 50% of the time, at best? Good business shipping him out.

Timlin leaving tugs at the heartstrings a tad more. He's not the best player in the world, but he's far from shite, gives 100% and is reliable enough to fit into a few positions. If he's fallen out with PDC though, so be it - Sturrock will be in for him in no time.

If I'm being 100% honest, neither player really grips my shit in terms of what we need to do this season, so, thanks lads and good luck wherever you end up.

If we're being perfectly honest, Amankwaah has only had one 3 month spell where he was properly 'best in division' decent. He was being left out for Darby at the end of our P/O season, and I don't remember that great an outcry at the time.

Timlin runs around a lot, and seems like a decent guy. But it not good enough.

Jesus christ, first we don't have enough players, then we have too many, now he gets rid of some and it's like we've just sold Messi, Pele & Ronaldo.

It wasn't that long ago that bringing Timlin on as a sub was the kiss of death. How many times did he come on when we were a goal up only to draw / lose. The crowd arounfd me used to groan when he  came on as you knew what was likely to hapen next.

I think the most worrying thing about this is implication of PDC's style of management !

A mate chatted to Timlin at the weekend, and he confirmed he had a fallout with PDC - he said he was only explaining why he'd done a particular thing ( in training), but PDC wouldnt listen and said he was questioning him ! Timlin said a lot of the lads were very wary/nervous around PDC due to his mood swings, and were a bit scared of him. He also said PDC doesnt seem to like Connell, so maybe thats why he hasnt had much of a look in.

I know some may say it sounds like sour grapes, but I find this is a little worrying - we see and like the passion PDC displays in public, and that is his true feelings, but if his man management skills/knee jerk reactions/ volatility go un checked it could spell trouble in the dressing room !

I heard a rumour that Di Canio told Timlin he was going to be dropped and Timlin turned round and said 'well i hope you lose then'

I suspect its utter utter shit mind :D

It's not as if this is a surprise though is it.  When appointing di Canio the Board went for volatility over the more sober style of say Wilson.   Which is why most good judges went for chaos or community....too early to tell, but I suspect that it will mean di Canio himself will do the honourable thing if necessary.

Agreed. I'm not that bothered if PdC decides to ship players out, he's the boss, but I hope it's for purely football reasons only. Those of us who have worked with bosses who have big mood swings know how shit it can make the work place.

I heard Timlin's reasons for being dropped directly from Timlin himself, the problem with believing it is you've only got one side to the story.

I'd take it with a big pinch of salt.