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Di Canio calls for boo boys to get behind Town's cause
           

  PAOLO Di Canio has urged fans to ‘stay together and not lose the passion’ as Swindon enter the crucial end-of-season push to secure promotion back to League One.

           

http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/9627374.Di_Canio_calls_for_boo_boys_to_get_behind_Town_s_cause/r/?ref=rss
           

Slightly worried about his comments recently, not just this article but this one too.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17432968

The comment at the bottom of the article is pretty clear.
“I have after this year another year and I want to win, then we will see what is going on, but stay together because everything that happens between now and the end of the season counts towards my decision.”

He is a human being!  He has achived miracles here in one season, yet still people boo his decisions and/or his players.  league 1 will be a bigger challenge.  It will not go all our own way, and there will be reverses, but if the crowd begin to get at him at every little mishap or challenge his professional decision on substitutions on a regular basis, then it will get under his sking, and disrupt the players.  It's perfectly acceptable (I think) for him to make his views known now while things are going swimmingly well.  And its up to us to shut the boo boys up....drown them out every time with 'we are Paolo's red and white army'.  He has said what it means to hear his name chanted, and the vast majority of us love him and what he has done...let's make sure he knows it.

Its not clear though is it. He could be talking about promotion, season ticket sales, fans booing, boardroom financing or all of them.

Sounds like he intends to see out his contract though, then he'll decide about a new one..or not.

True.

Let's hope he does see out his contract and even extend it, personally I think he'll be here at the end of next season unless something really pisses him off.

Two points on this: Ed Hadwin was saying this morning that talks have opened about extending his contract and I think the booing at the substitution of Connell was a sign of frustration that Murray was being left on.  I thought Murray was very weak on Saturday, easily pushed off the ball and his workrate is not as good as Connells.  They were also talking on the radio about booing at the final whistle, well I certainly did not hear any booing directed at the team or manager.

Some of our fans really are fucking retards.

How anyone can boo after the season we have had astounds me.

Agree completely Langers.

Think Paolo needs to give it some of this at the next home game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqJFIJ5lLs

 :D

I wouldn't be surprised if he did something like that, and I wouldn't blame him.

Agree completely, but it was always on the cards that the negative element in the fan base would piss Paolo off at some point.

To be fair he's been quite polite in his response, hopefully it has the desired effect but I'm not holding my breath to be honest.

I agree 100% but some of our fans and even some of the fans on this forum wouldn't agree with that.

I do still very much hope it doesn't turn Paolo against the vast majority (probably 99%) of our fans who would never boo this team.

Let us hope he doesn't read the Thisis site then!!  Those of us that stayed behind to applaud the team and PdC would have been very amused how he wound the Slavetraders fans up!!

The reaction on Saturday was completely unacceptable. I'm still really pissed off about it to be honest. Didn't hear any booing at the end though!

Paolo has been a fan before being a player or manager.

Every club has fans that boo at stupid times. Ffs look at the west ham fans and their treatment of big sam.

It doesn't make the fan viewpoint correct, but it is the same at most clubs.

Hopefully that is the end of it for us from herein.  I must admit I did grumble to all around that he took the wrong player off mind.

This is what I was worried about, on the whole our fans are brilliant and I don't want Paolo thinking that because a few morons are booing, that everyone feels the same.

I thought he was right in taking Connell off when he did. Ok Murray hadn't had any chances but he was doing the linking up role quite well in the first half, whereas Connell missed from 2 yards and squandered a number of other chances, the final straw was when he fluffed his touch and it went out for a throw. Knew his number was coming up and was quite frankly stunned at the reaction.

Just saw this interview on Sky Sports News, and he sounded very pissed off.

I couldn't believe it when I heard booing, Connell was poor, very poor. Yes Murray wasn't brilliant but still it wasn't like Connell was on a hattrick after scoring two brilliant goals, he had missed an open goal and his first touch was awful that game.

Why is this getting so much press, and why is PDC even making reference to it?  We all know that 100 people booing will make more noise than the other 7,900 who are not...so why give these idiots any recognition at all?  They are a small minority.  Hardly worth the airtime, and definitely not reflective of the average fan.

This really annoys me.  PDC should ignore in future.

I don't like being tarnished (or is it varnished  :)) with the same brush as these mongs. PDC now thinks the fans were booing Benson coming on when I think those 'fans' wanted to see Murray replaced by Benson, rather than Connell. No one in their right mind would boo Benson coming on.

He should just not start Connell again, that way nobody can boo when he is (somewhat inevitably) taken off.

Good point!!!!  If Benson is fit he will start and partnered with De Vita up front tonight!!

The Town End were singing "one Alan Connell" which I saw as the same message as booing. No mention of that.

I wasn't expecting booing at all. Stupid thing to boo really. Paolo has always justified why he makes his subs and he is the boss not the fans. I can see him getting pissed off and walking at this rate then all the mongs will moan that he's left because that is what they thrive on.

Good luck finding a club with no mong fans PDC.

...... such as West Ham who are booing their manager while in 3rd place.

Let's give PDC some credit, he realises fans will have differing opinions to him (you only have to listen to people sat near to you on a match day to realise that we have differing opinions). I have to say there is a fair chunk of support that can't wait for things to go wrong so they can have a good whinge / shout abuse etc. I had a complete tool sat behind me at Wembley, he was barking and whinging as soon as the first mistake was made on the pitch - I thought he was going to explode (I wish he had  :girlgiggle:). I wonder if some people see match day as a time to let off life's stresses  :sherlock:

Maybe, my theory is that we as a fan base have got so used to mediocrity and going nowhere over the last decade that moaning has become habit and second nature.  So when the chance to return to our normal habitat comes, many grab it because it is what comes naturally and reminds them of their fathers penis.

S Frued.

If people disagree with a decision what are they supposed to do? booing is the last small piece of power the football fan has. If PDC is going to throw a strop every time someone disagrees with him and threaten take his ball home then fuck it,let him.

PDC is a volatile character but if he expects all the crowd to like him 100% of the time he would never find a club! personally think he got it wrong not taking murray off first as he was more shocking than normal but alan connell did deserve to come off and no way was booing for benson as he is the best thing to happen for town this season so instead of everybody worrying pdc will get angry and walk off because of a few boos enjoy the rest of the season then what will be will be in the summer hopefully he wont walk but if he does then he takes our thanks and we get someone else(ling and taylor) who would be around for the long haul!
 :nod:

So he can't voice an opinion? An opinion that the vast majority seem to agree with.

and breath

I'd venture that if booing upsets him then he's got in to the wrong game with this management lark.

Jesus wept Paolo you need to thicken that sexy Italian skin of yours a little.

I think some of you are taking a hyped up and misleading article out of context

He's asking for unity from the fans

OH MY GOD. WHAT TERRIBLE MANAGEMENT

This.

Paolo comes across as someone that doesn't like to be questioned full stop. I found the booing embarrassing and half the numpties who were booing we're probably doing it because someone near them was. If we were struggling in a relagation place playing shit I could sort of understand it but we are far from that. By Booing Paolo taking off Connell was Benson stood there thinking the fans would rather have Connell on than him ?

To be honest r4e, I think I called it wrong.

It's not the adver article that has hyped it up and taken it out of context, it is this thread that has hyped it up and taken it out of context. In the article PDC is asking for the fans to get behind and support the team on the pitch. Quite how that can be wrong is beyond me.

I think some people have just not read the article and are responding only to comments in this thread.

* Although the BBC version does have a sensationalist headline

I think PDC was dissapointed with the reaction of the fans on saturday. It was a derby, and the fans were poor. Really lost heart in the second half for no good reason at all. It seems to be important to him that he manages a club with fans who show passion.

Its not just us though. It is rare you get a set of English fans with a bit of backbone. Fans who have real belief. Most sets of fans behave like petulant teenagers, because their most vocal fans are petulant teenagers.

Don't think there was any problem with Benson coming on, Connell coming off before Murray was what the reaction was all about!

Fact is the team and the manager has had fantastic backing this season....at times when things looked dicey ala Clarke etc.
Now i am not a massive Connell fan but in my opinion and many others the logical substitution was to ditch Murray who was playing very poor and leave on Connell who while not pulling up any trees was miles better on the day.

The fans bood that decision and not the team or PDC.....if you are man enough to take the plaudits you should be man enough to take the odd bit of critism aimed your way.

I never booed by the way and never have or never will  but heard a few round me who did....they pay big money and are more than entitled to voice
 there dissaproval...its a modern thing and isn't going to go away,and to be fair to Paolo its like water of a ducks back to him as he is just to profesional at his job to give a damm.

I think people need to actually read the adver article. People should also note the BBC article linked to is an old one (but that should also be read properly instead of just the heading)

The points i made has nothing to do with the adver article,but its obviously took his notice because PDC bangs on about Ritchie only getting a few claps on going off when substituted.

But as you say the Adver article by Paolo is more a rallying cry for support rather than a dig at the fans i reckon.

That's exactly it Leefer. People are getting their knickers in a twist for nowt.

I don't think anyones getting their knickers in a twist..