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  PAOLO Di Canio has taken an unprompted swipe at Sir William Patey after the Swindon Town chairman upset his manager by suggesting more diligence needs to be taken in the signing of new players.

           

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That's fine Paolo. But do it like a man rather than a petulant child.

I wonder whether I should drop STFC an email and offer some bespoke management training courses?

Some duck tape should do it.

Don't know whether to laugh or cry at the comments under the article. Many seem to have read the first paragraph and not the rest of the article, as they're effectively saying "Patey is right in saying our players aren't good enough", when the issue discussed is not quality but fitness.

Idiots.

Has anyone accused Sam Morshead of goading Paolo into these quotes with criminally clever questioning yet?

No, because

A) It is clearly not the case this time and

B) Those accusations were leveled at Chris Wise, not Morshead

Morshead has been accused of needless sensationlism, although in his defence it has transpired he is not responsible for writing headlines (which seems to be the only thing that most people read)

Another over reaction from our fans and another slightly dodgy Adver headline.

PDC is just explaining what happened with Coke, it's petulant yes, but hardly worth this level of vitriol.

Where is this 'vitriol' you speak of? I've not seen any.

Isn't that a type of ointment?

Prove him wrong then Paolo,i mean its not like you do not check every player is it.Whens Madines court case again?

No he's not, he's having a direct pop at the new Chairman, telling him to mind his own business. The headline's entirely justified.

"Unprofessional immature twat" might have been better. It's like having a teenage girl as manager - he'll be in his room right now, playing his CDs *really* loud and shouting at his Gary Barlow poster.

You mis-spelled quaaaaality. It's got loads more a's than that.

Results on the pitch have been pretty good for a teenage girl though.

We all know what we get with di canio. He's the main attraction and knows he is bigger than the club. Think this is starting to grate both board and fans.

Does seem to be with some fans yeah. I personally still think he's a breath a fresh air in today's modern football. Have enjoyed the last 18 months more than most of my time supporting town so long may he stay!

The continually praising himself whilst being critical of others is wearing thin now. Sticky ground to be in and will hold him back of he wants to manage at the top.

That bloke Jose has done alright being similar though. It takes all sorts! Not saying he will make it to the top or not - probably does need to reign himself in a little. I'm still enjoying the ride though even if others aren't.

My love for Di Canio is waning, but I do find some facets of his tenure enjoyable and exciting, as much as i find others irritating. His transfer record is fairly hit and miss, and has been rightly called out by a board eager to achieve some kind of value for money. He can react how he wants as long as he acquiesces to their requests (and they don't mind him mouthing off a bit).

I don't recall him being critical of his players and board. Correct me of I'm wrong

Didn't say Paolo was the same, just implying he's controversial / extrovert / unorthodox etc. All of which Jose is too and he's done ok for himself. Not followed everything he's said through his career so no idea if he's been critical of the board or his players in the past.

Too be honest i don't really care too much what Paolo does once he leaves anyway, i'll still be supporting the town as no doubt we all will.

Another balanced, unbiased posting from pauld

Paul's just saying what a lot of us are. di Canio needs to know when to shut the fuck up. The board are the ones that shell out the cash, they've got every right to criticise or question anything at the club. PdC's inability to accept the possibility he is ever in the wrong is becoming as tiresome as those blindly supporting him.

Until we're fighting relegation I don't give a fuck what Paolo says.

Yep, similar to me - as long as we're doing well then I'm not really too fussed. In fact, I've just avoided reading the articles/listening to the interviews most of the time now.

In fairness to Di Canio, he has actually got a point (that the manager is employed to sort out the team and the board should largely stay out of it until it's time to sack him), it's the airing it in public (and the way that he does it) that's wrong. And, again to be fair, Patey started that, it's not for the Chairman to be questioning the manager's transfer policy in public either, unless he's looking to provoke a row. Maybe they should both have a code of conduct.

Paolo needs to watch out because, in time, the Board will start to take the same view.  There will come a time when results take a turn for the worse.  And during that time, the support of the Board becomes important for a manager.  There may even be sections of the fanbase calling for the manager's head - and the Board will often take the view that they are going to give the Manager time to turn things around.

What these outbursts will do, almost inevitably, is reduce the Board's tolerance for poor results.  They will cut him less slack.  Instead of getting 8 games to sort things out, maybe he'll only get five.

Going back to 'I'll do my job...you do yours', I really wish that PDC would.  His 'job' does not entail mouthing off to the press every 5 mins.  We're bored of that now.  His job is to manage the team, build some team spirit, develop the players.  Leave the press talk to post match interviews and updates that actually have something to do with the playing side.  We're not interested in office politics.

Extremely well put Ardiles (so was the rest of it as well btw, just this bit in particular struck a chord)

Another defeat this weekend for Adkins at home to Swansea and the trapdoor will move ever closer for him ...

Not for me, he isn't. I was supporting Swindon Town Football Club long before Di Canio arrived and I'll be supporting it long after he's gone.

Likewise. The fact that results have improved and he's generally entertaining post match too is just an added bonus.

Not all the fans can be pissed off with him. There was plenty of chanting of his name at the Sheff Utd game....as has been discussed on other threads.

Thanks mate.


I agree, as would most, I think.

Problem with these outbursts is that they polarise opinion...which is unfortunate.  I'm irritated by PDC's press talk, but I'm still 100% behind him as the Manager.  I still think he represents the best chance we have of getting promotion back to the Championship this season or next.  I'm questioning his media style, that's all.  Which ultimately, is a fairly peripheral point.

Spot on as always Ardiles. What would we do without you. Argue all the time i expect.

I like Ardiles ...... He is not a pompous git .... As I believe he was referred by Oxford_Fan not to long back.

Also ...... Anyone seen or heard of Pericarp recently?  I miss his stupidity.  I know he yapped about going to Uni, so he could be up to his neck in clunge I guess.

he will never survive at a higher level and the vast majority of boards would not tolerate half of the shit he comes out with.

sooner he realises that, the better it will be for all of us.

No we fucking wouldn't :)

I am just waiting for January when

a) We cant move players out because they are a little bit shit

b) SWP quite rightly tells PDC there is no more money left as he has fucking spent a years transfer budget in 5 months


There will be tears before bedtime I tell thee

but their style of management appears to be totally different so no comparison imo. Mourinho doesn't slate players or board publicly. Top managers deal with stuff behind closed doors

you and me both but the club has become a circus lately. Di Canio is the ringmaster and lets every fucker know it

Paolo Seems to have lived his whole football career on the edge so can't see things changing anytime soon. For every positive thing he says or does its normally followed by some sort of outburst or controversy.

As has been said I couldn't really care less if the club is a circus or not as long as the results are coming.

I can see the board getting pissed off with Paolo before long though. They've already changed the chairman to stop him asking for money all the time and now they have invested a bit extra so he can get a few loans in and he goes and slags off the chairman.

It's hardly surprising our form has dipped since Wray left although that must partly be down to injuries. Maybe he is hoping another club may come in for him soon.

[Reiterate well-worn views about Dux's ridiculous over-sensitivity of any sort of criticism of his godlike self while retaining all rights to criticise absolutely everyone.]

[/Reiterate well-worn views about Dux's ridiculous over-sensitivity of any sort of criticism of his godlike self while retaining all rights to criticise absolutely everyone.]

Cue huge argument with Flasheart.  ;)

Are you referring to Ardiles, Pericarp or Di Canio? It was unclear given the the discussion prior to this.

specifically di Canio but I think the sentiment applies to all three

Yawn

Maybe to you personally, but I don't think it is necessarily peripheral. I'd speculate its also winding the new Chairman and investors up.

Will they ignore it indefinitely?
Will they manage to form a good working relationship.

Time will tell.

If we get to the Championship we will not be able to maintain this degree of financial freedom. Championship players will come at a greater price and unless crowds rise significantly, we'd end up in big trouble.

Think we'd need more stability if we get to the CH and PDC isn't exactly a beacon of stability. For the time being though, he's just the man for the job.

Although having won the majority of cups in european football does give you a little more leeway than winning the English 4th division.

Paolo is Paolo and what you see is what you get. He really doesn't help himself with his opinion that he is perfect and beyond criticism and as many have said its just a case of enjoying the wins and switching off when he opens his mouth!

I don't think it helps that the Advertiser (as with most of the print media) has become a little more sensationalist, whilst I don't think that Morshead necessarily sets out to trip him up, but you can just imagine he creams himself when he gets Paolo off and leads him to say ever more ridiculous stuff.

Certainly not the case this time:
In other words, he's deliberately gone out of his way to derail his own press conference with this. Like I've said before, Di Canio doesn't need "leading" or "goading" into saying ever more ridiculous stuff, he does it himself naturally

I used Jose as a reference for how far seemingly obnoxious managers can get. He was an idiot before he won the trophies too wasn't he?

Agree with rest of what you said though.

nobody had heard of Mourinho before he won the CL with Porto

Porto fans had :)

PDC will be gone by Christmas. Either in a new job, sacked or resigned in a huff.

The thing is though can the board really justify sacking him? We're doing quite well at present and they have just put more cash in. Doubt any other teams will take a risk with PDC. They all know his media style for a bigger club it's a bigger risk.

They won't sack him while he is doing well.

Ardilles raised a good point about them possible being less forgiving if things start top go wrong but it would be nuts to sack any manager that is doing a good job

Especially not one that has been one of our most successful managers in recent history.

If they want to get rid, they won't need to. Just tweak the right buttons and he'll go apeshit and walk out.

History will be the judge of that. At this point his record is slightly less impressive than Steve McMahon's.

seems a few of those buttons are being tweeked at the moment Paul

Which means he is 'one' of our most successful managers of recent times then. No?

a manager who achieves a championship win, disposing of players as he goes and ultimately turning out to be unpopular...it could happen with Paolo.




shit, do i sound like Reg?

Not quite. You didn't mention inevitable relegation to the conference.

Is he a man who could manage on a tight budget?  Jurys  out on that one