Adver News: Di Canio emerges as surprise favourite

[Dazzza]

Crackers!!!

[Power to people]

Di Canio ? that would be a risk, but I suppose it would be a risk with whoever is appointed manager, I'd like a young up and coming manager with an experienced No 2 and perhaps Bodin as 1st team coach to give him more experience at senior level

[Simon Pieman]

That story is from early April. Meaning in all likelihood it happened in March, when Wilson resigned. How many other league 1 clubs were looking for a manager in March?

I can only think of Bristol Rovers and Notts County

[BANGKOK RED]

Charlton?

[Peter Venkman]

Brentford?

[phelpsieboy]

Newport aren't a league 1 club. Read the article. 

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/newport-county-fc/2011/03/19/county-miss-out-on-di-canio-after-former-star-s-father-taken-ill-91466-28364391/

Owned

[Coca Fola]

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/footballnation/newport-county-fc/2011/03/19/county-miss-out-on-di-canio-after-former-star-s-father-taken-ill-91466-28364391/

Owned

The article I was talking about was to do with a league 1 club. You mentioned Newport not me. So actually no.

[random_five]

I'm staggered by the number of our fans who still rate a Swindon connection as an important attribute for a future manager.  Why?!  Please, why?  The only recent examples of managerial appointments with a previous connection that I can think of are Jimmy Quinn and Iffy Onoura.  Top blokes, both of them...who did a great job for us as players.  But as managers, they were duds.  The managers in hertha's list were thoroughbreds by comparison.

I'm not saying that a Town connection should prevent a candidate from putting themselves forward.  All I am saying is that if, for example, Paul Bodin never had scored that penalty at Wembley - or if Paul Trollope was not a Town fan - would we be considering these chaps for the post.  If the answer is yes...then great.  But you have to put the blinkers on and ignore such romantic considerations when making an appointment.

Ardiles, as usual, the voice of sanity. Yourself and Arriba consistently the best posters on this site IMO.

Bodin would be just as big a gamble as Di Canio, if not bigger..
Somebody with proven experience with a few contacts please Jeremy

[BANGKOK RED]

Ardiles and Arriba smell.

[Dorset Red]

What, like Macari, or Ardiles, or Hoddle?

Ahhh yes, three managers who had little if any managerial experience before coming to the town. Three managers who seemed a huge risk at the time. We could also include Steve McMahon in that list too, (remember him? He won us a trophy too you know).

None of the managers in the list above had anything that Paul Bodin doesn't have. I think we should give him a go, (pehaps in partnership with Martin Ling).

[BANGKOK RED]

I don't want Bodin to get the job out of fear of the fans turning on him. I'd hate that to happen to a true ledge!

[Frigby Daser]

Ardiles, as usual, the voice of sanity. Yourself and Arriba consistently the best posters on this site IMO.

Bodin would be just as big a gamble as Di Canio, if not bigger..
Somebody with proven experience with a few contacts please Jeremy

Jesus, don't give him a big head.

The only reason he (Ardiles) posts sense is unlike the rest of us, he's retained some sanity and patience by witnessing only 90 minutes of football since Wembley. Even for that solitary game, I was about 1400 miles away and had a better idea of what was going on on the pitch, mainly because he was battered.

[Phil_S]

Ardiles, as usual, the voice of sanity. Yourself and Arriba consistently the best posters on this site IMO.

Bodin would be just as big a gamble as Di Canio, if not bigger..
Somebody with proven experience with a few contacts please Jeremy

There are several "categories" of Manager we could consider. ANY appointment is a gamble in one way or another. We can get someone with a load of experience, but that doesn't guarantee success. Paul Hart had loads of experience in keeping teams up, but that didn't help at all.
Ex players/ managers with a Swindon Conection. They would have a passion sure, but there club conection will mean sod all to most of the players they are managing.
Then there is the "Big Name" appointment. I'd include Di Canio in that category. He also has a passion so would fit the bill there. The advantage is that he will help pull players that wouldn't normally sign for us , the disadvantage is that he would lack experience. Having said that I believe a managers prime responsibility is to get the best out of the players. An assistant could provide tactical nous.
I'd prefer someone like Di Canio to Paul Bodin to be honest. As has been said, most of STFC's sucess in the past has come from appointments such as this ie Macari, Ardiles, Hoddle, even Macmahon, & Wise.

[Ardiles]

Ardiles, as usual, the voice of sanity. Yourself and Arriba consistently the best posters on this site IMO.

Thanks, friend.  You're a gent.

Jesus, don't give him a big head.

The only reason he (Ardiles) posts sense is unlike the rest of us, he's retained some sanity and patience by witnessing only 90 minutes of football since Wembley. Even for that solitary game, I was about 1400 miles away and had a better idea of what was going on on the pitch, mainly because he was battered.

Most of this is true.  But you're forgetting that I did make it to Orient this year as well as Dagenham...so you can take your 90 minutes and stick them double it.  Or something.

[suttonred]

Thanks, friend.  You're a gent.

Most of this is true.  But you're forgetting that I did make it to Orient this year as well as Dagenham...so you can take your 90 minutes and stick them double it.  Or something.

Probably two of our worst performances away, Let me know in advance which ones you'll be attending next year to save me some money..