BBC News: Swindon boss Paolo di Canio furious after being sent off in Macclesfield win

[Ardiles]

I was thinking about this earlier, when that day comes and Paolo does move on, it'll take ages to get over and I don't envy who has to take his place.

Let's see what he achieves first.  Promotion from this division is the bare minimum.  If he doesn't manage that, we'll remember him for his charisma and for his post match interviews in much the same way we remember Andy King.  A wry smile and a chuckle, maybe, but that'll be about it.  PDC has the potential to emulate Macari's achievements in the mid-1980s, but he's barely started out yet.  He'll need to realise that potential and deliver for us before he enters the Macari/Ardiles/Hoddle bracket.  For me, anyway.

Edit:  And Macari himself was ultimately succeeded by Ardiles and then by Hoddle, the only two managers ever to have taken us up to the top in our history...so I'd not worry too much on the Di Canio succession just yet.

[DRS]

Mourinho was known for doing wild things to relieve pressure off his players and accept it on his own wide shoulders. I think Paolo could well be helping his team because the performances are often secondary, in the eyes of the media, to Paolo's "antics".

Agree with this 100%.

[Batch]

Regardless of whether he's a genius or plain barking there is no doubt his antics got our crowd going yesterday. I think this was important because frustration was rising.

I do think he'll ultimately need to calm down, but its amusing up the point he gets a big ban.

[RWB Robin]

I was sitting close to the dugout yesterday, and when i realised the ref was coming over the dugout, I could not understand it.  PdC had done nothing out of the ordinary (for him).  the Macc manager was being far more aggressive and loud. (In fact my wife had commented that she could hear him above any other noise (apart from the really infuriating pair sitting two rows behind us, who wen ton and through the match about getting rid of Ritchie, and laying into anyone who made a mistake!).

The problem was the fourth official, who clearly summoned the ref.  He had been in PdC's face right from the beginning of the match, and clearly was out to impress(!!)  the problem is that PdC is going to be singled out for every power-hungry official.  I have no doubt the FA will come down on him heavily because they won't dare not to;  i think we should drown the FA in letters of support for him.

[reeves4england]

Searching the words "Paolo di Canio" on Twitter suggests that 90% of people are fully in support of his rant, even if they don't know quite what he did to get sent off. Most are saying more managers should be like him.

[Barry Scott]

Just searched and saw this... Some people are fucking idiots.

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[reeves4england]

Just searched and saw this... Some people are fucking idiots.

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I've corrected that guy. He took some convincing. Suprs fan. 'Nuff said.