Adver News: Out-of-options Di Canio fears relegation

[Azza]

What on Earth are you jabbering on about?

PDC using up our player budget, sorry if it wasn't clear.

Whilst you can include Bostock he's the tip of the iceberg.

[random_five]

PDC using up our player budget, sorry if it wasn't clear.

Whilst you can include Bostock he's the tip of the iceberg.

Who controls the budget for the signing of players? Di Canio? Nope.

Bostock isn't fully fit. He's admitted it himself.

Next.

[Azza]

Well that's it then, problem solved well done.

But explain to me why the players PDC has bought are seemingly not good enough for him now?

Although Bostock's fitness does seemingly come and go from week to week, bit weird isn't it for someone who hasn't been "fit" for the best part of 2 months.

Coke wasn't fit and has been sent back so what's the story with Bostock then?

I get the injuries bit blah blah but if he hadn't spent big money on players either not to play or sat on the bench then he might have a bit more cash for a rainy day. PDC has spent big in a short time and has to face the consequences of that attitude and not bleat to the press.

[4D]

Where's DV these days, thought he might have had some words of wisdom on this!

[joteddyred]

What 5 first team regulars out for at least a month? Plus MacCormack's injury, Benson missed Crewe, Flint suspended for Coventry..
Come on give the bloke a break for fuck sake I would moan about that many players being out if I was manager

Five first team regulars?  I can think of Williams, Thompson and Navarro (the latter two who certainly haven't been first team regulars throughout).  We didn't lose a game while McCormack was missing, Benson has been in and out the side anyway and Flint disappeared into oblivion until he was suddenly resurrected for the Coventry game.  Therefore I'd argue that Di Canio has willingly left all bar Williams and McCormack out fairly regularly in favour of others.

Anyway Azza has summed up perfectly the point I was trying to make.

[herthab]

Where's DV these days, thought he might have had some words of wisdom on this!

This is the funniest sentence I have ever read.

[leefer]

Who controls the budget for the signing of players? Di Canio? Nope.

Bostock isn't fully fit. He's admitted it himself.

Next.

Bad signing then?....not fully fit after two months on loan.....who was he Porky the Pig on joining!

As PDC has said himself he isn't playing because he is to selfish off the pitch and needs to learn a different approach
If Bostock had started matches ahead of Ferry people would whinged about that....players like Ferry need to show more consistency that means a run of games....meaning people like Bostock will not get a sniff.

Fact is on the whole PDC has done a great job...but as a manager you are there to be shot at and when results are a little flakey its part of the job,he knows that.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Well that's it then, problem solved well done.

But explain to me why the players PDC has bought are seemingly not good enough for him now?

Although Bostock's fitness does seemingly come and go from week to week, bit weird isn't it for someone who hasn't been "fit" for the best part of 2 months.

Coke wasn't fit and has been sent back so what's the story with Bostock then?

I get the injuries bit blah blah but if he hadn't spent big money on players either not to play or sat on the bench then he might have a bit more cash for a rainy day. PDC has spent big in a short time and has to face the consequences of that attitude and not bleat to the press.

To be fair a lot of them came with good reps and so far a few of them have not delivered. I've yet to see much from Rooney that has impressed me in any way shape or form. Collins has began to come good which is a bonus. Williams has been brilliant before he got injured but that's about it. Roberts I guess has suffered through injuries and probably isn't quite at 100% yet. Ward hasn't exactly been great.

Then some of the players who were excellent last season have yet to replicate that form e.g. McCormack, Ritchie and Benson.

It's all been a bit of a mixed bag really. Whilst I get the argument that PDC chose to bring them here if they are not producing on the pitch what more can he do? That's assuming he has got them fully motivated. And there's the argument of get them on the training pitch working on things. I don't buy that one as we all know he trains the players hard each day.

The suggestions that we have a squad just as good or better than the play off one a few years back are ones I do not agree with as of yet. We lack a goalscorer for a start and we had 2 that season. We also had a commanding CB which again we haven't really got this time around. I'm really not sure this team is as good as some make it out to be.

[joteddyred]

The suggestions that we have a squad just as good or better than the play off one a few years back are ones I do not agree with as of yet. We lack a goalscorer for a start and we had 2 that season. We also had a commanding CB which again we haven't really got this time around. I'm really not sure this team is as good as some make it out to be.

I think you may well be right.  At the start of the 2009/10 season, I think most of us would have settled for mid table stability.  The fact we came so close to promotion was largely unexpected and the words 'over achieved' were used continually. 

Following last season's exploits and the squad strengthening in the summer, the majority of supporters (myself included) probably had higher expectations than any I can remember for a season ahead.  We all got slightly blinded by success and expectation and now reality has set in.  Saying that we're still seventh 9 pts off the leaders with 21 pts.  At the corresponding point in 2009/10, we were 11th, 11pts off the leader with 19pts.  And then along came Charlie Austin ......

[Dr Pierre Chang]

To be fair a lot of them came with good reps and so far a few of them have not delivered. I've yet to see much from Rooney that has impressed me in any way shape or form. Collins has began to come good which is a bonus. Williams has been brilliant before he got injured but that's about it. Roberts I guess has suffered through injuries and probably isn't quite at 100% yet. Ward hasn't exactly been great.

Then some of the players who were excellent last season have yet to replicate that form e.g. McCormack, Ritchie and Benson.

It's all been a bit of a mixed bag really. Whilst I get the argument that PDC chose to bring them here if they are not producing on the pitch what more can he do? That's assuming he has got them fully motivated. And there's the argument of get them on the training pitch working on things. I don't buy that one as we all know he trains the players hard each day.

The suggestions that we have a squad just as good or better than the play off one a few years back are ones I do not agree with as of yet. We lack a goalscorer for a start and we had 2 that season. We also had a commanding CB which again we haven't really got this time around. I'm really not sure this team is as good as some make it out to be.

Some good points here.

I would be surprised if Benson and McCormack replicate last seasons form - I think they found their level with League 2 in terms of being able to put in 7/8 out of 10 performances every week. League 1 is a step too far for them to be quality players but they can still do a job. My worry is that we have several other players who the same applies for.

We had 4 youth players on the bench the other night and any manager in that situation would be right to want to bring in a couple of loans.

Time will tell if this side will be as good as the 09/10 one but at the minute the answer is certainly not and it is a weaker league.

On another note, I made the mistake of looking on the #stfc timeline on twitter earlier. Jesus. I knew a few on here moan about people on there but I never took much notice. Well fucking hell what a bunch of saddos with the 'fans group' and the mongs who run it being the worse of the bunch (up there with '@stfc_4_eva' - sad bastard). Attention seeking or what?

[Flashheart]

Fatbury had a mini-meltdown as well on twitter today.

[Batch]

Fatbury had a mini-meltdown as well on twitter today.

I unfollowed him, was it about the Arsenal AGM, Adele, Witney Town or something else?

[Abrahammer]

Arsenal are shit, our board are now shit, won't invest, Paolo will go, Ritchie will go

[sonicyouth]

Fatbury had a mini-meltdown as well on twitter today.

isn't this is a daily occurence for him?

[Flashheart]

I unfollowed him, was it about the Arsenal AGM, Adele, Witney Town or something else?

No, it was about Swindon surprisingly.......

The board are no longer spending money, back to the old days, Ritchie will be sold soon. That kind of thing.