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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 4 2012, 11:35 AM (300 Views) | |
| ringo182 | Sep 4 2012, 11:35 AM Post #1 |
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:LMAO: Seems to have lost the plot and having a breakdown after 3 games. Might go and put a bit of money on him leaving Swindon before Christmas. He's destroying his career. As he says, it's League One, not the Champions League. If he can't handle the pressure in League One then he might as well give up. |
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| Blue Raphealite | Sep 4 2012, 03:57 PM Post #2 |
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Paul Tait
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:LMAO: The man-management skills of Atilla the Hun. :boohoo: |
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| BLUE KID | Sep 4 2012, 04:47 PM Post #3 |
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Geoff Horsfield
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I hardly think it's him not handling the pressure, its more like his expectations are too high for the level he is managing at. |
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| midland red | Sep 5 2012, 05:04 AM Post #4 |
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I'm probably in a minority here, but I can't stand the man. If I had a choice of being stuck in an lift with either Di Canio or Don Revie, I'd choose the latter everytime. And probably have a more constructive conversation with the crook. Is it some extreme self-regard, ego, high self-importance? But Di Canio and Mancini both seem to be chips off the same block. Both go into hysterical-mood....publicly...and denounce their own players. Mancini is far worse imo, but only because he is very much higher profile, and his screaming about players who will not play for him again becomes laughable when Ballo and Tevez are recalled by the owners and Roberto crawls away in silence. Di Canio has the same temperament, it seems, to me. He also screams that he is the boss and people must follow him. No room for discussion or opinion or other views and suchlike. A Swindon player that develops a popular following and is saught out for interviews is like waving a red rag at a bull to Di Canio. He does interviews, he does photo-ops. Basically HE is Swindon. The Caddis row arouse after Paul became a father and Di Canio said his 'attitude' changed. So be it. Most fathers do change after their first child. But, to be publicly insulted and accused of a lack of commitment/effort, whatever, is rubbish imo, and just explains how emotionally immature Di Canio is. More likely that Paul Caddis was being venerated too much for captaining Swindon to glory. Only ONE hero at Swindon, is Di Canio's mantra I believe. |
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| tim | Sep 5 2012, 12:12 PM Post #5 |
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I'd agree with that, you wouldn't and couldn't get the same level of conversation out of Di Canio, but this is a completely different era (and too be fair to completely different cultures). How do you think Revie would of coped with the players of today? In my opinion he would of had just as much trouble, he may of gone about it in a different way publicly and sorted problems like Sir Alex does, but the attitude of players and the football world they play in today is completely different to the 60s and 70s. The Bosman Rule, Agents, mega money contracts, employment law, discrimation laws etc, etc. Never forget back in the day, if you upset a manager and got kicked out, that would virtually be your career over... you HAD to treat your employer with respect or else you were back to civi street. Today you can be banned for testing positive to snorting cocaine and 12 months later be back earning millions. I would urge any football fan to read 'my father and other working class footballing heroes' by Gary Imlach... it's a real eye opener to the differences between todays multi millionaire footballers and the in the 50s and 60s. Posted Image |
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| tim | Sep 5 2012, 12:15 PM Post #6 |
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My view on Di Canio is he makes me laugh, he is a character and he is telling these jumped up little brat footballers how it is. It has bought him success so far, but he will come unstuck at some point... he'll banish one player too many and it'll affect the squad and they will of had enough... will he have the backing of his board at this point? |
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| lowdham bluenose | Sep 5 2012, 05:13 PM Post #7 |
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...and what's wrong with Don Revie? A great Leeds Utd side and I used to love his spats with Brian Clough (not for real, it was Mike Yarwood). |
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| ringo182 | Sep 9 2012, 08:52 AM Post #8 |
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Geoff Horsfield
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Looks like Di Canio's behaviour has backfired with 3 defeats in a row. :LMAO: He's even blaming the opposition players for walking off the pitch too slowly now. Wonder who he'll be blaming next week? |
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| Deleted User | Sep 9 2012, 04:53 PM Post #9 |
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Di Canio is a good manager but treats his players with poor respect so they ain't going to treat him with respect ,when they are playing they will not try there hardest |
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| mccp | Sep 10 2012, 04:30 PM Post #10 |
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I loved that book - from the library, and I've always meant to buy a copy to keep. Imlach's father when he played for Scotland, and the Scottish FA sent him an invoice for a pot of tea and toast (or croissants), because he didn't actually play, just a squad member, he wasn't entitled to those massive freebies in the team hotel. As you say Tim, a different era, if not a different planet. |
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| dant1875 | Sep 11 2012, 05:19 PM Post #11 |
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While he's fighting with everyone at Swindon, can we not ask Caddis who else we should swoop for? Surely there's got to be someone we can swap Mullins for? :fishing: |
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