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Was Di Canio ahead of his time?

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Alan Partridge said:
They don’t have to exclusively eat steamed chicken, rice and broccoli you know. My point is, being too restricting on their diet can cause them to seek the forbidden foods out of sight and then you can’t monitor it. Also, there’s the psychology aspect of it - if they feel like they’re being treat like kids they’re not going to respond very well.

I do agree that they shouldn’t be slavering their dinners in a bottle’s worth of HP, eating bags of Walkers and having a litre of ice cream regularly but a little leeway can have bigger picture positive effects. It’s a strange hill to die on is all I’m saying.
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steamed veg and rice isn't the only alternative to junk food.

The food given to the staff should be excellent
 
PTR said:
steamed veg and rice isn't the only alternative to junk food.

The food given to the staff should be excellent
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I know that isn’t the only alternative and I’m sure that the food was/will be excellent. A dollop of tomato ketchup will not be the dividing line on how a player performs, their belief that they’re being treat like kids however quite possibly could be.

Plus - any calories and macros from the sauce can be accounted for in their diets. Ketchup itself isn’t inherently negative if used in moderation within an already suitable athlete’s diet
 
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Alan Partridge said:
Unless it’s making the players pile on any clem and the rest of their diet is in order, I don’t see what the problem is with ketchup or any other kind of treat, especially if it made the players happier and it didn’t negatively affect their performances. Surely you’d have more of a problem if the players were pissed off if they were being treat like children.
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The suggestion of ketchup making an adult happier is beyond belief.
 
Don't think it was the ketchup, more to do with expecting a bunch of high paid tossers to behave like fit model professionals rather than perennial relegation bate.
He got that (like so many other managers) wrong.
 
Lipso said:
The suggestion of ketchup making an adult happier is beyond belief.
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They sell enough of it, so I’m sure it does to some extent. As I’ve said multiple times already in this thread though, if they players felt like they were being treat as kids, they’d respond in kind. The ketchup situation was just emblematic of a larger problem.
 
robbied1 said:
Loads of managers have done it way before Di Canio, not just one or two loads, I honestly still don't get why Di Canio is held in such high regard on here, getting rid of sessignon was one of his many mistakes. The bloke was absolutely clueless managing at that level.
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SS should have been sold because of the drink driving. Sorry like but that is unacceptable at a family orientated club.
 
If I was a professional footballer on tens of thousands a week I'd have my own world class dietitian and would probably employ a chef to cook for me.

I wouldn't be leaving it up to the manager to be responsible for it.

That was our problem back then. Too many dossers disrespecting the club - and fans.

DiCanio was a nutter but he was bang on on this.
 
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