Di Canio - I was right to ban ketchup


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Which one of them has gone 4 years without a job? Been turned down by Bolton, Rotherham etc?

There's a reason why Di Canio can't get a job anywhere and I don't think it's because owners are scared of a player revolt over ketchup.

IMO anyone who thinks he is a good manager is thick as fuck.
IMO anyone who thinks he wasn't right is thick as fuck bit each to their own
 
Same old shite about Di Canio as soon as we're shit again and struggling. He was right to ban ketchup, that wasn't the problem with him or why he hasn't worked since though. There's a little bit more to it than that.

The players that got him sacked have been running the club their way ever since. The minute short backed them and handed all the power to the players was the start of why we're now not a premier league club.

Bollocks it is. There's a million reasons why we're not a PL club, not replacing those players with players of adequate quality is one of the main reasons, not because some of those players thought it was in the best interests of the club to rid itself of a raging lunatic.

It was embarrassing to say the least.

My comment was wrong as well, it wasn't just that. His tactics, ego and man management were no where near good enough. The rules, diet and strictness however, I am all for.

His man management was appalling. He largely got away with it at Swindon being a lower level and being able to get rid of players more easily, but he went through 50 odd players even falling out with ones he'd signed and it must have cost them a fortune. You simply cannot manage anyone never mind footballers with egos the way he was trying to manage. Even calling it 'managing' is about as far away from the definition of the term as you can get.
 
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Same old shite about Di Canio as soon as we're shit again and struggling. He was right to ban ketchup, that wasn't the problem with him or why he hasn't worked since though. There's a little bit more to it than that.



Bollocks it is. There's a million reasons why we're not a PL club, not replacing those players with players of adequate quality is one of the main reasons, not because some of those players thought it was in the best interests of the club to rid itself of a raging lunatic.
Any proof of him being an actual lunatic?
There has been an attitude of not putting any sort of effort in for years now, fair enough the players aren't actually that good but to just not bother the way they have is unforgivable.
 
For A five year old! Its all bollocks..........PDC is a delusional Mad fekka and a a useless manager to boot......I would not believe a word he says!
He (Di Canio) clearly has a problem putting his ideas over.
I don't believe a word of what a huge percentage of people tell me.
Most people say what you want to hear, it is when they say things you don't want to hear, that causes problems.
Simply because they hit a nerve.
The post still reads very well.
 
Same old shite about Di Canio as soon as we're shit again and struggling. He was right to ban ketchup, that wasn't the problem with him or why he hasn't worked since though. There's a little bit more to it than that.



Bollocks it is. There's a million reasons why we're not a PL club, not replacing those players with players of adequate quality is one of the main reasons, not because some of those players thought it was in the best interests of the club to rid itself of a raging lunatic.



His man management was appalling. He largely got away with it at Swindon being a lower level and being able to get rid of players more easily, but he went through 50 odd players even falling out with ones he'd signed and it must have cost them a fortune. You simply cannot manage anyone never mind footballers with egos the way he was trying to manage. Even calling it 'managing' is about as far away from the definition of the term as you can get.
I would imagine he knew we lacked quality, yet some weren't even putting in the effort.
Wars don't work, but it would appear very little works at our club.
Some would say Big Sam worked, but his reigns seem to be rather short these days.
Players have too much power, the PFA must be some organisation.
I think Hitler would have been amazed by its power.
 
Bollocks it is. There's a million reasons why we're not a PL club, not replacing those players with players of adequate quality is one of the main reasons, not because some of those players thought it was in the best interests of the club to rid itself of a raging lunatic.



His man management was appalling. He largely got away with it at Swindon being a lower level and being able to get rid of players more easily, but he went through 50 odd players even falling out with ones he'd signed and it must have cost them a fortune. You simply cannot manage anyone never mind footballers with egos the way he was trying to manage. Even calling it 'managing' is about as far away from the definition of the term as you can get.
Spot on,some players need a kick up the arse some need a pat on the back it's knowing who needs what is the trick,big Sam was good at this.
As for players ego's Di Canio's was bigger than any of them.
 
I would imagine he knew we lacked quality, yet some weren't even putting in the effort.
Wars don't work, but it would appear very little works at our club.
Some would say Big Sam worked, but his reigns seem to be rather short these days.
Players have too much power, the PFA must be some organisation.
I think Hitler would have been amazed by its power.

I don't think some weren't putting in the effort. Some maybe weren't as professional as you would like but you have to coax and utilise them and move them on, not banish them so no other club will touch them whilst you're still having to pay them or in other cases talk them down in the press. Di Canio's ego got in the way - he had to make everything about him, when it needed to be about the club.
 
An awful lot of his ideals within the football industry were bang on. Professionalism on and off the pitch. 100% dedication, willingness and desire to improve. That included extra training, diet management and lifestyle modification. While he had the right ideals his personality spoilt it all. Far to egotistical to be a manager in the modern game. Especially at a club that isn't hitting great heights. Some of our players loved him and some who like to shirk away from hard work hated him.
 
The players that got him sacked have been running the club their way ever since. The minute short backed them and handed all the power to the players was the start of why we're now not a premier league club.

Do people actually believe shite like this? We had one point from six games. If they hadn't gone and complained, di Canio would have stayed in charge and we'd have gone down.

Had them sussed though, yeah nice one.
 
The ketchup paradox, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Although more persuasive when you use Chelsea to illustrate a point.

Maybe they have highly motivated and skilled players chasing glory, while we have idle and largley untalented wankers chasing fuck all? Just a thought.
 
Any proof of him being an actual lunatic?
There has been an attitude of not putting any sort of effort in for years now, fair enough the players aren't actually that good but to just not bother the way they have is unforgivable.

Listen to people employed at the club like Craig Russell about being sacked for smiling too much, about not being allowed in on match days and the lead to it, about staff not being allowed in the canteen when first team players were there and not allowed to make eye contact as it took their focus away from the training/game. He had completely lost the plot. Listen back to his interviews here - he was deranged.

Look as how he was acting, look at his time at Swindon and the farce with Leon Clarke, the Wes Foderingham nonsense, the fact he hasn't been employed since. There's plenty of comments and things out there if you look.
 
Do people actually believe shite like this? We had one point from six games. If they hadn't gone and complained, di Canio would have stayed in charge and we'd have gone down.

Had them sussed though, yeah nice one.
One point from six games from a team of players who decided to stop playing for the manager.
 
If we had went down with him in charge we wouldn't be in as much debt as we are now!
Great escapes are all well and good but if you make the same mistakes season after season and the finances are only getting worse then it's not exactly a great plan.
He was a nutter, the players hated him, we had the worst first 11 I've seen in a while under him but we played some good stuff.
We had shots on goal and created chances which never happened with MON.
We were probably too open, but that's possibly down to the utter dross of a team we were putting out at that time.
As a chairman he'd be a nightmare to work with, he's a perfectionist and a angry one at that. I still think that if a club fully backed him that he'd be ok. He'd be successful at either bringing a lower league team up or at a very top team where players are already motivated.
It's been a while since I thought this club was ran well, actually thinking about it I can't remember thinking that. Idiotic decision after idiotic decision my entire life!
 
One point from six games from a team of players who decided to stop playing for the manager.

So your solution would have been to keep the manager even though the players weren't playing for him? We'd have stayed in the league that season with the players not playing for the manager?
 
How pathetic & unprofessional.

The players going twisting to the media because he wanted them to behave like highly paid athletes.

Easier than knuckling down I suppose ........

He was very public himself...the problem with breaking a team is that you won't win many games. I don't think Short or the fans enjoy losing just to make a point about players attitudes. Maybe if we were in the Championship then it would've played out...
 
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