Locke's SAFC
Striker
Nonsense the manager was a nutjob the players hated him.
These same players who can't seem to string 3 passes together?
If they were playing well and winning matches, then they'd have a point.
Di Canio could have been a bit craftier the way he went about things, but his underlying message was absolutely correct - the players are not performing and didn't under O'Neill.
So, the manager is like a bull in a china shop and tells it exactly how he sees it - his message is correct - "f***ing shape up".
And as others have pointed out, those players with big f***ing egos can't accept it - they argue about his 'style' because in terms of his message they don't have a f***ing leg to stand on.
What Di Canio always said was that if you accept second best, or 20th best in SAFC's current situation, then that is what you'll get.
But, of course, Di Canio wasn't prepared to accept that and resolved to do what it took to get that into their heads, but our players who have form for damaging cars, lying around in money in casinos, on the piss during the week etc couldn't take that as they don't want to face up to their lack of performances and it seems they don't agree with Di Canio that they need to shape up.
To say Ferguson was authoritarian when he needed to be is an understatement, but then he had the luxury of picking and choosing players because Man Utd is England's premier club - he wouldn't have chosen any of these with their attitudes.