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Doesn't Conte, guardiola et al do the whole strict diet and expect certain levels of dedication? I know they've done more to have the right to put such restrictions and demands on their players but still it shows he's not a total crack pot.

If he was a bit more less f***ing nuts he could be a very good coach i feel.

Yes, but they're working with professional footballers.
 
PDC was one of the best managers we had in my opinion just nothing that could of went right didn't after the season finished when he wanted to make his mark it was overruled by Di Fanti and left us with a terrible team that he couldn't work with.
 
PDC was one of the best managers we had in my opinion just nothing that could of went right didn't after the season finished when he wanted to make his mark it was overruled by Di Fanti and left us with a terrible team that he couldn't work with.

He really wasn't though.

With all due respect subjecting players to "fear tactics" only lasts so long especially with modern day footballers.

He had the stereotypical "new manager bounce" and was soon sussed out.
 
First he had say on all transfers and Ok'd Altidore and turned down Ji's proposed move.
Then he distanced himself from most transfers apart from Ki and Borini whom he said were his choices once he'd left the club and those players had done ok.
Now he wanted British players and the club bought from 13 different countries.

Obviously a bit of a gobshite, but he did comment constantly about how he wanted British players when he was here. Huddlestone was his main target I seem to remember.
 
always feel disappointed looking back at his last game and the abuse he got when he had the balls to go over and acknowledge the fans. Not saying he shouldn't of been sacked but I think the likes of poyet advocaat (probably moyes) and maybe even Keane left in cowardly ways
 
always feel disappointed looking back at his last game and the abuse he got when he had the balls to go over and acknowledge the fans. Not saying he shouldn't of been sacked but I think the likes of poyet advocaat (probably moyes) and maybe even Keane left in cowardly ways
I wasn't there but, from the telly, it looked like he was only telling the fans to keep their chins up. Never understood why what looked like a gesture of solidarity provoked such fury.
 
always feel disappointed looking back at his last game and the abuse he got when he had the balls to go over and acknowledge the fans. Not saying he shouldn't of been sacked but I think the likes of poyet advocaat (probably moyes) and maybe even Keane left in cowardly ways
Advocaat resigned when he couldn't get the players he wanted, a man of principles, I respect him a hell of a lot, not like the others who waited to be sacked so they would get their money.
 
Keane and Di Canio were the two managers that I desperately wanted to succeed.
Unfortunately they were not very good at their jobs.
 
Advocaat resigned when he couldn't get the players he wanted, a man of principles, I respect him a hell of a lot, not like the others who waited to be sacked so they would get their money.
I respect advocaat and he was obbiously lied to regarding transfers. Think his problem was he never really wanted to come back
 
do you know what happened the last day.

I have been given 2 instances of what went on, one from a player and one from somebody else.

I will not say what happened but have alluded to it, and at least one other poster on here alludes to it as well.

PDC may have been a strict manager and have a high work ethic, but he was not a man manager. Ive no doubt he has a brilliant football brain, but like roy keane he needed a good man beside him to reign him in.

What PDC done that day went beyond all what is right.

Haway then. Don't have to name names.
 
He kept us up by getting 7 points from Chelsea (A), Mags (A), Everton (H), Villa (A), Stoke (H), Southampton (H) and Spurs (A). A mixed bag of fixtures but I don't think anyone would argue they're difficult. The points per game ratio he achieved was less than O'Neill had got (7 points from 7 games vs 32 points from 31 games).
 
Just because he wasn't very good doesn't mean he isn't telling the truth.

He's not involved with us anymore, he gains no respect from saying it, nobody suddenly thinks he's a great mananger. He's talking about every other manager too.

Every manager we have had has said the same cryptic thing "there is something fundamentally wrong at the club". There's only one constant...
 
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Can not disagree with ANYTHING he says.

Di Canio on sky sport italy: "I did some mistakes at my experience at Sunderland, but THE PROBLEM was and is the board: no rules, no football mentality, no connection club to team, no programmes for future, players that arrived at training late or called to say "I am in the traffic so I cant arrive at training ground". I wanted british players but they bought players from 13 different countries. The only good thing are the fantastic fans, the best expecially for away games in all the League. If no changes inside the club.....will be a disaster for a long time as Nottingham or Blackburn."

BHH
Wasn't his job to manage situations like that?
 
I liked Paolo even though he was a mad bastard.

That very first 0-3 against the mags was spectacular and I will never forget that day.
 
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