I agree with you Swindon Fan - training ground bust-up.

Sacking him purely on the basis of results would be madness. It's only 5 games in, and as we know, the start of a season with Di Canio is always rough while he chops and changes, has a few fallings out etc until he settles on what he wants.

I expected them to have a poor start to the season, but felt if they had come through it, PDC would actually have succeeeded. But as you say, he hasn't learned - I don't think he ever will. It's just the way he is. Despite the mistakes he made for us, he ploughed on and made them again and again and again....

It'll be interesting to see where he lands...despite his very obvious failings, sooner or later there'll be a chairman who can't resist the media hype that comes with him.... I must say, I much prefer watching him from afar than fretting about the destructive impact on my own club....!

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I never trusted the DiC. Easy to say now. He got us out of Div 2 & to the top of Div 1, but I was always uneasy. His signings left us in a dire position financially & most of them were useless but on big contracts. That promotion for us gave him a big ego boost & he thought himself bigger than the club, so when he didn't get his way, took his ball home. I don't suppose though, that, unlike me, he will have to look at his bank statement before deciding to put the heating on.

True Red - if we all had multiple properties in Italy, we certainly wouldn't need to worry about the heating!

Hi chaps, I am coming to the game tonight, how you feeling?

I hope it's a great game, I am sure your boys will be up for it.

All the best.

Yes George,
Silly of me. I don't suppose he will be living anywhere near Sunderland this winter! The annoying thing is that their supporters have to heat their house & pay a high price to watch their club, which is now built on sub-standard players signed by, IMO, a charlatan who got too big for himself. I respect the Sunderland fans. They were excellent when we beat them at Wembley. They didn't deserve a pratt like that in charge. The poor guy taking over has a huge task to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
I wonder where DiC will go now.

All the Sunderland fans I have met are very passionate, but down to earth at the same time Red - good luck to them.

Hello JFDI - nice of you to join us! How am I feeling about tonight's game?....pessimistic tbh. When Chelsea second XI contains the likes of Mata, it's a rather tall order...! Chelsea don't seem prone to suffering upsets - too much depth. Barnsley spring to mind, but nothing apart from that (?). We've been rattling the goals in, so might get on the scoresheet, but we're equally porous at the back - I'd expect you to bag a few. Ba's a terrific player for my money, and if he plays he could have a field day. Enjoy the match!

Well if it's any consolation I was at Barnsley when we lost so you never know, that may work in your favour. I am looking forward to it tonight, I hope it is enjoyable for all

Welcome JFDI.

Fifty years ago almost to the day I saw Swindon beat Tommy Docherty's team 3-0...Bonnetti, Harris brothers, Hollins,Tambling etc who went on to be such a great team in the 60s and 70s. I'm not expecting a repeat but I think it'll be a good game. It's a great opportunity for us to show that although we're at a lower level we try to play the game in the right way.

Enjoy the game.

Oh no!!!!!!!!

Last Thursday I was at the bridge for the 1963 reunion dinner with Tommy Doc, Harris, Sheilleto, Venables etc.

The omens are looking worse I am off now, to get to the game have fun chaps.

Although it is fair to say that I was no megga fan of PDC he does have some(not many I grant you, good qualities) I have read a good article on him by the Beeb,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24209814

There is a fine line in between madness and shear genius, and some may point to Alex Fergusons hair drier approach as a demonstration to that testimony.
A good read, mis understood genius, or pure idiot, make up your own mind, but, a good player and not too many of those make good managers. One thing he obviously doesn't understand is that we are all different, and the British culture like's ketchup, easy as that.

Madness & genius? I suppose Hitler could be described as such.

I thought you played really well last night against a much changed but let's face it still extremely strong Chelsea team. I thought your team was well organised and aquited themselves really well, particularly your keeper and your diminutive number 11. Your pitch looked really well prepared as well. Good luck with the rest of the season.

Well the fall out has fallen and the dust has settled. While Swindon Town succumbed to a very talented Chelsea side, all £180+Million of it, Sunderland picked themselves up and won against the very quick and slick Peterborough side who this season have refused to take prisoners. Essentially the same group of players went out for the club, the stand-in manager and themselves and worked so very hard they managed to score twice. I'll bet PDC is sick to the back teeth, Town, acquitting themselves so very well and playing the best footie for over twenty years, and his old lot, turning it on and putting themselves through to the next round of the cup. PDC, you became a victim of your own making, treat players like you did and you receive the fitting response. Take away the ketchup, and you take away an Englishman's blood. We don't all love pasta you know, get to learn that, and the hidden secret of Yorkshire puddings, yummy mate, pure yummy. I think he needs to find an old Italian tank, so he can use some of the reverse gears to change his philosophies. lol.

An old soldier, told me that Italian tanks had only 4 gears. One forward & three in reverse. Unlike the German ones. Mind you, he, as a driver of one of ours came across a German Tiger tank in the bocage facing the other way. A chance to kill? No he used reverse gear to sod off.
The DiC has a big mouth & uses it. Makes him headlines, but doesn't impress colleagues.