di canio sacked

[Euromaiden]

5 weeks in this must be a record? He started late in the last campaign also

[Outlaw 2.0]

Paolo di Canio was sacked as manager of English Premier League basement club Sunderland on Sunday after just seven months in charge of the north-east side.
Sunderland announced they had parted company with the fiery Italian a day after Saturday's 3-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion left them bottom of the table with just one point from their opening five league games.
"Sunderland AFC confirms that it has parted company with head coach Paolo di Canio this evening," a club statement said as the curtain came down on his brief spell at the Stadium of Light which only started on March 31.
The statement added that former Sunderland captain Kevin Ball, already on the Black Cats' coaching staff, would be in temporary charge while the club sought a permanent successor to di Canio.
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"Kevin Ball will take charge of the squad ahead of Tuesday night's Capital One (League) Cup game against Peterborough United and an announcement will be made in due course regarding a permanent successor," the statement said.
"The club would like to place on record its thanks to Paolo and his staff and wishes them well for the future," the club added as di Canio became the first Premier League manager to lose his job this season.
Sunderland's defeat at the Hawthorns was compounded by the fact West Brom's opening goal was scored by Stephane Sessegnon, a player sold to the Midlands club by di Canio amid some bitterness on transfer deadline day.
Afterwards, di Canio said he would be pushed out if Sunderland kept losing but insisted he didn't expect to be on his way any time soon.
"The team, not intentionally, have not gelled together yet but that is normal," the 45-year-old said.
"It is a natural process and it is difficult.
"We have made many changes, we have 14 new players from many countries.
"It is obvious one day if we keep going lose, lose, lose there will be a natural consequences, not only for Paolo di Canio.
"I don't think they will want to keep Paolo di Canio, they will probably want to change. But I don't think that now," he added.
Ellis Short, Sunderland's American owner, brought di Canio, well known in English football as a striker after spells at Sheffield Wednesday and West Ham, to Wearside after calling time on Martin O'Neill's stint in charge.
Di Canio's only previous experience as manager was at lower league Swindon, where he oversaw their promotion into English football's third tier.
But the most controversial aspect of his appointment concerned his alleged fascist leanings, with Britain's former foreign secretary David Miliband, then a local MP, resigning as vice-chairman of Sunderland because of the former Lazio and Celtic forward's "past political statements".
Di Canio took over with just seven matches of the 2012/13 season remaining and relegation a distinct possibility.
A 2-1 defeat at Chelsea in his first game in charge was followed by a 3-0 north-east derby victory at Newcastle in his second, with the outspoken di Canio's knee-sliding victory celebration endearing him to Sunderland supporters.
Then came a 1-0 win at Everton before Sunderland suffered the embarrassment of a 6-1 thrashing by fellow strugglers Aston Villa.
However, the Black Cats only just did enough to avoid the drop by finishing in 17th place.
After Saturday's loss to West Brom, a defiant di Canio said: "One game, one win, will clean all the players' brains from the problems they have now."
Short, however, had seen enough and decided di Canio, who won just two of his 12 Premier League games in charge, was no longer the man for the job -- a move that has left Sunderland looking for their sixth permanent manager in fewer than five years.

[Old Redback]

What price on Moyes being next?

[Nice One Cyril]

What price on Moyes being next?

Doubt it, I think the United board have a better understanding of how long it takes to adjust, besides which, Moyes has far more experience of management than PdC.

Was a strange result though, City have been average so far.

[PDog]

brings in over 10 new players and then gets the boot... hilarious.

[Nice One Cyril]

brings in over 10 new players and then gets the boot... hilarious.

14 I think I saw.

Ellis Short is a twat and has panicked big time, but sadly, that's modern football. No need to actually coach players to play together and improve as a team, just sack the manager and buy some more players. Talk about reinventing the wheel.

Joe Kinnear for the job

[Chaos]

Got 5-1 odds on him being 1st sacked before seasons start. Cheers PdC

[PDog]

brings in over 10 new players and then gets the boot... hilarious.

14 I think I saw.

Ellis Short is a twat and has panicked big time, but sadly, that's modern football. No need to actually coach players to play together and improve as a team, just sack the manager and buy some more players. Talk about reinventing the wheel.

Joe Kinnear for the job

I'd love that!

Pretty sure Di Matteo has the job.

[Outlaw 2.0]

Di Matteo 2/1
Alex MacLeish 4/1
Gus Poyet 5/1
Tony Pulis 6/1
Steve McLaren 14/1

Ole Gunner Solskjaer 20/1

Peter Reid 50/1

[Derek]

What price on Moyes being next?

Doubt it, I think the United board have a better understanding of how long it takes to adjust, besides which, Moyes has far more experience of management than PdC.

Was a strange result though, City have been average so far.

I do agree with this, but he still has a standard to maintain and if drops too low, he will get the boot this year.

[robinfriday10]

Was a strange result though, City have been average so far.[/quote]

yes average,but high standards these days and hadn't conceded since cardiff and playing a team that hadn't scored from open play since rd 1.

nothing like a derby win cyril

[Outlaw 2.0]

What price on Moyes being next?

Doubt it, I think the United board have a better understanding of how long it takes to adjust, besides which, Moyes has far more experience of management than PdC.

Was a strange result though, City have been average so far.

I do agree with this, but he still has a standard to maintain and if drops too low, he will get the boot this year.

I agree however would suggest that his standard and the standard set by SAF over the last few years is not the same. I feel that as long as champions league qualification is achieved and progression is seen then he will keep his job. If he fails to qualify for the champions league and no progression is shown he hasn't met the standard we have almost come to expect of Moyes and he will be out on his backside.

He will develop into a better manager and be successful at United none the less.

[Nice One Cyril]

Di Matteo 2/1
Alex MacLeish 4/1
Gus Poyet 5/1
Tony Pulis 6/1
Steve McLaren 14/1

Ole Gunner Solskjaer 20/1

Peter Reid 50/1

Out of that lot, you'd be best off results-wise with Tony Pulis, but you wouldn't want to watch too many games. I'd like to see RdM get it just so I can be proved right that he isn't as good as everyone says.

[sephiroth]

only managed 12 games total

[Ginger Pele]

I reckon Alan Pardew will be the next manager to be shown the door.

[PDog]

I reckon Alan Pardew will be the next manager to be shown the door.

would not surprise me in the slightest.

[Outlaw 2.0]

Kevin Ball has put his hand up for the interim with Gus Poyet now becoming the front runner. Ball the ex captain and 300 gamer could very well be our answer. I know a 2-0 cup win over Peterborough is hardly a result to get excited over but he has been a very good coach at reserve and development level and has the backing of everyone at the club.......


........ Looking forward to the LFC game much more now......

[Nice One Cyril]

Kevin Ball has put his hand up for the interim with Gus Poyet now becoming the front runner. Ball the ex captain and 300 gamer could very well be our answer. I know a 2-0 cup win over Peterborough is hardly a result to get excited over but he has been a very good coach at reserve and development level and has the backing of everyone at the club.......


........ Looking forward to the LFC game much more now......

Don't know anything about Ball's coaching but, whomever they appoint, they need to allow them time to sort out a style and to blend the players into that style. All this chopping and changing gets you nowhere. FWIW I rate Poyet.

The only good news for the Mackems is that the Toon are struggling almost as much

[Bomber]

I reckon Alan Pardew will be the next manager to be shown the door.

would not surprise me in the slightest.

Would cost them a packet (which would serve them right given the contract term he got)

[PDog]

I reckon Alan Pardew will be the next manager to be shown the door.

would not surprise me in the slightest.

Would cost them a packet (which would serve them right given the contract term he got)

agreed! ridiculous. i'm all for a bit of stability, but that's a bit much.

[oldfart]

My contacts in the EPL tell me he had lost the players support because of his unstable personality where the players never knew what he was going to do next and he was always negative and unapproachable.

Even most of the players he brought in lost support for him.

[Outlaw 2.0]

He lost support of almost of all of the players. He lost the support of some of his back room staff as well. In the end several players had approached the club and were willing to take leave without pay as they refused to train or play under Di Canio.

He told the players not to talk to members of the club that weren't directly involved with the players and made some of the playing staff at times eat and train alone under the watch of his coaches.

A very odd man that has done a very good job of putting us in a position worse than when he arrived.....

My news is that Gus Poyet flew into Newcastle last night and will be meeting with the club to discuss terms.

[Outlaw 2.0]

Tony Pulis is now in the running for the top job at Sunderland:

Gus Poyet 2/1
Rene Meulensteen 5/1
Kevin Ball 10/1
Tony Pulis 20/1

[Fatty In A Nappy]

Moyes

[paul merson]

Tony Pulis is now in the running for the top job at Sunderland:

Gus Poyet 2/1
Rene Meulensteen 5/1
Kevin Ball 10/1
Tony Pulis 20/1

Put McLeish back in there!!! They'll be safe as houses.

As for DiCanio, has to be the highlight of last season (well for a villa fan anyway) when sunderland scored at Villa park and he walked around celebrating to all the Villa fans, the look on his face when Villa's 5th went in was priceless!!! Fkn twat!

[oldfart]

I'd like to see Gus Poyet given the chance to turn the club around.

He did a great job at Brighton until he made an enemy of the Chairman.

[Jay Walking]

How he got the job in the first place shows that the board need to have a good look at themselves