Paolo Di Canio: I was too good for Sunderland PAOLO Di CANIO claims he has snubbed four job offers on the continent because he wants to manage in England again. By Ian Murtagh/Published 16th November 2013 Paolo Di Canio claims that English chairmen would be daft not to contact him [ The madcap Italian issued a âcome and get meâ plea to clubs here, insisting he was fired by Sunderland because he was âtoo goodâ for them. Di Canio also hit back at Republic of Ireland boss Martin OâNeill, who labelled him a charlatan for blasting his predecessorâs Black Cats regime. The 45-year-old was sacked after a disastrous start to the season culminating in a dressing room revolt against his management style. Di Canio, however, has launched a bizarre defence of his methods, even defending his decision to ban tomato sauce from the canteen. âI was too good,â he said. âMy level was too high. âI canât wait to have another chance with the right people. âEven if I have already had four requests from around Europe, I donât go. âI was too goodâ Paolo Di Canio âI understand that in England, there is not any space for me at the moment but I will wait. âI canât predict the future but it would be stupid for a chairman not to call me. âIt could even be in the Championship with a fantastic project. I feel a much better manager than before.â Di Canio stands by his claim that the squad he inherited lacked fitness, an accusation that infuriated OâNeill. âI did ban ketchup and mayonnaise because the players had too much and they are not healthy. âI had players who told me they had cramps from driving the car. âI had three players with calf injuries after 20 minutes of a game which means they were not fit.â Di Canio was sacked from Sunderland earlier this year [ACTION IMAGES] And turning the tables on OâNeill, Di Canio said: âI donât know if he knows the meaning of this word charlatan. âA charlatan is a manager who spends £40m to be a top 10 club and then sees the club sink into the relegation zone.â Di Canio also hit out at Sunderland for failing to deliver on his recommendations in the transfer market. He signed 14 players in the summer but now says few were his own choices
I'm not excusing his behaviour at the club but he was dealt a **** hand in the transfer market, how can any 'Head Coach' perform if the scouts are bringing in players who you don't want? Still a raving loon like but he has a point with regards to players coming in.
He's a lying twat a good manager my arse he's a **** manager he got the sack because he lost the dressing room so fast to say he didn't have a hand in the transfers is just bullshit he's to arrogant to admit that any of it was his fault. Glad we're rid of the mad bastard.
Can't see him working in England again. Every man and his dog were telling us it would all end in tears long before Christmas even though I didn't want to believe it at the time. No doubting he was a fine (if not a little eccentric) player but as a manager, he was a complete disaster.
What self respecting Manager/Head Coach would continue to work with someone else’s players? His position would have been untenable. This is typical of DiCanio, accepting no responsibility and apportioning blame to others. This is not the transfer policy that DiCanio described at the beginning of his tenure where he claimed that he would have the final say, nor is it the transfer policy that Poyet talked about last week where he said that he would use the international break to identify his targets.
In my mind there's no doubt Di Canio will learn from this and manage in the Premier League within the next 2 years. I'd put a fair few quid on it.
I dare say that's in PDC 'S mind too. In his mind he's already to big for SAFC. In his mind he is already a great manager. Premier league Chairmen will have different opinions in their minds I'm guessing.
Everywhere you look atm its pdc says this, mon says that, questions over de fanti, so what does gus do? Backs his team. Mon is gutted as he failed in his dream role managing his boyhood team, pdc has picked up where he left off with a bloody great big gob. I wish they would both bugger off and either have a bare knuckle fight or get over their failings and move on, i cant believe the media attention its all getting
It would be nice if some of our ex managers took a leaf out of Ian Holloway's book, who just excepted responsibility for poor results..
Palace are about to appoint Iain Dowie I think the 'I'm too good' comment is being taken a bit too literally tbh ......... I doubt he thinks he's a 'great' manager but he's not short of confidence. I reckon the 'too good' comment is just his pride talking.
I can see the DOF role working fior us but it has to be done correctly, you can't just have a DOF and his team going out and buying any player and expectting the 'Head Coach' to work miracles with them, it just doesn't work that way. There needs to be some sort of understanding and working relationship between the DOF and the Head Coach otherwise it just doesn't work. I expect Gus to tell the DOF who he wants and then we do our best to go and get them, not just ask for a type of player and we see who we can get.
I don't think the two are really comparable though mate, as Mourinho had already been there, done it and bought the t shirt at the highest level of European football when he went to Chelsea..
His techniques, training routines, approach and expectations are way way way ahead of any coach in this league. However, coaching in the far east would probably be best for him because he's much more likely to get fitness orientated committed players who are prepared to be trained like soldiers in leagues like J.League or K League. At the end of the day, Paolo's Management demands that players carry the same ethic as an olympic athlete, such a professional ethic does not exist in English football. You'd probably get half a dozen players per squad who's actually prepared to live such a professional lifestyle the rest will rebel. Modern day footballers are a joke. Pathetic.
Neither do I mate, my point is that people seem to judge players, managers and owners very quickly these days.
Smug, it would take a brave owner or CEO to take a chance on him, I reckon he's got some bridges to build but I hope you are right, football needs characters. I just wish that he worked out for us at Sunderland.
After his time at Sunderland it's been forgotten that he had a successful time at Swindon. His coaching credentials are impeccable and he can certainly inspire underachieving players. We hadn't won at Newcastle, or beaten Everton, for years but we did both. When you look at some of the walking ghosts, like Hughes at Stoke, it can't be beyond Di Canio to find a good club. He'd be perfect at Palace at the moment and I'd bet they've looked and wondered.
