Simple thread.... Who would want him as Leeds manager? I really think it would be a great appointment MOT
Agreed but as with any prospective manager, he will need substantial backing. Our squad is woefully short of the quality required to amass the 90 points required for promotion. Of course, some disagree, believing were one or two players short. I'd be happy with dicanio but if little or no finances will be available in the summer, I don't care really who we get cos it will be irrelevant
I'm with Eire on this one. You could appoint the best manager in the world, but without the correct backing, he'll get nowhere. End of. Over the next few months, it's not about the quality of the new manager, it's about the quality of the board. And that's what worries me .....
I understand where you are coming from, gicen our track record in employing different types of managers recently, but it's not quite that simple. Some managers will refuse to spend unless they get exactly the right player for their plans, and they have a system of playing so they buy specific players to meet those needs. Our stance recently has been both firesale of the only ones we can get rid of for cash or to balance the wage bill and firepurchase of anyone with any past football experience. Neither works. We have stumbled on some real gems, but not built properly around them. And it should not cost too much for someone to come in who has a 3-year plan, instead of this ridiculous one-year plan of NWs, and the past one-year demands of our recent chairmen. It's only the short-termist nature of our club (fans, managers, chairmen) that has led to this long-term exodus from the promised land. We should have been there 5 years ago, but while we continue with one-year "this is the year" rubbish, we will never grow. Tell players it's a 3-year to 5-year project and get in the right players who will grow, tell the manager, and tell the fans
Dont know if you'be seen this fron TSS site http://www.thescratchingshed.com/2013/03/the-benefits-of-an-italian-madman Makes a good read & gets you thinking !
I'm with Sheldon, and I'm really starting to grow irritable with the substantial backing is required stance. It would be nice but it is not required. Again as Sheldon said if you appoint a good manager (and not one like Warnock) and give him a few years to produce. Have the whole club understanding what the aim is then we will be more successful. Not only will we build around players but hopefully build the club around the manager as well (if he is really the real deal ofcourse). Now whether Di Canio is the one to do that will split views on its own, personally I think there are better candidates out there
Cannot disagree, but as I said earlier, you need a quality board before any of this can happen. Sadly, I get the feeling that we don't have such a thing...
See Swindon quite a few times each season, let me tell you Di Canio is a legend!! Swindon played better football than us under him, attacking down the flanks, allowing full backs to push on, quick passing game ... and all this is League Two. The thing I love about him is he takes no carp from players, tells it as it is, and he galvanised Swindon as a club. Pity their new owners decided to ignore him and make their own decisions which led to his resignation. He would be great at Leeds, a cult hero. Would he get us to the Prem? Much better chance than Colin. Di Canio understands the pressure of playing for a big club, and he will help players to cope with the pressure of playing for Leeds. Warnock knows this, so he went for experience, except the players he brought in (Diouf aside) haven't experienced that constant pressure of expectation.
From a managerial perspective it would undoubtably be a risk. Yes he did well at Swindon, but also had a massive hissy fit and walked out. If he can't take to pressure of a League 1 promotion race then how will he handle being manager of a club like Leeds? Of course he is likely to improve the standard of football, but then again it couldn't get much worse than the dross we've had to watch this season. Personally I think we should have brought in Sean O'Driscoll when he was free as he got both Doncaster and Forest playing lovely skillful and attacking football. The other problem with Di Canio is that he is a self-proclaimed fascist. He's a man who quite happily gave the Nazi salute to fans at Lazio. Now Leeds is a club that has had it's fair share of reputational problems with racism (just re-read some of the comments from various meatheads last week), but it's sometimes forgotten that there's a long history between the club and the Jewish community in Leeds. Indeed, the Revie era might never have happened had it not been for Manny Cussins saving the club from bankrupcy in 1961. So the idea of Leeds United appointing a man with such extreme views actually turns my stomach and I for one would not pay to see the team whilst he managed them.
I would agree with your comments. For me the bloke is a volatile nutter. It might be a good watch, but you know that sooner or later he and the club would be in the clart. We want a man with no skeletons in his cupboard and a medium term plan (3yr) to get us out of this division of ugly football.
