"We don't have a group of players who speak a lot," Di Canio said. "Just John O'Shea in the back, but in the middle of the field I have all shy guys. "It is very difficult, it takes a long time. We have young fellas with energy. To change everything in a few weeks it is difficult. It is obvious that physically, any side that we faced under me, we are very small side compared to the others. They are incredible athletes compared with us. "I have to make sure we change the mentality, which is down to me. Let me be sure that we keep the club up, and then I'm going to change everything. It doesn't mean I push all the players out, it means keep the right players, and bring in the right players. I don't want to upset anyone but there will be many changes. The way I want to play, my football, is dynamic football. It's crucial to have quality." Sunderland's point on Sunday could prove to be vital come the end of the season. A second-half strike from Phil Bardsley was cancelled out by a late leveller from substitute Jason Puncheon, but Di Canio reserved special praise for Puncheon's team-mate, Jay Rodriguez. "You see in people like Rodriguez today," Di Canio said. "He is a modern footballer that can keep the ball even under pressure. He's got ability but he's got strength, he can get up and down the field without feeling tired. "Obviously many of the players will remain with me, and they will have an advantage because in the pre-season they will work very hard. But before talking about this [the changes] let me finish with the job we started a few weeks ago." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- absolutely spot on!!! we have far to many very ordinary players in the squad that need shifting on, I would even go as far as saying that apart from Mignolet, O'Shea, Colback, N'Diaye, Johnson, Sessegnon, Fletcher and Wickham everyone else should be made available, obv. all won't go it isn't footy manager but by god the squad needs an overhaul Bardsley anyone see him Cupping his ears to the fans - quite a few times actually even when he was waking back to his position. Bit of a dig? And his celebration!! He scored a good goal today but for me he would be one of the first out the door!! If we had Sess these last two games we would be safe now, we needs players who are good enough to come in and do a job for us not a bunch of very ordinary plodders! Arsenal cannot afford to lose on Tuesday so I can see them getting at least a point which if so will keep us up
Paolo wants to keep his mouth closed a little bit, until we are safe at least. I love his passion Poolie, however, I've never read so many quotes from a manager in such a short space of time. I wish he would keep his powder dry, so to speak....he's being quoted about anything and everything, it seems. .......Rant over !
he's ****ing spot on......in the middle we have N'dye who's having a go and in Larsson, McLean, Johnson, Colback, Catts, Gardener, we. Have **** all.
