Players don't want Di Canio

[Binfield Royal]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ayers.html

According to the Daily Mail, Reading players have said either publicly or privately that they don't want Di Canio as our next manager.

Well good because it seems the majority of fans don't want him either.

Hopefully, Anton will realise that there is no chance whatsoever of survival if the team won't give 100% for the manager.

So, better get ready to welcome our soon to be new manager, Sam Allerdyce...

[moo]

Hopefully Brian comes back...

[TBM]

You know, i reckon the plan was to get rid of McD and get Di Canio in but once the players turned round and said "no" its kinda back-fired on the board and now they're saying "we don't have anyone lined up".......so basically the sacking was a pointless one as we're just 3 coaches short at the club now

[moo]

You know, i reckon the plan was to get rid of McD and get Di Canio in but once the players turned round and said "no" its kinda back-fired on the board and now they're saying "we don't have anyone lined up".......so basically the sacking was a pointless one as we're just 3 coaches short at the club now

I don't really see any senior pros who have any right to dictate anything to the club.

[PeteH1985]

Looks like the board are in for a tricky ride seen as most people were against the sacking of BM in these circumstances and want RDM. If the players are with us then anton has dug a mighty big grave for himself

[Rex]

You know, i reckon the plan was to get rid of McD and get Di Canio in but once the players turned round and said "no" its kinda back-fired on the board and now they're saying "we don't have anyone lined up".......so basically the sacking was a pointless one as we're just 3 coaches short at the club now

I don't really see any senior pros who have any right to dictate anything to the club.

Possibly but it makes the churning out of no news tick over.

[TBM]

You know, i reckon the plan was to get rid of McD and get Di Canio in but once the players turned round and said "no" its kinda back-fired on the board and now they're saying "we don't have anyone lined up".......so basically the sacking was a pointless one as we're just 3 coaches short at the club now

I don't really see any senior pros who have any right to dictate anything to the club.

Who said anything about dicating? - all it takes is for a few of them to say "if Paulo is our manager, then i would like to be transfer listed please" makes no odds to them if they really don't want to play under him.

[PeteH1985]

You know, i reckon the plan was to get rid of McD and get Di Canio in but once the players turned round and said "no" its kinda back-fired on the board and now they're saying "we don't have anyone lined up".......so basically the sacking was a pointless one as we're just 3 coaches short at the club now

I don't really see any senior pros who have any right to dictate anything to the club.

Very true the leaders should be apologising for this mess and helping mend it. Younger or hard working players like hunt have a right to say what they want but not Roberts or macnuff

[Rex]

It would be interesting if some of the team voiced an opinion but i doubt it really happened.

[royalp-we]

Even if it did, oxf*rd 'em. They lost Brian & Gibbo their jobs. Their performances have been abysmal and they need a kick up the back side. Anyway, Anton and Nicky will not be liaising with the players through this recruitment process and when have they listened to us

[PeteH1985]

Even if it did, oxf*rd 'em. They lost Brian & Gibbo their jobs. Their performances have been abysmal and they need a kick up the back side. Anyway, Anton and Nicky will not be liaising with the players through this recruitment process and when have they listened to us

Don't be too hard most of the players did, I don't think anyone can blame Feds for the situation were in!

[10539.4 Miles Away]

Maybe I am missing something but I think the timing of his firing is absolutely spot on, Anton has given Brian the best chance to save his own job by letting him stay until after we had played Villa and Wigan at home - if we had won those games he would still have the job.

The games against Arsenal and Man Utd away are frankly hopeless regardless of manager so it would be stupid to name a new manager before these games as they'd be starting with a losing streak, what I think the board have done is time it so they have a couple of weeks to find the right man for the job. Personally I am very much of the opinion no news is good news and this Daily Mail sh1t is just exactly that.

[Terminal Boardom]

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[Handsome Man]

Even if it did, oxf*rd 'em. They lost Brian & Gibbo their jobs. Their performances have been abysmal and they need a kick up the back side. Anyway, Anton and Nicky will not be liaising with the players through this recruitment process and when have they listened to us

Don't be too hard most of the players did, I don't think anyone can blame Feds for the situation were in!

Apart from the five goals in the first four games thing, I don't blame Feds at all.

[jonnye5]

Even if it did, oxf*rd 'em. They lost Brian & Gibbo their jobs. Their performances have been abysmal and they need a kick up the back side. Anyway, Anton and Nicky will not be liaising with the players through this recruitment process and when have they listened to us

bit harsh, player have worked very hard, just not up to premier league standard. Big difference between not trying and not being good enough

[YateleyRoyal]

I doubt any players have said anything of the sort. I wonder how many of them know Paolo, or anything of his management style, apart from what they've read in the media. And it would be very petulant to act on the back of media reports.

[White Rougier]

more like the players who are not good enough are bricking it as Di Canio wont have favorites who are not Premier league class, i think it would be a good appointment!

[West Stand Man]

more like the players who are not good enough are bricking it as Di Canio wont have favorites who are not Premier league class, i think it would be a good appointment!

Thankfully you are not making the appointment and, I suspect, the board will not be consulting you.

[Royalwaster]

Di Canio was never considered as a replacement for McD - fact. It's just idle media speculation, as a result of seeing him in the stands on Saturday. If he'd been sitting next to Anton it would have been a different matter.

The players won't dictate who our next manager is or is not - fact.

[Biscuit_Boy]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2292973/Paolo-Di-Canio-unwanted-Reading-players.html

According to the Daily Mail, Reading players have said either publicly or privately that they don't want Di Canio as our next manager.

Well good because it seems the majority of fans don't want him either.

Hopefully, Anton will realise that there is no chance whatsoever of survival if the team won't give 100% for the manager.

So, better get ready to welcome our soon to be new manager, Sam Allerdyce...

And they gave 1000% for Brian? They got him the sack! Yes, I know they weren't good enough, but there were spells in the Villa game for instance where they just stood off and let Villa have the ball for minutes at a time. If you were trying your best you'd be at least trying to tackle.