PDC and Steve Evans II

Evans had previously claimed that Swindon are ‘the self-acclaimed untouchable leaders’.  After asking what this meant, PDC said "We have the bollocks to say these things.  I don’t see why he is talking about us.  Why was he before our recent game being all kind and complimentary?  Why is he licking my ass?  I used to be angry with people who criticised me before knowing me and then maybe after their initial comments they wanted to be nice because they feel we are similar, but we are far from similar.  I am not rough, I am not an uneducated person and I am not bad to watch in my opinion. How can I be similar to this guy?  So when he came out trying to say all these nice things, I was even more angry.  He felt that he should receive a good compliment from me as a result, but no.  It is even worse for me for him to be like that after he said what he did before we went to their ground.  My word is clear. I don’t like him as a person and what he said to my player when we played recently he has to put back in his mouth and go to another ground and say it.  I have nothing against the Crawley players, the Crawley fans and the Crawley board - we are talking about one person.  I am against his way to behave in football and sometimes I am laughing at what he has said.   If we go up and they stay down, he will be the loser and I will be the winner.   If they go up and we stay down then I will be the loser and he is the winner.  We will see, but we are strong and we have the courage to say we can win the league.”

Typically Tropical PDC

PDC seems to have music on the mind this week - slipping in as many song references as he can, starting with ...

Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax

The Smiths - Panic

Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby

Typically Tropical - Woah, I'm Going to Barbados

Following PigHill's ill deserved comeback victory against Shrewsbury, when at 1-0 down, the ref bottled a start of the second half sending off for PigHill and a penalty for Shrewsbury.

"They deserve to stay at the top. Now is the time to relax, not to panic.  Seven months we fought to get to the top and now we cannot panic. We have to take off, look back, say 'bye bye'. We go to Barbados. That is our attitude now, we have two games in hand.  If you play like the first half we can be in trouble, so I prefer to lose and play like we did in the last half an hour.  If we play like we did in the last half an hour we will lose one or two games, but we will win 10 or 12."

I didn't make a mistake in choosing my players

Earlier in the season, PDC sent Billy Bodin out on loan to Torquay.  However, he then brought him back again.  

"I said I didn't want to keep a player who didn't want to stay here.  We knew he was happy at Torquay and could play regular football and I couldn't force a player to stay.   Once it was clear we wanted to keep him, he realised he had a part here. I saw him in a training session and he was really free in his brain so I gave him the opportunity straight away.  He's improved a lot and has become more mature since I arrived here. I had other options but I played him as he can play a part in our run for the title.
I'm happy for him and I'm happy for me because Once again I didn't make a mistake in choosing my players."  

Unlike Leon Clarke then, who was signed on a two year contract on 19th August, and after just four games including the notorious on-pitch and down the tunnel bust-up with PDC, left for Chesterfield on loan on 9th September.  

Ban me for the rest of the season

The twit on the touchline watched PigHill demolish Crawley 3-0.  PDC then tempted fate by mocking the FA.  

"Not ironically, I want to thank the Football Association for giving me the opportunity to watch the game from the stands/   I give them permission to ban me for the rest of the season. We will win the league anyway.  I don't have homework because usually if I stand in the dugout I have to watch the game again as I don't have a clear picture.  If they want to ban me again they can do. My team now knows what they are doing now.  "

1000 miles ahead

8 goal striker Mehdi Kerrouche has signed for Oxford on a one month loan.  In an interview with the PigHill advertiser, the suspended S*****n supremo said,  

“Mehdi is a good player, he has good technical quality but I don’t see how much difference he can make for them in one month,  I don’t mind if they become strong because I believe we are a much better side than them, we are 1,000 miles ahead of them.  Even when we were struggling at the start of the season, the game against them should have finished 8-2 to us, but it was 2-1 to them.  At this moment in time we are better than them.  They are a side that can maybe compete to go up through the play-offs, but I am not worried that Mehdi goes there because we are a much better side.” 

It seems the team talk for the fixture is already written, and perhaps the Tottenham supporting number 9, James Constable, having spurned PDC's offers, will stick another brace up on the scoreboard for the Us. 

Two match ban

PDC has  been given a two match touchline ban by the FA after his latest sending off.  As Saturday's game at Barnet has already been called off, this will presumably cover the home game against Crawley and the away fixture at Hereford.  

Tuesday 7 Feb 2012 - FA Disciplinary
Paolo Di Canio, Swindon Town FC
Swindon Town v Macclesfield Town
Football League Two, 21 January 2012
FA Rule E3 – improper conduct
Di Canio denied the charge and requested a non-personal hearing

Charge proved. Di Canio was given a two match touchline ban to commence with immediate effect and fined the sum of £1000

Master impressionist

Rory Bremner has nothing to fear with this madcap mimic on the scene, impersonating Harry Redknap
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16968901