Tuesday 4 September 2012

Adios Di Canio

For the third time in little more than a year, Oxford United beat PigHill, this time in the Johnstone Paint Trophy.  The Oxford fans said goodbye to PDC in their usual friendly way.


Monday 3 September 2012

Go and watch Oxford

On 25 seconds.  
“Some have said they will ask for their season-ticket money back if Wes goes.  I say come to the County Ground and I will give you the money back, but then don’t come back to the County Ground.  Go to Oxford United and watch them. Don’t come and support Swindon, we don’t need these types of supporters."




Panic on the streets of Preston

PDC subbed his goalie Wes Foderingham after just twenty minutes against Graham Westley's Preston side.  When asked why, PDC had just a few words to say.  

"Because he was one of the worst players I have ever seen in a football match. He is a player like the others. Why can’t we change the goalkeeper? Is the goalkeeper is an element who plays on with another team because he has a different colour on his shirt? I know my players, I know Wes – he was the crappy player even against Stoke.

Today what he did, it’s not only the mistake that can happen to everyone. The arrogance later, when he started moaning to the others, that was the worst thing for me because it let me realise that a player doesn’t recognise his mistakes that was clear miles away, that was a rubbish mistake.

I said to him ‘now calm because we have to keep going’, we give the ball straight away to them and then start again moaning to the others.

Today he started behaving as the worst professional; arrogant, ignorant in some way – not as a person, as an athlete – I have ever seen.

If he doesn’t come out and say sorry to the fans, for the professionalism in general, he is out from my team. I don’t want any argument from the fans ‘we play Oxford, we have a season’ - no.

I don’t mind because this is my rules and Bedwell did very, very well. Maybe he behaved like this because the window’s closed. Another question mark.

I’m ready to bring in a goalkeeper. I’m ready to ask my chairman if he doesn’t go out and say sorry to everybody because this has to come from the stomach and from the heart.

If he doesn’t think he made a mistake in the way he behaved he has to think who he is? Cech?

He was nothing until the day he joined me, not the club but me. He didn’t have one second as a professional, nobody wanted him because he’s 181cm. In English football everybody want 199 like the f***ing Preston goalkeeper.

He should have his career cut and you know that is true, but just because we believed in him and there is no importance in that because he is very good – thanks to him because he did well last year – he forgot everything. He is arrogant, he’s still 20. He thinks he’s untouchable.