Falling out with Di Canio proved okay for Caddis (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)
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SWINDON TOWN: Falling out with Di Canio proved okay for Caddis
3:24pm Monday 10th December 2012 in Sport
Paul Caddis
PAUL Caddis has come to the conclusion that falling out with Paolo Di Canio was a blessing in disguise.
The Swindon Town full-back, currently on loan at Championship Birmingham, has recently made his return to action following a shoulder injury - a recovery which took less time than expected.
He puts his comeback down to the Blues' medical set-up, which he claimed is superior to what is on offer at the County Ground.
"Maybe it was not so bad I fell out with the manager," Caddis told BBC West Midlands.
"Originally the plan was after Christmas. But I've got to give a lot of credit to the physios here, who have worked me very hard in the gym.
"Christmas-time is important when games come thick and fast. Three wins gets you up in the play-offs and I don't see why we can't do that ”
"I've done a lot with the fitness coach and adrenaline's a strong thing. That got me though that first game back at Blackpool.
"But there's no chance I could have got to this stage had I still been back at Swindon as the facilities are so much better here.
"It's been quite a year. We won promotion, I was made club captain, then me and the manager had a few words, and I lost the captain's armband, but I ended up in the Championship."
Comments(70)
Davidsyrett
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3:35pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Psychedelic Syd
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3:41pm Mon 10 Dec 12
LeGod
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3:55pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Yes they will have better facilities there a bigger club and more resource how much of it is bent money is still a leading question with their dodgy owner who is still in prison or on bail back in Thailand or wherever it is.
I wish Caddis well as he is a good player and always gave his all for us and with his comments there is no way he will be back here so lets see how much we get for him when the time comes.
Highworth red
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3:57pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Summerof69
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4:11pm Mon 10 Dec 12
I do think we have lost a quality player but unless he actually wants to play for us then I would rather see him performing at the highest possible level, and hopefully, increasing his stock along the way.
stfc2012
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4:13pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Summerof69
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4:16pm Mon 10 Dec 12
stfc2012 wrote:Why was he treated unfairly ? Was he asked to train any more than any other squad member ? Was he expected to show a more professional attitude to any other squad member ?
Ego lost us a championship level right back. Classy and honest is Caddis. He was treated unfairly. Good luck to him.
Oi Den!
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4:18pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Summerof69 wrote:Why should he keep his thoughts to himself? He hasn't had a go at anyone; he's just said things have worked out well for him.
Personally I think he should keep his thoughts to himself. At the end of the day, whether he likes it or not, he is contracted to Swindon Town. And whilst I appreciate that he will never play for us again, under Paolo, we can make it very difficult for him in the summer.
I do think we have lost a quality player but unless he actually wants to play for us then I would rather see him performing at the highest possible level, and hopefully, increasing his stock along the way.
swindonoldie
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4:19pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Highworth red wrote:Spot on! my sentiments exactly.
We've not just lost a fantastic right back in Caddis, we've also lost Matt Ritchie. Watched Caddis on Sky the other day and even though he has only just got back from injury, was a class act. Nice going Paolo, good enough for Birmingham, but not good enough for Swindon.
Swindon1984
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4:35pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Summerof69 wrote:Would have to agree with that, although we've lost a very good player it wouldn't have sent out the right mesage if he were treated differently than any other town player. Don't think this as simple as one or the other being in the right either. Just an unfortunate situation for STFC to have lost him.
stfc2012 wrote: Ego lost us a championship level right back. Classy and honest is Caddis. He was treated unfairly. Good luck to him.Why was he treated unfairly ? Was he asked to train any more than any other squad member ? Was he expected to show a more professional attitude to any other squad member ?
Oxon-Red
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4:39pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Highworth red wrote:Who was playing on the right wing for Town on Saturday then ?
We've not just lost a fantastic right back in Caddis, we've also lost Matt Ritchie. Watched Caddis on Sky the other day and even though he has only just got back from injury, was a class act. Nice going Paolo, good enough for Birmingham, but not good enough for Swindon.
We haven't lost Ritchie and with 8 goals already this season, compared to last season's total of 10, it could said he is doing better without Caddis.
Matt is forming a good partnership with Nathan, which also enabled Bostock to attack space on Saturday. Cads was good for us but I believe Nathan will be better in the future (certainly defensively) and he is home grown :-)
I also watched some of the Brum game and Cads was good going forward but he didn't look fit to me and didn't bust a gut to get back when attacks broke down.
Good luck to him but time for us to move forward without him.
COYMR
ps. They may be Championship at the moment but with only 5 teams below them they could be somewhere else next season !!!!
mallorca
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4:42pm Mon 10 Dec 12
I still think we have done ok this season.
OK his temprment is way off at times,yet thats just Pdc.
Just hope this new chairman and Board do not rock the boat too much.
So let's hope on Sky TV we can get a result
umpcah
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4:55pm Mon 10 Dec 12
mallorca wrote:The rejigged board seems remarkably quiet. I`m not saying that they should offer daily bulletins but why is it Di Canio ranting all the time ?
Wish Paul all the best.It does seem that Pdc just needs to calm things down a bit.
I still think we have done ok this season.
OK his temprment is way off at times,yet thats just Pdc.
Just hope this new chairman and Board do not rock the boat too much.
So let's hope on Sky TV we can get a result
TheDukeOfBanbury
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5:07pm Mon 10 Dec 12
We now need to move on.
robin_in_the_snow
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5:11pm Mon 10 Dec 12
DarrenSTFCRomain
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5:19pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Oi Den! wrote:Spot on Den!..
Summerof69 wrote: Personally I think he should keep his thoughts to himself. At the end of the day, whether he likes it or not, he is contracted to Swindon Town. And whilst I appreciate that he will never play for us again, under Paolo, we can make it very difficult for him in the summer. I do think we have lost a quality player but unless he actually wants to play for us then I would rather see him performing at the highest possible level, and hopefully, increasing his stock along the way.Why should he keep his thoughts to himself? He hasn't had a go at anyone; he's just said things have worked out well for him.
Why should he not have his say ?...
He could have said a lot more as he was talking on BBC W Mid but chose not to.FAIR PLAY TO HIM
Its not like paolo kept quiet about this or any other player is it ??????????
Oxon-Red
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5:46pm Mon 10 Dec 12
robin_in_the_snow wrote:Our leaky defence !!!
I'm a big Caddis fan, I don't think I've seen a better right back in League One, he was too good for our league and belongs in the championship, it's a real shame the needless fall out with Paulo happened because he was perfectly happy here until then. We could have had the best fullback in the league and he'd have been likely to get his championship level football next season playing in red and white. Worst of both worlds now as we've made getting a good fee for him trickier and we haven't replaced him and it shows in our leaky defence and lack of any fullback who can cross a ball.
We have conceded 18 in 21 matches. Only 2 clubs Doncaster and MK Dons have conceded fewer (17).
COYMR
Is that you Lovesey
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6:08pm Mon 10 Dec 12
the wizard
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6:08pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Well Mister, I, myself, personally, nobody is bigger here in this club than me. Big ego man himself. Trouble is he lets some of the good players go, and keeps the carp.
Birmingham got a well decent player, we got a portable tub of lard, probably with less pride and passion than any other player. Crikey, compared to him Magera looked good.
Steve. Brentford
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6:29pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Maybe they will meet up with that feckjng Sue..
Rogersforengland
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6:30pm Mon 10 Dec 12
He stuck up for his new born child and family, why not i would
Med Red
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6:32pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Ditch Spencer, we need a Chief Scout.
Steve. Brentford
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6:32pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Steve. Brentford wrote:Ahhh i see you were talking crap not carp..
What lake are the "carp" being kept in then Wiz or are they being put into the Thames at Lechlade....
Maybe they will meet up with that feckjng Sue..
Ollie Reed's Parky dance!
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6:34pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Davidsyrett wrote:There will be no fee we will just off load as there is probably some sort of clause in his extended contract!
For all of those of you that think he's coming back, think again. Lets hope we get a fee for him.
I'm more interested in a ruddy striker that can hit the back of the net every other chance he gets not every 10 chances!
SirReg
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6:49pm Mon 10 Dec 12
bongiaz
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7:18pm Mon 10 Dec 12
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:I wonder how many of you challenge your bosses at work and still have a great working relationship?
Oi Den! wrote:Spot on Den!..
Summerof69 wrote: Personally I think he should keep his thoughts to himself. At the end of the day, whether he likes it or not, he is contracted to Swindon Town. And whilst I appreciate that he will never play for us again, under Paolo, we can make it very difficult for him in the summer. I do think we have lost a quality player but unless he actually wants to play for us then I would rather see him performing at the highest possible level, and hopefully, increasing his stock along the way.Why should he keep his thoughts to himself? He hasn't had a go at anyone; he's just said things have worked out well for him.
Why should he not have his say ?...
He could have said a lot more as he was talking on BBC W Mid but chose not to.FAIR PLAY TO HIM
Its not like paolo kept quiet about this or any other player is it ??????????
bongiaz
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7:32pm Mon 10 Dec 12
SirReg wrote:PDC will finish the season with Swindon after gaining promotion to the Championship! Why do you think he is hanging himself? The guy wants the best for Swindon Town FC, PDC is a winner and I for one am enjoying every match! Caddis I believe was given time away to be with his wife and baby on condition he kept fit in the Gym...he did not follow the clubs instructions and came back unfit! If PDC was so bad why did Ritchie extend his contract? Why is Bostock (Who once fit will be a brilliant player) loving Swindon so much? We should have hammered Doncaster last Saturday and were unlucky but mark my words we cant be so unlucky every week and some clubs are going to get a pasting! COYR's
Board is giving pdc the rope to hang himself. He won't finish the season with us.
Chish and Fips
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7:41pm Mon 10 Dec 12
bongiaz wrote:Its all paper talk really - tomorrows chip wrappings - Caddis is probably smirking at us and it made an item of news to help fill the page.
SirReg wrote:PDC will finish the season with Swindon after gaining promotion to the Championship! Why do you think he is hanging himself? The guy wants the best for Swindon Town FC, PDC is a winner and I for one am enjoying every match! Caddis I believe was given time away to be with his wife and baby on condition he kept fit in the Gym...he did not follow the clubs instructions and came back unfit! If PDC was so bad why did Ritchie extend his contract? Why is Bostock (Who once fit will be a brilliant player) loving Swindon so much? We should have hammered Doncaster last Saturday and were unlucky but mark my words we cant be so unlucky every week and some clubs are going to get a pasting! COYR's
Board is giving pdc the rope to hang himself. He won't finish the season with us.
Good luck to him - lets move and get these forwards of ours doing what they are paid for ... or ship 'em out ...
I must admit and have said it before - who the hell manages to find these players that to be brutal are not up to scratch, we seem to have ended up with the 'Barn Door Triplets.'
DarrenSTFCRomain
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7:48pm Mon 10 Dec 12
bongiaz wrote:We should have hammered last Saturday and were unlucky but mark my words we cant be so unlucky every week and some clubs are going to get a pasting...
SirReg wrote: Board is giving pdc the rope to hang himself. He won't finish the season with us.PDC will finish the season with Swindon after gaining promotion to the Championship! Why do you think he is hanging himself? The guy wants the best for Swindon Town FC, PDC is a winner and I for one am enjoying every match! Caddis I believe was given time away to be with his wife and baby on condition he kept fit in the Gym...he did not follow the clubs instructions and came back unfit! If PDC was so bad why did Ritchie extend his contract? Why is Bostock (Who once fit will be a brilliant player) loving Swindon so much? We should have hammered Doncaster last Saturday and were unlucky but mark my words we cant be so unlucky every week and some clubs are going to get a pasting! COYR's
And how many times have we al said that this season?
and we never hammered Doncaster the score was 1.1
Oi Den!
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7:59pm Mon 10 Dec 12
bongiaz wrote:I think you've changed the subject. I simply asked why Caddis should not tell his club's local radio station that things have worked out well for him.
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:I wonder how many of you challenge your bosses at work and still have a great working relationship?
Oi Den! wrote:Spot on Den!..
Summerof69 wrote: Personally I think he should keep his thoughts to himself. At the end of the day, whether he likes it or not, he is contracted to Swindon Town. And whilst I appreciate that he will never play for us again, under Paolo, we can make it very difficult for him in the summer. I do think we have lost a quality player but unless he actually wants to play for us then I would rather see him performing at the highest possible level, and hopefully, increasing his stock along the way.Why should he keep his thoughts to himself? He hasn't had a go at anyone; he's just said things have worked out well for him.
Why should he not have his say ?...
He could have said a lot more as he was talking on BBC W Mid but chose not to.FAIR PLAY TO HIM
Its not like paolo kept quiet about this or any other player is it ??????????
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As for the wider point that you raise, I don't see why it should be impossible for a manager and player to have a difference of opinion without it ending in a parting of the ways. We are all entitled to our views on that, and those views are bound to vary. We haven't heard of any fall-outs lately, so I'm hoping that PDC has now learned that there is room for other people's opinions. Otherwise, I think it will hinder his progress as a manager and our progress as a club. It has not been too much of a problem so far because the board has backed him in principle and with finance at every turn. That may be about to change here, and I doubt if he'll get the same luxury anywhere else.
Oi Den!
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8:01pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Dosomethingmutley
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8:06pm Mon 10 Dec 12
bongiaz' comment read, "we should have hammered Doncaster", not that we had, nothing wrong with that.
Wilesy
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8:19pm Mon 10 Dec 12
That being said I would be surprised if Birmingham didn't have a better set-up.
Shame Paolo and Caddis fell out, Swindon haven't benefitted from that decision in my opinion and I'm sure the forwards would have notched a few more goals if Caddis had played this season.
the wizard
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8:28pm Mon 10 Dec 12
You are quite right, we haven't heard so many public out bursts lately, probably down to our new chairman, hopefully bringing some calm into the camp.
TheBlackHand
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8:48pm Mon 10 Dec 12
DarrenSTFCRomain
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9:03pm Mon 10 Dec 12
bongiaz wrote:YES I DO challenge the boss..
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:I wonder how many of you challenge your bosses at work and still have a great working relationship?Oi Den! wrote:Spot on Den!.. Why should he not have his say ?... He could have said a lot more as he was talking on BBC W Mid but chose not to.FAIR PLAY TO HIM Its not like paolo kept quiet about this or any other player is it ??????????Summerof69 wrote: Personally I think he should keep his thoughts to himself. At the end of the day, whether he likes it or not, he is contracted to Swindon Town. And whilst I appreciate that he will never play for us again, under Paolo, we can make it very difficult for him in the summer. I do think we have lost a quality player but unless he actually wants to play for us then I would rather see him performing at the highest possible level, and hopefully, increasing his stock along the way.Why should he keep his thoughts to himself? He hasn't had a go at anyone; he's just said things have worked out well for him.
But just like every other man in the world we chat about it and see who was right or wrong...
2 min after that its back 2 normal...
Or are you just a YES SIR man lick lick
Malkym
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9:43pm Mon 10 Dec 12
smirg kcab
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10:39pm Mon 10 Dec 12
robin_in_the_snow wrote:You have never seen a man called Nathan Thompson then, think we should sign him one of the best if not the best in league and he's only young
I'm a big Caddis fan, I don't think I've seen a better right back in League One, he was too good for our league and belongs in the championship, it's a real shame the needless fall out with Paulo happened because he was perfectly happy here until then. We could have had the best fullback in the league and he'd have been likely to get his championship level football next season playing in red and white. Worst of both worlds now as we've made getting a good fee for him trickier and we haven't replaced him and it shows in our leaky defence and lack of any fullback who can cross a ball.
Where's sue
Onwards and upwards
mancrobin
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10:53pm Mon 10 Dec 12
smirg kcab wrote:Good point Grim. And a real silver lining to come out of all of this.
robin_in_the_snow wrote:You have never seen a man called Nathan Thompson then, think we should sign him one of the best if not the best in league and he's only young
I'm a big Caddis fan, I don't think I've seen a better right back in League One, he was too good for our league and belongs in the championship, it's a real shame the needless fall out with Paulo happened because he was perfectly happy here until then. We could have had the best fullback in the league and he'd have been likely to get his championship level football next season playing in red and white. Worst of both worlds now as we've made getting a good fee for him trickier and we haven't replaced him and it shows in our leaky defence and lack of any fullback who can cross a ball.
Where's sue
Onwards and upwards
I was disappointed to see Caddis go but see little point in his side swipe at Swindon's set up. Having said that, I'm still not convinced why injured players have to be flown to Italy. Any one know the logic behind this?
harley red
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11:49pm Mon 10 Dec 12
stfc2012
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6:18am Tue 11 Dec 12
jayden
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6:55am Tue 11 Dec 12
Oxon-Red wrote:Agree with you totaly.
Highworth red wrote:Who was playing on the right wing for Town on Saturday then ?
We've not just lost a fantastic right back in Caddis, we've also lost Matt Ritchie. Watched Caddis on Sky the other day and even though he has only just got back from injury, was a class act. Nice going Paolo, good enough for Birmingham, but not good enough for Swindon.
We haven't lost Ritchie and with 8 goals already this season, compared to last season's total of 10, it could said he is doing better without Caddis.
Matt is forming a good partnership with Nathan, which also enabled Bostock to attack space on Saturday. Cads was good for us but I believe Nathan will be better in the future (certainly defensively) and he is home grown :-)
I also watched some of the Brum game and Cads was good going forward but he didn't look fit to me and didn't bust a gut to get back when attacks broke down.
Good luck to him but time for us to move forward without him.
COYMR
ps. They may be Championship at the moment but with only 5 teams below them they could be somewhere else next season !!!!
Since 1950
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7:40am Tue 11 Dec 12
Every cloud though as they say. Maybe young Nathan Thompson wouldn't have got his chance.
Glosteroldboy
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7:44am Tue 11 Dec 12
had a late call and I am off to hospital for a few days..
Could you please use the 10th predictor's scores and timings as my own. Whoever it is.
If anyone else could advise SAP of this request I would be grateful. Should be back for Christmas. Cheers.
jam1
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8:26am Tue 11 Dec 12
Oxon-Red
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8:49am Tue 11 Dec 12
Malkym wrote:Malkym,
Didn't see the Donny game as I was on my way to mallorca's neck of the woods, well mainland part. Seems WC the bog roll 2 are still firing turds instead of Exocets with dry Martini close behind. I'll stand by my claim that W + C won't score a score between them - was it Grim that said Willo failed to round the keeper again on a 1 on 1. Looking forward to seeing if they hit the net against tranmere but won't be having them down for 1st goal scorer!
Thought you might have looked at the team sheet before making your statement.
M+W started on Saturday and worked very well together. They held the ball up well, fed the midfield and were one of the main reasons why we dominated the game. What they didn't receive was good service from the midfield.
On the 1-on-1, he had to try to nick the ball past him and stay on his feet to score as it was a long way out. We should also remember that he has just returned from an injury that was picked up in a challenge with the keeper.
COYMR
swwindon61uk
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8:55am Tue 11 Dec 12
I thought Caddis was good but not as good as what he is being made out on here by a few people.
He is not irreplaceable and as someone said earlier young Thompson i think will take his place quite comfortably going forward.
I am sure Caddis could say a lot a lot of things about what went on but i am also sure so can the club!
Old-Stager, Hilperton
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9:38am Tue 11 Dec 12
Med Red wrote:mmm....I seem to remember that the much maligned Andy King was brilliant at signing good players.
Our loss, their gain AND we got Adam Rooney. What a rank bad piece of business that was!! Hopefully our new Chairman will make sure we get money for Caddis, which will be used to sign a decent striker.
Ditch Spencer, we need a Chief Scout.
hertz
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9:44am Tue 11 Dec 12
jontyg
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9:45am Tue 11 Dec 12
ne can see that. Let's all move on from Caddis now, once and for all!!
Psychedelic Syd
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9:55am Tue 11 Dec 12
wiki27
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10:02am Tue 11 Dec 12
bongiaz
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10:12am Tue 11 Dec 12
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:Childish response, so glad I'm not your boss! So in your little world the boss asks you to do something you dont do it, and then expect to argue it out with him to see who was right or wrong?
bongiaz wrote:YES I DO challenge the boss..
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:I wonder how many of you challenge your bosses at work and still have a great working relationship?Oi Den! wrote:Spot on Den!.. Why should he not have his say ?... He could have said a lot more as he was talking on BBC W Mid but chose not to.FAIR PLAY TO HIM Its not like paolo kept quiet about this or any other player is it ??????????Summerof69 wrote: Personally I think he should keep his thoughts to himself. At the end of the day, whether he likes it or not, he is contracted to Swindon Town. And whilst I appreciate that he will never play for us again, under Paolo, we can make it very difficult for him in the summer. I do think we have lost a quality player but unless he actually wants to play for us then I would rather see him performing at the highest possible level, and hopefully, increasing his stock along the way.Why should he keep his thoughts to himself? He hasn't had a go at anyone; he's just said things have worked out well for him.
But just like every other man in the world we chat about it and see who was right or wrong...
2 min after that its back 2 normal...
Or are you just a YES SIR man lick lick
Med Red
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11:34am Tue 11 Dec 12
Old-Stager, Hilperton wrote:He was indeed, but then he had good contacts within the game. Whereas Paolo seemingly doesn't..... wonder what Andy King's doing these days? Did he have health issues? Working with PDC might not be too good for his health!!
Med Red wrote:mmm....I seem to remember that the much maligned Andy King was brilliant at signing good players.
Our loss, their gain AND we got Adam Rooney. What a rank bad piece of business that was!! Hopefully our new Chairman will make sure we get money for Caddis, which will be used to sign a decent striker.
Ditch Spencer, we need a Chief Scout.
Wilesy
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1:00pm Tue 11 Dec 12
I would much rather see an English Number 2 come in to assist Paolo. The ego would never allow it, obviously, but it could be the missing piece of the jigsaw.
emly1975
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1:30pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Fair play Caddis I remember Paolo saying that Caddis was not good enough at league one or two level (in a normal through my toys out the pram moment) and what did he do first game for Birmingham and he gets man of the match.
I dont think he looks out of place at Birmingham and think he will probably sign for them as soon as Jan.
One player dosent make a team but maybe we are missing a little bit of Caddis.
I think it is very unhealthy to not be allowed an an opinion in the work place and lets face it thats all he did!!
RamsburyRed
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1:35pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Wilesy wrote:Hang on, firstly please let's not rekindle this myth (started by the man himself) that Andy King had such a great eye for a player and signed all these 'gems'. Who are they? In all the time he was here, for every Parkin there were five Sabins. Believe it or not, I'm not having a go at the guy, he did ok at a time when we were potless, but please don't tell me he found hidden gems. How many players signed by him were sold on for big fees?
Hang on hang on! Virtually all the signings made from Wes onwards have been good on paper. Why they are not doing the business is another matter, and no need to call for Andy King to save the day! I would much rather see an English Number 2 come in to assist Paolo. The ego would never allow it, obviously, but it could be the missing piece of the jigsaw.
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And secondly, there is no chance of Paolo having a new number 2.
Oi Den!
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2:31pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Wilesy wrote:Agree Wilesy. Although I think we have made some duff signings, overall we have a squad of good individual players but only an average team. It's not like a couple of years ago, when there were such glaring weaknesses in the squad that our poor performances and ultimate relegation came as little surprise. Wilson's excellent team of 2009/10 was probably only marginally better than the one we have now but they played with such passion and belief that good performances and victories were the norm rather than the exception - until the calamitous late season collapse of course. I believe PDC's challenge is to galvanise the players he has, not to look for magic solutions halfway through the season.
Hang on hang on! Virtually all the signings made from Wes onwards have been good on paper. Why they are not doing the business is another matter, and no need to call for Andy King to save the day!
I would much rather see an English Number 2 come in to assist Paolo. The ego would never allow it, obviously, but it could be the missing piece of the jigsaw.
MITTED
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2:47pm Tue 11 Dec 12
There seems quite a few that seemed to have forgotten that Caddis by his own admission, skived off from training sessions. In other words, he repeatedly absented himself from work without management approval. That is a sackable offence in any other walk of life! For someone on £1000s per week, his conduct was disagraceful and it is even more unpalatable that he ended up manipulating a move to a championship club. A sad way to end his impressive Town career but one of his own making.
COYR
dreamofacleansheet2
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3:09pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Dear Paul I liked you a lot as a player and Captain (although a little to mouthy with refs for my liking). However there is no excuse for your lack of setting an example by your admitted skipped training. As Captain quite rightly the manager needed you to set an example. You were even give more leniency because you were such a good pro last year. Unfortunately you tried to take advantage of this leniency and rightly paid the price.
No mater what people think about our manager and some of his methods (criticising players in public and lack of plan b to change a game being two that are definitely worth a discussion) I have said before that I hope whoever the club appoints when he leaves that they appoint someone with the same desire, discipline and work ethic. That this becomes the "Swindon Way".
By having a pop Caddis does himself no favours. I will be delighted if we get some money for him January, we can spend it on Bostock and building this club to be great again.
the wizard
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3:14pm Tue 11 Dec 12
MITTED wrote:Usually agree with much of what you write, however, I'd never heard of Caddis having a bad word for anyone, let alone falling out, but our illustrious manager, well that seems to be a habit he has. I agree about the absenteeism but a proffesessional doesn't do that without good reason. Simple truth is we all, will never know what was really said, but Caddis is now with Brum, on probably more money and probably better thought of by the man in charge, he won, we got lard in his place. Hope Nathan continues to improve.
Caddis who? I would rather have Nathan Thompson in the team. He is a much better defender and is quickly improving his attacking qualities.
There seems quite a few that seemed to have forgotten that Caddis by his own admission, skived off from training sessions. In other words, he repeatedly absented himself from work without management approval. That is a sackable offence in any other walk of life! For someone on £1000s per week, his conduct was disagraceful and it is even more unpalatable that he ended up manipulating a move to a championship club. A sad way to end his impressive Town career but one of his own making.
COYR
sagadude
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3:18pm Tue 11 Dec 12
1. Dicanio to Sheff Wed.
2. Ritchie to Palace.
3. Flint to Brizzle City.
4. Owen Hargreaves to STFC as player/Manager.
Hmmm?
Oxon-Red
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3:37pm Tue 11 Dec 12
sagadude wrote:'Rumours' was a Fleetwood Mac album but I don't recognise the tracks you have listed :-)
Rumours: 1. Dicanio to Sheff Wed. 2. Ritchie to Palace. 3. Flint to Brizzle City. 4. Owen Hargreaves to STFC as player/Manager. Hmmm?
COYMR
DarrenSTFCRomain
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5:32pm Tue 11 Dec 12
bongiaz wrote:If i think that there is a better way of doing it or if something else needs 2 be done first then yes i will have my say..
DarrenSTFCRomain wrote:Childish response, so glad I'm not your boss! So in your little world the boss asks you to do something you dont do it, and then expect to argue it out with him to see who was right or wrong?bongiaz wrote:YES I DO challenge the boss.. But just like every other man in the world we chat about it and see who was right or wrong... 2 min after that its back 2 normal... Or are you just a YES SIR man lick lickDarrenSTFCRomain wrote:I wonder how many of you challenge your bosses at work and still have a great working relationship?Oi Den! wrote:Spot on Den!.. Why should he not have his say ?... He could have said a lot more as he was talking on BBC W Mid but chose not to.FAIR PLAY TO HIM Its not like paolo kept quiet about this or any other player is it ??????????Summerof69 wrote: Personally I think he should keep his thoughts to himself. At the end of the day, whether he likes it or not, he is contracted to Swindon Town. And whilst I appreciate that he will never play for us again, under Paolo, we can make it very difficult for him in the summer. I do think we have lost a quality player but unless he actually wants to play for us then I would rather see him performing at the highest possible level, and hopefully, increasing his stock along the way.Why should he keep his thoughts to himself? He hasn't had a go at anyone; he's just said things have worked out well for him.
But im on the buildings so your line of work might be different
Malkym
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5:55pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Oxon-Red wrote:Oxon point taken but its worrying that we are not hitting the target and that once again service from midfield was poor? So who are the most culpable? Midfield for not supplying quality balls in or the strikers themselves for not being able to put the ball in the onion bag? The number if times we've hit the woodwork in the last two games is staggering but at the end of the day a miss is as good as a mile isn't it?
Malkym wrote:Malkym,
Didn't see the Donny game as I was on my way to mallorca's neck of the woods, well mainland part. Seems WC the bog roll 2 are still firing turds instead of Exocets with dry Martini close behind. I'll stand by my claim that W + C won't score a score between them - was it Grim that said Willo failed to round the keeper again on a 1 on 1. Looking forward to seeing if they hit the net against tranmere but won't be having them down for 1st goal scorer!
Thought you might have looked at the team sheet before making your statement.
M+W started on Saturday and worked very well together. They held the ball up well, fed the midfield and were one of the main reasons why we dominated the game. What they didn't receive was good service from the midfield.
On the 1-on-1, he had to try to nick the ball past him and stay on his feet to score as it was a long way out. We should also remember that he has just returned from an injury that was picked up in a challenge with the keeper.
COYMR
Oxon-Red
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9:35pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Malkym wrote:I haven't been to away games but I have seen all the home games and to me the problem is the supply to the strikers.
Oxon-Red wrote:Oxon point taken but its worrying that we are not hitting the target and that once again service from midfield was poor? So who are the most culpable? Midfield for not supplying quality balls in or the strikers themselves for not being able to put the ball in the onion bag? The number if times we've hit the woodwork in the last two games is staggering but at the end of the day a miss is as good as a mile isn't it?Malkym wrote: Didn't see the Donny game as I was on my way to mallorca's neck of the woods, well mainland part. Seems WC the bog roll 2 are still firing turds instead of Exocets with dry Martini close behind. I'll stand by my claim that W + C won't score a score between them - was it Grim that said Willo failed to round the keeper again on a 1 on 1. Looking forward to seeing if they hit the net against tranmere but won't be having them down for 1st goal scorer!Malkym, Thought you might have looked at the team sheet before making your statement. M+W started on Saturday and worked very well together. They held the ball up well, fed the midfield and were one of the main reasons why we dominated the game. What they didn't receive was good service from the midfield. On the 1-on-1, he had to try to nick the ball past him and stay on his feet to score as it was a long way out. We should also remember that he has just returned from an injury that was picked up in a challenge with the keeper. COYMR
Perhaps this is poor positioning but in theory it could be sorted. I remember watching a training session with the good Danny Wilson side and he spent almost half the session working on delivery into the penalty area. This explains, to me, the reason why Paynter and Austin did so well that season.
Would love to know the goals to shots ratio of our Strikers, it is probably fairly decent based on what I have seen at home this season.
COYMR
Oi Den!
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10:17pm Tue 11 Dec 12
Angolan Red
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5:51am Wed 12 Dec 12
jayden
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7:14am Wed 12 Dec 12
Angolan Red wrote:Least you can spell out.
Caddis-Rooney -Benson back Decanio out out out
smirg kcab says...
3:33pm Mon 10 Dec 12
Onwards and upwards