Di Canio committed to cause after meeting new chairman (From Swindon Advertiser)

Finally some good news!

Sounds positive!

It seems the man waited to meet with the chairman before he spoke with the media. seems sensible to me.
now lets get on with winning some games!!!!

Well I'm glad PDC says he will continue to be our manager.

I do feel that he has been on a big learning curve at Swindon recently and will be aware now that a "cool head" is the best option for him to adopt.

However......

..I for one want PDC to remain the flamboyant character that he has become and not a puppet of the board.

So...

...PDC do it your way please.

Just get us promoted ASAP.

A big test of Poalo's management skills this evening to get a result with half the team out injured or suspended! I'm very pleased he has committed to the club now lets get back to winning football matches.

Well that puts a non issue to bed then.
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As seemed obvious from the outset, this issue was about moving the club forward off the pitch, with the onfield ambition remaining the same...
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6th in the league and in good hands, on and off the field, happy days.....

I feel very positive about the appointment of SWP but, given he is a diplomat and negotiator, I am astonished this meeting was not arranged before the announcement to remove JW was made public. We could all have anticipated PDC's reaction which was a bit of an own goal scored there imo.

Never any doubt for me that Paolo would leave. The idea that the board would change course is just frankly silly. They have set a plan in motion backed their man brilliantly. Patey has clearly been brought into the club to help sell it to further investors. I do hope that any new investment is for up to 50% and not for the whole club as stability is a wonderful thing. That said they have every right to sell in full if they so desire.

Will the full house against Villa help us to get over the budget deficit, presumably the board couldn't have budgeted a full house?

Confident of a win tonight, we have the beating of any team in this league especially those that choose to play football like Crew.

dreamofacleansheet2 wrote:
Never any doubt for me that Paolo would leave. The idea that the board would change course is just frankly silly. They have set a plan in motion backed their man brilliantly. Patey has clearly been brought into the club to help sell it to further investors. I do hope that any new investment is for up to 50% and not for the whole club as stability is a wonderful thing. That said they have every right to sell in full if they so desire.

Will the full house against Villa help us to get over the budget deficit, presumably the board couldn't have budgeted a full house?

Confident of a win tonight, we have the beating of any team in this league especially those that choose to play football like Crew.

Not at all sure about your last para there dreamo. Colchester played football from the back while we hoofed it, and they ran out deserving winners. Also, against Coventry we chased shadows for an hour while they knocked it around. The concern I have now is that PDC has resorted to a lot of long ball because he realises our midfield struggles to compete with good footballing sides.

Never believed the rummors for one minute. Paolo has a plan, the board has a plan. Its seems to be on track, why change it.

3 big points tonight to set us back on track. (not that we are really off it)

Phew......

Glad Pdc managed to listen to what was being said to him.
He has a hard job ahead just hope he is up to the task.
As the players he has fallen out with makes you cringe at the amounts of money wasted.
So is a new chapter for Pdc I do hope he gets the help from the Board and support of the fans as what he now has to achieve will not be an easy task
Good luck

Good, time to move on now.

Great result from the Speedway Robins, winning the league for the first time in 45 years.

They should be paraded round the County Ground with the trophy before the Villa game...and a couple of the bikes roaring along in front of the Don Rogers will help lift the roof before the players come out!

The next two evening games have the potential to match the atmosphere we haven't experienced since the 3-0 win over Leeds. If these games don't fire the players up nothing will.

That's better Paolo!now lets move on cause we got some very tough games and some very big games coming up,lets get back to football and let Bill sort this embargo out asap!!!!!!!!!!!

Another view wrote:
Good, time to move on now. Great result from the Speedway Robins, winning the league for the first time in 45 years. They should be paraded round the County Ground with the trophy before the Villa game...and a couple of the bikes roaring along in front of the Don Rogers will help lift the roof before the players come out! The next two evening games have the potential to match the atmosphere we haven't experienced since the 3-0 win over Leeds. If these games don't fire the players up nothing will.

Yes - seems that "trouble tut mill lad" has been ironed out - Great Idea about the speedway robins parading the trophy with a couple of bikes before the villa game - preferably at the same time "knobbin robin" is doing his/her pre-match gyration to "rockin in the tree tops" - kill one bird with two stones (i.e. who killed **** robin & the bike noise will drown out wacko jacko at the same time) -result!

Good PR for the Maccy cup game - a fiver will do me to watch it!

Great idea about the Speedway boys parading the trophy. Someone get onto the club or maybe Sir Will's has thought about it already!

Den fair point am obviously an optimist about our chances generally and I have a feeling that we've made our errors and will hopefully be stronger for it long term and are now ready to kick on.

I'm with you all on the speedway. Cracking idea AV. Rossiter is a keen Town fan so I'm sure he would be all for it.

The best news ever! If the new chairman can deliver on new investment and get some or all of the debt wiped out, things will get even better. Now Paolo has to ensure that the team perform and deliver that promotion.

Good news indeed.
I'm not sure if this embargo is all the Towns fault from what I can make out. It would seem to me that arrangements had been set up between the clubs involved to structure the transfer fees over two years. I understand it was the FL tribunal which then said they had to be paid up front, and was what pushed the spend over the cap by 1.5%.
I've said before that you need as much luck as skill in a successful season. Whether you play teams during an off period our when they are on form. How your own injuries and suspensions fall. If you play teams with a new manager just installed, or teams at the bottom near the end of the season. So far it doesn't seem to be going our way exactly - but we're still there or there abouts.
I get as frustrated by our inconsistencies as much as anyone, but I'm sure it will come good!
Let's start with the 3 points tonight!

COYR! WAPR&WA!

Positive News!
Notice no comments from SAPF or Darren, coincidence or what!!

In my infinate wisdom - I would have been surprised if he left just now!

We met Paolo before the game saturday as Match Day sponsors and basically he was so very open and made comments along these lines.
The issue was that if the Board met his expectations around the 3 year plan (and the reason why he came here) then he would stay.
He was full of praise for his "friend" Jeremy Wray but he placed a great deal of respect on the Swindon Supporters, mentioning the relationship he has with the Club and the respect he has following the death of both of his parents.
I refrained from posting since Saturday as it was clear that all hinged on the meeting that he wanted with the Board.
This is fantastic news and he is an amazing character. Meeting Paolo Saturday and mentioning we were loyal fans as match day sponsors and not a corporate company was amazing. He completely opened up to us and it was a memorable moment that I will always remember.
He definitely comes across as a loyal but ambitious Chap and glad he is remaining with us for now.

Very positive :)

Paolo as committed as ever, the debt being reduced, the stadium redevelopment going ahead :) The future looks very good :)

TheDukeOfBanbury wrote:
We met Paolo before the game saturday as Match Day sponsors and basically he was so very open and made comments along these lines.
The issue was that if the Board met his expectations around the 3 year plan (and the reason why he came here) then he would stay.
He was full of praise for his "friend" Jeremy Wray but he placed a great deal of respect on the Swindon Supporters, mentioning the relationship he has with the Club and the respect he has following the death of both of his parents.
I refrained from posting since Saturday as it was clear that all hinged on the meeting that he wanted with the Board.
This is fantastic news and he is an amazing character. Meeting Paolo Saturday and mentioning we were loyal fans as match day sponsors and not a corporate company was amazing. He completely opened up to us and it was a memorable moment that I will always remember.
He definitely comes across as a loyal but ambitious Chap and glad he is remaining with us for now.

Good post Duke, thanks for that.

ciclosporindorset wrote:
In my infinate wisdom - I would have been surprised if he left just now!

Yeah right! Course!

Not many comments so far today, maybe some are banging their heads in frustration, hoping some dark, secret, locked away whinge can emerge!

avo wrote:
Not many comments so far today, maybe some are banging their heads in frustration, hoping some dark, secret, locked away whinge can emerge!

Its always quiet when good news appears!

Thanks for the insight Duke. I am disppointed that it took until after the match for Chairman and Manager to meet. Diplomats worry a lot about timing so I guess it was deliberate to establish a little bit of distance. Still it seems to be ok in terms of the ongoing plan. Paolo's thought processes also seem to be the same so inevitably there will be rough terrain ahead. Suspect the IED will be Investigate Every Demand rather than Implement E...D...... Still very pleased to have got through the first road block.

Apologies for going off topic but I've got to complain somewhere ... Is anybody else p****d off with Player recently? At the beginning of the season we were getting 5 minutes of highlights, now we're down to 2. We've had so many near misses in recent games it would be good to see a few of them. Player devotes more time to the teams coming onto the pitch and shaking hands at the end than it does to the action. And while I'm on a roll ... Maybe it's my computer or ISP, but I lose signal about a dozen times in an average 90 minute game. And the only way I've found to get the commentary back is either Ctrl+F5 or to switch to the other team's commentary and then back to Swindon's. I have to put down my pint to do it. If anybody has found a quicker way I'd really like to hear it.

RobinRobin wrote:
Apologies for going off topic but I've got to complain somewhere ... Is anybody else p****d off with Player recently? At the beginning of the season we were getting 5 minutes of highlights, now we're down to 2. We've had so many near misses in recent games it would be good to see a few of them. Player devotes more time to the teams coming onto the pitch and shaking hands at the end than it does to the action. And while I'm on a roll ... Maybe it's my computer or ISP, but I lose signal about a dozen times in an average 90 minute game. And the only way I've found to get the commentary back is either Ctrl+F5 or to switch to the other team's commentary and then back to Swindon's. I have to put down my pint to do it. If anybody has found a quicker way I'd really like to hear it.

I have the same problems RR. I also find the scores not updated and live table is never accurate. Not as good as it used to be.

Rebel_phish wrote:
Never believed the rummors for one minute. Paolo has a plan, the board has a plan. Its seems to be on track, why change it.

3 big points tonight to set us back on track. (not that we are really off it)

Agree phish, there were so many posting over the weekend half hoping paolo would walk and we would be OK without him, (they know who they are), how they could doubt his commitment on his one statement "that he would have to consider his future" I find hard to believe, but there you go, it takes all sorts I guess, probably watch all the soaps for a bit of drama in their lives. lol!

Since 1950 wrote:

RobinRobin wrote:
Apologies for going off topic but I've got to complain somewhere ... Is anybody else p****d off with Player recently? At the beginning of the season we were getting 5 minutes of highlights, now we're down to 2. We've had so many near misses in recent games it would be good to see a few of them. Player devotes more time to the teams coming onto the pitch and shaking hands at the end than it does to the action. And while I'm on a roll ... Maybe it's my computer or ISP, but I lose signal about a dozen times in an average 90 minute game. And the only way I've found to get the commentary back is either Ctrl+F5 or to switch to the other team's commentary and then back to Swindon's. I have to put down my pint to do it. If anybody has found a quicker way I'd really like to hear it.

I have the same problems RR. I also find the scores not updated and live table is never accurate. Not as good as it used to be.

1950 - don't know if it helps but right at the end of the Scunthorpe game I hit ctrl+F5 to reconnect - and the scores and table updated as well. May have been coincidence but I intend to try again tonight. Incidentally, if 'Since 1950' means what I think it does - my first CG visit was in 1950 too.

TheDukeOfBanbury wrote:
We met Paolo before the game saturday as Match Day sponsors and basically he was so very open and made comments along these lines.
The issue was that if the Board met his expectations around the 3 year plan (and the reason why he came here) then he would stay.
He was full of praise for his "friend" Jeremy Wray but he placed a great deal of respect on the Swindon Supporters, mentioning the relationship he has with the Club and the respect he has following the death of both of his parents.
I refrained from posting since Saturday as it was clear that all hinged on the meeting that he wanted with the Board.
This is fantastic news and he is an amazing character. Meeting Paolo Saturday and mentioning we were loyal fans as match day sponsors and not a corporate company was amazing. He completely opened up to us and it was a memorable moment that I will always remember.
He definitely comes across as a loyal but ambitious Chap and glad he is remaining with us for now.

Great insight Duke thanks. Funny you should mention that Paolo has If anything an extra special with Town fans because of the universal support he received when he lost his parents, and funnily enough when commenting on the unrest over the last few days I mentioned the very same insomuch that that special bond would be one of the major reasons to consider if he were to decide to leave. Happily we now know that for the time being he's staying put and I think 99.9% of all fans are pleased about that.

S/b "an extra special bond"

old town robin wrote:

Rebel_phish wrote:
Never believed the rummors for one minute. Paolo has a plan, the board has a plan. Its seems to be on track, why change it.

3 big points tonight to set us back on track. (not that we are really off it)

Agree phish, there were so many posting over the weekend half hoping paolo would walk and we would be OK without him, (they know who they are), how they could doubt his commitment on his one statement "that he would have to consider his future" I find hard to believe, but there you go, it takes all sorts I guess, probably watch all the soaps for a bit of drama in their lives. lol!

OTR, some of us were just saying that the club is bigger than the man. We have to believe we would be OK without him. That is not the same as wanting him to leave. But let's be realistic. If someone says "he would have to consider his future" it means only one thing. PDC has only himself to blame for all the speculation over what might happen if he goes. In my view he is a mixed bag of the good and the infuriating - and I want him to stay.

TheDukeOfBanbury wrote:
We met Paolo before the game saturday as Match Day sponsors and basically he was so very open and made comments along these lines.
The issue was that if the Board met his expectations around the 3 year plan (and the reason why he came here) then he would stay.
He was full of praise for his "friend" Jeremy Wray but he placed a great deal of respect on the Swindon Supporters, mentioning the relationship he has with the Club and the respect he has following the death of both of his parents.
I refrained from posting since Saturday as it was clear that all hinged on the meeting that he wanted with the Board.
This is fantastic news and he is an amazing character. Meeting Paolo Saturday and mentioning we were loyal fans as match day sponsors and not a corporate company was amazing. He completely opened up to us and it was a memorable moment that I will always remember.
He definitely comes across as a loyal but ambitious Chap and glad he is remaining with us for now.

Can't believe you didn't bring a bottle of bubbly down to the lounge bar!?...Pah!!
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Hope you're well and good to catch up brief as it was....how do you know the other two guys on the table?

Oi Den! wrote:

old town robin wrote:

Rebel_phish wrote:
Never believed the rummors for one minute. Paolo has a plan, the board has a plan. Its seems to be on track, why change it.

3 big points tonight to set us back on track. (not that we are really off it)

Agree phish, there were so many posting over the weekend half hoping paolo would walk and we would be OK without him, (they know who they are), how they could doubt his commitment on his one statement "that he would have to consider his future" I find hard to believe, but there you go, it takes all sorts I guess, probably watch all the soaps for a bit of drama in their lives. lol!

OTR, some of us were just saying that the club is bigger than the man. We have to believe we would be OK without him. That is not the same as wanting him to leave. But let's be realistic. If someone says "he would have to consider his future" it means only one thing. PDC has only himself to blame for all the speculation over what might happen if he goes. In my view he is a mixed bag of the good and the infuriating - and I want him to stay.

How are you den? Just noticed your post [CHICKENS) did you get the leicester city post?

RobinRobin wrote:

Since 1950 wrote:

RobinRobin wrote: Apologies for going off topic but I've got to complain somewhere ... Is anybody else p****d off with Player recently? At the beginning of the season we were getting 5 minutes of highlights, now we're down to 2. We've had so many near misses in recent games it would be good to see a few of them. Player devotes more time to the teams coming onto the pitch and shaking hands at the end than it does to the action. And while I'm on a roll ... Maybe it's my computer or ISP, but I lose signal about a dozen times in an average 90 minute game. And the only way I've found to get the commentary back is either Ctrl+F5 or to switch to the other team's commentary and then back to Swindon's. I have to put down my pint to do it. If anybody has found a quicker way I'd really like to hear it.

I have the same problems RR. I also find the scores not updated and live table is never accurate. Not as good as it used to be.

1950 - don't know if it helps but right at the end of the Scunthorpe game I hit ctrl+F5 to reconnect - and the scores and table updated as well. May have been coincidence but I intend to try again tonight. Incidentally, if 'Since 1950' means what I think it does - my first CG visit was in 1950 too.

Only listen to the away games RR.

Yes my first visit was in 1950 when my Father introduced me to the county ground. If he was still alive he'd be able to tell you who we played against on that day and, no doubt, tell you most of the team.

Malkym wrote:
S/b "an extra special bond"

Malkym the post the other day about halloween ment that Mowbray was a ugly gitt