The all-powerful PFA have been brought into Paolo di Canio’s row with his Sunderland players.
Following Sunday’s defeat at Spurs the Italian slammed his players as arrogant and ignorant on the day that Phil Bardsley was pictured in a newspaper lying on a casino floor surrounded by £50 notes.
Players union chief Gordon Taylor, who defended di Canio when he was sent off for pushing referee Paul Alcock.
Di Canio wasn’t slow to discipline players at Swindon Town but faces a backlash from Sunderland stars who haven’t bought into his hard line way.
“We know Paolo as a player and a manager, and he is a bit volatile,” players union chief Taylor admitted. “But he knows, from when he was a player with the PFA, what we are about. We represented him then, the same as we also represent the players (now).
“One point he made was about Sunderland being able to do what they want – well they can’t. There is a disciplinary procedure that is agreed.
“We obviously agree with discipline, but that has to be in line with the Football Association and the Premier League. From that point of view, there is a due process.
“It is not going to help matters blasting players in public, but that is what he has done, so we will deal with it. It is not always conducive to good player-management relations.
“He is his own man, but they do have to abide by laid-down procedures and Sunderland, being a member of the Premier League, know that as well as anybody.
“We don’t want to get into confrontation, but we have a job to do and we need the players to know that.”
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He was bang on the money, players just escaped the drop with the skin of there teeth and there out blootered lying about floors covered in money wtf is Di canio ment to say and the supporters must be raging at there antics I would be. Pampered arseholes in that premiership a would rather stay up here HH
oh the saints at the pfa have spoken fom their moral high ground?
speaking about he been too hard on his over weight, over paid bunch of primadonna’s & how he shouldnt blast them in public?
DiCanio will bring problems to any Club stupid enough to hire him .He is a proven trouble maker and his political beleifs will overflow into his management of players.He is a pompous loud mouthed braggart.It is all about Paulo Di Canio.I hope Sunderland see this man for what he is before the Club suffers too much.
edward DiCanio is not a trouble maker he is wanting the players to behave properly you my friend you are the one who is a loud mouthed braggard these people are paid more for a week than a working man can make in 3 years keep up the good work Paulo and take no notice of these Ar$$hole$
Any chance on elaborating on the problems he causes at clubs ? every Di canio story gets the same shit about his beliefs unbelievable. HH
A bit of both is true here.
DiCanio is a loose cannon for sure.
He is also right in this case, but oddly enough being the boss seemingly doesn’t give you the right to say it!
Great point NoPretender. Suarez was hung out to dry by a load of retards who don’t know which was is up. Evra lied through his teeth about what he was seemingly called by Suarez, and even changed his story later, but still they went after Suarez like there was a race!
The overpaid players at Sunderland deserved to hear the facts, but in the defence of the PFA, the world didn’t need to know it. DiCanio won’t last a year at Sunderland, I guarantee it.
would the pfa get involved if the players get bevvied and the management at sunderland said its allright we stayedup
Manager tells it like it is shocker, Di canio 100% correct. HH
What do they say praise in public chastise in private. A good manager does not have to go round telling everyone what he is doing he just does it. Where he is right in what he is doing he is wrong in the way he is going about it. Come on Di canio do what you have to do but keep it private.
Di Canio is for sure an excitable charachter but in my eyes has been demonised by the mainstream media that would have you believe mussilini, hitler and even Vlad the Impaler was his idols!
Sure he can let rip but who can blame the guy with a team thats not pulling its weight on the field and disgracing the club off it! You cant confuse loud mouth with passion! Good luck to the guy!