West Ham’s Paolo Di Canio ‘Circus’

With Paolo Di Canio resigning as manager of Swindon Town, the circus remains whether he could be on his way to West Ham. The fact that new contract talks have not started with Sam Allardyce, his contract runs out at the end of the season and a large number of West Ham fans have started calling for Di Canio to be instated as manager is only adding to the rumours.

 

 

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On his resignation Di Canio insisted it was due to “a number of broken promises” including the sale of Matt Richie, but with the Swindon Town take over all but complete, Swindon fans are no doubt wondering why Di Canio couldn’t have held out until the take over was complete. Was it the rumours linking Di Canio to West Ham too much of a draw for him and he wanted to be ready when West Ham were?

 

 

Paolo Di Canio certainly belongs in the heart of all West Ham fans, however, is this a step too far for Di Canio at the moment? Having guided Swindon Town to promotion up to League One in his first season as manager is a excellent achievement (even if Swindon Town were favourites and he had money readily available for transfers). He certainly has the passion as a manager to succeed at West Ham, he gets the players behind him and he most certainly isn’t scared to tell them exactly what he thinks good or bad. But he is volatile and can sometimes be a loose cannon which is not so good because the one thing West Ham would need should Sam Allardyce leave or not get offered another contract, is a manager with a level head and someone who can bring consistency to West Ham.

 

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My personal view on the matter is that Sam Allardyce has done a good job with West Ham. Yes he hasn’t set the world alight but he has made us a tougher team. I think we should stop the talk of a new manager until the end of the season, there is no good in changing our manager at this stage in the Premier League. We need to get behind Sam and the West Ham squad and show our support, granted at time it can be hard to do so, but that is more beneficial than adding more pressure to Sam Allardyce by calling on a new manger is it not? I feel Sam Allardyce is the right man for the moment, but do I feel he is the right man for the future? Maybe not. What I mean by this is that Sam Allardyce is the man to steady our ship but not to push us on for European glory. I know some fans are going to talk about recent results and how poor they have been and they are right, results of late have been extremely poor, but is this because of our early season success? I think so. We have hit our poor run now where as the likes of Reading and Southampton hit their poor run early on in the season.

 

I have no doubt that Paolo Di Canio will one day be the West Ham manager and I honestly can’t wait for that day. I just feel Di Canio needs experience at a higher level than what his current management and that will only improve Di Canio and benefit West Ham in the long run.

 

Let’s stop the Di Canio circus for the moment and do what we need to do and get behind Sam Allardyce so we can push on in the League this season and come the summer lets talk more about a new manager if Sam Allardyce’s contract still isn’t sorted.

 

I will end on Di Canio to West Ham – yes please just not at the moment

 

Carl Bateson

 

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