In the
UK, we are very good at building someone up only to knock them down again once that person is successful. Over the past few weeks,
Paolo Di Canio, has tried
Swindon Town fans' patience with his shenanigans and I for one have tried to see the positives and hope that, once the sale of the club had gone through, the feisty Italian would calm down and accept the manager's role that would be offered back to him by the new board. First impressions of Mr. Jed McCrory for me is that he is a genuine football fan who has now achieved his life's ambition of getting himself into a financial position where he can jointly own, and be chairman of, a professional
English football club. Add to that, his obvious enthusiasm for wanting to get stuck into his new role and one can imagine that his first priority was to repair the damage and restore normalcy to the operation of the Wiltshire club. However, before there was a chance for the new chairman to offer an olive branch to Di Canio and reinstate him as the team manager, the ex-Swindon leader was on
Sky Sports News explaining that his "Swindon chapter was over". Not long after, there are reports in the media that he is considering suing Swindon Town for breach of contract!? Desperately in denial, since Swindon Town was put up for sale, I have been a proponent for getting Paolo Di Canio back as manager. However, with what has been going on and with Paolo Di Canio acting like a spoilt brat, I have to finally give up my support for him.
Kevin MacDonald has been hired as the new manager of Swindon Town and his oppo is to be
Mark Cooper, son of the legendary
Terry Cooper (
Leeds United et al and
England). What strikes the observer immediately about the new regime at SN1 are the smart suits and the obligatory club tie. The intended image is that of a business-like and united front, with one goal of getting Swindon Town to the second tier of the English League, the Championship. Here the club can really consolidate, build a new stadium and develop the income streams that will help Swindon Town sustain itself through the close season and build on the inevitable assault on the Premier League. His first game is going to be the away game at Coventry City on Saturday 2nd March and, hopefully, with 12 games to go, Swindon Town will be celebrating promotion as champions come the 27th April 2013. Swindon Town's history is being added to as this article goes to press and, with that pause for breath, the team can put the last two games behind them and focus on becoming champions of League 1 for the season 2012/2013.
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