Winning trophies with Porto is a bit different than Stoke, isn't it? The Portuguese league is essentially a three club league; the same could be said of most leagues. He took the best Portuguese club of the last 20 years and won. Not saying he's not worthy of praise. But I'd like to see him take a truly shit side and build them up.
I'd like to see him take a real crap side like Stoke and show what he can do. When you are given a blank check every summer, it's not exactly the best test of your management acumen. No argument that he usually gets the best from his players, but look at the players he's had the good fortune of working with. I don't think he's quite the God that some people think he is...
To be fair to DiCanio, despite him generally being a complete clearing in the woods, he gave a minute's applause for Stan, and I can't remember seeing another visiting manager do the same.