Paolo Di Canio

[socrates28]

Loved watching his exhileration - refreshing - we should have appointed him at West Ham the minute he was available

[Travel2003]

I bet other Italian coaches would be shocked to see the smear on his suite (below the knees).

Had to laugh when he disappeared inside the mob of players after the goal.

[tw25rw]

Loved watching his exhileration - refreshing - we should have appointed him at West Ham the minute he was available

I would have had him in a heartbeat..

[carmine]

I bet other Italian coaches would be shocked to see the smear on his suite (below the knees).

Had to laugh when he disappeared inside the mob of players after the goal.

If thats his reaction to a Sunderland goal whats he going to do when they get the inevitable bad decision? Drop his trousers, bend over and moon the ref?

Have to admit, he is funny in a mental type way!

[Travel2003]

I bet other Italian coaches would be shocked to see the smear on his suite (below the knees).

Had to laugh when he disappeared inside the mob of players after the goal.

If thats his reaction to a Sunderland goal whats he going to do when they get the inevitable bad decision? Drop his trousers, bend over and moon the ref?

Have to admit, he is funny in a mental type way!

True.

Like him or not, but he really adds some spice to the dish.

[Chicog]

He's a nutter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j37sS1u2FR8

[Travel2003]

Yes he is, or at least was a nutter.

However, the "fights with Ref" title is nothing less than ridicules.

The ref got more comments about his pathetic dramatically fall, than Di Canio did for that little push.

Winterburn almost shit his pants when the much smaller Di Canio raised his arm.

He admitted it later in an interview.

[Chicog]

Yes he is, or at least was a nutter.

However, the "fights with Ref" title is nothing less than ridicules.

The ref got more comments about his pathetic dramatically fall, than Di Canio did for that little push.

Winterburn almost shit his pants when the much smaller Di Canio raised his arm.

He admitted it later in an interview.

Much smaller, <deleted> are you on about?!

[Travel2003]

Yes he is, or at least was a nutter.

However, the "fights with Ref" title is nothing less than ridicules.

The ref got more comments about his pathetic dramatically fall, than Di Canio did for that little push.

Winterburn almost shit his pants when the much smaller Di Canio raised his arm.

He admitted it later in an interview.

Much smaller, <deleted> are you on about?!

Look at the video.

After all, you did look at it before you posted it, right?

[Chicog]

Yes he is, or at least was a nutter.

However, the "fights with Ref" title is nothing less than ridicules.

The ref got more comments about his pathetic dramatically fall, than Di Canio did for that little push.

Winterburn almost shit his pants when the much smaller Di Canio raised his arm.

He admitted it later in an interview.

Much smaller, <deleted> are you on about?!

Look at the video.

After all, you did look at it before you posted it, right?

Should have gone to specsavers pal.

Nutty is 2" shorter than Di Canio.

Unless you're implying he was wearing a pair of slingbacks.

[tw25rw]

They played together not long later and apparently got on ok..

[Chicog]

He's lucky Keown kept his cool that day.

[carmine]

He's lucky Keown kept his cool that day.

Nah, Keowm was a pussy with a big gob and a monkeys head

[Travel2003]

I saw the post match interview with him on BBC sport football (online), and he was remarkably cool and well spoken, with a hint of humor about himself too.

Well, they won a great victory.

[Chicog]

He's lucky Keown kept his cool that day.

Nah, Keowm was a pussy with a big gob and a monkeys head

Well we did used to call him Plug (see below), but I'd like you to call him a pussy to his face.... but of course you wouldn't, as like all tiny totts fans you're all mouth and no trousers.

Edited April 16, 2013 by Chicog

[carmine]

He's lucky Keown kept his cool that day.

Nah, Keowm was a pussy with a big gob and a monkeys head

Well we did used to call him Plug (see below), but I'd like you to call him a pussy to his face.... but of course you wouldn't, as like all tiny totts fans you're all mouth and no trousers.

I'm actually a Spurs fan with the dubious honour of having met Tony Adams. Another member of your famous mong back four, but i have to say, a top top bloke and an absolute pleasure to have met. Thought George Graham was a plonker mind!!

[Chicog]

[Chicog]

He's lucky Keown kept his cool that day.

Nah, Keowm was a pussy with a big gob and a monkeys head

Well we did used to call him Plug (see below), but I'd like you to call him a pussy to his face.... but of course you wouldn't, as like all tiny totts fans you're all mouth and no trousers.

I'm actually a Spurs fan with the dubious honour of having met Tony Adams. Another member of your famous mong back four, but i have to say, a top top bloke and an absolute pleasure to have met. Thought George Graham was a plonker mind!!

He turned up at a friend of mine's funeral, although he was a bit taken aback to get invited to the wake at The Gunners pub, having only recently published "Addicted"!

Gave him a little wave as he slipped out quietly afterwards and crept away under the cover of a hedge, bless him.

He didn't even know the deceased, it was a lovely gesture for him to come.

In fairness, if a lot of the fans of both teams knew how many of the opposing players are good friends with each other, they'd have a cow!

[Travel2003]

If someone threw a banana on the pitch, towards Bale.

Would that person be banned for racism?

Sorry, off topic, but could not resist.

[Chicog]

If someone threw a banana on the pitch, towards Bale.

Would that person be banned for racism?

Sorry, off topic, but could not resist.

No, apparently the crime is "Disgraceful behaviour"....

An Arsenal fan has been banned three years from soccer matches for throwing a banana at Tottenham forward Gareth Bale.

Thomas Flint was accused by a judge of ''disgraceful behavior'' for hurling the fruit at Bale, who is white, as he took a corner kick. Flint also swore at Tottenham fans during the Premier League match at White Hart Lane on March 3.

District Judge Rebecca Crane told Flint at a magistrates' court on Friday that he allowed his passion for soccer ''to boil over into hostility for a single player and the opposing team. It could have boiled over into violence.''

Flint was also fined $385.

Arsenal had previously said it would ban for life the fan found guilty of the offense.

Swearing at Tottenham fans, he must have stuck out like a sore thumb.

Edited April 16, 2013 by Chicog

[mjj]

Fined $385! I hope the exchange rate was favourable. :-)

[StevieH]

sacked. good riddance to a horrible self-obsessed nurk.

Paolo Di Canio sacked as Sunderland manager after row with players

• Resentments come to a head at training ground

• Sunderland at bottom of Premier League table

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/sep/22/paolo-di-canio-sunderland-sacked

Paolo Di Canio was sacked by Sunderland on Sunday night after festering resentments among his players came to a head at an ill-tempered training-ground meeting on Sunday morning.

Di Canio, whose team had taken only one point from the season's opening five league fixtures, called the meeting to analyse the previous day's 3-0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion. When the manager criticised his players, he was answered back forcefully, with Lee Cattermole, the midfielder he stripped of the captaincy, believed to have told him the squad had lost faith in his controversial methods.

When details of the row were relayed to Ellis Short, Sunderland's owner, Di Canio's time was up. The Italian, noted for scathing public deconstructions of players, has gone less than six months after succeeding Martin O'Neill and after only 13 matches.

It is not thought that Short has a replacement lined up but considerable speculation surrounds the availability of Roberto Di Matteo and Gus Poyet.

"Sunderland AFC confirms that it has parted company with head coach Paolo Di Canio this evening," read a club statement. "Kevin Ball will take charge of the squad ahead of Tuesday night's Capital One Cup game against Peterborough and an announcement will be made in due course regarding a permanent successor. The club would like to place on record its thanks to Paolo and his staff and wishes them well for the future."

Ball, the youth team coach, and an abrasive former Sunderland midfielder of the type Di Canio urgently required, is not likely to be in post for long. Short is expected to move swiftly, with Di Matteo, the former West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea manager, and Poyet, until recently in charge of Brighton, among the favourites. Roberto Mancini, out of work after leaving Manchester City, has previously expressed interest in the job but would probably be beyond Sunderland's budget. Meanwhile Steve McClaren, currently helping Harry Redknapp coach Queens Park Rangers, ranks as an outsider.

Di Canio can count himself unlucky after being asked to incorporate 14 summer signings made by Roberto De Fanti, the club's director of football. Of those recruits 13 were foreign and only five had previous Premier League experience.

Their failure to communicate properly forfeited a series of goals – and points – at set pieces, with the former Swindon manager's willingness to highlight players' errors in public drawing widespread criticism.

Di Canio was adamant that, given time, his bold attacking game plans – 4-2-4 was the favoured formation – would pay dividends and his strict new disciplinary regime would transform Sunderland's fortunes.

Short disagreed but how the Italian must rue his board's failure to bow to repeated requests to sign Tom Huddlestone from Tottenham last month. Instead the powerful midfielder is shining at Hull.

Di Canio's successor faces a considerable challenge as he endeavours to repair shattered morale and steer Sunderland clear of relegation waters.

[uptheos]

sacked. good riddance to a horrible self-obsessed nurk.

Yep, let the clown return to the circus!

[Chicog]

I think his antics at the weekend sealed his fate. What did he think he was doing?

[jellydog]

I think his antics at the weekend sealed his fate. What did he think he was doing?

He seemed clueless from the beginning and only got more so with time. Maybe he'd fit in back in Italy or some eastern Europe backwater town. He could insist on facial tattoos for every player and a fire eating course to "toughen up".

[StevieH]

I think his antics at the weekend sealed his fate. What did he think he was doing?

being 'wacky' and 'a character' and 'a breath of fresh air' and all those other terms the sycophantic british media likes to throw at nasty, self-obsessed <deleted> who give them easy copy. he's a poundstretcher mourinho with added right-wingedness.

[keddy]

I think his antics at the weekend sealed his fate. What did he think he was doing?

being 'wacky' and 'a character' and 'a breath of fresh air' and all those other terms the sycophantic british media likes to throw at nasty, self-obsessed <deleted> who give them easy copy. he's a poundstretcher mourinho with added right-wingedness.

It can't be easy dealing with a bunch of lazy overpaid prima donnas who want to keep their easy lifestyle going. Modern football has become a joke, the sooner it implodes the better,.

[Chicog]

Well turns out the players basically revolted against his dictatorial rule.

Which is a bit of a slap in the face considering he bought most of them in.

Edited September 23, 2013 by Chicog

[jellydog]

I think his antics at the weekend sealed his fate. What did he think he was doing?

being 'wacky' and 'a character' and 'a breath of fresh air' and all those other terms the sycophantic british media likes to throw at nasty, self-obsessed <deleted> who give them easy copy. he's a poundstretcher mourinho with added right-wingedness.

It can't be easy dealing with a bunch of lazy overpaid prima donnas who want to keep their easy lifestyle going. Modern football has become a joke, the sooner it implodes the better,.

Yes, but that's what man management is all about. Di Canio doesn't have it.

[StevieH]

I think his antics at the weekend sealed his fate. What did he think he was doing?

being 'wacky' and 'a character' and 'a breath of fresh air' and all those other terms the sycophantic british media likes to throw at nasty, self-obsessed <deleted> who give them easy copy. he's a poundstretcher mourinho with added right-wingedness.

It can't be easy dealing with a bunch of lazy overpaid prima donnas who want to keep their easy lifestyle going. Modern football has become a joke, the sooner it implodes the better,.

but plenty of other managers do it? it's part of the job.

i just get the feeling di canio, much like mourinho, manages for his own personal glorification. he was a self-centred egotistical prick as a player and just seems to have carried that on into his management style.