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05th Apr 2013

Space Cadets: Paolo Di Canio

With his name hitting the headlines all over the shop this week, the one and only Paolo Di Canio is our Space Cadet

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With his name hitting the headlines all over the shop this week, the one and only Paolo Di Canio is our Space Cadet

By Adrian Collins

His views have been pretty controversial, which is why his appointment as Sunderland manager in the Premier League has people talking all over the shop this week.

Paolo Di Canio was a brilliantly talented footballer, and as one of the first foreign names in the early days of the Premiership, he lit up the league for good and bad reasons.

When he was good he was very good though, he scored an absolute belter against Wimbledon which has been hailed as one of the best goals in the history of the League, and he’s scored several other classic goals, including this brilliant one against Chelsea, where he can clearly be seen shouting “Mama mia” afterwards, which is our favourite part of it.

When he was bad, he was a bit of a scoundrel though, as he had quite a short fuse, as both Martin Keown and referee Paul Alcock found out first hand during this incident.

He has also had some well publicised political views which are nothing short of controversial, as he made a Roman salute to the crowd while playing for Lazio, and has expressed a fondness for some of the aspects of the regime of fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.

However, Di Canio denies that he is in any way fascist, and argues that the quotes people use to accuse him of this are in fact incorrect.

What Di Canio actually said in his lengthy interview was that the dictator was “a very principled and ethical individual”, which could be taken in a number of ways.

Either way, he’s got an interesting management style which involves insulting his players and from time to time just straight out fighting them.

Sometimes he also just kicks them up the arse, which is also a motivational tactic that might not fly at the highest level with Sunderland.

However, he’s also the man who was named as a great advocate of Fair Play back in the day, for this great piece sporting play.

All in all, he’s a bit of a strange one, but we’re guaranteed to see some interesting times at the Stadium of Light between now and the end of the season.

If you think you’re a space cadet just like Paolo, then prove it. Head over to lynxpollo.com, get yourself signed up and see if you’ve got what it takes to head into space.

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