Paolo Di Canio

[Fugitive]

SD loves Di Canio.

[graham]

 

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is that ray wilkins in the corner ???

my views on di canio is he is a total nutjob and his interviews and post match comments are going to be worth watching

sit back and enjoy !

[njackets]

Funny how the fact he was a facist has not been that much of an issue when he was managing at Swindon, or playing for West Ham!

 

This, the media's false outrage is pathetic!

[ted tucker]

I'm just waiting to see his reaction when he finds out he's not the new manager of Sudetenland.

[stringvest]

So he's a Tory then?

 

Lib Dem

[zigackly]

I'm just waiting to see his reaction when he finds out he's not the new manager of Sudetenland.

 

An excellent post in full.

[xerxes]

He will put in a bid for JT, no question.

[Pureblood]

I'm just waiting to see his reaction when he finds out he's not the new manager of Sudetenland.

 

TK421 likes this.

[Anubis]

Bet he couldn't believe his luck. Perfect excuse to not have to come back to Sunderland twice a year for £25k.

Complete opportunism on his part.

Just like all the other champagne socialist twats that New Labour spawned.

And no i'm not a fucking tory.

He would have fucked off anyway.

He's an Arsenal fan for a start.

He also got them tied up in some bad oil sponsorship deal that went wrong and got the wrong side of the Ugandan government in the process.

 

This story is the biggest load of media driven bollocks since Suarez.

 

His parents fled the Nazis to avoid the concentration camps. His mum in particular had a dodgy time of it. I suspect shaking hands with Di Canio wasn't high on the list of things he believed he'd enjoy so he resigned. As would pretty much anyone in that position. Miliband hasn't actually made that much of a fuss and wished the club well.

[Newport]

Surely Miliband had to leave the board to save his own political careeer. If he'd stayed it would dead.

 

Edit: I see now on his Wikipedia he just got himself a new job in New York as well so it might have been coincidental. Oh and one of the organisations the current organisation was merged with to form the one he will work for used to help refugees from fascist countries in the 1930's.

Edited April 3, 2013 by Newport

[Anubis]

Surely Miliband had to leave the board to save his own political careeer. If he'd stayed it would dead.

 

He announced he was leaving politics a week before Di Canio was appointed.

[Jack the Sipper]

If he was not a footballer or manager, he would be riding around the streets of Italy on a Vespa slashing people's arses.

 

That's about the size of it.

 

Since this whole thing blew up I've seen numerous debates about what fascism is (mostly courtesy of Wikipedia), as if being able to define what fascism is, and what brand of fascism Di Canio supposedly adheres to is the deal-breaker here. There's people far more learned than the average football fan still debating the nuances of various political ideologies, so to see people defending him against some of the more objectional charges levelled against him via a cherry-picking of Wikifukinpedia's take on fascism dosen't really convince me.

 

I would imagine Di Canio's knowledge of the nuances of various forms of fascism and what distinguishes Italian fascism from German or Japanese fascism is about as comprehensive as the average EDL members knowledge of Constitutional Monarchies, even though the ones able to pronounce the term would no doubt state they support that system here.

 

The guy's a thug who, whilst obviously aware that the fascist salute is associated in most peoples minds with the genocidal Nazi's (and that it causes immense offence on that basis) still does it to Lazio fans waving Nazi flags. He's about as much of a deep-thinking ideologue as Joey Barton is when cutting and pasting Nietzsche quotes on his twitter page.

[setreal]

Well said, Sipper. And the media lap all this shit up. I remember a video on the Guardian website titled "Footballer Joey Barton on life, philosophy and art" (in fact here it is). I read that title and - having studied that shit myself - was, let's say sceptically curious what Barton would have to say about philosophy. Turns out: nothing. What he said were a few points of what HE thought about stuff. And the text turned this into "HIS philosophy". Final editing apparently then removed the HIS...

[bossy]

Bet he'd make sure our trains ran on time though

 

 

You mean 'the training', surely?

[Guest LFD]

Why was this not an issue when he was managing outside the Premiership?

[moof]

Why was this not an issue when he was managing outside the Premiership?

 

It still was, I'm sure Swindon had sponsorship agreements cancelled because of it, but not as high profile as the premier league.

[rubble-rouser]

The man deliberately identifies with, encourages and celebrates those elements of Lazio's support responsible for attacking Tottengham fans. Don't give a shot whetehr he's racist - he chooses to identify with an ideology that is brutal, vicious and has obviously sinister historical overtones.

[matt1983]

It still was, I'm sure Swindon had sponsorship agreements cancelled because of it, but not as high profile as the premier league.

 

Swindon had some sort of sponsorship deal with a trade union until Di Canio turned up, if memory serves. PCS maybe?

[moof]

Swindon had some sort of sponsorship deal with a trade union until Di Canio turned up, if memory serves. PCS maybe?

 

Yeah, I think you're right. Defo rings a bell anyway.

[Bjornebye]

Sunderland head coach Paolo Di Canio distances himself from any reports that he is a fascist.

 

"I am not political, I do not affiliate myself to any organisation, I am not a racist and I do not support the ideology of fascism. I respect everyone," he tells the Sunderland website.

 

about time and all.

 

lets hope the next victim is warnock if he gets another job. his crime? being a cunt.

[xerxes]

I would imagine Di Canio's knowledge of the nuances of various forms of fascism and what distinguishes Italian fascism from German or Japanese fascism is about as comprehensive as the average EDL members knowledge of Constitutional Monarchies, even though the ones able to pronounce the term would no doubt state they support that system here.

 

The guy's a thug who, whilst obviously aware that the fascist salute is associated in most peoples minds with the genocidal Nazi's (and that it causes immense offence on that basis) still does it to Lazio fans waving Nazi flags. He's about as much of a deep-thinking ideologue as Joey Barton is when cutting and pasting Nietzsche quotes on his twitter page.

 

I was listening to Marcotti, who wrote DiCanio's biography, and read some excerpts today.

 

I don't think this is straightforwards. On the one hand any interpretation of Italian fascism will be contentious, even to Italian fascists. The standard nazi jibes may be misplaced. Equally, you dont have a Dux tattoo or attend the funeral of one of the Bologna Bombers without having a certain level of commitment to a cause- however you define it. I think it may be a mistake to dismiss his views as superficial.

 

On the plus side he should get on well with James Mclean when it comes to discussing terror plots.

[Jack the Sipper]

I was listening to Marcotti, who wrote DiCanio's biography, and read some excerpts today.

 

I don't think this is straightforwards. On the one hand any interpretation of Italian fascism will be contentious, even to Italian fascists. The standard nazi jibes may be misplaced. Equally, you dont have a Dux tattoo or attend the funeral of one of the Bologna Bombers without having a certain level of commitment to a cause- however you define it. I think it may be a mistake to dismiss his views as superficial.

 

On the plus side he should get on well with James Mclean when it comes to discussing terror plots.

 

Well, as shown in the post above yours, he's came out today and said that he's not political, not a fascist and dosen't identify with fascist ideology - which suggests to me that his 'convictions' were never deep to begin with, and which basically backs up the point I was making. Of course, he could be lying through his teeth. What do you think?

[Duff Man]

What a load of fuss over absolutely fuck all.

[moof]

Well, as shown in the post above yours, he's came out today and said that he's not political, not a fascist and dosen't identify with fascist ideology - which suggests to me that his 'convictions' were never deep to begin with, and which basically backs up the point I was making. Of course, he could be lying through his teeth. What do you think?

 

 

 

Does this look like a fella lacking in conviction?

 

I struggle to take his words at face value.

 

This is him at Paolo Signorelli's funeral. Paolo Signorelli of the bologna massacre and Mussolini's fascist movement.

 

 

But, no, he's not a fascist. Definitely not.

[Delmar]

Well, as shown in the post above yours, he's came out today and said that he's not political, not a fascist and dosen't identify with fascist ideology - which suggests to me that his 'convictions' were never deep to begin with, and which basically backs up the point I was making. Of course, he could be lying through his teeth. What do you think?

 

The dude says he's a fascist, then he says he's not a fascist. He does the fascist stuff when he feels like it, then when the job calls for it, he does not. A wanker, I hope they get relegated. And Aldo Raine turns up one summer night.

 

And the fuss is not about "nothing", wankers all that say it is...

Edited April 3, 2013 by Delmar