Don't know if this has been done, but it shows the calibre of the man: PAOLO DI CANIO has set his Sunderland players a points target for the end of the season â all of them! The Italian head coach, who has swept through Sunderland like a tornado since being appointed at the start of April, is insisting upon higher standards in every aspect of the footballing side of the club. And that includes expectations going into Sunderlandâs remaining four games of the season. ... Di Canio is no fool and appreciates that survival is the biggest and by far the most important target of the 2012-13 season for the Black Cats. But with safety in sight now on the back of back-to-back wins over Newcastle United and Everton, he also points out that heâs not interested in simply edging over the line and then relaxing. âThe mission, the priority, is to stay up,â he acknowledged. âBut we canât relax â even when we get the points we need to stay up. âI want to get across my mentality: win every game!
