Paulo Di Canio has thanked the FA for giving him a touchline ban. Paulo is a colourful character, he totally loses it when thinks dont go his way and when they do he loses it then. I think the FA are in a lose lose situation with him as what ever they do he will kick off about it http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17046580
He knows how good he is and that's what I like about him. He has the right kind of arrogance. That akin to Clough, he knew exactly how good he and his side was and he wasn't afraid to tell people that. He's a Marmite character and I think he's a breath of fresh air.
He may have been a good player, but he's proven little as a manager. Clough earned his right to be arrogant.
Andre Villas-Boas reminds me of Jose Mourinho. Both have the arrogance but Mourinho had the results to back it up and Villas Boas doesn't
Gangsta - spot on - the best manager England never had ... the only reason I have ever had to envy our near neighbours .
You see the bit where he says it gave him the opportunity to watch it from the stands where he got a better view? I know he's saying it sarcastically, but it makes me wonder why more managers don't take the odd game from the stands, especially when the side isn't doing well. It's a lot easier to spot passes from the stands at a game than it is when you're playing the game, so there's no reason it wouldn't give the manager a better view than being pitch side. And we all know that when you're watching videos of games your vision is limited to where the camera is pointing, where as when you're sat in the stands you can see much more of the overall picture of the game. So why when a team isn't performing well don't more managers elect to sit in the stands with his assistant on a radio link in the dugout so that they can see what's really going on?
Brownie used to watch some games from the stands, while using his Madonna Microphone to talk to Horton, but he still couldn't see what the rest of us did.
He's just beaten the leaders of the league 3-0, taken a league two club to the 4th round of the F.A. cup, taken his side to a point off the top spot with two games in hand and has done it all with no money spent. I know he hasn't proven anything major yet, but in terms of what his club can achieve he's virtually done it all in one season. I'd be arrogant if I could do that in one season
What Di Canio has is an unshakeable belief in his own ability (as he did as a player)- whilst that's not a bad definition of 'arrogance', I think thee is a subtle difference - good luck to him, the game needs characters
