That is an interesting article. However, for anyone looking specifically to read his musings and refections on his time at Charlton, I have helpfully copy and pasted that section here in its entirety:
"Di Canio would play another season of Premier League football, with Charlton, but when the chance to return to his boyhood club Lazio arrived in 2004, he felt it was the natural end."
Also, scrolling through the pictures, the state of that pizza that Sheffield Wednesday gave him and Carbone to pose with when they announced their signings! Clearly a bottom of the range supermarket pizza, but I don't think they've even cooked it! It looks like a frozen pizza that's been defrosted and then served raw! Northerners! No class.
Disappointed with that. They discussed Manchester United more than us
Apparently it was either us or Derby after West Ham turned down his offer to stay for a massive reduction in wages.
This is different to the story that Curbs tells in his autobiography. There he describes how Paolo was impressed by the passion of the Back to the Valley video, so much so that he asked to keep the tape.
That quote about coming to charlton for the ‘passion’ was repeated so often. Mainly by me, @Curb_It and other members of the Saturday morning vodka club with terrible Italian accents.
I may have remembered this wrongly, but wasn't the only goal he technically scored in open play for us was when he followed up from his spilled penalty at Man City?
I may have remembered this wrongly, but wasn't the only goal he technically scored in open play for us was when he followed up from his spilled penalty at Man City?
League goal yes, he scored a header against Luton in the cup.
that game against Portsmouth at fratton park is up there with the best turnaround created from one individual player to the game for us that i have ever seen.
that game against Portsmouth at fratton park is up there with the best turnaround created from one individual player to the game for us that i have ever seen.
Comments
1/ We're not in the Prem
2/ We've got a manger
3/ Why would he have any "loyalty" to us - more than, say, Sheff Wed?
Having said all that, how funny would he press conferences be?!
https://www.skysports.com/football/story-telling/11095/11970085/angels-demons-with-di-canio-why-i-rejected-fergie
"Di Canio would play another season of Premier League football, with Charlton, but when the chance to return to his boyhood club Lazio arrived in 2004, he felt it was the natural end."
Also, scrolling through the pictures, the state of that pizza that Sheffield Wednesday gave him and Carbone to pose with when they announced their signings! Clearly a bottom of the range supermarket pizza, but I don't think they've even cooked it! It looks like a frozen pizza that's been defrosted and then served raw! Northerners! No class.
Apparently it was either us or Derby after West Ham turned down his offer to stay for a massive reduction in wages.
This is different to the story that Curbs tells in his autobiography. There he describes how Paolo was impressed by the passion of the Back to the Valley video, so much so that he asked to keep the tape.
IF he had stayed for that second season, i wonder what would have happened.