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Di Canio targets 'good characters' as PFA enter dressing-room feud

8:00am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO will attempt to change the mindset in the Sunderland dressing room this summer by signing players with a "professional ethic".

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Will Di Canio's hardline approach succeed?

8:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

FORMER Swindon Town chief executive Nick Watkins once described Paolo Di Canio's preferred style of governance as "management by hand grenade". Less than two months into the Italian's reign at Sunderland, and the pin has well and truly been removed.

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Johnson defends Di Canio's hardline approach

8:00am Tuesday 21st May 2013

ADAM Johnson has backed Paolo Di Canio's disciplinarian approach and insisted the Sunderland manager is right to lay down the law as he attempts to transform his club's fortunes.

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Di Canio delivers damning assessment of Sunderland's indiscipline

8:02am Monday 20th May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO has delivered a damning expose of the indiscipline that is rife at Sunderland, and claimed the shocking photographs of Phil Bardsley covered in £50 notes are indicative of some of the “ignorant, arrogant” footballers who are employed by the club.

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Match Report: Tottenham Hotspur 1 Sunderland 0

8:00am Monday 20th May 2013

IT started with the optimism of a goalless draw at Arsenal, but ended with Sunderland back in North London simply grateful to have avoided the drop. This has been another season of chronic underachievement for the Black Cats, who ultimately finished just three points and one place clear of the bottom three.

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Di Canio focus is on club's academy

8:00am Friday 17th May 2013

AFTER securing Sunderland's Premier League status, Paolo Di Canio is set to make considerable changes to his playing squad over the summer, but the Black Cats boss has emphasised the importance of the club's academy.

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Di Canio lays down the law

10:04am Thursday 16th May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO has told any Sunderland player hoping for a quick getaway after Sunday's final game to cancel their flights - and revealed he will cut short their summer holidays if they don't produce an acceptable performance against Tottenham.

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Di Canio questions Wickham's attitude

8:00am Wednesday 15th May 2013

PAOLO Di Canio has issued a thinly-veiled criticism of Connor Wickham's attitude and admitted the Sunderland striker can lack motivation.

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Sunderland's survival is guaranteed as Wigan are relegated

9:35pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

SUNDERLAND'S relegation fears were banished this evening as Wigan Athletic's eight-year stay in the Premier League came crashing to an end.

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Keeper Mignolet is in big demand

8:00am Tuesday 14th May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO has plans for a summer of change at the Stadium of Light, but one of Sunderland's newest recruits hopes Simon Mignolet does not form part of the club's close-season transfer business.

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Match Report: Sunderland 1 Southampton 1

10:07am Monday 13th May 2013

IT was another of those afternoons Sunderland fans have become accustomed to this season at the Stadium of Light. Gaps in defence, weak in attack, an over-reliance on goalkeeper Simon Mignolet and a familiar outcome.

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Di Canio promises a summer of change

10:04am Monday 13th May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO has promised to change everything at Sunderland after claiming a 1-1 draw with Southampton which has left the Wearside club on the brink of Premier League safety

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Sunderland 1 Southampton 1

3:48pm Sunday 12th May 2013

SUNDERLAND still have work to do after a drab 1-1 draw.

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Di Canio is gutted he won't face Ferguson - after twice turning him down as a player

8:00am Friday 10th May 2013

HAVING been one of the few players to rebuff Sir Alex Ferguson's advances on two separate occasions, Paolo Di Canio has expressed regret that he will not get the chance to lock horns with the Manchester United boss on the touchline.

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Colback relieved Cats remain above bottom three

10:27am Thursday 9th May 2013

JACK COLBACK is thankful that Sunderland have not slipped into the bottom three of the Premier League as their battle against relegation enters the end game.

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Mignolet in no mood to talk about relegation chances

8:00am Wednesday 8th May 2013

SIMON MIGNOLET is ready to ignore the man in the street wanting to talk relegation run-ins believing that Sunderland will stay in the Premier League this season if they focus purely on themselves.

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Ten-man Sunderland earn crucial point in relegation run-in

7:56am Tuesday 7th May 2013

IT was an evening to pay tribute to Sunderland's FA Cup heroes of the past, but by the end of the night supporters were left in no doubt about the importance of a result which could shape the club's future.

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Di Canio wants to cut out mistakes after Cats claim a point

7:47am Tuesday 7th May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO thinks Sunderland could be the architects of their own downfall unless they cut out the sort of mistakes which landed them in trouble last night.

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Sunderland 1 - Stoke 1: Black Cats snatch precious point to leave Newcastle in big trouble

9:21pm Monday 6th May 2013

TEN man Sunderland grabbed a precious point against Stoke City at the Stadium of Light.

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Di Canio admits Sunderland were far too complacent at Villa Park

8:00am Friday 3rd May 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO has admitted Sunderland's players were guilty of chronic complacency when they slumped to their heaviest defeat of the season on Monday night.

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Villa defeat will drive us on, says Johnson

8:00am Thursday 2nd May 2013

ADAM Johnson is adamant Monday night's thrashing at Aston Villa won't undo the progress Sunderland have made since Paolo Di Canio's appointment and insists the squad are keen to make up for it by ensuring their Premier League status against Stoke City.

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Sunderland's players see Di Canio's angry side after Villa humiliation

8:00am Wednesday 1st May 2013

SUNDERLAND'S players got their first glimpse of Paolo Di Canio's angry side on Monday evening, with Alfred N'Diaye revealing the Black Cats boss was quick to spell out his fury in the wake of his side's inept display at Aston Villa.

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Di Canio: It’s unacceptable

10:03am Tuesday 30th April 2013

PAOLO DI CANIO berated his side’s “unacceptable display” as Sunderland’s relegation fears resurfaced in the wake of their heaviest defeat of the season.

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Match Report: Aston Villa 6 Sunderland 1

10:11pm Monday 29th April 2013

SO much for achieving safety with three games to go then. It wasn't quite a collapse of Newcastle United proportions, but it was exceptionally close, and Sunderland's heaviest defeat of the season means they can no longer take their Premier League status for granted despite their previous improvement under Paolo Di Canio.

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On The Whistle Report: Aston Villa 6 Sunderland 1

8:38pm Monday 29th April 2013

Aston Villa's Ron Vlaar opened the home side's account in the 31 minute - only for Danny Rose to reply within a minute for Sunderland.

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Sessegnon adamant he'll be staying with Sunderland

8:00am Monday 29th April 2013

STEPHANE Sessegnon has assured Sunderland supporters he has no intention of leaving the club this summer, and confirmed his previous personal problems are now firmly behind him.

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Let’s talk about Sess – the most important change

11:59am Friday 26th April 2013

THERE has been much for Sunderland fans to love about recent weeks on Wearside. Where, a month ago, they found themselves following their team with a heavy heart, willing the season to come to a swift end, now the flame of hope is once again lit in the red and white half of the north-east.

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