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Spoilt pampered bastards

Spoilt Bastards couldn't take a bit of stick for their 5 figure weekly salaries Tony Pulis to save the day if they can get it done. Paolo Di Canio: Sunderland squad relationship 'broken beyond repair' When Paolo Di Canio marched towards Sunderland's furious fans at West Bromwich Albion pointing at a chin jutting out in defiance, it was almost an open invitation for the decisive blow to be delivered. And so it proved on Sunday evening as the circus that has been in residence in Sunderland for six months finally left town at the behest of American owner Ellis Short  when manager Di Canio was sacked  . Di Canio was once said,  in the words of former Swindon Town chief executive Nick Watkins,  to favour "management by hand grenade", so it is no surprise his time on Wearside was short and explosive. It all came to an end as Short finally admitted the folly and failure of his experiment with the 45-year-old Italian amid talk of dressing room revolt an...