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Would Paolo have become a legend under Allardyce?

By Iain Dale 7 Sep 2014 at 08:08 286 comments

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Perhaps my favourite West Ham player of all time, Paolo Di Canio, is quite rightly a modern West Ham legend, an icon who was adored by our own fans and at the same time gained tremendous respect from opposition supporters for his passionate and hugely entertaining playing style. At times, he was as frustrating as he was resplendent, but perhaps it was this unpredictability that made him so endearing. The man oozed passion, charisma, and had an unquenchable thirst for victory. He knew he was loved, but most importantly, the love was reciprocated – Paolo had, and still does have, a genuine love for West Ham.

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But my question is this – if Paolo had been born 15 years later and signed for us this summer (for a bargain 1.5m), would he have gone on to achieve the same legendary status under our current manager?

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Whilst not wanting to cover old ground, Sam Allardyce is well known for being a statistics loving, conservative manager. He likes players that he knows what to expect from every week, often giving preference to a ‘grafter’ rather than someone who is more skilful but less consistent. You can argue whether these are positive or negative traits as long as you like, but whichever way you look at it, this selection policy would not cater to ‘Mr Unpredictable’ Paolo Di Canio.

Whilst we all loved him for it, would Paolo’s character have been deemed acceptable by Allardyce? It could be argued that he wasn’t much of a team player, and he certainly wasn’t the best at following instructions. Who can forget the demands to be substituted after failing in three penalty appeals against Bradford? Or him pushing over the referee, albeit when in Sheffield Wednesday colours? Whilst his ability on the pitch was unquestionable, these eccentricities that we loved as fans would not have been well received by Big Sam. Indeed, would he have seen him as too much of a risk to play in important games? Would Paolo’s tendency to crack a speculative shot away from outside the box, or his attempts to dribble past four people rather than play the simple pass be frowned upon? Or worse still, would these be elements of his game that Allardyce would try to ‘iron out’?

Another thing that makes me doubt whether Paolo would have made it under Sam Allardyce is his preference for 4 – 3 – 3 / 4 – 5 – 1. Whilst capable of playing on the left of a front three, it certainly wasn’t his best position, and Paolo certainly wasn’t a target man. He thrived in a 4-4-2 formation, his best form for us coming in a partnership with Kanoute or Defoe, with the likes of Joe Cole, Trevor Sinclair and Michael Carrick supplying the ammunition. If Paolo were to sign today, where would he fit in the side? And if he did, would he be supplied with the through balls he craved, or would he have to rely on floated crosses from Jarvis and Downing?

Whilst this is very much a rhetorical question, there may be one way to tell whether or not Paolo would have gone down in history if he had played in this current era – Mauro Zarate. From my short glimpses of him so far, and from the stories we read about his ‘character’, I think Mauro could be considered a player of a similar mould to Paolo. Only time will tell what sort of impact he will make at the club, but if he leaves me with even a quarter of the memories Paolo did, he will arguably achieve ‘legend’ status himself.

Although Salzburg has its early roots in the Stone Age, the establishment of the Roman town of Juvavum around 15 BC is its traditional beginning. By the fall of Rome, it was all but abandoned, but the city was saved from ruin by St Rupert, who was gifted the site at the end of the 7th century by the Duke of Bavaria. He became the city’s bishop and is remembered today as its patron saint.

Although the city began to grow thanks to St Rupert, it wasn’t until 1077 that work began on Salzburg’s fortress, which would turn out to be one of the biggest in Europe. It became the abode of the powerful archbishops of Salzburg.

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Nearly a century later, the archbishop angered the German emperor Barbarossa so much that he destroyed much of the city. In the 14th century, Salzburg gained independence from Bavaria and became a prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire, which then occupied most of central Europe. In 1492 the famous Stiegl brewery was founded, while in 1525 the peasants rioted and besieged the fortress for three months.

In the 16th century, Salzburg was greatly beautified, largely thanks to the vision of the city's most famous prince-archbishop, Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau. Using wealth procured through the salt trade, he built cobbled streets, narrow alleyways, elegant squares and churches, and in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Old Town of fabulous baroque architecture emerged.

During the Napoleonic Wars, the archbishops lost their power and Salzburg’s long independence, as the city became part of the Austrian Empire. Late in the 19th century, the city began to recover and modernise, although the Empire itself collapsed after WWI. In 1920, the iconic Salzburg Festival was founded, attracting intellectuals and elites from across Austria and Germany. Lutheran divine service.

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By WWII, Austria had been annexed to Nazi Germany and was often targeted during the war. In the post-war years, the city recovered fast, and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1997.

Did you know?
• Salzburg’s most famous denizen, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was born here in 1756. The great musical genius is known to have hated his hometown, though.
• The history of Salzburg’s iconic St Peter’s Abbey can be traced back to the end of the 7th century, and the founding of Saint Rupert, although it was built on the site of a church dating back to Roman times.
• Salzburg’s wealth was established on the back of the salt trade, with the archbishops taking over production here in the Middle Ages, but salt mining in the area dates back to the Celts.

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