Donkeys and stallions

Swindon Town manager Paolo di Canio tells BBC Points West that his players are transforming from "donkeys into stallions".
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I can't make a chihuahua into a rottweiler

And Di Canio believes his side need to develop a "nasty" streak if they want to be keep up with the promotion-chasing pack in League Two.   "Ritchie's moment was the picture of the game.  We are not a nasty team. And this is what makes me not very happy sometimes because we don't have a nasty player.  I don't know how much I can improve my team in this way.  With some players, if he has a chihuahua character I can't make a chihuahua into a rottweiler. He could be a proud chihuahua but he remains a chihuahua.   So many of the players at the moment are chihuahuas away from home - this is the truth."

Squadron A420- DIVE!!!!

Swindon Town manager Paolo di Canio has said he will encourage his players to dive in order to win penalties.

He made the remarks after their 2-0 defeat by Macclesfield, in which Matt Ritchie had a penalty appeal dismissed because he stayed on his feet after being clipped by keeper Jose Veiga.
"From now on I will tell my players to dive," Di Canio told BBC Wiltshire.
"From now on I will bring in a different culture because this was a red card and penalty."
He added: "I'd prefer that they risk getting a yellow card for simulation. My team are the only ones who do not dive somewhere around the field.

"It's not fair but it's the only way to receive something.
"He [Ritchie] was too honest but it wasn't malicious - he [Veiga] had no intentions. You can't stay on your feet just because you want to be honest."
Although Swindon have been in impressive form at the County Ground, with four wins from five games, Friday night's defeat at the Moss Rose was their fifth loss of the season away from home.

Keep on running

PDC was supposed to be just starting PigHill's half-marathon, and then take part in the two-mile fun run.

But he then supposedly took a wrong turn and ended up running the full 13.1 miles in one hour 49 minutes - 36 minutes behind race winner Dave Roper.

"I couldn't stop, there was a challenge," he told BBC Wiltshire. "There were three options, I thought I should start with the [fun run] marathon but unfortunately we changed direction, kept going and followed the first group.

"Unfortunately I ended up doing a full half marathon plus 800 metres.

"At the end I was very happy because I finished without stopping, even for one second. I wasn't ready but I never stopped running. I'm very happy but it was very tough."