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Sports Dash video: Rebecca Lowe on Sunderland firing Paolo Di Canio, Manchester United, Moyes and more

Sunderland's new coach Paolo Di Canio poses for photographs during a media conference at the football club's training academy

Sunderland’s new coach Paolo Di Canio poses for photographs during a media conference at the football club’s training academy in Sunderland, northern England April 2, 2013. Di Canio sought to play down the controversy over his appointment as Sunderland manager on Tuesday and said he would bet everything he had on the club staying in the Premier League. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT SOCCER)

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Did anyone ever really think that hiring eccentric manager Paolo Di Canio was a good idea for Sunderland? Rebecca Lowe explains why it wasn’t on the Sports Dash.

Lowe also talks on the NBCSN show about Manchester United’s downer of a day (“a terrible performance ... awful ... a good, solid thumping.”) And can new Red Devils’ manager David Moyes endure the level of scrutiny ahead, Lowe wonders? Plus more on the PL weekend ...

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