[Archived] Paul Ince Gone

[Tim Southampton Rover]

I've supported Paul Ince all the way and it's sad to see that his time at the club didn't work out because a lot of people, both fans and non-fans of Blackburn, really wanted him to do well in the Premier League. Unfortunately time ran out for him and it was the correct decision to sack him for the chance of survival in the Premier League.

All the best Ince, good luck in the future.

[Bobby G]

thank god williams saw sense and saked him. I think its about 3 to 4 weeks to late though, its a huge job for the new manager now to try and get us out of this mess. Thanks for the memories Paul, but sadly you were the wrong guy for the job.

Which memories?

I say thanks for TRYING. I dont blame you, but you just werent ready for this job and if you thought with time you wouldve turned it "around" so we finished 17th then think again, you took over the 7th place team, and 17th wouldnt have been good enough even though now it seems like a gift from God.

[sam_rovers]

Finally, 3 weeks too late. Now we have to regroup and get a win at Stoke...

[BRFCBOY]

bet mr ince regrets his bottom 3 not yet jibe in his first press conference

[Mr Creosote]

Well apart from the fact we were plummeting headlong towards the Championship with a team that wouldn't have looked out of place in Dad's Army and he nearly brought the Club to its knees with his transfer dealings, his last 18 months were great!

Possibly not the place for this debate but history will judge Souness as a good Rovers manager imo.

We need to get away from this cult of personality. However the next manager is he will be the ROVERS manager and must have our backing accordingly.

[Majiball]

Yes it would have been good if it had worked out, I'm convinced his appointments are the reason he's flopped.

The media are doing my swede in whats the big deal, did you make this much fuss when tigana was canned after 3 successive defeats, NO YOU DID NOT.

He had to go Saturday was some of the worst football/preparation I have ever seen at this level. Is our goal difference not -17 with how many games played (as someone else said)?

I'm really starting to believe the press conspiracists on here. This is the same press that has hounded our club looking for any opportunity to dig up some dirt on whats going on. Now they want him to stay?

And I wonder why I no longer buy a paper.

[MI ROVER]

Christmas comes early !!!

Who's in charge Saturday ? Will mimms be thrown in at the deep end ? Tell me the muppets knox / mathais / winterburn have gone also. Haven't got time to read full thread yet. Got talksport on now for their biased opinions no doubt

[Iceman]

Can the next manager do any worse than Ince? We already in the ######, so hopefully the new manager can improve on the mess Ince caused.

[speeeeeeedie]

11 games without a win certainly sealed his fate. I really wanted him to succeed but I feel that he ball$ed up when he chose his backroom staff. Instead of getting coaches with some real knowledge and experience (like Zola did with Steve Clarke) he brought in people he knew to make him comfortable. The modern Premiership manager does not need to take all the training, their primary day to day job is as a motivator, disciplinarian, and hatchet man. The likes of Ferguson, O'Neill, Moyes, and Dalglish (at BRFC especially), don't train with the lads every day, they don't need to. The staff (including manager) prepare what to do and the coaches put it into practice.

We're only halfway there. Rovers now need to appoint someone quickly who will get the players performing immediately. A win this weekend is imperative. We need the points, Stoke will be close to us come May, and they have a horror run of fixtures coming up.

[robborover]

I'm sorry but the press need to back off.

I'm not a fan of football365, but they have a good article about Ince being pressured by the transfer window. I think it shows the position we are in. Williams and the trust had one option really and they have taken it. If Ince wants time then he should manager a championship club and get them promoted. Like Harry Redknapp says there are around 15 teams looking at relegation in this league. We are second from bottom and don't look like even keeping a clean sheet, let alone win.

The press will have their moan, we just have to stay up now and rebuild next season.

[philipl]

Start of the slaggings:

Disappointingly- Tony Gale on Sky

Some deluded American

[The Harwood Yankee]

Well thank God for that!! I was beginning to think he'd never go!

Ince was never the right appointment and a lot of us expressed that concern at the time of his appointment (and were criticised for saying so on this board). It took the worst string of results in Rovers Premiership history to prove the point. Ince leaves several million quid better off than when he came, after being given an opportunity that he should feel grateful for. That he failed in the job is his own fault only. He was given more than enough time to make a positive impact and totally failed. We've got nothing to thank him for really.

The important thing is to make the right appointment now and lift us out of a potential relegation scrap. Allardyce, Souness and Houllier are the names mentioned who have the credentials & experience to lift us out of the mire. I wouldnt worry too much feeling sorry for Ince - lets put all our attention to supporting the new boss and getting us back to the level we were before the last 6 months.

[Mr Creosote]

Start of the slaggings:

Disappointingly- Tony Gale on Sky

Some deluded American

"Six months later what's changed?"

That was a coffee splatter moment!!

[OJRovers]

When do you think we'll get comfirmation that Knox, Winterburn etc have been given the boot too?

Just seen these quotes from Winterburn, is it me or throughout the whole time we have been employing him has he ever refered to Rovers as "us" or "our results" - he always talks about us as nothing to do with him - his appointment was a joke and he clearly didn't care at all about the club.

Blackburn's part-time defensive coach Nigel Winterburn felt Ince should have been given more time to prove himself at Ewood Park.

"I would have loved for him to be given time in the transfer window in January to bring in his own players," Winterburn said.

"I'm positive that he would have seen results improve but the board have decided that isn't the case.

"I think people were starting to panic. The results have not picked up and they've decided they need someone else in place to drive the club forward."

[sam_rovers]

The Media can say what they like, but the bottom line is that many managers have been sacked sooner and given less time.. When a team looks so out of shape then the manager needs to go.. mind you, I dont think Ince minds that he's been sacked.. he hasn't really looked motivated at all and made some horrific decisions.. I actually believe that Ince made his decisions,especially tactically, based on football manager

I think Ince has been the worst manager the club has had and he has hired some pathetic people.. Nigel Winterburn, Robbie fowler, Andrews... if i could remember half of the league 2 staff he brought with him, they'd be on the list too..

I don't think Ince will ever be good enough to manage in the premiership

[broadsword]

Let us ignore for the fact that Ince is one of the finest young British managers currently in the league system.

Huh?

[RibbleValleyRover]

When do you think we'll get comfirmation that Knox, Winterburn etc have been given the boot too?

Not until a new manager is due to come in i reckon. Have a feeling Knox may be in a caretaker role against Stoke.

[gumboots]

We will just have to disagree GB.

Again IMO, a team can underperform, but they can't perform better than what they're capable of. That's plain impossible.

Under Hughes the team attained it's highest potential, - did it under Ince?

read it carefully. they can't do better than they are capable of but they can do better than they and you expect. Get it all the time with kids in school. Set them a target that you think they can't reach but encourage them to go for it anyway - they get there and quite often do better than it. Revise the target upwards and with encouragement they can often get there or pretty close too. It's not that we've overperformed in that we've done better than we can. It's that they've overperformed in that they've done better than you'd think thye would if you just looked at the names on paper.

[speeeeeeedie]

bet mr ince regrets his bottom 3 not yet jibe in his first press conference

This quote will live long in his memory no doubt. It will take me a while to forget it.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Start of the slaggings:

Disappointingly- Tony Gale on Sky

Some deluded American

Thoughtless comments,can these people not see the wood for the trees?.

It really beggers belief!

[CrazyIvan]

It's funny how The Mail, always a fairly negative paper towards Rovers, had this story nailed. The rumours of unrest in the squad, of the board being split over Ince and things of that nature have all been put forward by this paper. They had this story spot on. The only reason I can think of for that is that someone high up within Rovers, probably at board level, was speaking to the journalist directly. Were all of these stories correct? Having this story so nailed on suggests so but also suggests that whoever the person is speaking to the Mail isn't an Ince fan, wasn't an Ince fan and has done some significant talking behind the scenes. I am not suggesting that this is the reason for the abject failure on Ince's reign as manager in the slightest, that record has to be held by Ince, his staff and the players. I doubt it helped mind you.

Thoughts anyone?

This quote will live long in his memory no doubt. It will take me a while to forget it.

I won't forget it either. I bet Mr Ince won't be making a crack like that again!

[JAL]

Strong rumour in Blackburn is that its a 'two man' team coming in to replace Ince and they were actually at the Wigan game anybody see anyone out of the ordinary at the game on saturday ?

[broadsword]

It wasn't a joke, it was a promise.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Strong rumour in Blackburn is that its a 'two man' team coming in to replace Ince and they were actually at the Wigan game anybody see anyone out of the ordinary at the game on saturday ?

Souness and Tugay on a short term contract?

[Amo]

Thank God that's over.

I wouldn't pay much attention to the media. They don't care about the club, they just want to back their buddy. For some reason, Blackburn should hold Ince's hand at the risk of oblivion because... he's young? British? Black? Why exactly? This is a results oriented business, and if the manager doesn't get them then he's out on his ear.

Hopefully we will secure his replacement quickly and decisively and prepare ourselves for the fight ahead.