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Paul Ince is new Blackburn Rovers boss
2:57pm Sunday 22nd June 2008
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PAUL Ince has agreed a three-year deal to succeed Mark Hughes as Blackburn Rovers manager.
Former England captain Ince, 40, enjoyed a fine season in charge of MK Dons last season, leading them to the Coca-Cola League Two title and the Johnstone's Paint Trophy and has been heavily linked with a move to Ewood Park in recent days.
Ince, who enjoyed an illustrious playing career with the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool and Inter Milan, previously coached Macclesfield, who he saved from relegation from the Football League in 2006-07 but this will be his first management job in the top flight.
Ince's appointment makes him the first black Briton to take charge of a top-flight club in England.
Despite taking a slightly unconventional route into coaching - most players of Ince's pedigree and stature are usually offered a more glamorous job when their playing days are over - he has been a consistently impressive performer in the lower leagues and has attracted plenty of envious glances.
He earned his first manager of the month accolade while with the Silkmen, who were adrift at the bottom of League Two when he arrived only to survive the drop on the last day of the season, before taking the title on three occasions during his stint at stadium:mk.
Derby chairman Adam Pearson appeared to covet the former midfielder's services when Billy Davies left the club last term, while Wigan were also thought to be interested before appointing Steve Bruce.
He was also firmly in the frame for the Leicester job following Ian Holloway's departure but last week moved to distance himself from that job, perhaps mindful of Rovers' interest.
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Steen Frantzen, Denmark says...
3:13pm Sun 22 Jun 08
John, West Lancs says...
3:17pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Success is never guaranteed, but Ince knows all about winning football matches at the top level, and has shown he has managerial abilities.
I'm delighted.
FN, Denmark says...
3:21pm Sun 22 Jun 08
E Bay Gum, says...
3:23pm Sun 22 Jun 08
essex boy, stansted says...
3:24pm Sun 22 Jun 08
there's been lots of talk on these pages in the last 3 weeks. some upbeat some down. I trust jw to have got it right for the club. I have no doubt that this will be a toughie this year...with facing coming and going in the next few weeks. from my point of view ... if they don't want to wear the red rose then clear off and cash in. lets hope ince can hit the ground running and with the help of friedel and the likes settle the dressing room quickly.
hawkiiz, nirway says...
3:40pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Robbo, Somerset says...
3:41pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Richard, Cumbria says...
3:41pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Give him his chance instead of slating him
bluenwhite, says...
3:46pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Get rid of Bentley the tosser for 15 mill and buy a couple of gud uns , maybe lennon from spurs or even duff. Cant see him being more then 2 mill.
LowerDarwenBlue, Lower Darwen says...
3:50pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Rovers should be applauded for this appointment, whether it's successful or not. Not many Premiership clubs have the balls to give a young English manager a chance, who has plied their trade in the lower divisions. I can't think of one at present (I'm sure there must be at least one !!!).
I for one, am proud to support our club.
Roll on next season.
Ian, Lancs says...
4:00pm Sun 22 Jun 08
LowerDarwenBlue wrote:"Rovers should be applauded for this appointment, whether it's successful or not."
Absolutely chuffed to bits. Rovers should be applauded for this appointment, whether it's successful or not. Not many Premiership clubs have the balls to give a young English manager a chance, who has plied their trade in the lower divisions. I can't think of one at present (I'm sure there must be at least one !!!). I for one, am proud to support our club. Roll on next season.
What kind of a statement is that?? We're not there just to make up the numbers you know. I am sorry but we have traded in Mark Hughes and his entire backroom staff for Paul Ince, Ray Matthias and poss a couple of million quid.
I don't love the club any less but I have serious reservations about firstly Hughes et al going for just £5M and of the new appointment.
Laudrup/John Jenson or Ince/Ray Matthias??
I hope I'm proved wrong.
andy, preston says...
4:12pm Sun 22 Jun 08
bluenwhites Mum, says...
4:16pm Sun 22 Jun 08
bluenwhite wrote:You stupid stupid boy. What has this got to do with them lot down the road and who in their right mind would want Bently to go. Now go to bed and don't you dare wet it again today.
good one JW. The right appointment. Cheers for taking into account Rovers fans thoughts on fat sam and mclown. Yet another appointment that is light years ahead of that lot down the road, owen who?? Get rid of Bentley the tosser for 15 mill and buy a couple of gud uns , maybe lennon from spurs or even duff. Cant see him being more then 2 mill.
I'm sorry everyone I turn my back to go to bed with his brother and this is what he does.
Adam, Blackburn says...
4:18pm Sun 22 Jun 08
I have the feeling that you are a "glass half empty" type of person..... a person that loves taking about goom and gloom and is reveling in the credit crunch...and only ever see the positive in something when is has been proven successful...
I bet you were against King Kenny because he couldn't hack it at Liverpool towards the end of his reign, or against Hughes because he wasn't a league manager before taking over, against Souness because of his facial hair...
Please try to see some positives in life otherwise... what's the point of being here??
Dev the blue and white, says...
4:18pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Hopefully it's a good appointment, would have been more excited with Laudrup personnaly. The board rarely let us down though so let's hope it turns out!
Rob, Acc says...
4:18pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Laudrup was the best candidate by a country mile.
Ince has a hint of 'Bryan Robson' about him if you ask me.
Jinkyjase, Preston says...
4:19pm Sun 22 Jun 08
LowerDarwenBlue wrote:what a ridiculous statement. Of course not many Premiership clubs would have the 'balls' to appoint an inexperienced manager, why would they?
Absolutely chuffed to bits.
Rovers should be applauded for this appointment, whether it's successful or not. Not many Premiership clubs have the balls to give a young English manager a chance, who has plied their trade in the lower divisions. I can't think of one at present (I'm sure there must be at least one !!!).
I for one, am proud to support our club.
Roll on next season.
Lee, coventry says...
4:28pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Rovers Girl, Blackburn says...
4:30pm Sun 22 Jun 08
COME ON ROVERS!!
Matt, Texas says...
4:40pm Sun 22 Jun 08
I was really annoyed and upset at the time and I believe it really shows what Ince thinks of Blackburn Rovers.. Big Sam wouldn't have done that!! I think we will regret this because he will leave us at the end of this season.
Thairover, Phuket says...
4:55pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Can you remember who was in the frame prior to MH appointment. No neither can I.
One thing is for sure if things go tit's up we will all remember who was in the frame this time around. The chance we had to bring Laudrup to the club may haunt us for years to come.
The next couple of weeks will give us all a good idea of what to expect for the next three years.
COME ON YOU BLUES.
LowerDarwenBlue, Lower Darwen says...
4:56pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Jinkyjase wrote:Where have i mentioned the word "inexperienced". I'm pretty certain i haven't. But if you want to use that word, was Hughes "experienced" when he came. No he wasn't. Was he successful ?. Yes he was.
LowerDarwenBlue wrote: Absolutely chuffed to bits. Rovers should be applauded for this appointment, whether it's successful or not. Not many Premiership clubs have the balls to give a young English manager a chance, who has plied their trade in the lower divisions. I can't think of one at present (I'm sure there must be at least one !!!). I for one, am proud to support our club. Roll on next season.what a ridiculous statement. Of course not many Premiership clubs would have the 'balls' to appoint an inexperienced manager, why would they?
Without wishing to get into a debate about whether English coaches have been give a fair crack at managing in the Premier League in recent years, i think it is fair to say that they haven't.
That is why i say that Rovers should be applauded. As to your question "Why should they ?".
The answer is pretty simple. We are an English team. playing in the English Premier League, with an English manager. Ince's appointment is a forward thinking move by a forward thinking club and if you think that his appointment is "ridiculous", then you should be ashamed of yourself.
YTS, Careers Service says...
4:59pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Matt wrote:So you took Ince's advice and took up a career in the hotbed of Football/Soccer that is Texas!... FC Dallas or Houston Dynamoes?
Paul Ince doesn't like Blackburn Rovers - In 1993 I was a ball boy and didn't give the ball back to Ince quickly enough apparently. He then called me stupid and told me to "be a ball boy at a proper club!!" I was really annoyed and upset at the time and I believe it really shows what Ince thinks of Blackburn Rovers.. Big Sam wouldn't have done that!! I think we will regret this because he will leave us at the end of this season.
GrahM, Devon says...
5:03pm Sun 22 Jun 08
bigbez, says...
5:06pm Sun 22 Jun 08
true blue, Blackburn says...
5:07pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Matt wrote:get over it.....he was playing for man utd then. He is a pro and will be committed to the job.....no i saw big sam play agasint the rovers back in the late 70's & he physically battered our stickers....guess that means he hated rovers too....its a job for him....he will be fine and gives hope....better than the washed up others and the wally with the brolly
Paul Ince doesn't like Blackburn Rovers - In 1993 I was a ball boy and didn't give the ball back to Ince quickly enough apparently. He then called me stupid and told me to "be a ball boy at a proper club!!" I was really annoyed and upset at the time and I believe it really shows what Ince thinks of Blackburn Rovers.. Big Sam wouldn't have done that!! I think we will regret this because he will leave us at the end of this season.
Sarah On The Move Again, On The Go says...
5:08pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Ian, Lancs says...
5:09pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Adam wrote:Adam, in fairness I am a very positive person and in my opinion a positive appointment would have been Laudrup. That would have spelt out our intent and so what if he had just used us as a stepping stone (compensation would have covered his wages).
Ian - cheer up you miserable bugger... I appreciate you can have your opinions but why also so pessimistic? I have the feeling that you are a \"glass half empty\" type of person..... a person that loves taking about goom and gloom and is reveling in the credit crunch...and only ever see the positive in something when is has been proven successful... I bet you were against King Kenny because he couldn\'t hack it at Liverpool towards the end of his reign, or against Hughes because he wasn\'t a league manager before taking over, against Souness because of his facial hair... Please try to see some positives in life otherwise... what\'s the point of being here??
You get the chance to employ someone of Laudrup's and John Jenson's stature and instead go for a management team who have not managed in the Championship let alone the Premier League.
I like JW and feel he's done a decent job. I do feel, however, that we should have demanded more compensation for MH and his team plus we should have gone for an appointment that would have brought excitement and boosted season ticket sales.
As for Kenny Dalglish it was quite the opposite. I remember where I was when I saw the massive headline on the back of the News of the World and the excitement it generated. I wanted to feel the same way this time but unfortunately it wasn't to be. Laudrup would have been a massive coup and wouldn't have cost us any compensation either. I cannot understand it but I hope I'm wrong.
Graham, Devon says...
5:09pm Sun 22 Jun 08
saysithowitis, says...
5:09pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Tactically i think he will struggle as with a new back rom team needed and also players that will be coming and going, i think he wont have enough time to prepare.
We will go into a season of "experimenting" due to Inces lack of top level managing experience.
I saw Ince at Stanley last tear and he was far from a Prmiership manager in terms of composure, presence and professionalism.
He'l be another Gary Megson without the experience.
DISASTER FOR ROVERS.
Saying that though he will be on less money than any of the other candidates!
The future is grim.
Bob, Burnley says...
5:11pm Sun 22 Jun 08
The naivety levels at Ewood Park which I highlighted last week have proven themselves to be higher than the IQ levels. They really thought they were going to get Laudrup?!
Instead, it's a league 2 manager that half the fans never wanted anyway.
Thairover, Phuket says...
5:11pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Graham, Devon says...
5:17pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Peter of Preston, Preston says...
5:23pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Daniel, Spain says...
5:28pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Having said that, my order preference would have been for either Slavan Bilic or Laudrup
ahead of Ince, so i've got my third choice.
On the plus side, it could have been MUCH MUCH worse (Allardyce, McClaren, OWEN COYLE ) LOL
So while i can't say i'm jumping for joy over this appointment, i'm willing to give my full backing and support to Paul Ince (as long as he doesn't bring in Andrews from MK Dons for 2M!!)
Wakey wakey, says...
5:28pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Peter of Preston wrote:Im gutted we have got "arrogant" Ince!
Congratulations to John Williams and Rovers. Not only on the appointment itself but the polite, honest and discreet way they went about the process. All the problems were taken up with the people concerned and solved before the appointment was made. The right and proper way to do things. I am sure Ince will make an excellent manager and take us - to quote Mark Hughes - on to the next level. Lets hope some of thoses players who are thought to be about to ask to leave give this excellent young Manager a chance to build on the strong foundations that are in place at Rovers. It is conventional wisdom that no 'ordinery club' in the prem. league can get anywhere without untold money. Lets see if we can prove them wrong. The present team is not far away from being able to cause an upset to the big money teams. Bring it on. The start of the season cannot come soon enough.
He has had a good season in a poor league with plenty of cash.
This will all go pear shaped and is a massive backward step for Blackburn.
The board got Ince 1.8 million a year cheaper than BFS or McClaren.
Its horrific and ny Rovers fans pretending to be happy are making fools of themselves!
Adam, Blackburn says...
5:30pm Sun 22 Jun 08
We now have Paul Ince as a gaffer and we need to get behind him and fill the stands.
Let's give another reason for the players to stay by giving them the opportunity to play in front of a full or a nearly full stadium every week like many of our mid table rivals do and where some of our players want to go to. (spurs, west ham, villa, city etc)
I will be at Ewood next season cheering Ince and Lads on and holding back my small reservations in the hope of some positive results / fans opinions / national press / and chants...
We can encourage this with our actions and that starts with being positive inside the ground.
Come on Rovers fans...
Graham, Devon says...
5:32pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Grey Rover, Blackpool says...
5:36pm Sun 22 Jun 08
bluenwhite, says...
5:36pm Sun 22 Jun 08
bluenwhites Mum wrote:HO ho ho, hit a sore point there did i dingle? The truth hurts doesnt it.
bluenwhite wrote: good one JW. The right appointment. Cheers for taking into account Rovers fans thoughts on fat sam and mclown. Yet another appointment that is light years ahead of that lot down the road, owen who?? Get rid of Bentley the tosser for 15 mill and buy a couple of gud uns , maybe lennon from spurs or even duff. Cant see him being more then 2 mill.You stupid stupid boy. What has this got to do with them lot down the road and who in their right mind would want Bently to go. Now go to bed and don't you dare wet it again today. I'm sorry everyone I turn my back to go to bed with his brother and this is what he does.
He he he he
suck it up and enjoy.
Ian, Lancs says...
5:41pm Sun 22 Jun 08
He was appointed manager of MK Dons in June 2007, after they had finish fourth in League Two but narrowly missed out on promotion in the play-offs.
He therefore inherited a decent squad with money to burn.
You could argue that Ian Dowie (in contention for the Rovers job last time) performed a bigger miracle at Crystal Palace - and look what happened there.
Graham, Devon says...
5:43pm Sun 22 Jun 08
shahid, blackburn says...
5:43pm Sun 22 Jun 08
lee, coventry says...
5:44pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Bob wrote:Lafferty/,Lafferty,w
Laudrup, Laudrup, where for art thou Laudrup??? The naivety levels at Ewood Park which I highlighted last week have proven themselves to be higher than the IQ levels. They really thought they were going to get Laudrup?! Instead, it\\\'s a league 2 manager that half the fans never wanted anyway.
ere for art thou Lafferty. just like you lot wanted cole and never got him you dosile caveman. lets see how you get on next season without your 3 goal or whatever he got superstar.
Dave, Ramsbottom says...
5:49pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Ken Myles, Clitheroe says...
5:50pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Shearer hadn't the bottle, Mclaren was wanted by no one, BSF was wanted by very few with his style of football, Henk Ten Cate had no real track record as a No 1, Laudrop supposedly wanted escape clauses and a big transfer pot (why he left Getafe).
As to Ince, he really WANTED IT, has shown he's not frightened of getting hss hands dirty in the bottom leagues - coud you see Shearer doing that - and what Rovers player wont respect a guy who's captained England, played and won trophies for Milan, MUFC, Liverpool etc.
Get real - this is a great appointment. An articulate, young, ambitious and hungry manager.
Some risk but ANY APPOINTMENT is a risk.
Well done JW and good luck Paul Ince.
Wakey Wakey, says...
5:51pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Graham wrote:(fROM)?
Re previous comment fROM "Wakey Wakey" He`s obviously still asleep!!
I think it is you that is still asleep my friend.
Either that or your typing with the penis on your forehead?
Ian, Lancs says...
5:52pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Peter of Preston wrote:Peter does your gp surgery offer a triage facility - if so book yourself in first thing. You're either deluded, not well or both.
Congratulations to John Williams and Rovers. Not only on the appointment itself but the polite, honest and discreet way they went about the process. All the problems were taken up with the people concerned and solved before the appointment was made. The right and proper way to do things. I am sure Ince will make an excellent manager and take us - to quote Mark Hughes - on to the next level. Lets hope some of thoses players who are thought to be about to ask to leave give this excellent young Manager a chance to build on the strong foundations that are in place at Rovers. It is conventional wisdom that no 'ordinery club' in the prem. league can get anywhere without untold money. Lets see if we can prove them wrong. The present team is not far away from being able to cause an upset to the big money teams. Bring it on. The start of the season cannot come soon enough.
ian, blackburn says...
5:57pm Sun 22 Jun 08
his task are try and persuade santa cruz to stay and sell bentley for 15mil and get lennon in as a replacement and get a new striker
mac, in house says...
5:57pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Any manager he chose would come with risk, but risk and drive and ambition to prove himself, yes pls.
Graham, Devon says...
5:57pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Graham, Devon says...
6:02pm Sun 22 Jun 08
stuart, ascot says...
6:03pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Ian, Lancs says...
6:04pm Sun 22 Jun 08
COME ON ROVERS!!!!
Monty, Blackburn says...
6:21pm Sun 22 Jun 08
JLA, Blackburn says...
6:22pm Sun 22 Jun 08
harry, blackburn lancs says...
6:28pm Sun 22 Jun 08
i can't belive it even my friend qouted
quoteit is a huge win for us i'm really really pleased get in there.
get in there me laddy incio incio incio nicio incio incio
Another Michael, Blackburn says...
6:40pm Sun 22 Jun 08
My only concerns are over tactical astuteness so hopefully people who are good coaches will be coming in to work with these players.
Overall though, a bold appointment for which John Williams should be applauded.
Robbo, Guess where... says...
6:47pm Sun 22 Jun 08
You've got no fans, have a div 2 manager, got no backroom staff, shearer hates you, laudrup thinks you're small club, you've got no money to spend, bentley, nelson, samba, croooz all want out, you,ve got a crap chairman...
the list could go on and on...
As a burnley fan this is hilarious...
You will be relegated very soon and I will be laughing alll the way back to the best lancs town.. THE BURNLEY!!
A Game of Blue & White Halves, says...
6:52pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Everyone is resisting Change but ultimately, we have to deal with. So let's do it in the most constructive manner possible - by displaying positivity.
Put another way, in the words of John Lennon: "All we are saying is give Ince a chance!"
Dingle All The Way, Cleavage-r says...
7:04pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Robbo wrote:Morning has broken!
Let's all laugh at rovers.... You've got no fans, have a div 2 manager, got no backroom staff, shearer hates you, laudrup thinks you're small club, you've got no money to spend, bentley, nelson, samba, croooz all want out, you,ve got a crap chairman... the list could go on and on... As a burnley fan this is hilarious... You will be relegated very soon and I will be laughing alll the way back to the best lancs town.. THE BURNLEY!!
The Dingle has spoken... out of his hairy, unkempt @rse!
Your fans are renowned throughout the world of football for being Sc*m, a Manager who comes from the cesspit that is Jock football, Cole & countless others don't want to sign for you, Lafferty thinks your relegation fodder, you've got more money outgoing than coming in and your Chairman is ginger!
The list could go on and on...
As a Rovers fan, this is comical..
By the end of next season, you'll be begging for the return on John Bond!!
robbo, Guess where... says...
7:09pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Dingle All The Way wrote:Touched a nerve did I?
Robbo wrote: Let\'s all laugh at rovers.... You\'ve got no fans, have a div 2 manager, got no backroom staff, shearer hates you, laudrup thinks you\'re small club, you\'ve got no money to spend, bentley, nelson, samba, croooz all want out, you,ve got a crap chairman... the list could go on and on... As a burnley fan this is hilarious... You will be relegated very soon and I will be laughing alll the way back to the best lancs town.. THE BURNLEY!!Morning has broken! The Dingle has spoken... out of his hairy, unkempt @rse! Your fans are renowned throughout the world of football for being Sc*m, a Manager who comes from the cesspit that is Jock football, Cole & countless others don\'t want to sign for you, Lafferty thinks your relegation fodder, you\'ve got more money outgoing than coming in and your Chairman is ginger! The list could go on and on... As a Rovers fan, this is comical.. By the end of next season, you\'ll be begging for the return on John Bond!!
truth hurts doesn't it!!!
Face it - you are going into an unmanagable spiral of dispair and empty stadiums!!
BigPete, darwen and proud says...
7:09pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Paul Ince knows, due to his extensive contacts in the game, that he is coming to a small, but exceedingly well-run football club. One that punches well above it's weight and exceeds all expectations in the modern football world.
He will be given the room and opportunity to coach and manage at the highest level.
Let's hope he takes us up to the next level and from there he can launch his career still further.
C'mon you BLUES!
To all the Dingles hitting this site: You're very sad people and so obviously jealous.
hates rovers, blackpool says...
7:11pm Sun 22 Jun 08
ossy, ossy says...
7:15pm Sun 22 Jun 08
ossy, ossy says...
7:19pm Sun 22 Jun 08
BigPete, darwena nd proud says...
7:19pm Sun 22 Jun 08
ian, blackburn says...
7:21pm Sun 22 Jun 08
robbo wrote:even if we did get relegated not like its ever going to happen we will still show burnley,preston and blackpool all how to play football and to all them sad dingles wheres lafferty gone
Dingle All The Way wrote:Touched a nerve did I? truth hurts doesn't it!!! Face it - you are going into an unmanagable spiral of dispair and empty stadiums!!Robbo wrote: Let\'s all laugh at rovers.... You\'ve got no fans, have a div 2 manager, got no backroom staff, shearer hates you, laudrup thinks you\'re small club, you\'ve got no money to spend, bentley, nelson, samba, croooz all want out, you,ve got a crap chairman... the list could go on and on... As a burnley fan this is hilarious... You will be relegated very soon and I will be laughing alll the way back to the best lancs town.. THE BURNLEY!!Morning has broken! The Dingle has spoken... out of his hairy, unkempt @rse! Your fans are renowned throughout the world of football for being Sc*m, a Manager who comes from the cesspit that is Jock football, Cole & countless others don\'t want to sign for you, Lafferty thinks your relegation fodder, you\'ve got more money outgoing than coming in and your Chairman is ginger! The list could go on and on... As a Rovers fan, this is comical.. By the end of next season, you\'ll be begging for the return on John Bond!!
Pete, Blackburn says...
7:22pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Robbo wrote:Off course Nelsen wants out its either your dumb or just cant read. Just for you read this article taken from the let
Let's all laugh at rovers.... You've got no fans, have a div 2 manager, got no backroom staff, shearer hates you, laudrup thinks you're small club, you've got no money to spend, bentley, nelson, samba, croooz all want out, you,ve got a crap chairman... the list could go on and on... As a burnley fan this is hilarious... You will be relegated very soon and I will be laughing alll the way back to the best lancs town.. THE BURNLEY!!
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bigbez, says...
7:22pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Merlin, The Voice of Reason, Ramsbottom says...
7:27pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Ken Myles wrote:I agree! Laudrup would have been the "glamorous" appointment, Ince is the right one.
I can't believe all the negativity about Ince.
Shearer hadn't the bottle, Mclaren was wanted by no one, BSF was wanted by very few with his style of football, Henk Ten Cate had no real track record as a No 1, Laudrop supposedly wanted escape clauses and a big transfer pot (why he left Getafe).
As to Ince, he really WANTED IT, has shown he's not frightened of getting hss hands dirty in the bottom leagues - coud you see Shearer doing that - and what Rovers player wont respect a guy who's captained England, played and won trophies for Milan, MUFC, Liverpool etc.
Get real - this is a great appointment. An articulate, young, ambitious and hungry manager.
Some risk but ANY APPOINTMENT is a risk.
Well done JW and good luck Paul Ince.
mike, says...
7:31pm Sun 22 Jun 08
robbo wrote:u seen the latest odds kid?
Dingle All The Way wrote:Touched a nerve did I? truth hurts doesn't it!!! Face it - you are going into an unmanagable spiral of dispair and empty stadiums!!Robbo wrote: Let\'s all laugh at rovers.... You\'ve got no fans, have a div 2 manager, got no backroom staff, shearer hates you, laudrup thinks you\'re small club, you\'ve got no money to spend, bentley, nelson, samba, croooz all want out, you,ve got a crap chairman... the list could go on and on... As a burnley fan this is hilarious... You will be relegated very soon and I will be laughing alll the way back to the best lancs town.. THE BURNLEY!!Morning has broken! The Dingle has spoken... out of his hairy, unkempt @rse! Your fans are renowned throughout the world of football for being Sc*m, a Manager who comes from the cesspit that is Jock football, Cole & countless others don\'t want to sign for you, Lafferty thinks your relegation fodder, you\'ve got more money outgoing than coming in and your Chairman is ginger! The list could go on and on... As a Rovers fan, this is comical.. By the end of next season, you\'ll be begging for the return on John Bond!!
Burnley are favourites to go down, and Rangers 8th choice striker would rather stay on the reserves subs bench, then join u mugs.
and u wonder why people laugh at u idiots?
kelbo, Lancs says...
7:39pm Sun 22 Jun 08
I can only say this, JW and the board will not have made this appointment lightly, they will have spoken to other chairmen and managers, players etc, Tony Gale speaks very highly of Ince as does Jamie Redknapp as well as interviews!! Do you think JW would not have asked the question sbout his backroom staff?
That must have been one of the boxes to tick!!
There has been talk on here of arrogance, big head etc. experience of only lowere league football etc.
I will leave you with two words which you can eat, in my mind the best football manager in the last 50 years, came from the old 4th division, only manager except for King Kenny to win the top league title with two different clubs, one who would have stuck two fingers up at the premier league and its 'Pro coaching Licence, I give you those tw words. BRIAN CLOUGH!!!
Get behind Incy, he is a Rover now, that makes him one of us, doesnt it?
well, it bloody well should do.
mike, says...
7:41pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Ian wrote:When Ince took over Mk dons lost both their top goalscorers, so to go on with limited funds, and do a double, and take the extra steps to win the league was very impressive.
Ince didn't quite perform the miracles at MK Dons that some would have us believe. He was appointed manager of MK Dons in June 2007, after they had finish fourth in League Two but narrowly missed out on promotion in the play-offs. He therefore inherited a decent squad with money to burn. You could argue that Ian Dowie (in contention for the Rovers job last time) performed a bigger miracle at Crystal Palace - and look what happened there.
Not to mention the fact he kept Macclesfield up, at 12 points adrift. How can u say that was not a miricle?
Personally im excited by the appointment. he is a great young manager, and the knowledge he and Mathias have of the lower leagues could help us bring in some exciting young talent.
He is a natural born winner & leader, and his stature will knock the likes of Bentley down a pegg or 2.
My main worry is that ince, could be off to bigger things in a couple of seasons, & he could use us,
as a stepping stone, just like Hughes did.
Dave, Darwen says...
7:53pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Of the names bandies about, he was the best choice available.
bluenwhite, says...
8:02pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Robbo wrote:And after all that drivel from you, it must be pretty depressing that we are stillllllllllll.....
Let's all laugh at rovers.... You've got no fans, have a div 2 manager, got no backroom staff, shearer hates you, laudrup thinks you're small club, you've got no money to spend, bentley, nelson, samba, croooz all want out, you,ve got a crap chairman... the list could go on and on... As a burnley fan this is hilarious... You will be relegated very soon and I will be laughing alll the way back to the best lancs town.. THE BURNLEY!!
.....bigger and better then you.
Enjoy dingle.he he he he
vader, SPACE says...
8:09pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Graham, Devon says...
8:27pm Sun 22 Jun 08
paul, planet earth says...
8:39pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Matt wrote:big axe to grind
Paul Ince doesn\'t like Blackburn Rovers - In 1993 I was a ball boy and didn\'t give the ball back to Ince quickly enough apparently. He then called me stupid and told me to \"be a ball boy at a proper club!!\" I was really annoyed and upset at the time and I believe it really shows what Ince thinks of Blackburn Rovers.. Big Sam wouldn\'t have done that!! I think we will regret this because he will leave us at the end of this season.
LowerDarwenBlue, Lower Darwen says...
8:47pm Sun 22 Jun 08
kelbo wrote:Well said Kelbo,
What a bloody odd lot we are!! I can only say this, JW and the board will not have made this appointment lightly, they will have spoken to other chairmen and managers, players etc, Tony Gale speaks very highly of Ince as does Jamie Redknapp as well as interviews!! Do you think JW would not have asked the question sbout his backroom staff? That must have been one of the boxes to tick!! There has been talk on here of arrogance, big head etc. experience of only lowere league football etc. I will leave you with two words which you can eat, in my mind the best football manager in the last 50 years, came from the old 4th division, only manager except for King Kenny to win the top league title with two different clubs, one who would have stuck two fingers up at the premier league and its \'Pro coaching Licence, I give you those tw words. BRIAN CLOUGH!!! Get behind Incy, he is a Rover now, that makes him one of us, doesnt it? well, it bloody well should do.
For all of those on here questionning Paul Inces appointment, please have faith.
Lets stop this arguing. He 'IS' now the manager of Blackburn Rovers and one of us.
aa, blackburn says...
9:24pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Wakey wakey, says...
9:36pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Graham wrote:Hi again,
Wakey Wakey it took you 19 mins to respond to my last. Didnt fall asleep again by any chance? Sound like your a Burnley fan - how sad. Think I`d sleep as long as you!!
The answer to your question with regards to me fallings asleep is that unlike you i have a life.
Living in Devon you must not have much going on at present.
God bless ya!!!
withheld, says...
9:41pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Monty wrote:Ray Matthias was on a U.E.F.A. B license course that i was on in 1997.
When Ince was appointed manager of Macclesfield Town FC he quickly brought in Ray Matthias as his number 2 claiming that he (Paul Ince) had no idea of what League 2 football was all about and no idea about players at that level. Ray Matthias was Ince's League 2 expert - hence he was made his right hand man. Therefore, by Ince's own admission, if Matthias is an expert on League 2 football, how on earth is he going to coach Premiership footballlers? What is Matthias's pedigree? He had a bit of time at Tranmere and Chester - hardly great grounding to take over at a Premier League top 10 club is it?! I worry about this appointment. Ince will need a top backroom team. If Ince is bringing Matthias with him, I worry about our future.
He has a good knowledge of lower league clubs and has i understand, his coaching has improved as he now has his A license.
He has great respect from many people in the lower ranks of the football pyramid but has never stepped up to a job like this.
Mark, Landan says...
9:47pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Steve, Chorley says...
10:04pm Sun 22 Jun 08
fanjita, says...
10:21pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Teddy 'bloomin' Ruxpin, Teddy bloomin teddy land says...
10:27pm Sun 22 Jun 08
fanjita wrote:well done, we all have a tv.
Spain through to the semi final
fanjita, says...
10:31pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Teddy 'bloomin' Ruxpin wrote:do you have a licence?
fanjita wrote:well done, we all have a tv.
Spain through to the semi final
JLA, Blackburn says...
10:33pm Sun 22 Jun 08
JLA OR JSA?, says...
10:39pm Sun 22 Jun 08
JLA wrote:Not everbody who laughs at Rovers is a Burnley fan you know.
TO ALL THOSE INBRED DINGLES: Rovers are in top division and won trophies. Burnley are in 2nd tier and will never get higher. So Leave Ince alone. You dingles are c**p fans supporting a c**p club with c**p players and a c**p manager. You might as well give up and go back and dwell in your caves!
Rovers fans are one of the most arrogant fans in the country living off a great championship win over a decade ago.
How times have changed, bottom 5 next year for Jackless, cashless, Hughesless, Bentleyless, Fanless, club ha ha ha going down going down going down!
Woody Riversider, Blackburn says...
11:04pm Sun 22 Jun 08
withheld wrote:Crucial,crucial & crucial that the backroom staff are of the highest quality in this our modern game. We as a Premier club have no excuse what so ever not to use all modern concepts available esp for fitness,diets & rest. I hope that is the case?
Monty wrote: When Ince was appointed manager of Macclesfield Town FC he quickly brought in Ray Matthias as his number 2 claiming that he (Paul Ince) had no idea of what League 2 football was all about and no idea about players at that level. Ray Matthias was Ince's League 2 expert - hence he was made his right hand man. Therefore, by Ince's own admission, if Matthias is an expert on League 2 football, how on earth is he going to coach Premiership footballlers? What is Matthias's pedigree? He had a bit of time at Tranmere and Chester - hardly great grounding to take over at a Premier League top 10 club is it?! I worry about this appointment. Ince will need a top backroom team. If Ince is bringing Matthias with him, I worry about our future.Ray Matthias was on a U.E.F.A. B license course that i was on in 1997. He has a good knowledge of lower league clubs and has i understand, his coaching has improved as he now has his A license. He has great respect from many people in the lower ranks of the football pyramid but has never stepped up to a job like this.
David Moyes came from nowhere(before Preston) so if your good at what you do & the players enjoy whats given to them for training then a name means nothing. Ray Matthias,if he is the guy with Ince, will most certainly be put to the test now?
We have to believe that JW & the board have made the best choice in P.Ince. I personally feel Ince will make a fist off it. He his a born winner & that,believe me, does rub off on those around you.This is a massive step for Ince & I do not for a moment think that Ince would have taken up such a task if HE didn't feel HE was ready for the task ahead. Admittedly Ince will most certainly have to hit the ground running,because as we all know,the Prem league is merciless & unforgiving.
Bring it on & lets watch our club push the boundry's -again & again & again & again & again............
Arte et labore
PS To the ball boy who got a roasting off INCE - DE-DUMS!! :)
Dave, Ewood Arms. says...
11:04pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Dingle Den, Burnley says...
11:21pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Ince will take you on a journey to his managerial comfort zone League 2 and well pass one another like ships in the night, BFC going up and Rovers going down.
They think its all over, well it is for the Rovers.
Cmon everybody, smile and wave at the six fingered, pointy-headed dingle. Lol
ROBBO'S NEMESIS, Blackburn says...
11:26pm Sun 22 Jun 08
robbo wrote:ROBBO'S NEMESIS ROBBO SPEAKS THE LANGUAGE OF DOOM & GLOOM, WHICH TO BE FAIR,HOW ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT A BURNLEY FAN TO SPEAK? CONSIDERING THEY HAVN'T HAD ANYTHING GOOD TO SPEAK OF FOR WELL OVER 50 YEARS. HOW TIME EMBITTERS THE FOOTBALL SUPPORTER.
Dingle All The Way wrote:Touched a nerve did I? truth hurts doesn't it!!! Face it - you are going into an unmanagable spiral of dispair and empty stadiums!!Robbo wrote: Let\'s all laugh at rovers.... You\'ve got no fans, have a div 2 manager, got no backroom staff, shearer hates you, laudrup thinks you\'re small club, you\'ve got no money to spend, bentley, nelson, samba, croooz all want out, you,ve got a crap chairman... the list could go on and on... As a burnley fan this is hilarious... You will be relegated very soon and I will be laughing alll the way back to the best lancs town.. THE BURNLEY!!Morning has broken! The Dingle has spoken... out of his hairy, unkempt @rse! Your fans are renowned throughout the world of football for being Sc*m, a Manager who comes from the cesspit that is Jock football, Cole & countless others don\'t want to sign for you, Lafferty thinks your relegation fodder, you\'ve got more money outgoing than coming in and your Chairman is ginger! The list could go on and on... As a Rovers fan, this is comical.. By the end of next season, you\'ll be begging for the return on John Bond!!
ROBBO YOU SPEAK ONLY OF CONJECTURE IN RELATION TO OUR 21st CLUB (BRFC) BUT OF YOURS IT IS AN ABSOLUTE REALITY
Face it - you are going into an unmanagable spiral of dispair and empty stadiums!!
ROBBO YOUR PAIN IS TANGIBLE BUT NON THE LESS I'M RUBBING MY HANDS IN GLEE KNOWING THAT WE WILL BE RUBBING YOUR NOSE IN IT COME THE NEW SEASON & OF COURSE AT THE END.
I'M BEGGING THAT WE GET YOU IN ONE OF THE CUPS AGAIN.
accyrover, accrington says...
11:32pm Sun 22 Jun 08
reg ball, ossie says...
11:37pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Its a shockingly BAD appointment.
Rovers are indeed at risk of meltdown now (as most of the first team queue up to leave and will not really be persuaded otherwise now we know who the new boss is)
The only chance of saving the sinking ship was to appoint Big Sam who I do agree may well have played ugly football but who was proven to build teams that punched above their weight on a limited budget. And we surely have the smnallest budget in the whole premiership so that would have been a major criteria for the new boss.
And Yes I would prefer to watch ugly football if it meant a guarantted stay in the premiership as opposed to being the dead certs we now appear to be for relegation (I fear we are like charlton who punched above their weight for so long but who dropped like a brick as soon as curbishley went)
The Rovers Board have fallen for the hype and newspaper talk that pushed for Ince (a man who I fear is nowhere near as a good a manager as the publicity would have us believe)
I hope to be proved wrong , but I am a realist ...
good luck Incey you're going to need it lad !
Roy B'burn End, Blackburn says...
12:17am Mon 23 Jun 08
on in terms eh,get help or the ENVY WILL CONSUME YOU,you're a typical six toed in-bread tw*t.
sean, blackburn says...
12:24am Mon 23 Jun 08
roy b'burn end, blackburn says...
12:33am Mon 23 Jun 08
Dingle Den, Beatiful Burnley says...
2:14am Mon 23 Jun 08
A couple of days after Hughes defected to a better, richer club, a cabal of Burnley supporters well-versed in the arts of black propaganda, gathered in a sparsely decorated room deep in the bowels of the Bee Hive End. Our secret mission was simple: to develop a strategy to disrupt our enemies search for a competent, experienced manager and to install our own favoured Manchurian Candidate.
Through our contacts at the marvelous Daily Mirror we quickly got hold of the six names on the shortlist. We immediately wrote off Laudrup, Shearer and Advocaat as being far too expensive for our impoverished neighbours, leaving only McClown, BFS and our Manchurian Candidate, the claret and blue born Ince. We credited the dimwitted Sadburn board with having just enough sense not to appoint McClown leaving only BFS in our way.
BFSs candidacy represented a real problem for us as here was a manager with proven ability of successfully managing impoverished clubs in the EPL, surely the board would appoint him we argued. We therefore set about destroying his reputation by setting up an Anti-BFS Facebook petition and getting our fellow Burnley supporters to sign it. Additionally, we voted en masse for our Manchurian Candidate Ince on the online polls and talked up his very limited experience and ability on your forums.
You can imagine our glee when JW and his dumb board fell for this spurious fan power hook, line and sinker. Enjoy your last season in the EPL as youre on a downward slide that will eventually dump you in League 2 exactly where a club of your miniscule stature belongs.
duck, melbourne says...
2:17am Mon 23 Jun 08
Mads, Denmark says...
2:26am Mon 23 Jun 08
(1) Laudrup would come with a clause basically allowing him to leave if a better offer came in. How's that for motivating players to come to the club let alone stay if you know the gaffer has one foot out the door the minut he walks in.
(2) Laudrup has no real toplevel experience in the transfer market. Yes, he was a worldclass player and is sorely missed in the Danish national side, but he has never acted in the transfer market in a big way. He brought a lot of players to Brondby, when he was there, and they are still struggling to offload some of them. In Getafe he basically inherited a team brought together by an all-controlling club president (alhtough admittedly he did perform wonders with that).
(3) Laudrup is rumoured not to be much of a man manager. In the Brondby days it was rumoured that he only seldom was active at the training pitch with John Jensen doing that.
(4) Laudrup has a loose-canon agent, who is not affraid to comment on players of the team, Laudrup manages, in the media. Think about how unsettling that would be.
With all this I'm not saying that Ince is my number one choice. But I'm saying that I'm not so sure we should be sorry not to have gotten Laudrup. We need someone committed, and if Ince is that, can install that in the players and pull off a few coups in the transfer market, I'm all for him, and I believe Rovers have a great future ahead of them.
blackburn are going down, says...
3:01am Mon 23 Jun 08
looks like relegation next season
Ben, B'Burn says...
3:36am Mon 23 Jun 08
David, Awali says...
5:20am Mon 23 Jun 08
Soccerover, Bermagui says...
7:37am Mon 23 Jun 08
Ince has a determination to win and that is what we need. To fire the team up every time we play.
Can't wait until 28th Dec when we play City at home.
This is going to be one humungous season !
ossy, ossy says...
7:58am Mon 23 Jun 08
all we are saying is give ince a chance
all we are saying is give ince a chance.
Will, says...
8:09am Mon 23 Jun 08
Headmaster, says...
8:22am Mon 23 Jun 08
Dingle Den wrote:Dingle Den....Absolutely brilliant mate. One of the best posts I have read. I don't suppose our friends down the M65 will appreciate it's full value as the phrases have quite a few words with more than two sylables.
SMILE YOUVE BEEN DINGLED
A couple of days after Hughes defected to a better, richer club, a cabal of Burnley supporters well-versed in the arts of black propaganda, gathered in a sparsely decorated room deep in the bowels of the Bee Hive End. Our secret mission was simple: to develop a strategy to disrupt our enemies search for a competent, experienced manager and to install our own favoured Manchurian Candidate.
Through our contacts at the marvelous Daily Mirror we quickly got hold of the six names on the shortlist. We immediately wrote off Laudrup, Shearer and Advocaat as being far too expensive for our impoverished neighbours, leaving only McClown, BFS and our Manchurian Candidate, the claret and blue born Ince. We credited the dimwitted Sadburn board with having just enough sense not to appoint McClown leaving only BFS in our way.
BFSs candidacy represented a real problem for us as here was a manager with proven ability of successfully managing impoverished clubs in the EPL, surely the board would appoint him we argued. We therefore set about destroying his reputation by setting up an Anti-BFS Facebook petition and getting our fellow Burnley supporters to sign it. Additionally, we voted en masse for our Manchurian Candidate Ince on the online polls and talked up his very limited experience and ability on your forums.
You can imagine our glee when JW and his dumb board fell for this spurious fan power hook, line and sinker. Enjoy your last season in the EPL as youre on a downward slide that will eventually dump you in League 2 exactly where a club of your miniscule stature belongs.
Get Real, says...
8:25am Mon 23 Jun 08
Mads wrote:Points 1, 2 and 3 can be meant for Ince as well.
Given the choice between Laudrup and Ince, I would take Ince any day. And I say that even though I'm Danish and a Rovers supporter for more than 15 years. Let's review why it's great that it's not Laudrup, we now have in the management hotseat:
(1) Laudrup would come with a clause basically allowing him to leave if a better offer came in. How's that for motivating players to come to the club let alone stay if you know the gaffer has one foot out the door the minut he walks in.
(2) Laudrup has no real toplevel experience in the transfer market. Yes, he was a worldclass player and is sorely missed in the Danish national side, but he has never acted in the transfer market in a big way. He brought a lot of players to Brondby, when he was there, and they are still struggling to offload some of them. In Getafe he basically inherited a team brought together by an all-controlling club president (alhtough admittedly he did perform wonders with that).
(3) Laudrup is rumoured not to be much of a man manager. In the Brondby days it was rumoured that he only seldom was active at the training pitch with John Jensen doing that.
(4) Laudrup has a loose-canon agent, who is not affraid to comment on players of the team, Laudrup manages, in the media. Think about how unsettling that would be.
With all this I'm not saying that Ince is my number one choice. But I'm saying that I'm not so sure we should be sorry not to have gotten Laudrup. We need someone committed, and if Ince is that, can install that in the players and pull off a few coups in the transfer market, I'm all for him, and I believe Rovers have a great future ahead of them.
Tom Heap, Galashiels Scottish Borders says...
8:46am Mon 23 Jun 08
BONGO, says...
9:11am Mon 23 Jun 08
Sky Guy Fly By, says...
9:15am Mon 23 Jun 08
Looking at Paul Ince on Sky Sports News.
They are saying he wants to keep Bentley and Cruz but Bentley clip came on at a posh gathering sipping champaigne saying he wants to move away from Raawvers to win things ha ha ha ha.
I nearly choked on my Cornflakes ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Paul Inch the pint sized Guv'nor!
LAUGHING STOCK
Shearer said NO
Brolly man took another Job
Big Sam withdrew
Laudrup wanted get out clauses
Bilic didnt even want to know
Cruz says his agents will deal with transfers.
Bentley wants away
Ooijer says play me or im off
Inch wants to bring a league 2 midfielder with him.
the list could be endless ha ha ha ha
And no im not a Burnley fan you retards
ML, Blackburn says...
9:24am Mon 23 Jun 08
Campaign for a Rovers Manager photo, Evening Telegraph says...
9:51am Mon 23 Jun 08
Steve, Rishton says...
9:56am Mon 23 Jun 08
Steve, Rishton says...
9:58am Mon 23 Jun 08
Sky Guy Fly By wrote:Tell me, how did the interview with Bilic go then? Not a Burnley fan? Didnt know there was a lower life form than a Dingle. At least Ive never met one... but I have just read one !
Just had a laugh before i set off to work. Looking at Paul Ince on Sky Sports News. They are saying he wants to keep Bentley and Cruz but Bentley clip came on at a posh gathering sipping champaigne saying he wants to move away from Raawvers to win things ha ha ha ha. I nearly choked on my Cornflakes ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Paul Inch the pint sized Guv\'nor! LAUGHING STOCK Shearer said NO Brolly man took another Job Big Sam withdrew Laudrup wanted get out clauses Bilic didnt even want to know Cruz says his agents will deal with transfers. Bentley wants away Ooijer says play me or im off Inch wants to bring a league 2 midfielder with him. the list could be endless ha ha ha ha And no im not a Burnley fan you retards
Robbie, Manchester says...
10:00am Mon 23 Jun 08
Sky Guy Fly By wrote:but still we are in the premier league and your in the championship..
Just had a laugh before i set off to work. Looking at Paul Ince on Sky Sports News. They are saying he wants to keep Bentley and Cruz but Bentley clip came on at a posh gathering sipping champaigne saying he wants to move away from Raawvers to win things ha ha ha ha. I nearly choked on my Cornflakes ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Paul Inch the pint sized Guv'nor! LAUGHING STOCK Shearer said NO Brolly man took another Job Big Sam withdrew Laudrup wanted get out clauses Bilic didnt even want to know Cruz says his agents will deal with transfers. Bentley wants away Ooijer says play me or im off Inch wants to bring a league 2 midfielder with him. the list could be endless ha ha ha ha And no im not a Burnley fan you retards
you are a burnley fan as no other fan would bother to come on this site and try and wind us up.
but i think its back fired badly
lmao burnley staying down forever
Alan Gow, Glasgow Reserves says...
10:33am Mon 23 Jun 08
Dingle Den wrote:HA HA HA!
Ince was appointed because he comes cheap. Despite your ridiculous posturings, exposed by the excellent Daily Mirror, you lot never had enough money to get Laudrup. Instead you got a League 2 (the old division 4!!!) manager thus making you the laughing stock of the EPL. Ince will take you on a journey to his managerial comfort zone League 2 and well pass one another like ships in the night, BFC going up and Rovers going down. They think its all over, well it is for the Rovers. Cmon everybody, smile and wave at the six fingered, pointy-headed dingle. Lol
Burnley going up? are you serious?
I would rather take saturday's off, then join your joke club (well I get no action in glasgow)!
Mr. Coyle showed me around your stadium. what a dump! According to my friends at Coral, ur joint favourites to get relegated, who would want to join your wee poxy club anyway?
I actually think Paul Ince will do ok. Burnley have no chance of passing them "like a ship in the night" lol!
With the fact no one wants to join Burnley, and everyone wants to leave, u will struggle to get 11 out on the pitch.
Even Karl Lafferty warned me not to join!
Passing like ships in the night .You won't even get a team out. cheers mate, that gag will keep me laughing all day!
And you wonder why everyone laugh's at Burnley, who cares about you anyway?
mike, says...
10:34am Mon 23 Jun 08
Sky Guy Fly By wrote:hi dingle how are you?
Just had a laugh before i set off to work. Looking at Paul Ince on Sky Sports News. They are saying he wants to keep Bentley and Cruz but Bentley clip came on at a posh gathering sipping champaigne saying he wants to move away from Raawvers to win things ha ha ha ha. I nearly choked on my Cornflakes ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Paul Inch the pint sized Guv'nor! LAUGHING STOCK Shearer said NO Brolly man took another Job Big Sam withdrew Laudrup wanted get out clauses Bilic didnt even want to know Cruz says his agents will deal with transfers. Bentley wants away Ooijer says play me or im off Inch wants to bring a league 2 midfielder with him. the list could be endless ha ha ha ha And no im not a Burnley fan you retards
DINGLE DENS NEMESIS, Blackburn says...
10:36am Mon 23 Jun 08
Dingle Den wrote:HE-HE doesn't get much better than OWEN COYLES appointment though does it !!
SMILE YOUVE BEEN DINGLED A couple of days after Hughes defected to a better, richer club, a cabal of Burnley supporters well-versed in the arts of black propaganda, gathered in a sparsely decorated room deep in the bowels of the Bee Hive End. Our secret mission was simple: to develop a strategy to disrupt our enemies search for a competent, experienced manager and to install our own favoured Manchurian Candidate. Through our contacts at the marvelous Daily Mirror we quickly got hold of the six names on the shortlist. We immediately wrote off Laudrup, Shearer and Advocaat as being far too expensive for our impoverished neighbours, leaving only McClown, BFS and our Manchurian Candidate, the claret and blue born Ince. We credited the dimwitted Sadburn board with having just enough sense not to appoint McClown leaving only BFS in our way. BFSs candidacy represented a real problem for us as here was a manager with proven ability of successfully managing impoverished clubs in the EPL, surely the board would appoint him we argued. We therefore set about destroying his reputation by setting up an Anti-BFS Facebook petition and getting our fellow Burnley supporters to sign it. Additionally, we voted en masse for our Manchurian Candidate Ince on the online polls and talked up his very limited experience and ability on your forums. You can imagine our glee when JW and his dumb board fell for this spurious fan power hook, line and sinker. Enjoy your last season in the EPL as youre on a downward slide that will eventually dump you in League 2 exactly where a club of your miniscule stature belongs.
As always 'A DINGLE-DUM' raising awareness of just how ridiculously deluded they are. Of course they hold much sway in the world of football,even helping a board of directors choose the next manager for a football club through it's posturing,which if one looks at the hard facts,highlights just why BFC are in exactly the predicament it finds itself in. FAN POWER of disastrous proportions leading to disarray amongst it's past & present owners.
Appoints manager(s) with no proven quality's. On the other hand it's near rivals appoints a young English manager who as won various trophys through his playing days,with arguably some of the biggest clubs in the world. Captained his country on numerous occasions on the world stage. The list is endless.
Who then goes on to manage at the lowest possible point(Maccesfield) turning around the fortunes of that club thus staving off relegation & most certainly reversing,quite possibly extinction. All in a season. With that job accomplished he then moves on to MK Dons were upon he delights many a respected manager with his DESIRE & DEDICATION to win, playing some very attractive football along the way,but always always to win thus resulting in winning the league outright & a cup for good measure. Again all in a season(or two?)
Winning is an infectious trait & no matter were it maybe won,winning is winning is winning!!
So I would personally like to thank the DIM-DUM-WITTED BFC supporters for what will most certainly prove to be a winning manager at BRFC(Again) & if this highly successful manager decides to move on in the coming years to bigger & better things then I will be rightly proud of what BRFC contributes to football -SUCCESS through it's motto:
Arte et labore
PS No doubt B.Flood will now be buying Mrs.Flood a new diamond seeing as you have just bought a new player(by all accounts)
Bill Hill, at work says...
10:39am Mon 23 Jun 08
For the record - Rovers rejected Laudrup because of the clauses he wanted in his contract not because, as some of our deluded friends think, he was too expensive.
Ince has more league managerial experience than Hughes and that appointment didn't turn out too bad did it?
And next time anyone needs a laugh just remember that little farce of a club called Burnley. It's no surprise they're so cold having to live in our shadow for so long.
Dave, sat on my high horse says...
10:42am Mon 23 Jun 08
"ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha"
2nd rate players
3rd rate club
4th rate fans
5th rate manager
6th rate town
down with the Hull, you're going down with the hull. can't wait to see it!
mike, says...
10:46am Mon 23 Jun 08
Dingle Den wrote:Well the pro allardyce group on facebook only had 8 members. The official BrfcS.com forum members all voted for Ince over Big Sam.
SMILE YOUVE BEEN DINGLED A couple of days after Hughes defected to a better, richer club, a cabal of Burnley supporters well-versed in the arts of black propaganda, gathered in a sparsely decorated room deep in the bowels of the Bee Hive End. Our secret mission was simple: to develop a strategy to disrupt our enemies search for a competent, experienced manager and to install our own favoured Manchurian Candidate. Through our contacts at the marvelous Daily Mirror we quickly got hold of the six names on the shortlist. We immediately wrote off Laudrup, Shearer and Advocaat as being far too expensive for our impoverished neighbours, leaving only McClown, BFS and our Manchurian Candidate, the claret and blue born Ince. We credited the dimwitted Sadburn board with having just enough sense not to appoint McClown leaving only BFS in our way. BFSs candidacy represented a real problem for us as here was a manager with proven ability of successfully managing impoverished clubs in the EPL, surely the board would appoint him we argued. We therefore set about destroying his reputation by setting up an Anti-BFS Facebook petition and getting our fellow Burnley supporters to sign it. Additionally, we voted en masse for our Manchurian Candidate Ince on the online polls and talked up his very limited experience and ability on your forums. You can imagine our glee when JW and his dumb board fell for this spurious fan power hook, line and sinker. Enjoy your last season in the EPL as youre on a downward slide that will eventually dump you in League 2 exactly where a club of your miniscule stature belongs.
So what can we say.....Thanks!
look like you guys done us a massive favour.
THANKS BURNLEY FANS!
Amused, says...
10:59am Mon 23 Jun 08
Dave wrote:I find it quite amusing how so called fans come on here trying to put Rovers down but are reluctant to say who they actually support. We know 99% of them are from the land that time forgot so l can accept why they might be embarrassed.
to quote a big fat clown in a glass case "ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha" 2nd rate players 3rd rate club 4th rate fans 5th rate manager 6th rate town down with the Hull, you're going down with the hull. can't wait to see it!
Ince - good appointment? Only time will tell. Hughes was a gamble having only managed Wales but he turned out well enough :-D
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6:08pm Mon 23 Jun 08
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