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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.
Steen Frantzen, Denmark says...
3:13pm Sun 22 Jun 08
John, West Lancs says...
3:17pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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
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
bluenwhite, says...
3:46pm Sun 22 Jun 08
LowerDarwenBlue, Lower Darwen says...
3:50pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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.
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.
Adam, Blackburn says...
4:18pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Dev the blue and white, says...
4:18pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Rob, Acc says...
4:18pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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
Matt, Texas says...
4:40pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Thairover, Phuket says...
4:55pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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?
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??
Graham, Devon says...
5:09pm Sun 22 Jun 08
saysithowitis, says...
5:09pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Bob, Burnley says...
5:11pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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
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.
Adam, Blackburn says...
5:30pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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.
Ian, Lancs says...
5:41pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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.
Dave, Ramsbottom says...
5:49pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Ken Myles, Clitheroe says...
5:50pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Wakey Wakey, says...
5:51pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Graham wrote:(fROM)?
Re previous comment fROM "Wakey Wakey" He`s obviously still asleep!!
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
mac, in house says...
5:57pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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
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
quoteit is a huge win for us i'm really really pleased get in there.
Another Michael, Blackburn says...
6:40pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Robbo, Guess where... says...
6:47pm Sun 22 Jun 08
A Game of Blue & White Halves, says...
6:52pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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!!
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!!
BigPete, darwen and proud says...
7:09pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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!!
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!!
kelbo, Lancs says...
7:39pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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.
Dave, Darwen says...
7:53pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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!!
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.
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!!
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.
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!
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.
Dave, Ewood Arms. says...
11:04pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Dingle Den, Burnley says...
11:21pm Sun 22 Jun 08
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!!
Face it - you are going into an unmanagable spiral of dispair and empty stadiums!!
accyrover, accrington says...
11:32pm Sun 22 Jun 08
reg ball, ossie says...
11:37pm Sun 22 Jun 08
Roy B'burn End, Blackburn says...
12:17am Mon 23 Jun 08
sean, blackburn says...
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roy b'burn end, blackburn says...
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Dingle Den, Beatiful Burnley says...
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duck, melbourne says...
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Mads, Denmark says...
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blackburn are going down, says...
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Soccerover, Bermagui says...
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ossy, ossy says...
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Will, says...
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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
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
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
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.
Bill Hill, at work says...
10:39am Mon 23 Jun 08
Dave, sat on my high horse says...
10:42am Mon 23 Jun 08
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.
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!
simon, Peston says...
11:49am Mon 23 Jun 08
john paul murphy, cork city, rep of ireland says...
2:14pm Mon 23 Jun 08
Captain Reality, Realsville says...
5:15pm Mon 23 Jun 08
Graham, Devon says...
6:08pm Mon 23 Jun 08
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Features, Bedford says...
3:11pm Sun 22 Jun 08