So in the last 24 hours I have shifted from "hmmm Ince - that's refreshing, sure beats McLaren or Allardyce' to "Ince - seriously, we turned down Laudrup for that?"

I think I am just going to hole up in a cave for a day or two - and then see who it is.

In any case, Laudrup was always my first choice (if not expected), but Ince wouldn't be the end of the world.

Nope BUT he could easily be the beginning........ of the end of the world.

Or it could easily be the end of the beginning...........of the end of the world

Crazy dream.

In the interest of harmony, Rovers unveiled Paul Simon at the Monday Press Conference....

JW said "When I realised we didn't need to hire a manager with any licenses, we started thinking laterally about getting a big name manager. I'd had enough of talking to bolshie money grubbing old football pros."

Game on for the weekend?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtm...0/sfnbla120.xml

Away goal advantage for Laudrup!

Appointing Laudrup would certainly be ambitious.

My take on Laudrup is this,he is experienced at the highest Level,Uefa Cup,and Spanish Legue.Played at the highest level as well,took a relatively small team(much like ourselves)to the spanish cup final,reached the Uefa Cup Quarter Final..the one thing for me is,that we wouldn’t have to pay any compo to any club,as he aint employed.The other thing is,there would be no problem with getting special whatever to have him coach us,as is the case with Ince.The only question is,who is it going to be,and does Laudrup seriously want the job.There is no question,that Laudrup is so much better than Ince,and there is just 1 winner and that’s ML…

Is this Duncan chap from the telegraph in the know or reliable???

This guy trying to get up people's noses??
Is he really implying that because we're not Chelsea we don't deserve to be confident in the choice we make? I hope we give Grooby the job just to snipe the ba$tard.

What has the world come to when any idiot writing any rubbish can get published? Not an ounce of intelligence in his "article".

this is a new thing?

I think that it's great that we have the option of having Ince or Laudrup as our manager and that McClaren has decided to go FC Twente and that Allardyce has taken his hat out of the ring. Ince and Laudrup are similar in that they are both young, up and coming managers. Ince has done extremely well with MK Dons and certainly has the potential to be a very good Premiership manager. Laudrup took Getafe, a club which I imagine would be similar to ours in terms of support, finance and size, to the semi finals of the Uefa Cup, the semi finals of the Copa Del Rey and kept them in La Liga. He would be my preferred candidate because of his experiences and achievements at a higher level of football. He would also have a greater set of contacts for potential signings. I know that what he did at Getafe doesn't necessarily mean that he will do the same with Rovers, but you would imagine him to have a better chance of success than Ince. Either way I think both are great candidates and would be a suitable replacement for Hughes.

Don't blame the writer he should have chosen another career path. Any blame is with the editor. Little Big Man with a Big Desks. They simply would not dare publish such disparaging stuff about a 'big' club.

Ince speaks like a plank - from having all our staff with qualifications to no one now....

Laudrup would be a signal of intent. Everyone I speak to cannot believe he is being linked with us.

Same here, I got a few pleasant texts from fans of other teams a couple of hours after the news was released. Until the Laudrup the news all I've had is mocking and laughing about the quality of candidates.

A quick question that I hope someone knows the answer to (I don't, I genuinely want to find out):

Who was the last Premiership/top division side to appoint a manager from the fourth tier? I can't think of anyone.

how can anyone support Ince? Even if he is the man to take us forward HE CANT cause he cant participate in any Eufa tournament without those badges. Id have preferred BFS to this guy. He has no badges, no top flight experience and appears arrogant and full of himself. He mst also be bone idol to think he doesnt need those badges if he is to match his future ambitions.

I dont understand how is the front runner and dont say its cause he's young.

As ludicrous as entering the RAC rally with no driving licence.
JW has the perfect get out clause with Ince if he wants to appoint Laudrup.

Ince v Laudrup

Here is what Ince´s crony thinks about Rovers....never-gonna-achieve-anything-Blackburn

and here is what Laudrup´s agent says...In 20 years of working in football I have not come across a chairman as impressive as John Williams

It is now turning into a no-brainer. Ince gets his mates to slag off the club when we do not rush to appoint him. Laurdup´s agent talks with respect.

I thought Ince might be a decent gamble but with Laudrup on the scene and the antics of Ince´s buddy it would now be very disappointing should he get the job.

Exactly. If it all goes t!ts up with Laudrup then Ince would still jump at the chance later down the line. The club need to show the fans they have at least some ambition cause even if he fails and jump ship then we can still appoint Ince.

My impression is the Ince/Laudrup divide will show us what direction the club is going in. Go for Ince and it shows a lack of ambition, go for Laudrup and it shows the fans the club still is ambitious despite a lack of funds. This is a key decision, one which I trust JW will make to the best of his ability based around everything he knows which im sure is a lot more than us.

What a distasteful article - nasty little Rovers are distracting us from our ritual masturbation over the top four. The upstarts.

I can scarcely imagine that being phrased any better.

Some interesting info on Ince below

"I didn't see Mark Hughes do it, people like that who I played with at Man United. I wouldn't say [Hughes] was a close friend but we were team-mates and we had some good times. But it didn't help him pick up the phone to give me encouragement.

A very interesting article. Ince sounds like he's learned a little at least about real football spirit in the lower leagues where the players are there mostly because they love playing football. Maybe a good lesson for someone who's been at the other end of the spectrum during their playing career.

I should add that this could be a lesson that humble's the ego. That's a positive if Ince is one to have had a large ego.

88% in favour of laudrup...says it all doesn't it!!!!

SOS! Please ,please FA do us a favour just this once and block the Ince appointment. Why have a rule if it's never applied. For Southgate and Roeder there were mitigating circumstances . Thjere are none with Ince. He should have got the badges if he wanted a top job. Really it sums him up that he arrogantly didn't bother. Why on earth is the job being offered to someone with zero experience of transfer dealings and players outside the UK (or indeed the lower leagues)? How will he cope with one of his earliest decisions - how to replace the 2 most influential players in last season's team. A frightenng prospect that Ince could be entrusted to spend £25m - a decision that will determine whether Rovers hold on to their current mid /upper table position or slide towards the Championship trap-door. This would be an appointment that shows no ambition - just taking an easy catch.

This is the one time we want people to side against us and it doesnt happen.

There's a lot of support for Laudrup here, but I wonder how many have seen a team he's managed actually play.

Far off fields as I was saying.

I'd imagine quite a few people saw Getafe's displays against Spurs this season, I know I did.

A few more than those impressed by MK Dons

You have not lived until you have eaten runny beans at a MK Dons game.

The only thing more breathtaking than the flowing football is the quality of the air.

A Getafe team that performed sporadically and finished 14th, 5 points off the relegation zone. I fail to see why Laudrup is being heralded as the new messiah.

Ince may have managed at two small clubs at a lower level but he has real tangible achievements on his CV - a remarkable relegation escape, a promotion as league champions and a trophy.

My daughter just got a trophy for "most goals scored", may she have the job?

As opposed to Laudrup winning the Danish Cup one season and the double the following season with Brondby in Denmark you mean?

And competing in European competition, seeing off Spurs and getting to the quarters?

It may be worth waiting till the end of the Euro 2008 competition before making an appointment-we may be able to talk to Bilic, Hiddink and Van Basten-for the sake of a couple of weeks we could possibly have more choices.

Van Basten is going to Ajax

Hi all,

well after hearing about the clauses Laudrup wanted when interviewed for the rovers job this will come as a bit of good news check to the link below:

http://www.express.co.uk/football/view/493...ks-at-Blackburn

it seems as though Paul "The Guvnor" Ince will be our next manager and will be made public tomorrow at some point and it seems as though he has begun his job already by talking to Santa's agent to assure him he is still a big part of what we are doing here have to say this news is welcomed as he wants to keep our best players the ones we have a chance of keeping here I hope to god he succeeds but he seems to have accepted that "David I have got my head stuck up my a**e Bentley" will probably leave but they think he will probably go to spurs I mean he first says I want to go to a champs lge club well spurs are hardly that only reason they are in Europe is because the won the carling meanlingless cup which all the big guns guns play reserve teams and I mean it would be a step backwards seeing as tho they finished lower in the league than us mind you if I were Ince just to be completely spiteful I would sell the ungrateful little gobs****e to Villa let him go through the pain of having to get back from his hols early for an Intertoto game! serve him right for disrespecting the team who took a chance on him let's see how he takes that probably say he is too tired or something! but hope Santa stays would be a good signing if we could tie him down to longer but please everyone before the slagging match begins let's all get behind Paul Ince's "Blue & White Army" he might not have been first choice and us fans would maybe have wanted Laudrup but with all the complications on that one would rather have someone who stays long term who won't jump ship at the first sign of trouble and someone who will certainly move heaven & Earth to ensure our star striker stays at the club so the early signs look good and a toast to "The Guvnor's" Blue & white Army

Rant over

Laters all.

You've probably heard a lot of crazy talk about £4.5m over 3 years. I can’t vouch for that salary but I did see JW dressed like Troy Bolton from High School Musical, do you think she may be intrested? btw does she have any FA shaped badges?

The sooner this winds up, the better.

I CAN'T GET ANYTHING DONE, FFS.

I JUST KEEP CHECKING BACK AND THE SITUATION GETS WEIRDER AND WEIRDER.

WHY AM I HERE AT 2AM?

because you care

Do you believe in the tooth fairy too?

Wry comment on ol' chicken 'n' beans analytical capacities in today's S.Telegraph:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtm...2/sfnjas122.xml

Hi and laters buddy, your opening and closing lines are becoming a shear joy to read...

[quote name='waggy' date='Jun 3 2008, 13:21 ' post='614986']
MY no1 would still be SHEARER and NEWELL

INCE floats my boat

BILIC is a name i'm warming too

COLLINS could do the job

HE WILL DO FOR ME

shearer is a toss, im sure if newcastle came in for him now, he wud forget all the comitments he had and run lke a dog to the managers room at the newcastle for it

She has the same amount as our new manager.

Sorry if this has been answered before, but do we know exactly who of his backroom staff Mark Hughes took with him?
Mark Bowen, Eddie Niedzwicki, Kevin Hitchcock have been confirmed. But anyone else than those three? Such as scouts, physios, physical coach, etc.

Those four are the ones who left from what I have read.

Next rovers manager? Hmmm Let me see. Given our determinatioon to steer clear of foreigners at this stage my guess would be one from Mike Newell, Sam Allardyce or Andy Irvine.