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Originally Posted by cashman
well ya lost me with that shaker,i thought every manager had scouts  plus most mangers when they take over bring their own backroom staff, ince also saved macclesfield without a pot to pee in, plus he spent his career playing in britain, also british international experiance, i know that don't make a premier manager, but seems to me like more positives than laudrop, plus i reckon you are letting bias come into it, cos hes n obnoxious git. |
No not every manager has scouts. My point is that Ince didn't have to have any knowledge of the football league to succeed as he had Ray Matthias' knowledge and scouts to find the right players. With Ince as a big name celebrity it was easy to sign them.
As for him playing in the top flight - it was a totally different game when he was playing. Over the last few years the players have become more athletic and faster. Also, much of the bully boy tactics he employed are useless in the Premiership because of the non-contact sport it has now become.
If you take playing careers out of it - as in my opinion Laudrup has an equally illustrious record, perhaps even better than Ince's - then you are left with Laudrup who has managed in the European top flight, and on the other hand you have Ince who has managed two clubs one league above non-league football.
Ince's success as a manager is purely down to (a) having bags of cash at MK Dons and (b) because his players were fighting for contracts at Macc (even John Miles played well at Macc).
I'm not putting bias into it (although he is a ******), I really can't think of a single reason why Rovers would want Ince.