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"Ince has made the County Ground his home"

I'd have thought commuting from Swindon would get tiresome quite quickly.

"As long as I am given the time and the finances needed to bring my own players in then I am sure we will be successful."
Much emphasis should be put on the finances part! He walks if he has none/ very little money to work with.
His first spell with us was successful but hardly unexpected. We had a squad easily good enough for promotion from League 2. He's got a long way to go to make up for his brief spell in the prem.

"The problem now is that football is about owners - they make rash decisions and we are the ones who get it in the neck, which is disappointing."

Ince's name will always stand out in football and if he dose take this club to the next level than im sure he will jump ship when a better offer is on the table. it's shame to say that it works both ways, I hope Ince will stay and build something here as Nott's are in much need of stability.

It was a Great game yesterday his son coming of the bench when the game looked to be over at 0-0 then scoring a great winning goal. Just over the river at forest they had the most famous father and son team in English football lets hope the same goes to the Ince's aswell.

It is difficult in any league to make it without a secure financial backing. If you're doing it on the cheap then you have to give the manager time, four seasons at least. Ince has worked under some great managers and Blackburn did not give him enough time; they had good performances and bad results on many occasions. I hope he is a success at County. He was great at MK Dons and how can it just be all the team that they won, that the manager had no influence is ridiculous.

The game needs more successful Black managers like him and Hughton. They are both English too and there is every chance one day they could be considered for the England set up.

I hope that Ince is NEVER considered for the England job. His record so far is very average and there are 40 other managers with better records than him.

I don't see what all the fuss is about having more black managers - judge them on their success not their skin colour. No-one would care if their manager was black, white, Hispanic, Asian or green as long as they did well. Too much is made of the fact that there are no black managers...how many actually apply for the jobs in the first place?

Recently you've had Des Lyttle, Keith Alexander, Paul Ince, Jean Tigana, Chris Hughton and John Barnes manage clubs in England. Apart from Hughton they've hardly set the game alight have they? It's not to do with the colour of their skin, just their ability

I've been out of the city this season and not had chance to check on Countys progress in the flesh. I really hope the board give Paul a decent go in the hot seat, and in return he doesn't run for the hills if he doesn't quite get the finances he wants.

Ince will never make it big as a manager......it's in his personality. His ego always surpassed his ability, even as a player, and his whining and playing the "race" card since turning to management says it all.

He sees himself as some sort of victim while hoping people will call him "The Govenor". All that translates into a personality that has to be right all the time .......and that's the fast track to managing poorly, both upwards and downwards.

He'll fail to ever get a top job and in his book he'll tell us that is was all down to discrimination.

RhinoW (Post 6) makes a good point.

I find it hard to believe that chairman and owners are institutionally racist and that they won't appoint managers due to the colour of their skin. The fact that Ince was given the job at Blackburn, a jump of 3 leagues from then MK Dons, proves that he was hardly held back. If anything, Ince had an unfair advantage due to his reputation and successful playing career. There were more experienced managers at that time in League One and the Championship than Ince but they were never considered for that Blackburn job as they weren't as big a name as Ince.

On another note, I always loved Ince as a player. I actually think he was quite underrated by many. He bucked a recent trend by being a successful and popular English player abroad (at Inter). Plus my favourite memories of England was undoubtedly Euro 96, a team of which Ince was a massive part. I wish the current England side had a leader like him in it.

Paul Ince is a good manager but did't make it when he had his chance at the top with Blackburn. Another manager who has donw well and worked his wat to the top has been Ian Holloway!

Read this blog on the blackpool manager...

The Blackburn job came too early in his career. Ince needs to stay at a club for a number of years and see it through, rather than jumping ship the next time there's a better offer.

Still plenty of time for him to make it as a top flight boss...if he's good enough.

#12 Paul wrote: "Why hasn't he lasted longer than one full season in any of his previous four spells as a manager?"

I think Ince shares many similar characteristics to his former United teammate Roy Keane..with perhaps a little more charm? They were both used to so much success in their careers at the top level that the slow progress of their sides in lower divisions becomes more frustrating. Their patience levels are wafer thin and this often leads them to voice disatisfaction far too quickly. Has Paul ever thought about coaching in Serie A does anybody know?

Before I say this I should point out I don't see why Hughton lost his job - but it's alright for managers to go round saying that owners should have more loyalty, but how about managers showing a bit of loyalty.

A team has to build consistency around players, playing style, training etc so everyone knows where they stand and so that any new players slot right into the system without having to learn a whole new way of playing. Look at Barcelona - they have kept the same philosophy for years passing down the tradition and it has paid off even with new managers. This is because the youth players play like the senior players and any young player can slot straight into the first team. Take Man United and you get the same by passing the baton from Busby to Fergie. So when you get a manager and they do well, owners must be pulling their hair out when they just up sticks to a better club meaning that they'll need a new manager with a new style which is ultimately going to cost them.

Wenger had a good point once when he said that you often get a great season followed by a bad one. He was referring to players, but the same applies all round and after a good season with MK Dons it was going to be hard for Ince to repeat the same trick at Blackburn. Had the same start he made at Blackburn been replicated at MK Dons you imagine he still would have kept his job.

As a result, with the greatest respect I don't think Ince can call for loyalty when he showed none himself and I'll be very surprised if I see him in this job in two years time. If he was still at MK Dons he might have built something special by now, but I'm afraid we'll now never find out.

It would be very nice, however very unlikely, if FCFranshize and their former manager team will go down.

"When I came in I felt the lads had not been organised properly and needed guidance," said the Magpies boss. "They needed discipline and someone to show them where to go.

This shows Paul Ince's absolute lack of class. Slagging off the previous management shows exactly the type of man he is. Incidentally Notts County got better results under the previous manager than they have under Ince so far. I hope he fails as he is an odious little man.

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People should lay off Paul Ince. He just needs to settle at a club where both he and the club feel comfortable, it happens to a lot of managers early in there managerial career. I know he had it first time at MK Dons but you cant get on his back for taking a shot at the big league. Any other Manager would have done the same, look at Roberto Di Matteo for example.

I think he has shown at Macc and MK Dons he has talent, he just needs to spend a few seasons implenting his plan. Hopefully he will make an impression at Notts and will be given another shot in the Premier League in a couple of years.