OK, I'll say it, Paul Ince..

[BlackToffee]

NIce to see a Black manager in the prem. Unfortunately it doesn't make him less of a red, wife beating ****. But for today, I'm pleased for him.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

I thought he was the first, but then remembered Jean Tigana and Ruud Gullit.

Ince is the first English Black manager though?

 

[coyney]

I hope he flops big style simply because of colour yes I hate reds

 

[Andriy.EFC]

i don't care. at all.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

On one hand I'd like him to do well because he played for Inter and so isn't as insular as many English players/coaches, but then I thought that about David Platt too.

 

[Vim Fuego]

He'll begin his reign with a thumping defeat though .

 

[Rich316]

He'll begin his reign with a thumping defeat though .

very true vim

 

[coyney]

He'll begin his reign with a thumping defeat though .

Vim mate when do we ever do what is expected I hope your right and Arshavin is man of the match

 

[TX Bill]

He'll begin his reign with a thumping defeat though .

 

[McBain]

It brings me to a question....

who was our first black player?

 

[Nebbiolo]

It brings me to a question....

who was our first black player?

I think it was Mike Trebilcock back in the mid-60s (He scored a couple of goals in the 66 FA Cup final).

 

[McBain]

He looks like a white guy

http://www.lawyersweekly.ca/images/Trebilcock_Michael(K).jpg

and he was a lawyer too. Pacey with the smarts.

 

[Dylan]

About Paul Ince:

"It is a very tight timeline, a very disciplined timeline and the fact it is now embodied into his contract of employment is testimony to how serious he takes it.

"He realises the significance and importance of having the qualifications. He will be doing his B licence, A licence then Pro licence.

"These things are sequential and Paul needs to be in a position to start the Pro licence in the summer of 2010.

Does anybody think this is crap? How does Blackburn appoint someone without pretty much any of the required qualification.

I think UEFA should just scrap the requirements, as the obvioulsy aren't requirements anymore. Everybody gets away without having the right badges. Southgate, Grant, Ince, Roeder.

Another reason it should be scrapped. Look at some of the managers who do have the license who shouldn't: Keegan, Souness, Benitiez, Jewell, Hutchinson.

Pfff, crap rules which are flaunted at every turn.