SACKED
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Ince sacked by Blackburn
Blackburn have relieved manager Paul Ince of his duties.
Allsport
Ince: Unable to repeat his lower league success.
A sixth successive Premier League defeat at the weekend, 3-0 at Wigan, extended Rovers' winless run to 11 matches and increased the scrutiny on Ince who has paid with his job.
The Blackburn board met on Monday to discuss the future of the former Macclesfield and MK Dons boss, who guided Rovers to just three wins in 17 league games since his appointment in June.
He leaves with the Lancashire club second bottom of the league.
"It is with great sadness the board announce that Paul Ince is to leave the club," read a statement on Blackburn's club website. "After a board meeting yesterday it was decided to relieve Paul of his duties.
"The board, having selected Paul back in June, were desperate for him to succeed and wanted to give him as much time as possible in the unforgiving environment of Premier League management, where time is such a precious commodity."
Chairman John Williams added: "Three wins in 17 games has seen a squad, which finished seventh last season, fall to 19th position. We are currently in real danger of becoming detached from the pack.
"The survival of the club in the Premier League is paramount and our focus now is on finding a replacement who will be able to maintain our top division status.
"Paul will bounce back, he is a fighter and we wish him well."
Replacements for Ince are already being touted around with former Rovers boss Graeme Souness seemingly the new favourite.
Alan Curbishley, Burnley boss Owen Coyle and Sam Allardyce have also being linked.
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must sack that paul robinson also.
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knew it, mark hudges should go next.
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tats fast.
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paul ince got runners up with blackburn in my fm 09
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Originally posted by limpper:
knew it, mark hudges should go next.
no no, a certain coach from portugal..
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Originally posted by iceFatboy:
no no, a certain coach from portugal..
brazil or portugal? -
Originally posted by dragg:
brazil or portugal?oh ya, he managed portugal before.. I got confused..
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You mean big phil?
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big phil wun get sacked one la...lols
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Big Phil already said they were very disappointed when they lost in the Carling cup... Now he wants to try and win the treble this season so how to get sack...
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should be mark hughes la. the arabs will wanna bring in a new guy before jan transfer window.
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mark hughes is the next one to be sack definitely.
