Blackburn urged to keep Ince on

Blackburn Rovers have been urged to keep faith with manager Paul Ince as speculation mounts about his future.

Ince has been under pressure after only three wins from 17 Premier League games amid claims Blackburn's directors held crisis talks on Monday.

Chairman John Williams was critical of the display in the 3-0 loss at Wigan.

But League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan told BBC Sport: "He's only been there five months and not brought in his own players."

Bevan stated on Radio Five Live: "I'm sure chairmen, the likes of John Williams at Blackburn, are under a lot of pressure.

"They have got a massive commitment into the club and what we have got to get over is that continuity, looking at allowing managers to build relationships with the fans, the players and particularly the board.

"If you do that, then stats and history shows that you will be more successful."

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Blackburn are second from bottom in the table and Bevan added: "Blackburn sold the likes of David Bentley and Brad Friedel for ?20m and probably, I think, they are the lowest spenders from the transfer window in August, so I think we just need to give Paul time.

"He has got big matches coming up - he has got Stoke at home, Sunderland away, Manchester City at home and Fulham away, so they are all matches where he can pick up points.

"I think the best example of where we've got to bring a bit of calm to the situation is to just look at Gary Megson at Bolton.

"At the beginning of November everyone was saying he should be kicked out or resigning, he goes and wins four out of five matches and he wins manager of the month."

But chairman Williams was unimpressed by the performance in the 3-0 loss at the JJB, saying: "After all the signs coming out of Brockhall (Blackburn's training ground) this week, I was led to believe we would get a top performance.

"Without taking anything away from Wigan I have to say I was very disappointed with what I saw."

Williams added in the Lancashire Telegraph: "The worry is the league table is beginning to stretch out and now we need two wins just to get back among the pack at the bottom."

Posted By: Charles21 on December 16th 2008 at 11:37:40

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