Paul Ince

I was never much of a fan of the angry little whinger, anyone who tell people what to call him (The Guv'nor, oh please) has got to be some kind of an arse.  However, he seems to be maturing as a manager and I do agree with what he says here:

"Back in my time, and I sound old now, it was black and white boots and that was it.  Now you've got snoods, people wearing headphones when they are doing interviews, which I find disrespectful, pink boots, green boots, you name it they've got it, tights - they'll be wearing skirts next.

You try to bring your kids up the right way and I think somewhere down the line managers have got to come together and say: 'Listen if you are doing interviews, you don't wear headphones, no hats, no silly stuff like that'. I don't think it's the way football should be played. We should all, as a managers' union, come together and stop all this. It's getting ridiculous I'm afraid.

I'm sick and tired of seeing players, even when it's mild weather, wearing tights and these things [snoods] around their necks. It's not right.  You see players coming off the buses with earphones around their ears. What ever happened to the art of conversation? You go into the changing room and they've all got their headphones on listening to their own bit of music. When I was at Inter Milan we used to have dinner together and talk together for two to three hours getting to know one another."

Didn't need the name drop at the end (I wonder how good his Italian is anyway) but bang on with his opinions.

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