According to press reports this morning Saints are sniffing around Blackpool wide man Thomas Ince the son of former West Ham, Man Utd and Liverpool man they love to hate Paul Ince.
Most Saints fans expected us to be chasing the other Blackpool winger Matt Phillips, but latest reports suggest that its Tom Ince that we are after, Ince signed for the Lancashire club from Liverpool in January after spending the first part of the season on loan at Bloomfield Road, by all accounts Liverpool didnt want to let the player who had just turned 20 leave Anfield, but to his credit, Ince feeling that his first team opportunitys would be limited after a solitary appearance as sub in the Carling Cup, wanted to play games rather than sit back and watch.
Before joining the Tangerines his only League experience was a short spell on loan at Notts County in 2010/11, where 2 goals in 3(3) games was satisfactory, this whetted his appetite and he went to Blackpool at the start of this season initially on loan before a permanent deal in January, since then he has blossomed and capped his season with a superb display in the Play Off Final at Wembley, equalising for Blackpool shortly after the break and looking the part throughout.
Of course Saints will be linked with a lot of players during the summer, however Ince does fit the bill in a lot of respects, in that he seems to have the positive mental attitude that is needed to succeed, too often we have seen players arrive at St Mary's on loan from big clubs, ie Falque from Spurs, they arrive with good reputations but are clearly lacking something, thats something is the right attitude, you might expect the son of Paul Ince to have attitude all right, but it seems that not only has he inheirited his Fathers determination, but he has a decent work ethic of his own, this would suit Saints down to the ground.