"We can't settle down because people want to unsettle us and it's not fair or right," said Ince in The Sun.

"Everyone needs a chance and the season has not even started.

"We're trying to build something here. It's not going to happen overnight and we need time to do it. And we will do it.

"I've been in the game 20-odd years and I can deal with most things.

"If we lose the first five games of the season then, yes, you can have a go at me. But until then you have to give me a chance."