Nottingham Forest legend Gary Birtles doesn't believe they'll miss Thomas Ince.

Ince was recalled by Hull City this week.

"When Tom Ince arrived at Nottingham Forest I don't mind admitting I thought it could be a match made in heaven," Birtles wrote in his Nottingham Post column.

"Ince had set the Championship alight with Blackpool, but he never got near those standards in his loan spell at the City Ground, failing to make much of an impact in four starts.

"Having not produced his best form, I don't think it will make much difference to Forest that he's gone back to Hull after being recalled early.

"Sometimes these moves just don't work out as you expect them to. It might be because he didn't fit into the system, the dressing room, who knows?"