The Tom Ince roadshow is off and running once again and this time it has somewhat of a European feel to it as it has extended beyond the English borders and now includes the Italian giants of Inter Milan although Tom tells us he 'still has unfinished business in the Premier League'

Ince believes that people are yet to see the best of what he can offer in the Premier League and based on the evidence that was presented to us in the last few months of the last campaign it is difficult to argue that there could be more to come.

Had you asked me at the opening of the January transfer window I would have welcomed Tom Ince to Swansea without hesitation as he looked like someone with the ability to take the step up and he would certainly have strengthened our squad when he took that step up.

Fast forward a few weeks at the end of the first tour and Tom Ince looked like a player who was out of his depth in a Crystal Palace side that in the second half of the season was one of the form teams in the division. He played once for them at the Liberty and looked so far off the pace that he was hauled off at half time having not played any part in the game at all in his 45 minutes on the pitch.

It is difficult to pinpoint exactly what happened to Ince during that time but I think it is fair to say that the hawking round of the player in January would have done him no good whatsoever as trips to Swansea, Hull, Liverpool and Crystal Palace for starters would have done nobody any good let alone the Sky Sports reporters that were tracking his every move (GPS would be significantly easier this summer!)

The rumours in Swansea suggest that we would have been at the front of the queue bar Michael Laudrup didn't welcome him here at the time with open arms, a cup of tea and a fondant fancy which could have been the difference between a move to Swansea and where he ended up at the other end of the M4.

How much of that is truth and how much is urban myth (the fondant fancy bit in case anyone asks is not true!) remains to be seen but naturally as the Ince roadshow gets back on the road again then the links to Swansea start up once more.

The question now is a simple one, given what we have seen on the pitch from Mr Ince in the last six months or so would you want him at Swansea?

We almost have to put to one side the crap way that he and his father seem to publicly court the best financial offer that is put to them and decide for ourselves whether Ince junior is good enough on the pitch and as I said earlier given the evidence that was presented to us by the player himself since January then the answer has to be no surely.

During that same period we had Routledge, Dyer, Hernandez and even Lamah playing better than Ince offered Palace and that is why this roadshow is starting again as the player proved that maybe the Premier League at the moment is one step too far for him.

Father and son are in agreement that maybe Italy though is not the place for Ince and it is almost inconceivable to think that he would get anywhere near Inter's first team let alone hold down a regular starting spot and his comments suggest that it is now more important to him when he reflects back on his time in the Premier League "I scored on my debut and made an assist but then took a step back from that. That's all experience and now there's a decision for me to make. The biggest thing is for me to play."

Of course what we have seen in the summer is no interest in Ince declared from the Swans but I don't think they will let his availability pass without at least considering it but for me the answer at the moment has to be a no to a player whose career has gone backwards since the turn of the year through nobody's fault but his own.

Sometimes Tom, Daddy doesn't know best

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