Town boss Paul Jewell says he has a lot of respect for Hull City’s head of football operations Adam Pearson, who was his chairman during his time as manager at Derby.

Despite their recent disagreement over the share of Jimmy Bullard’s wages that the Blues are paying, Jewell says he enjoyed working with the Hull chief: “There’s a bit of a misconception that I knew him before I went to Derby but I’d never met him.

“He’s a top, top class fella to work for and we both worked our tails off at Derby, but it just didn’t happen for whatever reason.

“I’ve got a lot of time for Adam, a lot of respect, he’s a good operator. We had a great working relationship, but it just didn’t happen on the pitch for us.

“He’s one of the best around. He’s a football man, loves his football, he’s passionate, a hard worker and backed me all the time at Derby. I’ve got nothing but respect for Adam.”

This afternoon Jewell’s Town face a Hull side managed by Nigel Pearson, who he says has started to instil his ideas into his team in recent months: “Normally when you go in as a manager it takes a while to get over [what you’re trying to do].

“I think the relegation hangover can last quite a while and I think sometimes the fans can take a while to get used to the Championship because they are used to the Premier League and the razzmatazz that goes with it and the Championship is a lot more low key.

“I think the manager’s doing a good job there and they’ve got some good players, so it’s not going to be easy. They’re just taking a little bit of time to adjust to life outside the Premier League.”

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dirtydingusmagee added 09:20 - Feb 19 ha ha ,just dawned on PJ ,he may have to buy him a pint after the match ! Wonder which scarf Jimmy will be wearing today ?COYB
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AmberAndBlack added 09:31 - Feb 19 Nice to see Jewell speacking so respectfully. He has worked wonders with your Club. Like us I think it's a bit late for the play-offs this season but it sets things up nicely for next season. Can't see us getting anything better than a draw today. Our record at PR is not good and you are the form team at the moment. I'll go for a draw 1-1 and our 11th away match in a row undefeated. Wonder how much of the Wickham millions PJ will get to spend?!?!?!? :-)

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bedsitfc added 09:35 - Feb 19 ican't say i respect him trying to unsettle our squad just so his fans get off his back. i think jimmy will be wearing a blue one, i am sure he wants to stay with us.
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bedsitfc added 09:43 - Feb 19 Welcome back amber. I'm sure we will have some banter later lol
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Tractorog added 11:19 - Feb 19 Spending the Wickham millions?... we'll get more than Hull will for Jimmy Bullard! Despite Jimmy being a great player.... for us.
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Worcester added 14:19 - Feb 19 Amber I am shocked at you Trolling! We haven't sold him yet! I see us beating you today but then I would wouldn't I?
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easytiger added 17:33 - Feb 19 take him for free!! he constiutes a quarter of our player salary budget without bonuses...to warm the bench. glad to hear hes doing well though, but only so we can get him out. good game today btw.
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AmberAndBlack added 18:51 - Feb 19 Who's trolling? Surely you lot will be delighted when you get £10m from Spurs from him in the Summer? I would be. You could have a REAL run at Auto promotion with that to spend.
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Back_The_Boss added 08:18 - Feb 21 Glad you have respect for him PJ. Shame we couldn't hold out for 3 more important points on saturday.
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