h32 - who's on here saying they're loving the football and Jewell has done a job far beyond their expectations? No one. You've made that up. Hear what you want to hear but I believe the debate is actually whether sacking Jewell sort out the current mess we're in or not. It isn't whether we ought to be content with the current standard of football.

Agree with Surco and Runaround. Let's get behind the team. Currently I see no difference between the fans and the players. All talk and promise on the forum/to the media but once we've made it to Portman Road the passion disappears. How about we all get to Portman Road on Saturday, sing our hearts out and show to Mr Evans/Clegg/Jewell/the rest of them how much WE care and how much they ought to care. Plan?

@ ipswichtown28

if the players arent up to it or there isnt the right balance in the squad then this is down to paul jewell, he's been here 11 months and had two transfer windows to bring in the necessary quality.

Watford is the last straw for me, if we lose, then im sorry PJ but you have to go. let someone else come in, sign players in jan and turn our season round.

Will sacking Jewell really change our fortunes? This time last year we lost 6 in a row with RK in charge, sacked him in Jan, finished below where we all wanted to finish (and probably in the same position as RK would have finished, in reality) and one year later we are in exactly the same position with equally a poor squad but without our young star, Connor Whickham.

Before you attack me, I am as upset & disappointed as anyone on here & came away from the ground, equally as upset as I did when we lost 1-0 to Forest in Jan this year. Its now 6 seasons of dross!

However, before you totally go against Jewell just ponder these thoughts on the unbelievable goings on that are surely beyond Jewells control:

Its not ALL PJ's fault that the players have badly under performed this season. Yes he is paid to organise and motivate but look at the facts:

Jimmy Bullard - 95% of Ipswich fans wanted PJ to sign him - PJ (with the club) pulled out all the stops to sign him, the fans got what they wanted. Jimmy has lost it, hasn't performed.

Michael Chopra - 100% of Ipswich fans wanted PJ to sign him - PJ signed him, something many managers didn't. Its not PJ's fault his personal problems have dipped his form - although he may still prove his worth to the team

Keith Andrews - Great signing until recent dip of form? - again its not the managers fault if is not currently playing well - is it?

JET - On paper a good signing, but never really done it so far - PJ saw a talent like Venger did, its unfortunate but what can PJ do? Maybe give him a longer run in the team in the same position, trouble is he always looks lazy and for a young player has not been match fit - WHY? Manager fault? Fitness coach's fault?

Grant Leadbitter - Unfairly criticised by some sections of the crowd, but he hasn't really played at the level when he first arrived here - agreed, but he does put tackles in unlike some & we lost when he went off on Sat & got over run on Tues without him - maybe time to get off his back, you Leadbitter haters out there??- maybe he is homesick? - Not PJ's fault

Jason Scotland - Looked sharp at the start of season, lost weight, looked good - until recent personal problems (not sure they were documented?) & subsequent dip in form - Not PJ's fault

Priskin - Never looked interested in a Town shirt, only when the TV cameras and Arsenal coming to town - PJ's fault?

Danny Collins - we have all welcomed him here but his form has also dipped in the last 6 games,although not his fault, he has also had personal issues with family over 3 hours away and maybe his mind is not on the job? still our best centre half - Not PJ's fault

I also agree with others PJ has made absolutely bewildering decisions which has made him look like he doesn't know what he is doing. Maybe he doesn't?"

Shane O'Connor is one mistake - Will the club explain what he has done/why he has been overlooked - should have played at Milwall instead of Kennedy!
No width, no pace in many games & leaving Martin on the bench for Burley game is another. Playing Priskin for one game then putting him out on loan, smacks of desperation. Signing Bowyer, Ellington, Ingamarsson, Drury, re-signing Delaney, signing injury prone player like Sonko. Great when fit, but when is he ever fit? Signing Murphy - too injury prone, out of form.

What has happened to Luke Hyam - PUT HIM IN ON SAT - HE CAN TACKLE PJ!

Maybe if PJ does get the sack, then Billy Davies wouldn't be a bad choice? Nottm Forest fans certainly wish they still had him in charge!

@tomisamos - Top comment. None of us are happy but moaning & boycotting isn't going to change nothing. Lets have some passion on Saturday.

Surco72 - only got to look in the mirror to know that your last line is indeed TOTALLY possible.

nearly50yearsablue - very good and factual post - it seems that some supporters think that the way of 'getting our Club back' is to continue attending matches and say nothing. I'm VERY proud to be different.
As I've said before LIFE is about WINNERS and LOSERS - unfortunately as a Club we appear to have far too many supporters who are contented LOSERS.

And we've lost the 'old' IPSWICH TOWN pedigree throughout the Club.
Therefore I have to say, much to my disgust, the ITFC of old - will not return.

Evans. Show your face, talk to the fans, stop hiding behind clown Clegg.

h32 - you literally don't listen to anything. No one here is content with losing. You're just too full of yourself to realise. I don't even think you've got many Jewell supporters, it's literally just centred around whether keeping Jewell and allowing him to try and turn HIS players around will bring more stability than sacking him and bringing in a new team, new manager and no progress. Again.

Also, what exactly was the Ipswich Town of old? Was it the time when people sang and came to games and actually made Portman Road a ground which gave the impression the fans actually cared? Coming and making a noise will do far more than boycotting the game because we're not winning.

tomisamos - the 'Ipswich Town of old' I refer to, was indeed when EVERYONE connected with the Club from top to bottom were totally committed to the Clubs success - otherwise they would not have been at the Club. Players were committed, supporters were respected and appreciated, the Club oozed ambition and professionalism in every respect.

Communication was the order of the day - we did not have a faceless figurehead - everyone 'was as one' - many people would confirm all this, and more.
EVERYONE shared the ownership of the Club, in terms of their role within.
That was always true 'IPSWICH TOWN PEDIGREE'.

Do we have this now ?? - no way.
Are we ever likely to see it return ?? .........

NEVER suggest to me, or many others, that we don't know what the word 'care' means - it left us, we didn't leave that, ......... and we still haven't after all those years.

Doing the same to us as he did at Derby.

h32 - I agree with that to an extent. I'm really spectical of Evans, he has nothing to say. Ever. Since he came the results have slowly worsened.

However, firstly I really do feel that Jewell does care. If HE has a problem it's with confidence and competence. Compared to Keane, he certainly does care and I think he's devastated to be in this position. I honestly feel like he's come into a team with bigger problems than he realised, a little bit like at Derby, who were awful long before he arrived. That's why I'm not in favour of sacking him. And even if I can see that sacking him might help, I wouldn't just change the manager.

As for the fans. This forum shows very clearly that they care. But where's the noise? There is none. Ever. The passion evaperates for the fast majority of fans in the ground. And if it doesn't, it feels that way. You sing in any stand but the Bobby Robson and you're greeted by funny looks. I'm saying we need to show the players how much it means to us. If we don't turn up I don't think that's as effective as getting right behind them and signing our hearts out. It worked for Portsmouth, and they're a club who were in far greater trouble with far more reason to be angry.

tomisamos - someone posted recently that they could remember the days when 20 -30 minutes before a game kicked off, there was so much noise coming from the North Stand, that when walking down Portman Road it made the hair on the back of your neck standup. I too can remember those days very well, and what an atmosphere it was then.

The difference between then and today, is that at that time we knew we would be entertained from the first whistle to the last, and we would see commitment from all involved, including us as supporters. We had ambition, success,and as supporters real value for money, nothing else was good enough for anyone.
That is no longer the case at all, and it cannot be denied.
I truly believe that it is right for the players to lift the crowd - they did then without any shadow of doubt. Why not now ??.

Currently I am of the opinion that any amount of vociferous support will not lift many of the players we have today, who are doing no more than seeing out their time on cheap meal tickets - we didn't have players with that attitude then - others around them would not allow it. Then again a player like that would not have been at the Club anyway.
I accept times have changed, as they do, but this Club should never have changed and slipped as we have.

We have lost so many 'TRUE BLUES' throughout the Club - and suffering for it.

IPSWICH PEDIGREE - WHERE IS IT TODAY ??

Thanks for your rational post.