Town manager Paul Jewell says he’s still looking to add to his squad despite the Blues winning their last two games. The Football League’s ‘emergency loan window’ opened on Wednesday.

Jewell says he and his staff are always trying to bring in players who will add to their options: “We’re always on the lookout to try and improve our team. We’ve had two really good results but if there’s someone out there that we can get who can improve us, we’ll try and do it.

“We’ve got to be very careful not to just make signings for the sake of it because the window’s open. We’re always trying to look to improve our team and we’re trying to look long-term for next year and the year after, for the future rather than just loans. But if one or two loans become available which suit us, we’re interested.”

He says loans with a view to permanent deals being done in the summer are in his thoughts: “We’re trying to improve the squad all the time, but certainly in the summer we want to be ready to get players that will be here for the long haul rather than short-term, quick-fix stuff.”

The Blues boss seems undecided whether he’ll go back for January’s trio of Portsmouth targets, central defender Jason Pearce, keeper Stephen Henderson and midfielder or defender Joel Ward, despite Pompey manager Michael Appleton admitting he feared Town renewing their interest: “I don’t know. I had a conversation with Michael a couple of weeks ago about players there and it didn’t happen. Sometimes things don’t happen.

“I don’t know what the situation is there. I watched them again on Tuesday against Birmingham and they’ve got some good players. Whether we can afford them, whether deals can be done for them, now or in the future, remains to be seen.”

Former loanee Danny Collins is still at Stoke but Jewell wouldn’t discuss whether the Wales international would come back into his thoughts: “At one time Danny was going to go to Southampton but I don’t know what happened there. It’s probably not right for me to talk about individual players at other clubs.

“Like all teams, we’re on the lookout to improve, if we can’t, we can’t. We’re not sat here after two games and two good results thinking everything in the garden is rosy.”

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bontcho added 08:39 - Feb 10 Nice shirt in that picture PJ!
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hairbear added 08:59 - Feb 10 Blah blah blah how many times this season have we heard this waffle!?!
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osborne1nil added 09:05 - Feb 10 Can only answer what he is asked. Ask a different question, get a different answer, simples!
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oldbri added 09:06 - Feb 10 blah blah blah how many times has Paul Jewell been asked that question.
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JewellintheTown added 09:11 - Feb 10 @hairbear - what would you like him to say to please you? Seems he says nothing, he gets slated, seems he says it as it is, he's slated, seems he shows optimism, he's slated, pessimism = slated. Says we're getting someone or no one = slated. Dont think it matters what he says, he'll be slated until we're winning week in week out. Nothing short of perfection on shoe string with all the Ipswich till I die players we want will make some on here happy.

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pazelle added 10:06 - Feb 10 The other day = we're not looking at loanees Today = we're looking at loanees Work with what you've got Jewell - you don't deserve to sign anyone else this season, show us you can get this team up the table a bit and then you'll earn the right to sign players by the summer. ps all loanees can kiss my ass, especially Alex McCarthy pps except Gio
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hairbear added 10:13 - Feb 10 @jewellinthetown. Your deluded if you can pick anything positive about pjs management. He stumbles from one bad decision to the next & sometimes he gets lucky ie he was forced to play hyam &drury, which has been the basis of our good run. Two players he previously had no time for. I'm fully behind the team always will be but pjs a clown!
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Behind_Enemy_Lines added 10:21 - Feb 10 After the window ended in august he still needs to search for players, I thought by now he would have an extensive list drawn up, more bluff and bluster from a manager still yet to comprehend the modern game and a club which is clearly showing there is no funds to purchase!!!!
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allezlesbleus added 11:09 - Feb 10 Pazelle Spot on about McCarthy and Gio
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jas0999 added 16:25 - Feb 10 Loans are pointless unless 100% guarnteed to join us in the Summer. Clegg and PJ have had ample time to sign players and failed miserably.
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