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Hutchings: Staying Positive Despite Poor Start
Tuesday, 2nd Oct 2012 06:02

Assistant manager Chris Hutchings says he, manager Paul Jewell and the players are remaining positive despite the Blues’ disappointing start to the season. The one-time full-back with tonight’s opponents Brighton says the squad remain fully behind the management.

Hutchings said: “Paul’s always positive. We haven’t got the points that we have deserved from the performances, which is very frustrating.

“If there is something good to come out of out those games it’s that we’ve created plenty of chances, so we’ve got to take that forward.

“If we weren’t creating chances, then I think that you’ve got a problem but we’re creating chances. We didn’t create as many on Saturday, but we got a point.”

He says he always tries to be an upbeat influence around the training ground: “That’s me as a person. My glass is always half-full, never half-empty. I always put across the positives.

“We’ve shown DVDs of how we’ve played in recent games where we’ve created plenty of chances and haven’t taken them.

“You can work on finishing all week, but when you cross the white line it’s down to that individual. Are they composed? Do they pick the right option? Do they make the right decision? How are they going to strike it?


"Are they sidefooting it or whatever it might be. It’s always about making the right decisions and players carrying out [instructions].”

He says the mood in the squad is also still buoyant, although he feels what’s worked on at Playford Road isn’t always being translated on to the pitch: “We’re all very positive people, the players are positive.

“We’ve brought a little bit more experience in at the back with Danny Higginbotham coming in from Stoke and we’re grateful to Tony Pulis for allowing us to have him for a month.

“We’d like to bring one or two more in. We’re always on the look-out, always working hard on recruitment and when you’re getting beaten the players have to look at themselves sometimes.

“We feel that we’re doing things right on the training ground, but the players have got to implement those things out on the pitch.”

But he feels the squad remain fully behind himself, Paul Jewell and the rest of the staff: “People can write what they want, with all due respect. But we haven’t lost the dressing room, far from it.

“You talk to the players, you’ll always get one or two disgruntled players who aren’t playing, that’s par for the course in any club, but the players are behind everyone.

“We don’t even think about it, we don’t even talk about it, we’re looking forward to the games coming up.”

Nevertheless, he’s well aware of the speculation about Jewell’s position, and in turn his own: “We think there’s pressure in every game. We’ve been successful in the past, we’ve won things and the players have got to take that on board as well.

“It’s only hard work which that gets you out of trouble, and being clinical. You’ve got to be resolute in your own box and you’ve got to be clinical in the opposition’s box.

“Whatever you do in the middle of the park, it’s all fancy, it’s nice at times, but if you don’t take your chances, you don’t win games. It’s the same old story anywhere.

"There’s always going to be speculation about all the managers in the leagues,” he added. “It’s always ongoing, isn’t it? It’s part of the profession. You just get on with it, deal with it and you move on to the next game and hopefully get three points to build on Saturday’s result.”

Jewell celebrated his 48th birthday on Friday — “we had a nice cake," says Hutchings, "the players didn’t” - and stayed at his home in Ilkley after the Barnsley game before returning to Suffolk on Sunday evening, a break which his assistant says managers sometimes need: “He was only 45 minutes away from home at Barnsley, so he went home after the game.

“It’s good to step away for a couple of days. I think you have to. It’s a pressure cauldron, but we deal with it and get on with it.

“I think sometimes you have to re-energise yourself, take a step back, have a look at how we’re doing things and what we can improve on. You’re continually looking to improve.

“But he’s still confident in his own ability, he’s a good, good manager and the players recognise that as well. We just need a couple of good results and we’ll be up and running.”


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arnielowestoft added 06:31 - Oct 2
Jewellout
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Bob7881 added 07:39 - Oct 2
Sorry Hutchings you are deluded looking at results since Jewell has been here i would hate to think how bad it would be if you thought negative. Sometimes in life we all have to admit we are not up to it, go Jewell before you turn us into a complete laughing stock.
BE A MAN AND PUT THE CLUB FIRST.
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brittaniaman added 08:42 - Oct 2
I thought his home was here in Suffolk with his family ????
Did he stay at his other home in Yorkshire by himself ???? If by chance we do get 4pts. this week you might lose that interim tag Jewellio !! But I still say COYBs lets get sorted out from now !!!!!!!
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JimmyJazz added 09:19 - Oct 2
Brittaniaman, this may be a strange concept but PJ probably has other relatives and friends still in Yorkshire (or nearby). Unless he was some kind of Pikey who travelled down to Suffolk with his entire extended family and their dogs
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walberswick added 09:57 - Oct 2
Jewell just needs a couple of weeks off. Hutchings knows what a hard time thet'll give him at the Jobcentre.
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tractorblue added 11:29 - Oct 2
JEWELL OUT
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IamSpartacus added 11:57 - Oct 2
@JimmyJazz: As I understand, Jewell's wife and children family didn't move down to Suffolk, preferring to stay in the family home- Jewell was/is living in the Ardleigh/Dedham area with one of the other management team.
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brittaniaman added 13:39 - Oct 2
What a set up IamSpartucas,,wife and children in Yorkshire and he is down here, so he really is an interim manager then ?????
I know the Dark Lord was not our cup of tea as the saying goes, but he did commit himself to this area Lock stock and barrel. perhaps he will do the same in Turkey????
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irishtim added 13:42 - Oct 2
Jesus that pic of pj & co not very uplifting.
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BuckieBlue added 17:39 - Oct 2
Didn't realise he was living away from his family- surely that can't be helping him ?
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h32 added 19:13 - Oct 2
...... well the John Duncan days, can now well and truly be forgotten - they were successful compared with what this mottly crew have served up between them - not forgetting the input of the 'two top men' of course.
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itfchorry added 19:29 - Oct 3
Great news - Looking forward to getting a
Copy on Saturday.
Let's hope this will be the first of many.
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