Town boss Paul Jewell says he’ll spend the international break trying to lift his players for the trip to Hull City and the home game against his former club Derby County which follow the two-week gap. The break gives the Blues’ new loanees — Richie Wellens, DJ Campbell and Bilel Mohsni — a chance to work on their fitness and with their new team-mates.

Jewell said: “It’s always a question people always ask you. ‘is it a good time to have an international break or not?’

“It doesn’t matter, it’s there and we’ve got to try and lift the players for the next two games which come very quickly.”

Defender Tommy Smith and midfielder Josh Carson will be away with New Zealand and Northern Ireland respectively during the break.

Asked whether he’d prefer an immediate Tuesday game to follow the loss to the Bluebirds to give his side a chance to put a position result on the board, Jewell responded: “Or a Sunday morning game.”

The Blues boss was pleased with Wellens and Campbell’s performances against the Welshmen, although the pair were withdrawn in the second half due to their lack of match fitness: “I thought they both did well.

“It’s the chance you take, it’s not ideal. I think they’ll both get better with games and obviously we’ve got a two-week break now. It’s not ideal but we knew that before we took them.”

Cardiff manager Malky Mackay had no problem that Campbell didn’t own up to his handball goal just before half-time, putting the blame wholly on referee Eddie Ilderton and his linesman: “I think it’s irrelevant as the referee’s given the goal.

“It makes no odds whether he said he meant or he didn’t mean it. We’ve got a linesman and a referee who should have seen it.”

Former Canary Mackay says he has sympathy with opposite number Jewell and believes that in the Championship things can change swiftly: “It’s a tough league but things turn quickly. If you look, for example, at Peterborough, those first seven games [that they lost], then they go and win two games on the bounce.

“It’s such a precarious league, such a tough league, it’s unrelenting. Things just turn on a knife edge sometimes and sometimes takes a bobble and something to go in and teams go on a run.

“That could quite easily happen with Ipswich, they’ve got good players here. It could quite easily happen with them, like it could happen with every team in the league.

“I’ve been in this league for 15 years and it’s never changed. It’s unrelenting, it’s unforgiving and you have to put hard work in every game you go into and the players have to do that.

“Sometimes it’s a little twist or a little turn of fate that gives you a little run of games, and that could easily happen.”

Meanwhile, former Blues trialist Kevin Pezzoni has joined Hertha Berlin on trial. The former FC Köln man’s wage demands ruled out Town progressing their interest any further.

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sheepdags added 09:25 - Oct 8 Probably take a top hypnotherapist to lift the team after Saturday, a game in which we out-played Cardiff until PJ made his usual ill-judged substitutions. It doesn't help when he puts the blame on the players - true that Loach was at fault for the first goal but the goals were really the result of losing the tactical battle in the second half.
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thebeat added 09:32 - Oct 8 jewell you couldnt lift a feather with an industrial crane.stop spouting crap and just leave. your just embarrasing yourself.can you not see that?
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paulcooperisgod added 09:36 - Oct 8 How about lifting the fans.......by leaving!!!!
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Wickets added 09:37 - Oct 8 The one saving grace now is we have a good squad of players,so we are capable of climbing the table, be much better if they where our players,maybe some of them will be in time. Just a matter of is the management team capable of managing our rise to championship mediocrity?
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hairbear added 09:45 - Oct 8 Arnie, Butchers a great shout, more than surviving in the spl, a town legend & could work with our confidence shot defenders. It's quite clear though ME has no intrest in what we think. JEWELL OUT!!!
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JimmyJazz added 09:51 - Oct 8 I disagree that the problem is individual errors, it looks like tactics (or the lack of them) to me. Our formation at times resembles 2-7-1. So yes we can dictate the midfield because we have so many players in that area, but crosses are almost pointless because we have only 1 striker in the box who's strength isn't his height (Campbell/Chopra). Our height? Well that would be employed on the wings. Edwards was outstanding on Saturday, except that he seemed to forget he was our right back, or that's how he's encouraged to play.

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Lightningboy added 10:00 - Oct 8 Jewell,you can give the players,the club and us fans a massive lift by resigning. Simple as that.
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Legend added 10:28 - Oct 8 God it's like Groundhog day! Play badly, let in sloppy goals, pick rubbish tactics, lose the game, make excuses then spend the rest of the week talking rubbish and dribble and then a few players will say we will put it right next game blah blah blah. And then the nightmare starts all over again! Get out of our club! And that goes for you too Clegg!
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NoelTheDub added 11:04 - Oct 8 PJ the lack of a 2nd goal was your downfall on sat and you still play 1up .We cant see a game out so why not go and be positive and keep 2up.I said before murf,jet on the wings durey and wellens never left the halfway line its asking for trouble the ball kept coming back at us because of the lone striker.If your plan was to hold on to what we had moshi could have come on for cressy at the back with 15min to go .malky through on a big lad up front and you should have countered this.

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aldexile added 11:12 - Oct 8 Dissboy: Einstein says: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting the same results.
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levington added 11:15 - Oct 8 Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew When I bit off more than I could chew But through it all, when there was doubt I ate it up and spit it out I faced it all and I stood tall and did it Jewell's Way
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muhrensleftfoot added 11:15 - Oct 8 We should only use loanees if there is a realistic probability they will sign for us in January. Anything else is just a desperation measure. PJ's tactics are all wrong. When Campbell went off (OK I accept he was tired) Scotland should not have been left up front on his own. Why can't PJ see what all regular supporters see? Scotland is only effective as one of a pair. He should have moved Murphy up front alonside him, and gone 4-4-2 with Martin on the wing. Week after week, tactical mistakes from a supposed experienced manager.

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aldexile added 11:16 - Oct 8 sorry should read different results.
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bluearmy4life added 11:24 - Oct 8 Get the players working hard on the training ground should be the most important thing before going out on a jolly?
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Premiertown added 11:33 - Oct 8 What do successful clubs have? A good coach. The players can be improved or adapt to tactical changes. We have enough players to do a job but with no coaching ability they will continue as they are. If we bring someone in to play for us can they actually be first choice at their clubs not players who have failed there first?
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alanmason added 11:45 - Oct 8 Can't blame Jewell for Loach's errors, but what was he doing sending Luongo on as a sub? He looked like a little boy lost -and we might as well have played with 10 men. If he's not up for it, send him back to Spurs NOW!
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MooseJuice added 11:46 - Oct 8 muhrensleftfoot - I agree. It's all well and goodpeople saying "well we had 60% of the ball in the first half" "we dominated for long periods" etc etc... but how dangerous actually were we in that first have??? DJs goal, his miss and then some long range 'efforts' from JET. We could have 95% posession and still lose the game if we have no punch up front, points are what count, not stats! Why after 25/30 mins didn't he go 442 and stick Murphy upfront to actually get on the end of some of these crosses and help out DJ is beyond me. Throwing the ball into the box constantly to a single 5'10" striker is going to be how successful on average?!? Dissboy - I would suggest the reason we're not cutting out the errors is that it's a lot easier to do if you're working with the same players, same formation, same unit/pairs on a regualr basis. With so many loans and changes is it any wonder so many c***ups keep happening!?

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tractorblue added 11:47 - Oct 8 Just GO you clown,we all need a lift,and the biggest would be if we woke up and found out you had been sacked or resigned, Yet more rubbish from our out of depth manager,WHAT A MESS.
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Tractamatt added 11:56 - Oct 8 We missed Hyam and we have no belief that we can hold on to a lead let alone add to it. Luongo plays well when partnered with Hyam and Jewells saviour may well be Taylor when he comes back. Wellens did well whilst he could breath but his and Campbells lack of fitness was there for all to see.COYB
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Danfootie added 12:05 - Oct 8 Not sure where to put this comment, as has nothing to do with the story. Just seen Jimmy Bullard interview on Sky It was great to listen about his view on football, yes he admits he didn't always take it serious, but he wanted to entertain us fans, at the end of the day that's what we want isn't it? In the last 5 years in my opinion he is by far the player that has most stood out in a town shirt (yes forget the permanent spell) I'm talking about the loan spell where he practically kept us in the league on his own! In a time where for the last few years we have not had an obvious fan's favourite, Jimmy Bullard was just that. Oooooooooooooooooooo jimmy bullard you're the love of my life

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Lightningboy added 12:06 - Oct 8 What happens come next month/December when all the loaness have sodded off back to their parent clubs?...more loanees? It's getting ridiculous...our 5-a-side team is run more professionally than this. Shame there's a 2 week break - we are now stuck with this situation whether we like it or not..Jewell must have Evans' kids held hostage or something?
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oldbri added 12:17 - Oct 8 To all the negative posters on this site,have you read the article ,would Cardif have won if we had not gifted them the goals,was it an entertaining game,did Paul Jewell ask Loach to give the goals away,How many of our team would you not have signed.How many games have we lost because of individual errors.If you were having a mare ,say doing a bit of DIY and the wife was behind you,in your ear,saying she would have done it this way or that ,how much help would that be to you.The point of my rant is,get behind the team .If you have any secret ideas on how to instill into players ,how not to make mistakes,let us all know.We have a good team that is having a bad patch,we have out played some good teams and lost.It will come good in the end.COYB.

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Stato added 12:25 - Oct 8 I disagree with all the focus being only on the next 2 games as the 2 home games after Hull against Derby and Sheff Wed are already looking like 6 pointers. I guess that 7 points from the next 3 games should be the immediate target and then take it from there.
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brockleyblueboy added 12:35 - Oct 8 If he doesn't beat Hull, I don't care if it's a deemt performance and we end up drawing, I mean unless we get 3 pts then he HAS to go, end of.
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Baillie_Bear added 12:41 - Oct 8 I was one of the few who didn't want Jim to get the boot. Since then, we have had a manager come in and change the whole team letting decent player go only to have him replaced by an old fashioned, defeated manager. He may have the backing of the board (for now) and the support of the players but he just hasn't made an impact and I dont think 2 weeks will make the difference. PJ PROVE ME WRONG!!!! Pleaae. COYB

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