Skipper Carlos Edwards would like to see under-fire boss Paul Jewell revert to the “horrible” person he was upon succeeding Roy Keane in January last year.

Edwards is adamant he has seen a significant change in the manager, who considered resigning after Saturday’s 2-1 reverse at Hull, during his 21-month reign at Portman Road.

He said: “I’ve told him that he has to get back to the horrible guy that he was when he first came to the club. If he starts doing that there will be a few unhappy players — you can’t make everyone happy — and that’s when you will see who wants to be at the club and who doesn’t.

“I think he has changed loads. He is a nice, genuine man — maybe too nice and genuine for his own good sometimes — and that has put his job in jeopardy and his future up in the air.

“As you all know I can sleep in water and while it’s hard to change I do try to keep a solid head on. Maybe it’s the same for the gaffer.

“Being the type of person that he is, I don’t think he is the type to be horrible and I don’t think he wants to be branded as that type of individual because he has been round the block a long time. Hopefully the guys can rally round him and start getting the results that we should.”

Edwards took time to have a brief, one-to-one chat with Jewell before Monday’s training session in preparation for tonight’s home clash with Derby County.

He added: “I had a quick word with the gaffer. It is a hard job at the moment — harder than we think it should be because of our results — and he thanked me for the players being there for him and giving him their support.

“We are the ones who can put a smile on his face. Like I said, he is a nice man and I think we as players take advantage of the situation and don’t perform in the way that we should.

“I hope the players can open their eyes to the bigger picture because there is still a long way to go. But we do have to start getting results sooner rather than later.

“We can’t be saying the same thing week in, week out, that there are still 30-odd games to go or we might be saying there are still so many games to go until the end of the season and we will still be in the bottom two.

“The sooner we get results, the better things are going to be in and around the training ground.”

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WorcesterBlue added 07:05 - Oct 23 Interesting. Yes he seems a nice bloke but he just doesn't seem to have it as a Manager.
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Dissboyitfc added 07:10 - Oct 23 I think he was horrible to scott loach , bringing in henderson like that, not big not clever. Goal keepers are different mentality to any other player they need games for confidence, his decision making is questionable and that can be ironed out on the training pitch. Should of brought in Lee- Barrat if he was gonna rest him, Loach could take that better, now i suspect he has 2 town keepers that are miffed. And we have heard this now for seasons from Edwards , "the players need to do better". If jewell is going to be ruthless, he needs a plan, and that plan must be executed with precision, he hasnt got a plan and his decision making is leading to unrest, no one knows where they stand, you can see it on the pitch, very disjointed at times. Its not surprising though is it? loans being brought in to replace loans that were brought in to replace our own players, that in some cases should have been persevered with( hyam springs to mind). Whether Jewell is Horrible or not, is not the point, the point is we are in a horrible mess and its his mess( most of it) . In forty years of watching the town, this is for me now, the worst prologed period of itfc history.

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bontcho added 07:16 - Oct 23 What the hell does "I can sleep in water" mean? Not sure Carlos should be undermining Jewell like this.
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muncer added 07:31 - Oct 23 Means he is too laid back
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bigolconnor added 07:53 - Oct 23 It sounds like Carlos is saying that the ipswich squad are only in it for a pay cheque. And that they will only play harder in order to avoid relegation. Oh and now because jewell is a nice man and they want to keep him in a job. Do any of these players have any passion or desire to win games or is this just a job that they turn up to and do the least amount possible. Mind you I don't blame them when players like Smith, Loach, ALB, Hyam try as hard as they can on a daily basis and get dropped. Maybe in order to save his job the team tonight should be. Loach, Cresswell, chambers, Smith, Edwards, Hyam, Reo-Coker (Luongo), Martin, JET, Chopra, Scotland, with ALB, Murphy, Whight, Drury, Higgingbottom, and Campbell on the bench.

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Fatcatevans added 19:48 - Oct 23 The tail wagging the dog
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