what we want to do and how we want to play - clearly changes from hoof ball!

Yeah! We do have a good squad! Great to hear this news, very positive!

Now get those boys galloping Hutch!

sounds encouraging, perhaps we will be seeing a bit of football .COYB

I would be impressed if I last trained with Walsall!

v.encouraging, lets hope it transpires into performances & results

So, in terms of playing style, so far it's Fallon out and Martin in... enough said. COYB!

can someone help me out here..... charlie McP was coach and not assistant manager is that correct?

I believe Tony something-or-other was assistant manager under Keane, and Charlie was the first-team coach.

Tony Loughlan, I think.

Keane never had an assistant manager as it were, he had Loughlan as first team coach/lap dog, McParland as coach. To think Keane had Peter Taylor willing to be his assistant as well, his stubbornness cost him eventually.

Yer Keane never appointed an assistant manager, all others where coaches.

thanks guys, good to see we now have a proper set up then!

It is reassuring to know that Paul Jewell is supported by Chris Hutchings, a man with Premier League managerial experience and a coach that he worked brilliantly with Jewell in the past. Many successful managers have had good number twos, it can make all the difference.

MPN is right, Loughlan and McParland were coaches but not Assistant Manager. Has there ever been an Ipswich manager before who chose not to have an assistant? In my memory Lyall had McGiven, Burley had Roberts (RIP Dale), Royle had Donaghy, and Magilton had Klug.

Bring Joe royle into coaching team, knows club, knows pj, top man

I am feeling very excited about the impending changes at this Club of ours - and that hasnt been a feeling I've had about ITFC for a long, long time.

fOOTBALL'S COMING HOME , AS THEY SAY !!

Joe Royle wouldn't fit in now, decent manager, decent assistant just where would Royle fit in?

mark didnt Jim have Gorman? who then followed him in and out of QPR?

I am hoping that Jewell and hutchings are like clough and taylor.... always worked well together, not so great apart. Final piece of the puzzle here. good coach good manager. Buckle up here we go....

I'm starting to wake up. This is good.

Will be interesting to see how they want to play. Jury out on that one. Not being negative about it but Jewell has been known to play the high ball as well as some decent stuff. But nevertheless some promising words - now all they need to do is deliver and quickly!! Best of luck to them - I will be there to support!

But what type of football do you want them to play i want 4-4-2 with two natural wingers and attacking full backs or 3-5-2 with quick wingbacks and a playmaker behind front 2 e.g GIO!

Impressed with them? Blimey. Wait 'til he sees them play

.....words are many, from many, now let's get some points on the board instead shall we ? - sounds logical and good to me.

h32 - We desperately need some points on the board - that's for sure! Would you like to see an attacking side or just a team capable of winning - regardless of the football? Just interested.

It were Saturday night at t'workhouse
And the lads were doin' alright
Weevils and hardtack for supper
(Breakfast wasn't so bright)
But they sang from the same tatty hymnsheet
And felt themselves all of a team
« Lead us on to the glorious altar, Roy
We've nothing left but our dreams »

It were Saturday night at t'workhouse
And answer came there none
In the snow the denizens huddled
Wondered if they were finally done
If tomorrow would dawn glaring coldly
On corpses as cold as Verdun
When a knock came at the doorway
(Insistent, not timid tha' knows)

« Now then lads » said the miniature general
(he came in at five foot three)
« No moping about in the shadows
I've work for thee an me
You teach me your language, your culture
Your Ramseys and Robsons too,
Your glory days here in East Anglia
And I'll tell you what we'll do

You give the team heart on a Saturday
By shouting your lungs out (by t'heck)
And me and the boys will work hard (tha' knows)
There's plenty of talent to show you as yet
We'll find the shortest and quickest way
Of putting the ball in the net
And we'll all be eating chip butties
At Old Trafford, of course …well met ! »