Jewell: Holland Trip No Jolly
Monday, 11th Jul 2011 16:52

Town boss Paul Jewell says the two-game pre-season tour of Holland is no summer jolly for his players but is an important part of the preparations for the campaign ahead. The Blues flew out to their Eindhoven training base yesterday.

Jewell said: “Pre-season is a time for getting people fit, it’s a time for bedding new players in, it’s a time for putting across and working on new ideas without the pressure of competitive matches.

“But the players are in no doubt what we expect from them. That is, 100 per cent effort at all times.

“If I get that, I’m comfortable. It’s when people drop off giving their best, that’s when things start to go wrong. The only way you know if you’ve had a good pre-season is if you win the first game.”

The Blues face FC Eindhoven on Tuesday afternoon (KO 3.30pm, local time) and fellow Eerste Divisie (second tier) side Den Bosch on Thursday (KO 7pm). TWTD will be at both games.

Joe Whight and Shane O’Connor are amongst the players understood to have been left behind and likely to be members of the Town XI which travels to Haverhill Rovers on Wednesday (KO 7.30pm).

Further details of the club's pre-season games can be found here.

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Sindre94 added 17:07 - Jul 11 haha, funny bloke !
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Adrian_Paz_Uses_Daz added 17:07 - Jul 11 All the best boys. Enjoy the windmills, cloggs and lack of hills
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WeWereZombies added 17:24 - Jul 11 Oh well, at least Bowyer's first game in a Town shirt will be away from the gaze of most of our supporters and the the football world in general.
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ITFC4daprem added 17:25 - Jul 11 good luck
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chislehurstblue added 17:40 - Jul 11 Why does it matter if Bowyers first game is away from home? Can't wait to see the reaction from certain idiots when he is rightly made captain.
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Jeff_winger added 19:41 - Jul 11 wow! what has Shane O'Conner done to PJ he doesn't fancy him much !!
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DiamondGezzer added 20:08 - Jul 11 Let's hope nobody gets injured, a la Quinn !
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Vic added 08:27 - Jul 12 “But the players are in no doubt what we expect from them. That is, 100 per cent effort at all times." Has he been reading Roy Keanes coaching manual because thats just what RK used to say and got slated for it!
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