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Jewell: We Need to Stop Feeling Sorry for Ourselves
Jewell: We Need to Stop Feeling Sorry for Ourselves
Saturday, 10th Sep 2011 18:03

Boss Paul Jewell says Town need to stop feeling sorry for themselves after conceding goals. The Blues rarely looked like getting back into their 2-0 loss at Blackpool once Gary Taylor-Fletcher put the Seasiders in front four minutes after the break.

Jewell said: “We look at the minute that once we go a goal behind it’s going to be hard work for us to get back in the game, certainly away from home. Up until the goal, there was nothing in it, so we’re disappointed to lose the game.

“At the moment our heads are going down once a goal goes in and we’ve got to stop feeling sorry for ourselves.

“Nobody gives you anything for nothing in this game. Whatever you get in football you earn and we earned that little bit of luck we had against Leeds.”

The Blues boss says the whole side need to defend better: “A lot of the time our defence has come in for a lot of blame, but as a team we don’t defend well enough.

“From the front, through to the midfield to the back four, we get exposed too quickly by teams running through the midfield, and we’ve got to work harder when we’re not in possession.”

Jewell also felt Town failed to make the most of their opportunities when they came: “We did have three chances where we could have scored where we didn’t make the keeper work.

“Jimmy Bullard went through when we’ve got five against three and Daryl’s had two opportunities, so if one of those went in it might have been different.”

Overall, the Town manager concedes his team is very much a work in progress: “I think at the moment we’re searching for a formula, we’re a bit unbalanced. We don’t know our best team at the moment, to be honest.

“Danny Collins has come in today and been terrific and after beating Leeds last week we wanted to take that on today.

“I thought in the first half we did OK, against a team which was in the Premier League last year and have some good players.

“We don’t have that belief to go on and dominate games at the moment, and think that’s evident to see.”

Blackpool manager Ian Holloway was pleased with his side’s second home win of the season: “I’m delighted for the lads. We’re used to losing and this group’s trying to get used to winning, but sometimes you can get a little bit nervous.

“In the first half we didn’t pass it as well as we normally do, but in the second half we did. Thanks to the fans, they really helped the lads.

“I think the second goal pleased me more than anything. It was a lovely move and a sidefoot into more or less an empty net when they had everybody chasing.

“We made it look easy, and good teams normally do that. We looked a good team for a few minutes in that game, so I’ll have to settle for that and try and move on to the next time.”


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Premiertown added 18:20 - Sep 10
No confidence in your own attack to take on a nervous relegated team? No consistency of tactics or players? No pace where it counts? Let us hope there are 3 worse teams in the Division so that the next manager has something to work with.
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bluearmy4life added 18:25 - Sep 10
Another dissapointing result 4 defeats in 5 is not good enough. We have had a two week break and no progress. Why?
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Hegarty added 18:35 - Sep 10
Boring... It stinks of same ol same ol to me - All very well Jewell telling us the bleeding obvious but it makes me think that he doesn't really have a plan at all. He has bought in loads of players and nothing has changed. He seems like a nice bloke to be fair but unless he starts to turn things around soon people will just lose interest and belief and his recent record is shocking!
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Tractorboy24 added 18:38 - Sep 10
Disappointing, but I don't think there were too many people realistically expecting a win against a side who were unlucky to be relegated last year. For those calling for the managers head 6 GAMES INTO THE SEASON, get real! We've not had a side capable of promotion for 6 years, it takes time to rebuild the damage that has been done. If it doesn't come this year, it will next year.
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Premiertown added 18:41 - Sep 10
What about the last part of last season? This guy has no track record of fixing something that is broke. Next!
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Tractamatt added 18:46 - Sep 10
1,today we played a team who were only relegated on the last day.2,this is a brand new team ,virtually, from front to back and however much people dont like it it will take time to gel 3,for inspiration look at man city (i'm not deluded enough to suggest we are in the same class)spent a fortune and it has taken 2 maybe 3 seasons to get it as good as it is,you can not expect to put 11 or 12 new players on the pitch and expect immediate results 4,the real eye opener will be against Coventry at home to a struggling side, this will show any real weaknesses so please take a breath , calm down the good times are only round the corner but it will take time and i'm afraid to say a couple more dissapointments,COYB.
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WirralBlue added 18:53 - Sep 10
I went today and in the first half we were the better team. But as soon as they scored that was that. Only one shot on Target and that was in injury time. Murphy was abysmal, but I thought Sonko and Collins played well even though Sonko didn't look fit, as didn't Bowyer, Bullard and possibly Murphy. Onwards and upwards.
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Brockleyblue added 18:55 - Sep 10
Jewell needs to accept some of the blame here. It seems to have been a disaster buying Ingimarsson, someone near the end of their career who has a bad record with injuries. Allowed central defenders to go without providing sufficient cover (glad Sonko and Collins have now come in). Seems insistent on playing a centre forward (Murphy) at left midfield, like Keane did with Wickham.

We're on a dreadful run but PJ refuses to even consider the one player in the squad with pace (Peters), the one with heart (O'Connor) and the one with some skill/flair (Priskin). Bowyer seems an elderly duff signing, Andy Dyer was evidently a mistake and so too it seems was Nathan Ellington. Leadbitter is average at best as a central midfielder, he's a complete waste of space as a right midfielder. If Bullard was tiring as much as Phil's report suggests then Bowyer and Leadbitter must have been having shockers to have been pulled off instead.

For the next game I'd keep the keeper and back four from today and then have: Carson (rm; or Martin when he gets back); Bullard and Andrews (cm x 2); JET or O'Connor (lm); Murphy and Chopra (cf x 2). With Scotland and Priskin/Ellington on the bench. Aside from long range efforts or deflections we just look like scoring so why persist with this 1 man up front strategy.

Feels like not much has changed since Roy Keane aside from the fact that we now concede more. I remain optimistic (bizarrely). since there are some decent players at the club. We just need to play them, and preferably in the correct position
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Brockleyblue added 18:55 - Sep 10
Jewell needs to accept some of the blame here. It seems to have been a disaster buying Ingimarsson, someone near the end of their career who has a bad record with injuries. Allowed central defenders to go without providing sufficient cover (glad Sonko and Collins have now come in). Seems insistent on playing a centre forward (Murphy) at left midfield, like Keane did with Wickham.

We're on a dreadful run but PJ refuses to even consider the one player in the squad with pace (Peters), the one with heart (O'Connor) and the one with some skill/flair (Priskin). Bowyer seems an elderly duff signing, Andy Dyer was evidently a mistake and so too it seems was Nathan Ellington. Leadbitter is average at best as a central midfielder, he's a complete waste of space as a right midfielder. If Bullard was tiring as much as Phil's report suggests then Bowyer and Leadbitter must have been having shockers to have been pulled off instead.

For the next game I'd keep the keeper and back four from today and then have: Carson (rm; or Martin when he gets back); Bullard and Andrews (cm x 2); JET or O'Connor (lm); Murphy and Chopra (cf x 2). With Scotland and Priskin/Ellington on the bench. Aside from long range efforts or deflections we just look like scoring so why persist with this 1 man up front strategy.

Feels like not much has changed since Roy Keane aside from the fact that we now concede more. I remain optimistic (bizarrely). since there are some decent players at the club. We just need to play them, and preferably in the correct position
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pazelle added 18:57 - Sep 10
Yesterday he felt sorry for us cause we havent gelled like Blackpool, then the players lose as he expected and then he says to stop feeling sorry for ourselves! He's losing it - Scotland shouldn't have been dropped and we should stick with 2 up front and try to score more cause we'll always concede. Collins shouldn't have started, should have kept Sonko and Delaney and given them a chance to forge a partnership.

The magic formula Jewell?

Stockdale
Edwards, Sonko, Delaney, Cresswell
Andrews
JET, Bullard, Martin
Priskin, Chopra

Send Collins, Murphy and Stockdale back, get a proper keeper and show us what you've got! All you do is buy and buy, what have you brought to the club in terms of coaching Paul?

Your mates that's who!
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IvorFeeling added 18:59 - Sep 10
Tractamatt - totally agree with you.

Listened on the radio and again our away support was fantastic. Can't see the side bedding down for another 4-6 weeks.

The two pieces of advice that I would give PJ is that 1. Get some width and 2. stick with a formula home and away (can be different) but give the same starting 11 six to eight games together.

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thechangingman added 18:59 - Sep 10
Mr Jewell: You keep talking the talk and taking the money whilst us poor punters will keep feeling the pain, believing the hype and suffering under the delusion that things were ever going to pick up with your arrival at our club.

Root and branch reform was needed after Roy's, ahem, 'visit' and instead we got - well, I am not entirely sure what we got really.

Sure, a jovial 'lad' with a ready wit and an honest approach but, to be honest, a man who seems out of his depth at this level. Unsure of what formation to play, devoid of tactical dynamism and fixated with strikers at the cost of a disinterest in defenders.

Sigh.

This is going to be a long, long season and IMHO we haven't even vaguely approached the twist in the road where we'll be able to see any kind of light at the end of this soul-destroying tunnel.

Ho hum.

I am just glad that I have a lot of other areas of interest in my life otherwise Town would be the death of me...
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Mark added 18:59 - Sep 10
Peters, O'Connor and Priskin - you have to be joking?!

Today was hardly a consolation for the fans who travelled to Peterborough, and it was disappointing to hear Blackpool dominate the second half like that. Waiting until injury time to test their goalkeeper just isn't good enough! It's a new team but the same old story it seems.

All we can do is give the team time to gel and hope that after all the new players settle in they will look much better after a few games together and many hours in the training pitch. Today was a tough match, so no disgrace, but it was nonetheless disappointing. Let's do better lads!
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ramseyn added 19:11 - Sep 10
@brockleyblue
" Seems insistent on playing a centre forward (Murphy) at left midfield, like Keane did with Wickham"

Keane never ever played wickham on the left!!!

It was McPartland the game after Keane left. Quality Ipswich Town knowledge.
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strikalite added 19:20 - Sep 10
Our main problem at the moment is pace, or a lack of it, especially going forward and away from home, you need an outlet, something that will push the game back into the opposing teams half, something that enables our midfield to get forward and support Chops..a Danny Haynes type of player but with a footballing brain, they're hard to find, but that's what we lack right now..
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paulnstar added 19:37 - Sep 10
say it again jewell out
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pickles110564 added 19:48 - Sep 10
My m8 a Derby County season ticket holder said Jewell was the worst manager he had seen and would get Ipswich relegated!
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NSL added 19:53 - Sep 10
“I think at the moment we're searching for a formula, we're a bit unbalanced"

Maybe thats something to do with playing 4 central midfielders accross the middle? And perhaps a right winger at right back?

Clueless prat
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leroy2488 added 19:55 - Sep 10
Just looks like too many players still not fit, for different reasons. Maybe if we start with 11 fit players rather than the 11 players who should be best when fit, we would be able to last the whole game? Also we can't play with a midfield full of central midfielders just because they are the best midfeilders allegedly, because we have no width or definable shape when we do that, must use best players for positions?
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itfc94 added 20:14 - Sep 10
some of you lot frustrate me with your comments about sacking the manager.

yes, clearly times are hard and we're not playing well.... but lets not forget, you dont turn a good team overnight. 9 new faces in the side from last year, they need to know each other to play wel with each other. and it will take time for them to gel!

COME ON JEWELLIO! IM BACKING YA!
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Tillz9 added 20:21 - Sep 10
Disappointing result (again). Every manager we have seems to put square pegs in round holes. Peters may not be as good a player as Leadbitter but is clearly a better r/mid. We need to play people in there best positions and give them a run of games. At the min we are trying to accommodate what's on paper our strongest 11 into a team and it's not working !!
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StowTractorBoy added 20:22 - Sep 10
Have calmed down since my match report but the reality is we are in a mess as we were this time last season. Jewell is playing square pegs in round holes just as Keane did and must take some of the blame for his team selection and tactics. Murphy on the left side of midfield was frankly useless and did not look interested. I've said it so many times I am fed up of stating the obvious that we need two wide men with pace. For heaven sake Jewell you are supposed to see this but you seem to be blinkerred by playing players out of position.
With what we have I'd push Cresswell forward for the Coventry match and play Kennedy at left back which will still give us balance. Ingi has played right back so I would play Edwards further forward and at least we would have some semblance of pace on the flanks. Chopra must have some support up front as the poor guy cannot do it on his own. I wanted 4-5-1 today and in effect got it but it won't work if the midfield players do not get forward in support. Today they were woeful in that department and no wonder Chopra looked cheesed off. At home against Coventry it has to be 4-4-2 with Scotland partnering Chopra. There we are Mr. Jewell problem solved - I wish.
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Lightningboy added 20:29 - Sep 10
Disappointing but it's the same old stories on here:

when we win , everything is rosy.

When we lose , Jewell doesn't have a clue.

It's football folks , we're not entitled to win every week.
We've got a good manager with a decent track record of getting teams promoted & we've got 12 new signings to bed in - let him get on with it.
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manualthetisfanclub added 20:38 - Sep 10
Totally agree with "lathers" previous post.Wish we would all get real,with this lot pj has signed,mainly old duffers with no pace,no ideas all.got stick on here by being pessimistic about the season ahead,well at this rate 4th bottom will do!
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fourth added 20:47 - Sep 10
Early days, PJ.

Don't talk to us about this. Take responsibility. A disjointed performance, well it's early days. Tell us about your confidence in the players . Stop making excuses and get stuck in. Work with what you have.

BE POSITIVE MR SCOUSE
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