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Jewell Will Be Happier With Draw If Town Win Home Games
Jewell Will Be Happier With Draw If Town Win Home Games
Monday, 17th Oct 2011 07:47

Town boss Paul Jewell will feel happier about Saturday’s draw at Cardiff if his side win their home games against Portsmouth on Tuesday and Crystal Palace next Saturday. The Blues were denied their third successive win in Cardiff by a controversial penalty during Saturday’s 2-2 draw.

Jewell said: “We’re disappointed because of the manner in which it happened. We all have to take defeat on the chin and we have to take knocks and setbacks. But we felt it was a little bit unfair.

"Up until the penalty incident we were in control of the game, we should have gone 3-1 up, the keeper’s made a couple of good saves, but there you go.

“If we win our home games, it’s a good point, but we’re still disappointed in the manner [of Cardiff’s penalty] and we feel a little bit hard done by.”

Striker Jason Scotland, scorer of the Blues’ first goal, said the team also believed they ought to have won: “The boys are disappointed as we felt we dominated the game and we should have got the points.

“We went to West Ham and got three points, so we are disappointed just to get one here. It shows how confident we are.”

The former Swansea man feels that if he’d taken his chance just before Cardiff’s penalty Town would have gone on to claim the victory: “I’m thinking it's two points dropped, we had chances to kill the game off. When the keeper made the save from me, I think that gave them confidence to come back into the game.

“But if I had scored that opportunity, it would have been game over and another three points. I take responsibility that I didn’t put it away — it was a turning point.”

Bluebirds boss Malky Mackay remains unbeaten against Town both as a player and a manager but believes not too much can to be read into that stat: “It’s a Norfolk-Suffolk thing! Ipswich are a team I know well, having been in East Anglia for so long. I know a lot of people who have been through that football club, good people.

“At the moment they’re a very, very experienced team. There’s a lot of investment which has been put into that team.

“They are someone I’ve come up against an awful lot and it’s nice to have periods where you feel you always do OK against a club.

“But there’s no rhyme nor reason for that, obviously, with different managers and players, it’s just nice for it to happen.”

Meanwhile, former Town academy striker Charlie Sheringham, 23, is set to join League One Bournemouth after the Cherries agreed a £25,000 fee with Blue Square Bet South side Dartford. Sheringham, the son of former England frontman Teddy, was a sub in the Town side which won the 2005 FA Youth Cup.

Bournemouth boss Lee Bradbury says he has talked to Blues boss Paul Jewell about extending Jaime Peters’s loan: “I spoke to Paul Jewell on Friday and we are going to speak again today about the possibility of trying to keep him.

“He has worked really hard for the team. He is an explosive player. He needs to isolate himself a little bit more in one against one situations, but we are working on that with him.

“He does a really good shift for the team and is a team player, as well as an individual that can change a game.”

On Friday, Canadian international Peters, who joined the Cherries on September 22nd, said he would be keen on a longer stay in Dorset.


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warwickblue added 09:11 - Oct 17
It doesn't matter how often I see the supposed "penalty" I still cannot see how the ref called it. Surely, in the circumstances, the benefit of the doubt should have been given to Edwards - who doesn't even look convinced that the ball is still in play, let alone make an active and deliberate attempt to play the ball with his hand. Still, we must file that one as a shocker and look forward to the week ahead. So many recent positives - isn't it fantastic just to be walking down to Portman Road on Tuesday evening anticipating goals and a victory? How long have we waited for the return of proper football? With the minimum of fuss Jewell has instigated a quiet revolution at Portman Road and I really believe that, if the legs last all season, we will be top six. Still can't believe the revelation that is Jason Scotland this season - that has to be a prime example of Jewell's skill as a man-manager and motivator. COYB!
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bluelady added 09:18 - Oct 17
im suprised that from all i have read since Saturday nobody has commented on Chops scoring again, thats three in two games...!! All the mention is of the revival of JS, (who last year was better at home than away if i remember rightly?, but this year able to put a good shift in both home and away!). Back to Chopra thats now five goals this season, his confidence in front of goal clearly coming back (and what a fantastic cross from Edwards in what looked like a totally hopeless situation!).
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greenkingtone added 09:31 - Oct 17
I listened to the Radio Wales commentary. It was not as good as Radio Suffolk, but I think the penalty incident was the result of what had happened earlier. The referee had been surrounded by Cardiff players after some confused flagging and pointing and the decision went in our favour. The referee was shaken up by this and when a second incident occurred he bottled the decision, and took the easy way out. Referees are only human and the pressure from the crowd can destroy their confidence. I am pleased to see Paul Jewell's sensible assessment.
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Frase1987 added 09:56 - Oct 17
Anyone else annoyed that after this great run of form we're only 10th? The same teams keep winning...
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Essex_Tractor added 10:17 - Oct 17
Agreed Frase1987, we are only a point off 5th though - early days!
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cornishblu added 10:26 - Oct 17
Frase 1987....but as PJ says turn the home games into three points and we already have taken good away points off those teams that keep winning....law of averages then says when they are "taking points off each other" we'll then be able to get past them by full points off lower down teams.......just got to keep beating the so called lower teams!!...easy hey!! ????...COYB (PS much rather keep the pressure off and then go on a run....not always easy to take the lead and keep it...aka middlesborough...too many draws unbeaten in 11 but starting to slip!!
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broomfield123 added 10:53 - Oct 17
Rather win all our games
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pazelle added 11:13 - Oct 17
It wasn't a bad result - get over the penalty bit! Forget about it, let's go and teach Portsmouth a lesson!
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DiamondGezzer added 11:19 - Oct 17
Hopefully the bad decisions on Saturday will be a spur for the lads tomorrow !
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StowTractorBoy added 13:39 - Oct 17
Referee tomorrow is Gavin Ward the baby faced linesman the North Stand have in the past given much stick to. Hope he has forgiven us.
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