Scotland: We Owed Fans, Manager and Ourselves
Monday, 12th Dec 2011 08:56

Striker Jason Scotland felt he and his Town team-mates owed the fans, manager Paul Jewell and themselves Saturday’s extraordinary second half performance after their run of seven defeats. Scotland was one of the Blues’ star performers and netted the fifth goal as they came from behind to beat Barnsley 5-3 at Oakwell.

Scotland said: “When you’re not getting results your job is up for grabs. It is a big three points and things have changed.

“Football is a results game and when you don’t get them there is pressure and people look at the manager.

“During our bad run we have been unlucky in some games and in others we haven’t played well. We owed that performance to the fans, ourselves and the gaffer.”

The 32-year-old says he and other Town players still have hopes of a return to the Premier League: “Early on in the season, when we were near the top of the league, people thought we were having fantasies when we spoke of getting back into the top flight.

“We still have dreams about playing in the big time. I want another crack and so does everybody else in the team who has played there.

“Losing seven on the bounce made it difficult but, after scoring five, everybody is happy and buzzing in the dressing room.

“It has been really tough, but we like to think we can still get back into the play-off positions.”

Meanwhile, a Town reserves side is in action in a behind-closed-doors friendly at Chelsea's Cobham training ground this afternoon.

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chrisw2045 added 09:20 - Dec 12 Scotland needs to play like he did on Saturday every game because he was superb!!
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Mark added 09:20 - Dec 12 It's a shame these mystery issues came along that kept Scotland out of the side, as he was doing so well. Let's hope he gets back to his best, as if Chopra does too then we should score plenty of goals.
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Sindre94 added 09:27 - Dec 12 Scotland is brilliant
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Lightningboy added 10:37 - Dec 12 Scotland was like an absolute tank on saturday..held the ball up brilliantly & deserved his goal...him & Chops should be first choice from here on in.
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llewej_tuo added 10:52 - Dec 12

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tellitasiseeit added 11:05 - Dec 12 llewej tuo Dont take your mommy's time up on her computer,that's a good lad or girl? If she catches you she we send you to bed for a early night,then take you to nursery in the morning.
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DiamondGezzer added 11:05 - Dec 12 llewej tuo :- Why don't you go and do some Christmas shopping, it might just lighten up your mood. The season of good cheer and all that !
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cooper4england added 11:20 - Dec 12 This has the feeling of a Roy of the Rovers story!
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Pessimistic added 11:21 - Dec 12 Scotland was immense and he thoroughly deserves a new contract on that showing alone. Sign him up quick P.J. before it is too late!
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tomisamos added 12:53 - Dec 12 chrisw2045 - he almost always plays that well, the difference was that the team around him picked up and played off of him on saturday
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davidsc1971 added 12:57 - Dec 12 Owed Jason, and still owe. Every game for the rest of the season would be a start.
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Blandford added 13:22 - Dec 12

As a fan I would like to thank the players for showing 45 minutes of commitment to the club and fans, but Jason is quite right in saying that it was a performance that we were owed. He and the rest of the players need to realise that they owe us a similar level of effort and commitment for the remainder of their contacts (however long that may be) - after all that is what they are paid for!

arc added 13:31 - Dec 12 The good thing about Scotland is that he was one of the very few who showed up in the first half as well. Excellent performance all round--I was delighted when he got his goal.
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alfromcol added 14:31 - Dec 12

llewej_tuo

Phil. Anyway you can filter out these posts. I'm not against everyone being allowed their view. But it is so easy on a blog to simply fill it up with long 'well thought out' posts like these from llewej_tuo

If everyone started doing it TWTD would lose something.

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itfc1981 added 15:26 - Dec 12 Clegg out!
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Cobbold_Youth added 13:07 - Dec 13 Could these high level philosophical 'Jewel in - Jewel out' posts be forum threads instead? llewej_tuo could expand on his arguments more fully and those of us who still think rebuilding our great club is a long term job and not just a 'new manager = instant success' thing could make our points against. alfromcol has a point, it's not really in the spirit of it.
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