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Jewell: More Patience Needed in Transfer Market
Jewell: More Patience Needed in Transfer Market
Wednesday, 25th Apr 2012 07:30

Town boss Paul Jewell has admitted that he got his approach to recruitment wrong last year and needs to have a more patient outlook during this close season. The Blues manager signed 13 players either permanently or on loan during what was a busy summer, largely experienced senior pros such as Jimmy Bullard, Lee Bowyer, Ívar Ingimarsson, Ibrahima Sonko and Nathan Ellington.

Jewell said: “I think certainly last summer we just trying to get whoever was available all of a sudden. We probably weren’t patient enough. If someone came on the market, we’d think we’d take him because he’s been [a good player].

“Look at Ívar Ingimarsson, we took him. We took Lee Bowyer, we took Jimmy Bullard. Jimmy Bullard got Player of the Year last year and everybody wants you to take people.

“Maybe when you sit back you think that we’ve got to have more of a plan. We’ve got to try and target players earlier, which we have been.

“We’ve improved our scouting network, which is important, both home and abroad, and hopefully we’ll have more of a choice of players to choose from.”

The Blues boss is determined to bring success to the club: “My message is that I’m working as hard as I can. I love my job here and I’m fiercely proud that I’m manager of Ipswich and I really want to give the supporters something to cheer about.

“I understand the frustrations. Patience is a word which we ask people to use, probably at times it hasn’t been shown.

“The owner’s shown that he’s behind me. I want to repay the faith he’s shown in me and I want to repay the supporters because the supporters have always been good to me.”

However, he says success next season may equate to steady progress from this season’s lower mid-table finish rather than anything more tangible: “I hope next season is successful, but success might not always be measured in getting promotion.

“It might be, for argument’s sake, that we just finish outside but we’ve got a really good squad, a really good team and we just lack that one or two players to make the push [the following season].”

As for the season which comes to an end at Doncaster on Saturday, Jewell says his initial aim for the campaign was to finish much higher than where the Blues currently find themselves: “In November or December I would have settled for a mid-table finish, but I wouldn’t have settled for that at the beginning of the season.

“I want to be at the top end of the table, Marcus wants to be there, I want the players to want to be there and I’d love to be able to give these great supporters that in years to come.”


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Harry_Palmer added 07:37 - Apr 25
Let the flouncing commence !
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Wickets added 07:40 - Apr 25
Most worrying thing for me is most fans realised you where making mistakes,and said so on here,as you signed these over the top players.
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itfc1981 added 07:54 - Apr 25
Dont worry Clegg gets deals done asap he never gets gazumped.
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Mark added 07:57 - Apr 25
More patience?! Ipswich seem to be too patient usually and miss out on our first, second and third choices to other clubs. We seem to have the patience of a saint, the Portsmouth lads being an example which has been running for months.

Identify your targets, go for the players you want early (especially the best players from the lower leagues) and get the deals signed up ASAP, that's what most fans would like and it is certainly what Norwich do.
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Len_Brennan added 07:58 - Apr 25
I don't like the sound of this being successful 'by having improvement without getting into the top 6' business. That not success by my definition.
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itfc1981 added 07:58 - Apr 25
Incompetence, is this the Leverson inquiry?
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Karlosfandangal added 08:19 - Apr 25
Have to say most were happy to see Sonko Bullard Bowyer and Ingarmarsson sign.
The only one I question was Bowyer and that was not on football abilitiy, Bullard was great for us the season before and the back 2 did a great job at Reading.

The problem seems to be that clubs know when to let players go and we seem to buy on past reputations.
Reading let Sonko and Ingarmarsson go and win the league, we sign them and end up lower in the league than the season before.

Cardiff let Chopra go and spend the season top end of table and we pick up the pieces of Chopra's life and he has only be a part success.
Bowyer and Bullard what can you say

On paper we had a great team, future England keeper two defenders from a side doing well one from the prem, 3 midfield players with years of experiance from the prem 2 plyers that had been with 2 training with 2 of the best clubs in the country a goalscorer who is proven at this level.

Need to give Jewell at least one more full season as I hope the club has learned the lessons, the team has had a year together, the Jets and Cresswells have played about 40 games now so will be better next year.

Big big season next year and yes we have heard it all before this season will be the one and each year we end up lower down the table.

Keep chopping and changing does not work swapping the manager every 2 years does not work.

Jewell signed more players in his first season than Sir Bobby did in his 13 years at the club.

Les
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bluekeen added 08:22 - Apr 25
itfc 1981 _ lmao !!!

Jewell there are many great players playing at a lower level lets go after them !!! cheaper hungry younger players with First team experience and better fees these are theplayers which will where the badge with pride and will form the squad you talk of, not these players with over indulgent and over inflated views of them selves having had 10mins at the end of a season for man utd 4 years ago

COYB
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Legend added 08:27 - Apr 25
Top six finish next season Jewell and co. If not you will loose fans by the thousands, myself included. We have been patient enough!! Us fans deserve a damn sight better next season and it's about time this club treated us with respect!
No more bull$hit Clegg and jewell, The time for talking is over. A top six finish or kiss goodbye to thousands of long suffering, loyal, PATIENT. itfc fans!
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buryblue77 added 08:42 - Apr 25
The problem is as fans we can all do better can't we? I mean I can, I took Ipswich to being one of the most successful teams on the planet, winning Premier Leagues, FA and League cups, Champions Leagues and Uefa Cups and the World Club Championships, you name it I won it. We all know best how to run our football club, we all know better than the management. Wrong, we'd all be so out of our depth when we walked into the changing room with a load of over-inflated egos who probably wouldn't give a toss about playing for a nobody manager who's not played professionally.
The frustrations of everyone, including a pro PJer like myself is entirely understandable, we see the enemy from up the road do it without spending loads of money but remember, a few years back when they went for the older player/loan player approach they DID go down, so maybe we can count ourselves lucky we haven't gone the same way.
I think the approach that PJ took was a supposed quickfire remedy that to the mess that Keane left us in and backfired spectacularly.
I hope that a few key players will se the team up nicely for a challenge next season and that I don't have to change my mind on the current management, where I have set a target of 10 games into next season to see significant improvement or I will change my position on PJ.
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Dozzells_Bobblehat added 08:43 - Apr 25
Karlos - good post, I was also pleased with Bullard , and if I'm honest Bowyer. I wasnt so sure with Sonko and Ing.
Bowyer has been a big disappointment, I expected him to stand out at this level and control games for us. That hasn't happened.
Both he and Bullard owe PJ, us and the club a lot more this year. Chopra too. I like chopra a lot as a player and he has shown us in part what he can do but needs to sort his personal life and his head this year.I think he has had fantastic support from the club and fans, ( quite rightly), but its time to pay us back.
Lets hope for four or five good signings this summer and see if we can kick on.
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tortoise added 08:50 - Apr 25
Karlos - good post. agree.
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itfc1981 added 08:53 - Apr 25
On paper we had a great team, future England keeper two defenders from a side doing well one from the prem, 3 midfield players with years of experiance from the prem 2 plyers that had been with 2 training with 2 of the best clubs in the country a goalscorer who is proven at this level.

Was this toilet paper?
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Wickets added 08:57 - Apr 25
Sorry Karlosfan ect but i dont agree,many on here totaly dismayed with the retirement contracts of last season and said so at the time, cannot see that PJ is the man to take us foward and we do need to strengthen in some areas, we all know where, Sir Bobby's times!! football has so changed since then you just cannot compare, sorry.
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whymarksmyhero added 09:06 - Apr 25
Don't normally come on here to moan, (plenty of others to do that, it seems !)
However, it seems that every other article on here is PJ coming on to admit that he made a mistake, (countless examples in the last few weeks !)

He's an experienced manager and shouldn't be making these kinds of mistakes !!

And to now announce that finishing outside the playoffs would be seen as a good season really beggars belief !!

Where's the hope, the ambition, and confidence to inspire OUR team to the dizzy heights of top 6 ???!!!
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buryblue77 added 09:10 - Apr 25
Wickets, one problem is that there are so many on here who will moan at anything, signing Messi would upset some.
Most of the negative posters would be happy if we achieved success, but there will always be those who will be critical, even if we win 5-1, the criticism would be about conceeding the 1 goal, negatively focusing on conceeding 1 instead of the positives of scoring 5and before anyone says it, I know the sesaon hasn't gone well and we're not constantly celebrating high scoring wins. (Jas and h32 I don't include you in that list because yours is constructive criticism that I'm sure would be very positive if we were doing well)
The criticism of the older pros has been justified, much to my annoyance as I thought we could be on to something, but you've all been proved right and I'm wrong. However I feel it was a quick fix to Keane's mess and improvement will follow.
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itfc1981 added 09:24 - Apr 25
ITFC could finish in there lowest position for 60 years. Yet people go on about some fans moaning. We are led by the worst board in the clubs history, and a experienced manager who admits he had no plan this season and admits he cant create a side to finish inside the top six next.

Support and blind opedence does nothing if you are being led by the blind themselves.
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deliadreamsofitfc added 09:37 - Apr 25
ITFC1981
What more can we say, well said , spot on. Have you emailed it to M Evans to read. Although I would describe our manager as inept and experienced.
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sonian_blue added 09:40 - Apr 25
Sick of hearing all of his drivel...actions speak louder than words.
Just go, you are not up to the job.
Just as we have relied on players (wrongly) that were past their best, so we have with the manager. Lets have someone younger, kean with fresh ideas and no 'mates rates' contracts.
Quite prepared to give such a manager a three or five year plan as Im sure many fans would. This man will not lead us forward but i have no doubt he will still be here in august which IMO will mean another wasted season.
Jewell Out Now.
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flyingdutchman added 10:00 - Apr 25
ellington a mistake, more like a disaster....
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havinit69 added 10:03 - Apr 25
Calm down folks, anyone think that PJ may be doing a bit of the old "Mancini's"?!

If you play down expectation, it takes the pressure off a bit. Teams like West Ham & Birmingham who were under massive pressure to go back up will be in the play offs, only one of them (or possibly neither) can go up.

I don't think that PJ is under any illussions as to what is expected next season, but for him to be saying that we are going to win the league is silly, it certainly did Roy Keane no favours!
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Bluetone added 10:21 - Apr 25
Jewell's statement would be acceptable from a man new to management learning his trade not from a seasoned manager of many year's standing.
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newboy added 10:43 - Apr 25
Utter rubbish and here we go again it's all RK's fault lets not forget RK played Eastman, Carson, Hyam, Brown and still got the sack when we were in a higher position than PJ has taken us. And while he is still throwing out the youth players with another one being paid off yesterday all we are left with is his OAP's
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walberswick added 11:24 - Apr 25
to summarise.i sign anyone,i have no plan, don't expect pronotion and judge me in 2013-4.
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Legend added 11:34 - Apr 25
Surely the word panic or 'panic buying' should not be associated with a man who has over 600 games experience as a manager over two decades!!!! Also to blame the benefactor for throwing money away?????? Whose advice? ME must believe this is a step too far. Other managers have had the bullet without public condemnation of boardroom and better results. Thanks PJ you tried your best and we had some laughs along the way but its time up.

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