Town boss Paul Jewell says his Blackpool counterpart Ian Holloway has done a “fantastic job” at Bloomfield Road but revealed that they haven’t always seen eye to eye. The Blues take on Holloway’s top of the table Tangerines in Lancashire this afternoon.

Jewell said: “He’s an infectious character. I think he’s done a fantastic job there. I think his football philosophy changed.

“Whereas his teams were always hard to beat and a little bit one dimensional, while he was out of the game he had a rethink.

“We did some work with Sky together and I remember he said that if he got another job he’d definitely play a certain type of way.”

The Town manager says they get on well but that they had a falling out when at previous clubs: “I did have a fight with him when I was at Derby and he was at Leicester. He had Steve Howard at his house and he didn’t think I knew it!

“I found out and we had a bit of a tête-à-tête on the phone, but he did apologise. And he didn’t know I had one of his players round my house!”

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JustSpivvyChops added 08:22 - Aug 25 Sounds like an episode of Wife Swap......................
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Back_The_Boss added 08:33 - Aug 25 Haha PJ loves the banter!
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dirtydingusmagee added 09:07 - Aug 25 i'll try and get'' Handbags and gladrags'' played at half time PJ .I like PJ but then again i like PH which one is best ? theres only one way to find out........ FIGHT ! COYB
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BigAlsMate added 09:23 - Aug 25 Perhaps we should have given the manager's job to Ollie when we had the chance a few years back?
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algarvefan added 09:40 - Aug 25 Phil you could find a better picture of our management team!! This one looks like PJ had a 'Ruby Murray' the night before and has just let a stinker go :-)
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walberswick added 10:03 - Aug 25 Why do we employ three big fatties as our elite coaching team?
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chorltonskylineblue added 11:03 - Aug 25 algarvefan very funny, liked that
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bluemingood added 11:06 - Aug 25 For me PJ has a look of bewilderment on his face wondering why so many fans had Hyam weighed up before he did.
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runningout added 17:58 - Aug 25 the softening up didnt work Mr Jewell
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