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Bowyer Was Offered Coaching Role
Bowyer Was Offered Coaching Role
Friday, 10th May 2013 15:40

Former midfielder Lee Bowyer has revealed that ex-boss Paul Jewell invited him to join the club’s coaching staff last summer. Bowyer spent a year with the Blues before moving on at the end of 2011/12 after making 24 starts and five sub appearances and scoring twice.

The 36-year-old told the West Ham official site that despite not having had a club this season, he plans to look for a new side for the year ahead "I'm doing my coaching badges at the moment and spending time with my family.

“I might try to nick another year as a player next season. I could have played this year but it wasn't really right. Paul Jewell wanted to keep me on as a coach at Ipswich but I wasn't quite was ready for that.

"I got offered a player-coaching role at Gillingham with Martin Allen but didn't really fancy it either. I don't think you can be a player and a coach because when you walk into the dressing room the players will think 'He's going to be the teacher's pet'. I didn't want to be put in that position.”

Bowyer says that ultimately he’d like to coach at youth level: "With the people that I've worked with and played under it would be criminal not to go into coaching.

“I've worked under five former England managers and learned a hell of a lot in the game. I'm not interested in being a manager, but I'd like to coach youngsters, perhaps U16s or U18s and guide them with my experience."


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cooper4england added 16:43 - May 10
He would be a fantastic role model for any youth team.

As bad as PJ was I assume he only offered him a coach driving role.
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itfcjc added 16:54 - May 10
Glad he turned the down
Bad enough having Kennedy on the coaching staff
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MooseJuice added 16:58 - May 10
Unbelieveable Geoff.
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Bergholtblue added 17:09 - May 10
Phew! That was close.
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runningout added 18:01 - May 10
Paul Jewell lost the plot.. hope he learnt a lot from his ropey time here
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ChrisMakin2012 added 18:33 - May 10
It's bad enough having foul and abusive Mark Kennedy at the club let alone Mr scumbag coming close, thank heavens.
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tractorboybig added 19:09 - May 10
Chrismakin2012.
I didn't realize dippos like you really existed.
I was wrong.
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BlueBadger added 19:25 - May 10
I could just see him on the training pitch now 'No Luke, THROW the chair THEN racially abuse him'.

A terrific role model.
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jonnysuave added 20:42 - May 10
I take it back. It wasn't just all Roy Keane's fault. Paul Jewell really was a knob as well.
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h32 added 20:57 - May 10
.... more proof of PJ"s 'unsound' judgement - take note all Jewell nerds - you know, you people who couldn't see anything wrong in him.
Hope you now feel guilty at being so naive.
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beerhelps added 22:34 - May 10
Bowyer......lets hope that was our lowest point.

please, never again.
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Garv added 22:35 - May 10
On the day a youngster that has just left the club praises Bowyer for his influence people still find it fashionable to beat him over the head with something (something shameful yes) that happened over a decade ago. Twtd eh.

Bowyer would have been a good addition to the staff imo. His legs went while he was with us but the quality was still evident. Two important goals and a few assists went well ignored by many. Maybe expensive for what he gave us, but he wasn't as bad as some make out.
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linesyrules added 00:11 - May 11
All the above need to grow up, honestly I hate coming on here to read such poor and childish comments.
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bigolconnor added 07:10 - May 11
Totally agree linesyrules but your username and avatar are a little schoolyard for your comment aren't they.
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Morgan added 09:46 - May 11
The more I hear about this the more ITFC sounded like it went from dictatorship to a social club when Keane swapped with PJ.

Now we have chairman Mick!
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shoopdelang added 16:58 - May 11
BlueBadger. Accusing someone of being racist when they were found guilty in crown court. Not very bright are you
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shoopdelang added 17:08 - May 11
*NOT Guilty
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BlueBadger added 18:10 - May 11
I'd just like to remind Shoopdelang that racist scumbag Lee Bowyer WAS found guilty of affray in an incident where he threw a chair at a McDonald's worker say he 'didn't want to be served by a p**i'.

The racist scumbag.
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shoopdelang added 11:13 - May 12
Oh apologies there was another incident that he was found not guilty of.

However we all make mistakes throwing a chair isn't the end of te world is it
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shoopdelang added 11:14 - May 12
And you said he was found guilty of affray. That doesn't make him racist
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BlueBadger added 14:28 - May 12
Being found guilty of affray doesn't make you racist.

Doing it whilst shouting 'I don't want to be served by a f*cking p*ki' might just.
The racist scumbag.
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big_gaz67 added 10:26 - May 13
The fact that we even employed a racist thug like Bowyer, let along considered allowing him to influence others just proves how far this great club has (or hopefully now under the experienced stewardship of MM had) slipped.

Under Burley Danny Sommer was sacked (or sold for next to nothing urgently - same difference) for having a beer too many and ending up shoeless (and legless!!) on the steps of the town hall.

Since then we have
- allowed a player to show support of his friend's drink driving killing spree
- put up with all Chopra's tatics
- seen our skipper commit more than one moronic driving offence - lie under caution - and then allow the same player to go on a jolly to play two friendlies in the Caribbean when we were still facing relegation

and then there were the two more recent ongoing court cases I won't go into details for obvious reasons but we still selected one and are paying the other despite severe allegations.

Surely all league clubs should draw up a code of conduct that allows players who commit certain crimes to be sacked by their existing club for gross misconduct (the same as me or you if we missed work due to 'outside activities') and not be employed either for a agreed period or perhaps sin die by all other league clubs. Then players like Bowyer, Chopra, Marlon King, Lee Hughes etc etc would get the total retribution their actions deserve.

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