Does any one know if there will be a protest before and after the home game on Saturday? I've trawled through TWTD and can't find any mention of one. Just the usual moaning and groaning but no mention of any organized protests. I have just designed my own little banner which I will smuggle into the ground for Saturday. Protest at this stage is the only thing left to us fans. If you want the 2 clowns out of our club then we must all stand up and demand it. We wont change anything by being all nicey nicey Suffolk people! We must get mobilized like in the days of the John Duncan era! A far bigger threat await us this time around. STAND UP IF YOU WANT THEM OUT!!
JWM, have you read the story about St Ledger getting a guarantee from Marcus Evans that PJ won't be sacked before he will sign? It only gets better!
maestro, i think a collective singing of jewell's name at the west brom match is in order. i don't feel jewell is getting the same kind of credit keane did from us city fans. we used to chant 'keano, keano' at games, such was his popularity. i think we've underestimated just how brilliant jewell is and he too deserves a song of his own
We should be protesting to get Clegg and Evans out, not Jewell. I still think Jewell is a good manager and given time will help this club be great again. If you change managers every 18 months no good will happen in the long run. The board have been **** since Evans took over though and their time is up in my opinion.
Rather than just the usual "Hark now hear.....!" The SBR should be singing CLEGG OUT right from the start!
Thats what i think should happen JWM, Clegg is the poison that is running through this club, any manager we have will have his hands tied. This is not to say that i think that Jewell is doing a good job, i don't. But i do feel that we need Clegg out before anything will change. Sing Clegg out at the start, then Half Time, Then at the end!
We want Clegg out, say we want Clegg out!! Hark now hear the Ipswich sing, the Norwich ran away, And we'll be ****ed forever more til Clegg is on his way!
Stick your turnstiles up your arse! Stick your turnstiles up your arse! Stick your turnstiles, stick your turnstiles, stick your turnstiles up your arse! Stick your turnstiles up your arse! and repeat!
Part of me is with BillyPockets on this one. Although short termist I dont think one of the players Jewell signed had poor seasons last year and think every single one of them was good enough to steady the ship this season whilst scouting for more young and long term targets. In Drury, Chopra and Cresswell we have seen glimpses of the kind of targets we all long for (young, lower level or top class) The players themselves have been shocking beyond belief and with the transfer window shut during our abysmal period there was little Jewell could do to change things. He is not excluded from blame but with the transfer window now open again I think the next 3 weeks is going to be either his saviour or his downfall. A few inspired signings could see us leap towards safety. More of the old, predicted, overpriced and under achieving idiots could see us so far in the poo it will be hard for anyone to get us out. Jewell isnt without blame but the players have badly let him down. The large problem is that if he is given January and cant sort it out then we are potentially on our way to oblivion. The players arent playing but is this because of him? You see it countless times when a terrible team change managers and the same group of 11 men instantly look like worldbeaters. I have honestly never been so torn about the team. I have always either liked (burley), hated (Keane) or accepted that the club are working in tough circumstances so we have had a mixed set of results (Early Jim, Joe Royle) but we are currently bankrolled almost without regulation. It all works on paper and Jewell makes sense in almost every interview when talking about the future and his vision but something at this club stinks. The parts dont equal and I have no idea if a change of manager will do any good without wholesale changes elsewhere.
I thought Panto season had finished, oh no it has'nt.... http://www.twtd.co.uk/news.php?storyid=19912&title=jewell_hoping_st_ledger_will_sign_today
That was truly eloquent tractobhoy. I agree with what you've said there almost verbatim! The manager can't be 100% to blame if he's asking for players and getting them to the club for a transfer, giving them the chat about the future and ambition for the club and their lapping it up, and then Clegg steps in with the contract and can't seal the deal. Then the manager is stuck with 3rd or 4th choice or worse players that he didn't really want so goes for experienced heads with no miles left in their legs, to try and steady the ship and tide us over for 6-12 months. The procurement process is then repeated and the board wonder why we're at the foot of the table and sack the manager. Back to step one, acquire manager and tell him to buy some players. Return to the start of buying process and fall some more places down the league over 6-18 months... Might be a bit of a rant and maybe off the mark but it's my view of what's been occurring wwith the board for the last few seasons post Royle really.
Sorry Guys but this thing about Jewell not being totally to blame is just plain bullshit imo! He is the one that made these signings, trains the players, picks the players, motivates the players, works out the tactics for each game, decides on the transfer policy. This guy is just total rubbish and is as culpable as clegg. How can you preside over a team that has conceded a half century of goals in just half a season and still be able to keep in the job!
Once again tractorbhoy you put my thoughts into words brilliantly!! Even if Clegg and Jewell leaves, would this really sort the problem out or are we in a hangover/transitional period thats just going to take time to get out of!!
I agree with you on all that JWM but what I said, and most people agreed with last summer was that they were good signings for short term stability. Chopra done well enough last season and most of our fans were over the moon with him. Bowyer played very well last season, Bullard was brilliant as we all know. Ingi although not not unknown for him to have injuries completed and done well when called upon. The players keep saying all the right things in interviews without any signs of internal problems coming from anyone. I can see why you will blame Jewell for a lot of things and a lot of them have good reason but saying he is 100% guilty is just crazy. That means you are saying our players are blameless and havent let the club or themselves down. I just dont get that argument. Do you honestly think Jewell says to Delaney 'clear that ball straight to their striker and let him shoot' and even with the worst coaching on earth a player of his experience should know better.
