“Against Norwich, Reading and Swansea you always felt that they had better footballers than us. That’s not an indictment of the lads, they are facts. They’ve said that themselves in the dressing room after the game; as a group, we’re not mentally tough enough and we’re not physically tough enough…
“We’re not even mentioning the play-offs,” he told reporters. “We’ve been on a decent run. When we got here it was about making sure we didn’t get relegated. We’ve got four games left, that’s 12 points. If we win all those you never know, but it’s highly unlikely, let’s be honest.”
“The team’s done smashing, I’m not here to rip them apart because we’ve had a bad night defensively. But we need a big, strong holding midfield player who is going to make it easier for our back four lads….
Speaking to the BBC, Jewell said: “It makes a change talking about another 17-year-old other than Connor Wickham. It’s a great day for Josh and it’s hopefully the start of plenty of goals for Ipswich Town…
“There are people who are playing for their futures, people are playing for the supporters, who have travelled an awfully long way and, just as importantly, they are playing for the club and themselves. If I think someone’s got nothing to play for, they won’t be playing, it’s as simple as that.”
“We had lots of opportunities to put the game to bed,” Jewell told the BBC afterwards. “Missing chances is our Achilles heel – we should have scored three or four in the first half.”
“When it’s not going well, grind something out. We ground something out at Leeds, we got a great result at Cardiff, but that’s typical of our season – one week we’re good, the next week we’re poor.”
“Obviously, Leeds score loads of goals, but it was at the back where we tried to get at them. I thought early on we were doing that, but we couldn’t get the finishing touch,” said Jewell. “It was a scrappy game on a very difficult pitch. There wasn’t an awful lot of football played and I was disappointed with our attacking play in the second-half.”
Speaking to the BBC after the match, Jewell said: “There was no tempo to our play, we didn’t give the crowd anything to shout about. We didn’t get close to them, we didn’t make any tackles and we didn’t pass it…
Speaking to the BBC, Jewell said “It was the first time I’ve lost my temper with them, but I felt it was necessary and I think we got the response. Our goalie was terrific, he kept us in the game…
Fearing the worst, Alf and the Faithful can find a few straws to cling to in that improved effort.
A season already going nowhere goes nowhere in the cup, either. Woe upon woe in deepest IP1…
Jewell needs to play a complete blinder in this transfer window if Town’s season is ever to show an improvement
2011, a year for the scrap-book? Or a year to swiftly forget? Fingers crossed 2012 offers brighter times…
Back-to-back wins give The Faithful a small helping of festive cheer. Now to see what Santa Marcus delivers in January
Jewell swift to recognise the obvious after a week to banish from the memory. This squad ain’t good enough. End of.
Wickham likely to be on centre stage as Jewell’s boys warm up nicely for their biggest date of the season
Jewell reveals that a defensive midfielder tops his summer wish-list as Town deliver a right old ding-dong with Boro’
Carson is the new name on everyone’s lips as the Irish teenager out-shines Wickham with his timely double
Jewell still looking for more from his players despite racking up another welcome away-day success
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