Blues boss Paul Jewell says he’s fed up with opposition managers saying nice things about Town after games from which his side has failed to pick up points. Tony Mowbray joined Blackpool’s Ian Holloway in praising the Blues in defeat after his Boro team ran out 2-0 victors at the Riverside on Saturday.

Jewell says he was pleased with the performance but is frustrated that his side couldn’t make it count by scoring goals: “We played really well. The scoreline wasn’t a true reflection of the possession and the opportunities that both sides had.

“We played good football, we just couldn’t finish it off by scoring the goals that make the difference to a good performance.

“It’s nice managers saying things about us, but I’d rather they were saying how lucky we were that we got three points.

“I spoke to Tony Mowbray, Gary Megson as well, and I spoke to Ian Holloway after they beat us and they said nice things about us. I don’t want to hear nice things about us, I want us winning matches.”

He felt his team could have done better in and around the penalty area against the Teessiders: “I just thought we were a bit wasteful, a bit sloppy in really good situations. It wasn’t as if we missed chance after chance, we had opportunities to make chances.

“I think we scored more goals than Reading last year, but obviously our goals against column has always been a cause for concern about us.

“On Saturday, I said to the players that if we’d got a goal you sensed that the ground and the Middlesbrough support could have turned against them and we could have gone on to win the game comfortably.

“It’s at key times in games that we’re not scoring goals or we’re conceding a goal which changes the whole direction of the game. We’ve just got to be a bit more ruthless in both boxes.

“It’s obviously very frustrating, but we did play well on Saturday and anyone who was there and has a modicum of football common sense knows that we passed the ball, we made opportunities but we just weren’t clinical enough in front of goal to turn opportunities and possession into goals.”

He says that it's all very well playing attractive football but it counts for nothing if it doesn’t lead to goals: “I’ve got all the stats which show how many passes we had more than Middlesbrough, how many passes more we had than Blackburn. But both those sides have got more points than us.

“People will talk about wanting a passing team, the ‘Ipswich way’. The way I like to do it is the ‘winning way' - to play good football and win, and that’s what we’re trying to do, but we’re some way off that at the moment.”

He’s well aware that the paying public ultimately judges managers on results: “The fans have been patient, but fans’ patience runs out eventually.

“If we weren’t playing any good football, if we were just getting brushed aside, that would be more concerning, but we played well on Saturday.

“We did OK against Blackburn, who are one of the favourites, the result against Huddersfield could have gone either way. The only game where we were soundly beaten was Blackpool.

“The table could look different, but it doesn’t and I live in a world not of ‘ifs’ but of reality, and the reality is that out of five games we’ve drawn two, lost two and only won one.”

But he says there is an awful lot of the season still to go: “No team’s ever been promoted after five games, or relegated after five games. I think the table starts taking shape after 15 games maybe.

“That’s the world I live in. The world that most people live in is one where they look at the league table today. It’s either all doom and gloom or it’s all hype.

“I’m aware of what this league’s about, how difficult it is and how quickly it can change one way or the other.”

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sudburyblue16 added 10:23 - Sep 19 Jewell's sick of compliments after defeats but wishes opposition managers were saying we were lucky to win instead. There lies the idiot's attitude in a nutshell. What's wrong with playing well AND winning?
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Bluetone added 10:27 - Sep 19 Perhaps opposing managers should say "Ipswich are going nowhere until they get rid of their crap manager".
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RaymondovicBlue added 10:28 - Sep 19 Sindre - I'm puzzled ... people usually love your posts and you have negative response to this one. What is "PJBA" in Yorkshire speak please?
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Lukeybluey added 10:46 - Sep 19 C'mon Jewellio! When he was in charge of Wigan those years back, They were a team that looked proper dangerous with Roberts and Ellington up front, scoring for fun, and the team had some grit and tenacity. Hopefully we will eventually be a remake of that team...hopefully! Either that, or be an intimidating, organised and successful hoofball team, with players no shorter than 6"3. Much rather be a passing team though!

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Daleyitfc added 11:01 - Sep 19 Put up or shut up. Or, better still, beggar off.
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afrodids added 11:18 - Sep 19 lowest scorers in the league with only 4 goals in 5 games and with the exception of posh who are bottom the worst GD. It's fairly obvious what the problem is or should I say age old problem because it's been the same for the last few years. I am hoping that we start to pick up results otherwise it will the same old Sh*t as the last 4 seasons. Did we get players in to consolidate our standing in this league? where is the ambition ME when he first took over the club or is he beginning to regret his decision to do so. I know this may sound extreme however I believe if we have another poor season it won't be just the manager who goes my gut feeling is that our club will be up for sale. Anyway time to put it right tonight 3 points and we swap places with wolves and go 12th 2 points off 6th place I know its been and up & down start even after just 5 games but all is not lost yet people. I know it's hard being positive being a town fan I've been doing it for over 30 years. COYB lets get our season stared onwards and upwards

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righty added 11:31 - Sep 19 Win a few games Mr Jewell and the compliments will stop
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Warkys_Tash added 12:06 - Sep 19 PJ: “The fans have been patient, but fans' patience runs out eventually." - I think for the majority its already run dry.. “If we weren't playing any good football, if we were just getting brushed aside, that would be more concerning," - You certainly got brushed aside at Blackpool!! 5 games in and its D-day al;ready for you, Clegg & Evans... A big week for you all.

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Warkys_Tash added 12:11 - Sep 19 Oh and... “The world that most people live in is one where they look at the league table today. It's either all doom and gloom or it's all hype." -You don't need to tell us long suffering Ipswich fans anything about this league, PJ - We are the team that been in there the longest, 11 long years in fact!!!! There is nothing you or anyone else can tell us about this league that we don't already know..

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iambigmurph added 12:34 - Sep 19 i think people should lay off ME abit, he isnt the super rich sheikh that we all desperately dream of, but he is decent and honest british bloke and he has pumped real money into this club to try and make it financially stable. i often think the critisism of ME is unjust and unfair. PJ has to take the brunt of the blame, he has been given resources (plenty enough for a struggling championship club) he has made mostly poor signings, he has no pull power to attract talent his decision making is beyond a joke he cant get the best out of his players! my dislike for PJ is evident, and i have never been one to try and push a manger out, because i think a stable managerial team is what we all want. now dont get me wrong, i am under no illusions that the players are often below par (most of them are playing out of possition bare in mind) but maybe its time to give it up PJ.

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Sindre94 added 13:41 - Sep 19 It means paul jewells barmy army! Come on town, lets get the three points tonight
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LordMamu added 13:52 - Sep 19 "The way I like to do it is the "winning" way." Yup, that's what he said. In case you'd forgotten, this was his "winning" way at Derby... "....the club spent most of the season at the foot of the table, recording a club and top-flight record run of 32 league games without a win....They also accumulated the league's lowest points total since the introduction of 3 points for a win with just 11 points, as well as the record for the fewest wins in a Premier League season with just 1 victory in 38 games."

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