Paul Jewell

[Scram]

To those who backed O'Leary and Jewell at ridiculously low odds on Betfair, thank you very much, your support is greatly appreciated.

[Desyf]

From what I hear though Giles simply felt the FAI was dragging its heels and feared that Jewell would get a club job imminently so he asked to speak to him to sell the idea to him. I see this as the selfless act of a guy who cares but maybe I'm being naive.

Maybe you're right.

The FAI certainly appear to be dragging their heels.

[OwlsFan]

Owlsfan, who were the prima donnas you say he couldn't manage at Wednesday? Searching my brain's deepest recesses I'm thinking maybe Gilles de Bilde (pretty crap anyway) and Wim Jonk, who'd probably lost any hunger he had at that stage. Enlighten us if you would please. :)

Any other titbits from his Wednesday tenure?

Not really. I remember him blaming the players for lack of effort and Wednesday being hopeless under him. Wednesday may even have been bottom of the league by the time he got the heave ho. That said, if I had a pound for every manager I've seen sacked by Sheff Wed, I'd be a rich man.

I don't have any huge objection to Jewell. It just annoys me that his failure at Hillsborough is airbrushed out by Messrs Giles and Dunphy whenever they launch in to a panegyric singing his praises.

[Stuttgart88]

Giles said “Last week it was in the paper that Paul Jewell, who I consider to be an outstanding candidate for the job, turned down an offer from Wigan, which was worth a lot of money to him apparently, and I was thinking ‘if we’re going to get the best candidate, Paul Jewell would be one of them and what happens if another club comes in the next few days and he signs up for them without anybody from Ireland putting a case to him that the Irish job would be beneficial to him?’”

“We had a good chat. I explained the possibilities of the Irish job to him, how in my opinion it would be good for him and today it was interesting to read in the paper that he was interested. He hasn’t dismissed it.

“You’d lose the candidate before you’d had a chance to really talk to him. I would hate to lose a candidate like Paul Jewell. To lose a candidate like that would have been awful.”

Giles added: “If similar circumstances happened again then I would offer my services again. That’s why I did what I did and I’ve no regrets about that. If I had to do it again I’d do it again and take whatever flak that’s flying my way, because all I want is to get the best possible manager so we have the best possible chance of qualifying for the next World Cup.

“To be quite honest, if we’re trying to get the right man for the job and things are not in place, I feel I have a duty to do it,” he added.

Respect.

[Ash]

Gilles de Bilde

I remember hearing a classic Big Ron line when he was
co-commantating on a Sheff Weds game ...

And its Gilles de Bilde on the ball ... his mates call him Bob :D

[Sligo Hornet]

I remember hearing a classic Big Ron line when he was
co-commantating on a Sheff Weds game ...

And its Gilles de Bilde on the ball ... his mates call him Bob :D

..Don't get it..." Gilles de Bob"?;)

[eekers]

jewell's price has gone out to 2-1 today
he was still odds on yesterday

[Theskinloyal]

According to one of the red tops (therefore it must be true) Jewell wants a Premiership job. Ars.e anyway.

Don't think I have a preference anymore.....

[Stuttgart88]

Thanks - already being discussed in "New Irish Manager" thread.

[EalingGreen]

Breaking News on Sky Sports:
Jewell had ruled himself out of ROI job.

[jmurphyc]

Breaking News on Sky Sports:
Jewell had ruled himself out of ROI job.

Already been mentioned.

[OwlsFan]

And what happens if no Premiership team offers him a job? Does Giles ring him again to remind him that we exist and we get him as an after thought or has he a Premiership job lined up?

[Noelys Guitar]

Jewell said on skysports that Delaney called him up last night (Thursday). Delaney is either contacting the candidates himself (for the 3 wisemen to then interview those declaring an interest?)or Jewell was first choice.

[mypost]

Another FAI botch job :eek:( quelle surprise:rolleyes:).

Bye, bye Fewell. Good luck in your unending search for another club job. You'll soon find that chairmen don't want "managers" who stay permanently down the bottom of the league.

[eekers]

dont see why its a botch job. he was offered the job and turned it down

[Serb]

dont see why its a botch job. he was offered the job and turned it down

Except that the whole candidate selection process is suppose to be handled by an elite group of 'football' people and not some smug overpaid idiot who is trying to use said group to absolve him of the blame in case the job goes pear shaped once again.

[DeNiro]

BBC website say that he has accepted Derby job.

[btid1]

BBC website say that he has accepted Derby job.

Out of the frying pan at Wigan and into the fire at Derby!!!!

That is possibly the worst job in British football at the moment.What is he thinking???

[macdermesser]

Out of the frying pan at Wigan and into the fire at Derby!!!!

That is possibly the worst job in British football at the moment.What is he thinking???

money

[btid1]

money

Clearly!

Very shortsighted!Wonder what Derby are offering?

[lionelhutz]

Clearly!

Very shortsighted!Wonder what Derby are offering?

I'd say there has to be a massive bonus for him - a few million would be my guess - if he keeps them up. Why else would he turn down a massive salary from Wigan to go to the shambles of a side that is Derby??

[OwlsFan]

It's a no lose situation. Everyone has Derby relegated and if he keeps them up, he is the miracle man, but if they go down, no one is surprised. The challenge is then to get them back up. If he doesn't and they struggle, he gets the sack with another nice pay off. As I say (sounding like Dave O'Leary), he can't lose financially.

[shakermaker1982]

Jewell needs 60 million to keep Derby up! Why won't somebody give O'Leary a job? That way we'll never have to approach him.

[Drumcondra 69er]

He's mates with Adam Pearson, the chairman. He was trying to buy Leeds during the summer and had Jewell lined uop to manage there had he been sucessful, it was always on that he'd go to Derby.

[Stuttgart88]

Way more money I'd imagine. Owls Fan's assessment is spot on.

[Drumcondra 69er]

I'd say there has to be a massive bonus for him - a few million would be my guess - if he keeps them up. Why else would he turn down a massive salary from Wigan to go to the shambles of a side that is Derby??

He's mates with Adam Pearson, the chairman. He was trying to buy Leeds during the summer and had Jewell lined uop to manage there had he been sucessful, it was always on that he'd go to Derby.

[drinkfeckarse]

I'd say there has to be a massive bonus for him - a few million would be my guess - if he keeps them up. Why else would he turn down a massive salary from Wigan to go to the shambles of a side that is Derby??

It may have as much to do with wanting a new challenge as anything else.

[macdermesser]

Didn't make sense at the time .. sort of does now .. I think he must have got wind of US owners and a big budget for buying new players.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/7210230.stm

[Drumcondra 69er]

Didn't make sense at the time .. sort of does now .. I think he must have got wind of US owners and a big budget for buying new players.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/7210230.stm

Said at the time, he's mates with Adam Pearson and would have been well awar eof what might be happening Derby, Pearson's an astute businessman, he had this plan in place for Leeds only Ken Bates and KPMG had that administration sown up so he's just implemented it at Derby instead....

[OwlsFan]

Beaten at home 1-4 by Preston North End (and unable to beat lowly Sheffield Wednesday in two attempts in 90 minutes). This is the man Mutt and Jeff on RTE were advocating should take the Irish job:rolleyes:.

[shakermaker1982]

Beaten at home 1-4 by Preston North End (and unable to beat lowly Sheffield Wednesday in two attempts in 90 minutes). This is the man Mutt and Jeff on RTE were advocating should take the Irish job:rolleyes:.

Hodgson has struggled since moving to Fulham and most of us wanted him in charge. I reckon if Jewell is given time at Derby they'll bounce back next year.

[sullanefc]

If ye think that appointing Trappatoni was a mistake following his side's 7-0 hammering at the weekend, the imagine if we had appointed Paul Jewell??

Pictures of him in the NOTW on Sunday from a video tape he made a woman other than his wife. How embarassing would that be for the FAI??

[jmurphyc]

If ye think that appointing Trappatoni was a mistake following his side's 7-0 hammering at the weekend, the imagine if we had appointed Paul Jewell??

Pictures of him in the NOTW on Sunday from a video tape he made a woman other than his wife. How embarassing would that be for the FAI??

I don't care about Jewell any more now that we have a new manager, but I personally couldn't care less what our manager does in his spare time (so long as it's not illegal).

[Sligo Hornet]

Plus all this NOTW sh*te was from SIX YEARS AGO!!......who cares

[paul_oshea]

his wife?!