Paul Jewell

I don't really buy into this "compromised" notion.

It's not as if Dunphy hasn't done a u-turn in the past. Owls fan would say he's permanently compromised.

They can say at the start that they're happy with the appointment and then call it as they see it as things progress.

In fairness, any appointment will be speculative to a degree, giving the pundits a "disclaimer" in due course.

I have no idea whether Jewell has the tactical nous needed for international football. In fact I can't really comment on how well Wigan played and whether they were dependent or not on Heskey (the type of player we don't have). However, we don't need another manger who'll indulge the "stars" and in this context I reckon Jewell would make sure the attitude and commitment improves.

Houliier has the CV and the knowledge, but does he have the personality that'll get performances from our players?

Jol would fit somewhere between the two types I think.

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

I have no idea whether Jewell has the tactical nous needed for international football. In fact I can't really comment on how well Wigan played and whether they were dependent or not on Heskey (the type of player we don't have). However, we don't need another manger who'll indulge the "stars" and in this context I reckon Jewell would make sure the attitude and commitment improves.

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When Jewell was being discussed on NewsTalk, they felt that it was after Wigan bought Heskey, and became over-reliant on him scoring from long balls, that the team started to become less effective.

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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

When Jewell was being discussed on NewsTalk, they felt that it was after Wigan bought Heskey, and became over-reliant on him scoring from long balls, that the team started to become less effective.

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Interesting. He certainly seems to be capable of getting a team to deliver more than the sum of its parts. My instinctive reaction is that he'd be a decent candidate, not the best, but by no means the worst. He could do with us what Sanchez did with the North.

I like the comment above "better than Stan and not O'Leary so fine by me".

One thing that did occur to me when Jewell emerged as a serious candidate, was that he wouldn't be the most liked candidate by the fans, but he could be the least hated, if that makes any sense.

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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

One thing that did occur to me when Jewell emerged as a serious candidate, was that he wouldn't be the most liked candidate by the fans, but he could be the least hated, if that makes any sense.

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Did you lump on the money when he was the big price as advised Tets? :)

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Originally Posted by soccerc

Did you lump on the money when he was the big price as advised Tets? :)

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Nope, but (while I do pay attention to the markets), I'm not much of a gambler.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...ls/7097842.stm

Former Wigan boss Paul Jewell has acknowledged his interest in the vacant Republic of Ireland job.

Jewell has confirmed that he had informal talks with former Republic boss John Giles who is believed to be sounding out candidates for the role.

Giles said that he had held discussions with Jewell but he would not confirm that he is working on behalf of the Football Association of Ireland.

"I'm certainly not ruling it out. I am thinking about it," said Jewell.

Giles added that he had "to treat this situation with confidentiality".

Jewell insisted that his meeting with Giles on Thursday had not been "a formal interview".

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

I like the comment above "better than Stan and not O'Leary so fine by me".

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Sorry but that is practically every manager bar O Leary:D

By all means the FAI should sound out who is interested and who isnt but i dont expect/want a decision until a few weeks after the WC draw as we will know how difficult the task will be and as has been mentoned before it will be a few weeks after the Euro places will have been decided and we should know who staying who going managerial wise.

My concern with Jewell is if a high profile Prem job becomes available he will jump ship

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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

One thing that did occur to me when Jewell emerged as a serious candidate, was that he wouldn't be the most liked candidate by the fans, but he could be the least hated, if that makes any sense.

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massively valid point, he has no liverpool , man u , leeds etc, bias , no one in the irish fan base really hates wigan or bradford , eh do they ?

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

I don't really buy into this "compromised" notion....They can say at the start that they're happy with the appointment and then call it as they see it as things progress.

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That´s about right,
Giles stance is that the selection is a guess no matter who you get but just eliminate the lingering doubts that the selected manager has not the required experience and let him get on with the job.

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Originally Posted by colster

I'd be very happy with Jewell. He's done decent jobs at Bradford and Wigan.

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50% win/loss ratio at Bradford. That's a decent job :confused:

Terry Venables didn't succeed with a far more talented English team. Why would anyone think he'd do a better job with our average outfit?

Don't worry about this "compromised" ethical stuff being bandied about by the RTE pundits. The poison dwarf originally supported Jack's appointment. U-turns are all part of the RTE panel's game. As Ireland finish bottom of the group under Jewell, Giles "I was wrong Bill. At the time I thought it was the best appointment and you can only go on what you see at the time. I agree now it hasn't worked out". Thereafter he gets crucified and everyone raves about the "honesty" of the RTE panel.

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

50% win/loss ratio at Bradford. That's a decent job :confused:

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I just quickly went through Bradford's manager history on soccerbase and Jewell has the best win percentage at the club since Terry Dolan (87-89). ;)

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Originally Posted by OwlsFan

50% win/loss ratio at Bradford. That's a decent job :confused:

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He got them promoted and kept them up didn't he? Thats a decent job.
He did the same with Wigan.
Both unfashionable clubs.

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Originally Posted by Newryrep

My concern with Jewell is if a high profile Prem job becomes available he will jump ship

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If that happens it will probably be on the back of doing a good job with Ireland.

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Originally Posted by kingdom hoop

I don't know what happened in the second season but when things aren't going great at Wigan you're not exactly going to be uplifted by the fans to get you going again.

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and when things aren't going great at Croker you're not exactly going to be uplifted by the fans starting a mexican wave after 20 minutes.

Jewell is a second rate club manager that has as much experience as Staunton in international football. As Dunphy says: "You're watching the start of the next calamity"

Johnny Giles' interview from last night on NewsTalk: http://83.138.170.50/podcasts/audio/1511giles.mp3
The interviewer (Eoin McDevitt) launches straight questioning about Giles the rumours

Newstalk are flaggin tonight's Off The Ball programme all day and Giles will be giving an extended interview. After i heard him last night i checked paddypower and Jewell was available at 5/2 so stuck a few bob down.

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Originally Posted by colster

He got them promoted and kept them up didn't he? Thats a decent job.
He did the same with Wigan.
Both unfashionable clubs.

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He lost as many games with Bradford as he won. He lost a lot more than he won with Wednesday. He won more than he lost with Wigan. Not the stuff of greatness. Likes to blame referees a lot ala Steve Bruce. Not sure he's the answer. Didn't get the higher paid Wednesday players to perform. Ireland are not a Wigan or a Bradford. Don't think it would be a disasterous appointment but don't believe he's the answer to our problems.

I would advise everybody to get onto the RTE site and listen to the Dunphy interview fom the one o'clock news. Amazing stuff. The gist of the interview is that the 3 or 4 candidates are Jewell, Graham, Copell and Venables. Nobody else. Jewell appears to be the frontrunner by some way and I would now be very surprised if he does not now get the job. I get the feeling that Dunphy is having a big say by infleuncing Giles. Dunphy put forward Jewell and Graham as the types of people we should be talking too.