Paul Jewell Quotations

We started brightly enough, but again we make a mistake and when you do that you get punished at this level,

We've asked again but with the price they're asking, it's silly money as they don't want to sell him.

We know Bolton's strengths, they've done fantastically well, and we know we have to compete. If we want to win, we have to compete in the battle, and if you don't compete against Bolton, then they will blow you away. We've got to make sure we're competitive.

There is a lot of goodwill towards us, but only because people don't see us as a threat,

If we can stay up in this league, then anything is a bonus, ... That's not negative, that's realistic. But we've made a really good start.

I don't know what the situation is (with Camara). He was booked on a flight yesterday (Friday). I don't want to say too much at the moment.

I don't know why he's given off-side, it's not even close.

I hate losing, but we gave everything we had. They were just too good for us. No complaints from me. The better side won.

Getting in the Premiership with this club was a wonderful achievement for everybody - and if we can manage to stay in it, then that would be even greater. This is a bit of a bonus really.

I don't think Scott and Michael have lost too much sleep over it,

He will bring us a new dimension, and add competition to the squad which we need at the present time. Neil is a good young striker who is looking for a chance to prove himself again at this level. He is strong and skilful with an eye for goal.

He is a great character and I've enjoyed working with him. We've parted on good terms and both the club and I wish him all the very best for the future.

Henri has signed his contact and passed his medical. This is great news for us to get another top quality striker to add to the quality forwards we already have here.

He said when they scored the goal 'we don't deserve that.

I always ask for 100% effort, and that's what I got out of my players on Monday.

It could have been worse, it could have gone to extra-time,

I thought we did all right but we've been done by a set-piece. We looked solid and they had to change their shape at halftime.

I was a bit fed up because they wouldn't move the game. In a perverse sort of way that might have been what gave us impetus. I said to the players that nobody gives us anything, and we had to go out and prove ourselves. It gave us a siege mentality.

Jimmy's down talking to Fulham at the moment. He had a clause in his contract. I'm really disappointed to lose him, but he's been a fantastic player for us.

Jimmy's down talking to Fulham at the moment.

Jimmy is talking to them and I'll be disappointed to lose him. But we had to have the clause as he'd have otherwise been out of contract.

Last week we were smashing, today we were not so good. We need to get something in between.

I think everyone is fit, Pollitt felt some pain in his achilles yesterday but I think he will be OK, so it looks like we've got a full complement.

I said to the lads before the game that people are saying nice things about us. We are not used to that so we have got to make sure we don't believe them. But we don't have to prove anyone wrong.

Overall, I thought we were more than worth a point, we showed great determination and desire not to lose the game.

Paul will be an excellent signing for us. He is very quick, strong in the air and can play anywhere in defense or in the midfield. He will be a very valuable addition to the squad.

It doesn't happen by luck or accident, ... There's an awful lot of planning. I want us to play with a freedom that is organized - but we're not basking in what has happened so far. We won't be resting on our laurels, and if any player thinks differently, I will act on it.

I thought it was a bit unsporting by Chelsea and my lads tell me it was their manager who told them to do that.

That was our third away game in 11 days so I decided to rotate the team. Maybe by giving some players a breather it worked because we then went on to win our next four games.

You just got the impression it was one of those nights.

We had loads of possession, but we didn't really test their goalkeeper until the end of the match.

We were hopeless in the first-half, nowhere near our best and insipid, but better in the second-half and it was more like a Cup-tie and I thought we might just nick a goal to win it.

We gifted them a goal and from 1-0 down we are left chasing the game. We have made mistakes in the last two matches now. They happen, but we have to cut them out. It's still a learning curve for us at this level.

We haven't got that killer instinct. I'm fed up of throwing games away.

We're not talking about Europe. We don't want to talk about what is ahead of us. What we have done is earned the right for people to talk about us that way, although we won't be getting carried away.

We will have to rotate because there were a lot of tired legs after the game and there simply isn't the recovery time. The side we put out will be going to win the game.

We need to score more goals, and this is the hardest league in the world to score goals in.

We've had a fantastic season so far but I won't stand for people patting themselves on the back.

You have to take this game in context. We haven't got a striker in the building so we weren't going to make many chances, but we pushed them all the way. This is a team who were in the Second Division three years ago and now we are losing 1-0 to the European champions.

Everything last week, the euphoria and the occasion probably played its part,

At the moment we are asking people to play in strange positions, but the players deserve great credit for coping with that.

I spoke to my chairman two days ago, and he is in Barbados, but he never mentioned playing golf with anyone from Newcastle.

They're not frightened of putting their foot in if they have to. But they're world-class players - top, top players.

They have that asset of blistering pace. Coming into the Premiership the most difficult thing is to score goals but they always looked a threat tonight.

As well as spirit, I thought we played good football - although we should have made their goalkeeper work harder.

All over the park, we have to be stronger,

It's a good derby, so it'll be a good atmosphere, and as well as competing we've got to make sure we play as well. We have to stop them but we've got to be able to express ourselves. I thought we did that against Everton in the second half, but we did not do that particularly well in the first half, but we grew in confidence in the second half.

I told Henri I wasn't happy that he didn't make it back for match but I want him fully focused and committed for the massive games we have coming up.

It's unfortunate for Steve and I'm disappointed for him. He came back for a couple of games after the operation and something has gone again. We are not quite sure what the problem is, and we are hoping it's not too serious.

David is a great passer of the ball with lots of Premiership experience. He has quick feet and the ability to unlock defenses with his passing range and eye for the goal.

That's probably our least effective performance at home this season,

I told Arsene he should look after his own team and I will concentrate on mine.

It was our worst performance of the season. From the first tackle to the last they were better than us. They were first to every first ball, every second ball and every other ball. We've got no excuses. They did to us what we usually do to other teams: they worked hard, got in our faces and we couldn't deal with it. It was a horrible way to finish 2005.

It's wonderful really. We wanted to reach 40 points after 38 games, to get it after 27 is a tremendous achievement but we won't be resting on our laurels.

I'm frustrated and angry. We deserved to win tonight. The referee cost us the game.

I'm pleased we are playing a team that's fighting for their lives because that should be a lift enough for my players.

He's experienced, played at the highest level, is versatile and can play anywhere across the park. He's also got a good pedigree and an eye for goal.

Chelsea did not beat us comfortably last week and they are going to win the league, so I guess it is about which way you want to look at it.

I don't think he needs to prove anything to anybody. Anyone who has a modicum of common sense, or a modicum of football knowledge knows that. They're still third in the table, yet they are supposed to be in a crisis - a bit like ourselves, despite the fact we're seventh with 25 points.

I don't like to show my emotions too much but I could not help it.

He can give his version of events, I can give mine. They are part of the game so why can't they speak?

You have to be disciplined because if you lose your discipline and lose your shape, we're playing against better players, so they'll take advantage.

We want players here who are going to be here for the long term. Players who buy houses here, who settle in the area. It's a brilliant club, great supporters but we want players to come here to be part of that community rather than being ships in the night having a last pay day at Ipswich... we want to build for the future rather than do a quick fix because I think it's going to be a long-term job.

If I was managing Chelsea, people wouldn't be saying Paul Jewell was a nice guy, they would be saying I had too much money to spend. On balance, I would quite like it at the end of the season if people don't like us.

Ronnie Moran, Joe Fagan, Bob Paisley, Roy Evans - they were hard on us young players. If you got a 'well done' off Ronnie Moran, you must have played well... They never used superlatives at Liverpool.

Our only objective at the start of the season was to stay in this league and we should do that. If we don't it'll be the Devon Loch of all Devon Lochs.

It was easily the happiest day of my football life and yet people still want to ask me about the suit. When they talk about the day, it's not 'didn't you do well?', it's 'what was that you were wearing?!

We obviously can't compete with the big clubs trying to sign world class stars, but we've already identified some very good players and we'll see what happens.

The last time we were in the fourth round, I played.