Hurry Up Harry

ITFC 1-2 Charlton September 22nd 2012 

Is this the end for ITFC and Paul Jewell? 

Following yet another home defeat (this one was the worst Town performance that I have seen this season) In his post match interview on Radio Suffolk he came across like a man carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders, saying that he wouldn't walk away from the job but sounding like he wanted somebody to thank him for his services!

The dreaded vote of confidence

Storm clouds gather above Portman Road

Going into the game he was forced into changes, with Michael Chopra and Paul Taylor both out injured in came JET and Jason Scotland, Andy Drury replaced Guirane N’Daw and new loan signing Danny Higginbottom was named on the bench. It was a similar story to Wednesday night, goalless at the break then Ipswich making it far to easy for their visitors to score. 

Charlton were 2-0 up within seven minutes of the restart, skipper Johnnie Jackson and then former loanee and alleged Jewell target Ricardo Fuller scoring the goals leaving the home side a mountain to climb in the process. Scotland did provide a ray of light pulling one back, all be it with a big deflection but that was it really. Things got so desperate for Jewell that he brought on Higginbottom in the dying minutes and played him up front!

Per match I read on twitter (not one of PJ's favourite things) that three major bookmakers have stopped taking bets on Harry Rednapp becoming Town's next manager, time will tell if theres any truth in it. He will want a decent sized war chest if he does come that's for sure. I like Paul Jewell, I don't think that he has always had the full backing of the powers that be in his transfer dealings, having been left red faced on more than one occasion but if he is as deflated as he sounded yesterday then perhaps a change is needed in order to kick start our season.
To quote my mother "we'll see"

Just to put all of the above into context, yesterday the Town fans sang Kiwomya, My Lord in tribute of their former favourite frontman who tragically lost his six year old son during the week, the team also wore black arm bands in his honour.

The playlist

Hurry Up Harry by Sham 69 - If there's going to be a change let's do it quickly