More on Jewell

Remember that rumour that appeared on the rivals.net site on Saturday? Supposedly, Matt McCann, Wigan's Director of Communications, had told local radio he was almost certain Jewell was going to take the Norwich job. Anyway, I emailed McCann, and he's just replied: and what he ACTUALLY said when asked about the Jewell-to-Norwich rumours was he very much doubted it. How this then mutated into what it said on the messageboards, I honestly don't know.

McCann seemed like a really nice bloke actually: his parents moved to Cromer a few years back and became Norwich ST holders, and he was very complimentary about the club: "brilliantly run on the administrative side, with good owners and an excellent support base". Hmm, not sure about the first part of that! He also spoke to Jewell as recently as Saturday morning while PJ was in Dubai, and PJ mentioned nothing about any possible job: to be honest, I'd infer from that that he'll bide his time, and wait until the right Prem club become available.

Oh, and he also recommended Matt Jackson as a future managerial candidate! One to think about, that... But all in all, I'm afraid Jewell ain't coming - and I'm with Snakey. It's Mad Dog, surely; and I'll be quite pleased if it is.

Posted By: thebigfeller, Oct 29, 17:29:19