[retired_gitfresh]

From a good source at our Reserve game tonight - Gary Walsh and David Lowe set to leave Wigan and join Jewell at Derby tomorrow.

[retired_Pinkie83]

Well we need some coaches tbf. Sooner Jewell gets some people in the better.

[retired_gitfresh]

Jewell basically keeps things to a minimum.

Him, Assistant manager, first team coach (who doubles as a reserve team manager), one youth coach.

For four of his 6 years in charge we didnt even have a fitness coach or a goalkeeping coach. One thing is for sure, you wont have a backroom team cluttered with sports scientists, nutritionists etc, he doesnt believe in all that shizzle.

And linked to that, Bruce is apparatnly furious at the fitness of the squad - tbh they've not bee fit enough for the last 18 months - so it looks our fitness chap may get the boot too so he may join you too.

[retired_Pinkie83]

No fitness coach or GK coach :eek:

Not liking the sound of your current fitness coach though, we can't be having players unfit as well as technically ****.

[retired_gitfresh]

Hutchings (he was a left back in his playing time iirc) was goalkeeping coach for the first 3 or 4 years until Walsh came along. Fitness training, i am lead to believe, basically consisted of running laps of the pitch and a few weights.

Our fitness guy - Joey Gallanagh - iirc, only joined us full time at the beginning of last season before that we had never had one. Before that he had never worked in football - he was fitness chap at St Helens, then Wigan Warriors, who he left after falling out with the coach at the time - cant remember who it was tbh.

[retired_swtpe14]

well, Paul Jewell certainly wanted a challenge...

[retired_Pinkie83]

Thanks for the info batch :thup:

Reckon Hutchings will join aswell?

[retired_Frappin']

Originally posted by bigdunk:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Macca_SAFC:
Praying that new manager syndrome doesn't strike on Saturday.

I'd worry more about your own team to be honest. Letting Everton score 7 goals? They only scored 2 past us. </BLOCKQUOTE>

biggunk you live in Woodville :eek:

[retired_Frappin']

*bigdunk

[retired_elohiim1217]

I wish Derby well, as I used to watch them at the Baseball Ground now and again in the early 90s when Dean Saunders was still there. Went to school with Arthur Cox's son, so got myself some free tickets.

However I don't think Jewell will keep them up because the players are just not good enough at this level.