Jewell keen to sign 'real men'
29 Apr 2008 - 08:27:56
Derby County manager Paul Jewell has hinted that there will be wholesale changes at the club in the summer after watching the Rams crash to yet another heavy defeat on Monday.
After conceding six goals in their last Pride Park clash against Aston Villa, Jewell's side were hammered again - 6-2 by a rampant Arsenal side.
The former Bradford City and Wigan Athletic manager said after the rout: "I'm not saying tonight's 11 players will have to go but I'm talking about the mentality of the whole football club.
"I want to see some real men in the trenches next year and we need to get out of this rut we're in. With the introduction of a few quality players and a few quality men we'll do that.
"The club hopefully will be so different at the start of next season and, hopefully, this horrendous season won't affect us.
"I think in a couple of years we can maybe look back and see we've learned from our mistakes from this season and got stronger.
"We had some really good stuff going on in the first half, but if it wasn't so serious their goals would be hilarious. The last thing I told my players before they went out was that whatever Arsenal got tonight they had to earn, but that didn't happen.
"It was a house of cards - the usual stuff - we were beaten by a great team but if you play like that you're going to be embarrassed."