I have been hoping Jones comes good because the athletic traits are there - quickness, strength, and drive.
What Jones is seriously missing, at least at the moment, is a footballing brain, the kind that stops you from bad decisions and rash decisions. Plenty more of those today.
What was he playing at with the backpass to De Gea? Even a man on the street who has only watched football knows that when a back is being pursued by someone on the side of goal, he should stop and pivot away to the touchline. Instead, he almost hands Leicester a goal when nothing was happening.
And why does he keep trying to outhead our own players? I could understand him wanting the ball RVP headed because he's the CB, but what business does he have trying to knock McNair out of the way, who also has played as a CB and also knows how to play that type of ball?
I think he had a 'good' game today because he wasn't tested all that much. He's still young and could improve but I don't see the mental traits that a good back needs.