Phil Jones Crawl
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I know he screwed up in the build up there but it takes some guts to put your head in between the boot of a striker and the ball. I think he did well with that little header at the end to stop Giroud from reaching it. It looks funny as feck but still an amazing effort defense wise:
Reminds me of this a little bit:
Reminds me of this a little bit:
He starts praying half way through the crawl. He genuinely thought he was going to die there.
Can someone tech savvy superimpose a monocle onto the gif so that he puts it on halfway through (not claiming credit for that idea).
He does a small salute in between the ritual. Excellent.
Actually crying, I salute you Big Phil.It's absolutely hilarious but genius improvesation defending
Probably the most unintentionally funny player in the world. He deserves an award, or a medal of some sort.
Jones primed for bull fighting.
Honestly
I'm still laughing. What a man! He's the new Vidic. Body on the line for everything.
I could watch that 1000x over and still find it funny
Simply cracking, Jones never fail to entertain with his stupidity
Fantastic technique!
Say what you want about the guy but he is absolutely fearless.
he looked like a deer that had been shot...
I know he screwed up in the build up there but it takes some guts to put your head in between the boot of a striker and the ball. I think he did well with that little header at the end to stop Giroud from reaching it. It looks funny as feck but still an amazing effort defense wise:
Reminds me of this a little bit:
@GifLord
Do you have the gif of Phil Jones totally KO'ing himself last season challenging for a ball from a corner in the opposition box?
Do you have the gif of Phil Jones totally KO'ing himself last season challenging for a ball from a corner in the opposition box?
SAF 2013:
"The way its looking, he could be our best crawler ever".
"The way its looking, he could be our best crawler ever".
Tribute to Gerrard, got to respect Jones for that.
My new Desktop wallpaper.
Step 1: Do a Slippy G special.
Step 2: Proceed to a Gollum crouching recovery position.
Step 3: Arch your right arm over for a breast stroke and ready yourself for a dive.
Step 4: Dive forward, plank yourself in a flat stationary position.
Step 5: Head the ball with your ear.
That's textbook defending.
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I love this kid.
Phil Jones: the only human in history who could walk before he could crawl.
this is going to become one of these moments that people kind of ignore whats actually happened because its funnier to play along with the lazy narrative. If this was vidic the context of the green smileys would be very different. saw them accompanied by comments like "clumsy oaf" and "duncan edwards II" earlier. hes made a huge feck up just prior to this, but recovered brilliantly albeit looking humorous while doing it.
shouldnt be used as an example of jones the "horrible clumsy defender strikes again".
shouldnt be used as an example of jones the "horrible clumsy defender strikes again".
Was this when he literally tried to run through a defender to get to the ball at a corner (like you said) and there were fears he'd end up missing the world cup? Believe it was vs. Hull at the end of the season.
Obviously it was both one of the most brilliant and one of the most ridiculous moments of defending some on here have ever witnessed
The more I see of Phil Jones, the more I want to know about the circus that he grew up in.
That's a great effort to be honest. @Nucks would be proud of how he is putting his body on the line!
And the award for most humourless post in this thread goes to...
happy to accept it
Fair play to him for face planting the ground to get a slight nudge on the ball .
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