It's the fact he was struggling to see the ball until he put his monocle back on that kills me.
Jones points to the ball then plays it back.Was DDG's fault for not calling.
He's a worrying CB but he's entertaining.
Oh someone needs to get on manip duty with this.It's the fact he was struggling to see the ball until he put his monocle back on that kills me.
It's the fact he was struggling to see the ball until he put his monocle back on that kills me.
Brilliant.It's the fact he was struggling to see the ball until he put his monocle back on that kills me.
It's the fact he was struggling to see the ball until he put his monocle back on that kills me.
BravoIt's the fact he was struggling to see the ball until he put his monocle back on that kills me.
He was fine. Solid 6/10 performance.Got away with murder today. Diabolical performance.
It's the fact he was struggling to see the ball until he put his monocle back on that kills me.
Possibly the greatest piece of defending the Premier League has ever seen.
He is 22 which is very young in defender terms. Even Rio didn't Iron out these kind of errors till much later.I think he has absolutely everything you need in a top class centre back but the number of brain farts he makes, particularly in big games, is absolutely ridiculous. I'm now losing faith in his ability to iron those out of his game.
Absolutely, but he also didn't make them with the frequency Jones did. More importantly he got consistent gametime from a very young age which allowed him to iron out those errors. Jones' injuries are preventing him from doing that.He is 22 which is very young in defender terms. Even Rio didn't Iron out these kind of errors till much later.
I agree. Sometimes he lacks a bit of a brain but that will improve with time (i hope). The only thing that can stop Phil Jones to become a class CB are his injuries.He played well. Only brainfart was that stumble which ended up in him tackling Giroud with his face. Backpass fiasco was all De Gea's fault. He's a good defender and we're much harder to score against with him in central defence than we are without him. Still very young for a CB too. Think he can go on to be a top player for us. Definitely improved this season. Good to see.
Yes I remember that. Blind disappeared on him though. It was bloody funny like.He's a total bomb scare. There was one moment in the first half where he was positioned at left centre back, had the ball at his feet, and he passed it diagonally, towards where Herrera or Blind may have been. But they weren't there. So he chased the ball down (the ball that he had passed - to no one!) and then passed it back to Smalling. I genuinely can't remember ever seeing a player pass the ball to himself, until yesterday. History has been made.
I still love that maniac though.
World class pal, world claaaasss.He's dodgy as f*ck.