It is like he tries to fight against the laws of gravity with every fibre of his being to stay up and clear the ball, his last action in the fall was even an attempt to kick the ball.
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- Clean sheets
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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It was indeed. Was worried he'd inure himself. Sheer will to defend.
One of his best performances here.
Credit where it's due, he was tremendous today.
Hilarious Faces 1/1
Best English defender than say Michael Keane who has been hyped up so much, the difference between the two is astounding
He's been superb this season. I like hearing his post game interviews as well, he's very eloquent with his words.
Strong performance today, got worried a couple of times that he'd gotten injured, good to see him and Bailly back on form after the stoke game.
Recovered quickly from his mistake in the Stoke game and put on excellent performance again.
Best player for us today I thought. Him and Bailly played really well and needed too with Valencia really struggling today and Southampton putting us under pressure. Stay fit Jones!
He's that lad at school running to the football field with a chip butty in his mouth dying to defend. When everyone else is clambering for a strikers position, he's extolling his defensive abilities and using endearing (in a clownish sort of way) Trumpisms like "i'm not a brick in the wall. I AM the wall."
His sheer passion for defending really does extract the extra sinew of quality required to be a top defender. Great game today.
His sheer passion for defending really does extract the extra sinew of quality required to be a top defender. Great game today.
Relieved he looked back on it today; bit wobbly against Stoke and a few times that went under the radar last weekend, but today reaffirmed that his mature, masterful performances of the start of the season are now default for him.
So we like him again then?
It's almost like people have remembered that he wasn't ever in any way "crap", but was in fact a pretty good defender when fit.
Can he stay fit, as he's playing pretty darn well.
Can he stay fit, as he's playing pretty darn well.
Sell him for 40m
This.
Was the same myself, potato scallops and all, along with me mates. Would always want a defender in th back 4 who loves to defend (As Rio recently said he was) rather than and over some silky-pants any day.
Always liked him. Problem is his bloody injuries. It has been very annoying. Having players injured a lot can be very frustrating for supporters and I guess some have been extra critical of him due to that.
He did have a great game today. Another injury must be right around the corner though.
Motm for me, great today.
I was talking about the disgraceful reactions after the Stoke.
Dont want to quote anyone, but it shows how fairweather some people are.
Was brilliant today. Mourinho has pulled a blinder with him, he's been great all season.
He was an absolute rock at the back today. Winning headers and challenges everywhere. Brilliant form from Jonesy, long may it continue!
There should be some sort of award for that quote-its bloody fantastic
.Thought he was brilliant today, was worried that he may have injured himself several times and winced when he clattered Smalling with his head as well.
Didn't see the game today but great to see Phil getting rave reviews. It was easy to lose patience with him for all the injuries but he's a class act. Would run through a brick wall for the club
No salute either.
There's a reason why Ledley never played for a big club. Jones has been very good this season and last when fit, but he absolutely does need to maintain that fitness. Consistency at the back is vital for title challenging sides.
He was shocking against Stoke.
But otherwise he's been flawless, which makes the Stoke aberration all the more annoying.
We should be on a perfect record.
He was quite decent against Stoke bar that key moment where it ended up costly. Bailly was the one who was all over the place that game. Everton was the game where Jones didn't really perform. Misjudge situation, terrible clearance, losing his mark...
Jones finally showing glimpses of the player Fergie thought he would be. Mourinho will get the best out of him as long as he stays clear of injuries. I'm hoping we can forge another classic centre back pairing with Jones and Bailey.
a warrior. hopefully he never get serious and long injury again.
Jose is not the first coach after SAF who rate. Jones' potential is always there to see. There is a reason, Capello gave him a high praise such as seeing Jones resembles Baresi, LVG initially tried to establish Jones as Blind partner into his second season (just for Jones got injured and that plan failed).
Credit for Jose and his team for somehow helping Jones to be able to play more.
Umm, no he wasn't. He made one mistake that cost us a goal, everybody seems to remember him for that, the rest of the game against Stoke he was very good. Bailly had a much worse game.
I remember him being at fault for both goals.
But perhaps my memory is failing me.
Everton was his one average/poor game this season. The Stoke game he played no worse than against Leicester or Swansea.
If he didn't miss his jump/slipped on his arse against Choupo Mouting, the ire after that game would be reserved for Bailly.
If he didn't miss his jump/slipped on his arse against Choupo Mouting, the ire after that game would be reserved for Bailly.
Mourinho greatest trick isn't winning the treble, but keeping jones fit a season long
You'd think at some point it would click that we actually have a talented pool of CBs, I mean all 5 (exc. Lindelof) have played serious parts in the past two years of defences that have conceded the least or second least amount of goals. Look at the muck that lines up for the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, City etc. in the past 2 seasons and question why on earth our CBs get so much flack from our fans.
Can we have hope for a greater trick: winning treble and keeping Jones fit at the same time?
We had high standard from having Vidic and Rio, not long ago. People just failed to realize having that standard is abnormal, let alone maintain and have successors for it. Even the best defense, CBs at the moment look pale in comparison to Vidic and Rio together at their peak
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