Yep and he played on for 20 minutes after feeling it, clearly limping. Idiot.
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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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Feck sake.
Played with an injury, Jose will be over the moon.
He has to take some responsibility playing in a nothing friendly, priorities Jones.
Hoping Jose just told him to feign an injury during the game.
Is Phil Jones being coached by Owen Hargreaves and Darren Anderton? WTF
It'll just be a muscular problem, he'll be fine. Arse for playing in the first place.
Rocks for brains. Seriously.
He must know he's made of glass yet he plays in a friendly with an injury.
He must know he's made of glass yet he plays in a friendly with an injury.
The guy literally puts his body on the line to play football and has no sense of self-preservation. You just get the sense that he would clatter into a goal post to try to stop a goal going in, even when we are 4-0 up.
Hopefully he'll be back soon, but I won't hold my breath
Hopefully he'll be back soon, but I won't hold my breath
He's as stupid as he looks.
Unbelievable. Dumb as it gets.
I don’t know I personally think we should definitely keep relying on him to stay fit and play a big part of our season over and over again. I’m sure it’ll work out eventually.
At least Rojo is back.
Maybe because he is patriotic, committed to Team England and very keen to experience the upcoming World Cup?
Just saw the picture with his thigh bandaged. Seriously is he an idiot to play with his thigh like this ? Is Southgate an idiot too to let him play like this ?
I'm not worried much as our defense is strong anyway but this injury is stupid and easily avoidable just like Fellaini's one.
I'm not worried much as our defense is strong anyway but this injury is stupid and easily avoidable just like Fellaini's one.
Jesus, this guy could get injured in a foam pit.
I think calling him out personally is a bit harsh. He's a really good player and will be under pressure to play, he will want to do all he can to get a starting place for England you can't blame him for playing I'm sure he felt fit enough to do so. Just such a shame he can't keep fit as he is such a good player, for club and country
Phil Jones is probably the most stupid Englishman that has ever lived.
People on the bandwagon calling him stupid 
One of our most intelligent players.
One of our most intelligent players.
He shouldn't have played today.People on the bandwagon calling him stupid
One of our most intelligent players.
Unbelievable we just can't rely on someone like him.
The best way to play for England is not be injured for two thirds of a season, every season though. Knowing your own record, you should probably not play when you're already half injured.
I'd want to play for England too, but he has responsibility on this one.
Honestly do any non united players ever get injured on international duty?
Every time there's an international break its always a united player that comes back injured
Every time there's an international break its always a united player that comes back injured
Does it really matter? Yes, hes been decent and consistent this season but when everyone is fit he will struggle to Bailey and Rojo out if the team and even Lindeloft once hes more settled!
Ive said for 2-3 years now Jones & Smalling really havent lived up to their potential! Shame really!
Ive said for 2-3 years now Jones & Smalling really havent lived up to their potential! Shame really!
That's a fair big statement considering the array of Englishmen available
You can't do any of that if you're injured.
If he wants to help England and himself best thing he can do is listen to his body.
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We lost against Chelsea, thus it's all our players fault, so it's open season on insulting the usual suspects. Always amazes me how some fans fail to cope with any kind of disappointment and feel the need to insult anyone involved, or at times even people who took no part...People on the bandwagon calling him stupid
One of our most intelligent players.
Oh really Gareth?!
Not sure what more we can do with this guy. He gets rested every Champions League game, he literally plays once a week in the Premier League and it's a strain to see if he can see through these games. These international games are just way too much of an onus for him to take onboard.
Stupid bloody international friendlies
And seriously there are players dropping out of friendlies with stubbed toes and bad hair days yet Phil Jones plays with his leg strapped up.FFS will he ever learn his limits??
And seriously there are players dropping out of friendlies with stubbed toes and bad hair days yet Phil Jones plays with his leg strapped up.FFS will he ever learn his limits??
Good thing the Rojo is back. Rock fecking solid before the injury.
Definitely need this guy back, he was in control of organising our defence. Mourinho always gave his instructions straight to Rojo.
Maybe not that much. I've never really felt like our defence has settled with Jones hanging around though, coming back in and getting injured again a month later. Feels like we've been in a state of limbo (he'd definitely pull something playing that) for years. If Rojo has a good run I'd be happy to get rid.
Jones is one of the most unlucky players. Injury to injury to injury to... He would become a top defender if he weren't prone to injuries. What a pity!
Amazing comment by Southgate that Jones seemed no worse than before the game. He was bad enough that he had to go off injured in the first half. Southgate is saying he was in that condition before the game but they started him anyway?
He'll be ready for our next game. It was precautionary, imo.
He's daft as a bint, no surprises there. Why didn't we withdraw him from the squad is what I'm interested in. Spurs, City etc had withdrawn their players.
Time to retire from international football Phil, if you want to keep your United place.
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