Would have left if we signed another CB most likely. Just when you think we’ll never see Phil again due to a brain fart or OG, he gets another start due to others being injured or not fit. Would not be surprised if he starts against Liverpool.
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WWe'd lose our Director of Farting if he left: Brain Farting
When's he getting his new 3 year contract ?
I think I will lose what faith I have left in the club if Phil Jones is offered another contract at United. He's here until June 2019 but I assume there is a one-year extension on that which will be activated - hopefully, so we can sell him for a bit of money in the Summer.
Imagine that he gets a new contract now? Maybe Ed will think; " I will give him new contract and allow new manager to sell him". And you can't sell Phil Jones.
I think that's what will happen and he will survive yet again.
Oh hell no, just no, no any sort of extensions, just let him leave for free in the summer.
Wish him well, seperate as friends but please no extensions.
Would take the news worse than I took Fellaini's. It would be a fecking travesty.
The club will be too tight to let him go on a free I think... One-year extension with the intention of selling him before the new season starts.
There is no option to extend his contract for another year so he will either leave for nothing next summer or woody will be stupid enough to give him a long term contract
But they won’t be too tight to pay his high wages when he’s not available for work for 90% of the time?
Yeah he has got to go on, as soon as posable. Release is from these players who’ve been here for way way longer than they should’ve, let them all go for crying out loud.
Jones being given a new contract would be the stupidest thing we've done post Fergie.
And we've done a lot of stupid things post Fergie.
And we've done a lot of stupid things post Fergie.
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Ole is a warm hearted guy and probably give him a chance to play few matches here and there, but it's so painfully obvious it's game over. Of course Jones can injure himself so badly, the doctors will diagnose him with being unable to remove from Manchester hospital.
We've seen some truly absurd things from Phil so watch this space.
We've seen some truly absurd things from Phil so watch this space.
I just wonder why Jose never played him as a defensive midfielder or as a right back. SAF used to play him as right back and as midfielder as well. Maybe Phelan will remember and try to stick him as a CDM a game or two. Might be an improvement on Matic.
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Played well. Both on the ball and without it. Did the bulk of the defending but also brought the ball out of defense
He was decent but I still don't think he should start for us. He's not reliable at all.
I've always said he should settle into a defensive midfield role for us.
I always thought his ability on the ball is underrated.
Played okay... does this mean he will get a new contract? 
It is for sure. Because he doesnt have great technique, but despite that he's pretty good at picking the ball up from a pass and dribbling into spaces
Nah he should not.
Compared to Lindelof, almost 3 times as many headers won, 4 times as many tackles+interceptions, 6 times as many clearances, 18% better passing accuracy, 18 more touches, 11 more passes, 5/5 long balls to 1/8, 89% aeriel duels won to 60% for Lindelof. Of course he was only ok though while Lindelof was amazing. People are so stuck in their ways they refuse to give him any credit.
Was excellent today. He will probably never get over his injury problems but I'll always feel like that is all that stopped him from becoming a top class defender. He is incredibly underrated passer of the ball from the back too.
He was very good today. Lindelof slightly better according to most people, which shows how stats really arent everthing Amount of passes, how good indication of great game from a CB is that? If you have good placement you dont need to tackle, in that kind of stats you will never see when he screwed up the offside, etc.
Also shows bias
Of course ”most people” are biased after his latest horror performance, but as I said he was good today. And I think Lindelof and Jones did very well together considering how few minutes they have together.
Impressive performance.
Agree. But I just said that as, if Lindelof had the same stats Jones had today suddenly everyone would be glorifying them. But because it was Jones and not Lindelof its not the same narrative.
That is probably true today, but would have been the opposite half a year ago when everybody hated Lindelof. However I think it was great to see that Solskjaer played Jones today. Good move.
He played well today and was our best defender imo.
Imagine him without injury issues, he would be so far ahead in his career
He was decent but I just don't see any reason why he's not the one we sell to make room for a CB upgrade as he simply cannot stay fit, he has missed almost 2 thirds of our last 144 games.
Rojo will go and i wouldnt be surprised if one of Jones/Bailly join him. Depends if we go for one CB or maybe two/Tuanzebe
Not slightly better, Jones thread got a few okays and decents while Lindelof's was inundated with claims he was incredible and his match ratings was an entire 0.6 better.
Amount of passes shows that despite Lindelof meant to be the ball player and Jones apparently being shit on the ball, Jones was still the one getting on the ball more and playing out with it. Also shows how he was made 100% of his long balls while Lindelof attempted long ball after long ball which all went incomplete.
Good placement doesn't negate having to tackle or intercept. You still need to recover the ball.
It also doesn't show Lindelof getting outdone by a random hoof down the field and letting his man run right by him. Or the amount of times he is so useless aerially that he doesn't even bother to challenge for it.
Simple fact is Jones was doing twice as much defending out there while also show just as good quality on the ball, if not better. And people refuse to give him the credit he deserves. Lindelof on the other hand had a good game and is praised as incredible.
Agree, and we all know he has it in him - but he can never stay fit to get any sort of consistancy. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him go to a mid level club who are not in Europe and with a lot more rest, he could be one of the best CBs in the league.
His position wasnt great but he played very well. Lindelof brought the ball better up the field but Jones was oustanding in the air. They did very well together.
At this point he's pretty much here because he's a long serving well liked player, much like Rafael was until LVG sold him. He's not as well liked as Rafael was by the supporters though. Im being facetious. I agree with you though, I don't see the point in holding on to and rewarding a player with contracts when he's seldom fit or consistently good enough to do his job.
No point getting excited, he’ll be injured in a few games. This false dawn has happened too often. He needs to go.
Absolute no chance of that.
Any decent team put pressure on him and he f*cks it.
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