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I had some Brucie double takes tonight!
Best game for us I think.
Best game for us I think.
I just can't see it at all. Touch isn't good enough, passing isn't good enough, awareness isn't good enough, not good enough in tight spaces.Still think he could be a great CM!
Funny you should say that because te thought entered my head tonight too! That's who he reminds me offI had some Brucie double takes tonight!
Best game for us I think.
When he powered infront of Cole(?) and I saw the number 4, I really thought, "Bruce!"Funny you should say that because te thought entered my head tonight too! That's who he reminds me off
Why? Carrick-Cleverley has done excellently in the big games this season. Why do we need Jones inmidfield against Spurs?? Spurs for feck sake!Against Spurs i would play him in midfield alongside Carrick and Cleverley probably at the expense of Valencia.
That is his position. He can become world class there. I just hope that he gets a run there.I think that's 2 games where he's played CB for the full game this season and he's been very good in both.
Considering how they beat us comprehensively earlier in the season, It wouldn't be a bad idea.Why? Carrick-Cleverley has done excellently in the big games this season. Why do we need Jones inmidfield against Spurs?? Spurs for feck sake!
They beat us when we had an off-form Carrick and Scholes, who started in the midfield. Giggs also started the game.Considering how they beat us comprehensively earlier in the season, It wouldn't be a bad idea.
We had Giggs, Scholes and Carrick in Zombie mode in midfield in the first half. We absolutely battered them when Rooney came on at half-time for Scholes IIRC, should've won anout 6-3 if not for fantastic goalkeeping and awesome defending/luck by Spurs.Considering how they beat us comprehensively earlier in the season, It wouldn't be a bad idea.
IndeedOur team is much better now, much more balanced
...Considering how they beat us comprehensively earlier in the season, It wouldn't be a bad idea.
They beat us when we had an off-form Carrick and Scholes, who started in the midfield. Giggs also started the game.
Now we have an excellent Carrick, a burgeoning Carrick-Clev partnership and Rooney back to start the game. There is no need to go ultra-defensive with Jones in the midfield. Spurs are not some great European powerhouse. They are a decent PL outfit with Scotty Parker and Dembele in the middle.
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Has anyone noticed his neat way of defending crosses if he's on the first man? Instead of trying to challenge for the header from behind his man, and risking the attacker just flicking it on over him, he just jumps straight up. If the attacker flicks the ball on, it hits Jones in the face. If the attacker doesn't make contact, it hits him on the chest. It's absolutely foolproof - I've yet to see him do it and not block the ball in.
Watch for it. Once you've seen it once, you'll start notice him doing it constantly.
I have spotted him doing that. Proper old fashioned hard defending. About time. I thought when we signed him and still think now, he could be the hardest player we've had since Keano.Has anyone noticed his neat way of defending crosses if he's on the first man? Instead of trying to challenge for the header from behind his man, and risking the attacker just flicking it on over him, he just jumps straight up. If the attacker flicks the ball on, it hits Jones in the face. If the attacker doesn't make contact, it hits him on the chest. It's absolutely foolproof - I've yet to see him do it and not block the ball in.
Watch for it. Once you've seen it once, you'll start notice him doing it constantly.
I love this kid, who I believe will turn 21 next month. Ideally, Jonesey would get more work in at CB but I don't see where the chances will come from this season unless we go deep in our FA Cup run.Your tagline
Jones just needs more games in CB, he shouldn't continuously be shafted right back or into central midfield.
Yes defensively but it cripples us having him in midfield.The best he's played in midfield for us?
He's had other good games like QPR and Villa last season, but defensively this was probably his best. He was great.The best he's played in midfield for us?
He made some great attacking runs down the Channel, as did Cleverley..He was defensively great, but not strong enough at most other aspects required of a midfielder.
Problem is though, he well and truly fecks it up when he gets in those positions.He made some great attacking runs down the Channel, as did Cleverley..