Can he have an even greater moment than last season? How can he one-up taking corners and planking mid-game?
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Scoring a penalty by running up and heading it into the net should do the trick.
How many injuries will he cause to our players this season? *Sweepstake*
I'm going for 6.
I'm going for 6.
Yep, that would do.
I thought he was decent. He has this tendency to follow his man into the midfield though, and it leaves a lot of space in behind. I think it cost us a goal against West Brom last season where he did the same thing. Probably just needs to communicate better with whoever the CM is that is playing in front of him.
I know he gets injured a lot but this is a bit much
For every good thing he does I feel he's just as likely to gift the opposition a chance. He has time on his side but shouldn't be starting ahead of Smalling yet.
He's quite a defender for his age, hope he partners with Smalling coming season. (Of we dont sign a new CB).
He looks so uncomfortable in possession. Seemed to be forever getting us into trouble.
Did fairly well today.
Van Gaal will always encourage his defenders to come out with the strikers when they drop. Just needs to just stand instead of always trying to win it when he gets there, but apart from that, I thought he was fine.
Still has that tendency to try and win the un-winnable when he just needs to hold his position and shadow the player, but overall I thought he was decent today.
I thought he was going to get sent off for a bit but he was fairly good.
I liked it every time he barged into Suarez and sent the cannibal toppling. 
Players like Fellaini and Jones make me happy that way - they might get cards and injure people and play horrible football at times, but all teams need enforcers to deal with cnuts from time to time.
That said, don't want either of them to start for us. We have sorted the midfield out, now time for a new CB. With his clumsiness on the ball, poor positioning, rash behaviour and frequent injuries, no way Jones can be counted upon as a regular starter.
Players like Fellaini and Jones make me happy that way - they might get cards and injure people and play horrible football at times, but all teams need enforcers to deal with cnuts from time to time.
That said, don't want either of them to start for us. We have sorted the midfield out, now time for a new CB. With his clumsiness on the ball, poor positioning, rash behaviour and frequent injuries, no way Jones can be counted upon as a regular starter.
having a mare against psg atm
If he played for one of our rivals he'd be a laughing stock on here.
Blind not yet being aware he's playing as CB today isn't helping much either though.
He's very bad today, in fact he has been quite bad for a while now. Really needs to step it up if he wants to stay here. Smalling on another level at the moment and will be very disappointed if Smalling does not start on the 8th of August.
He gets caught out far too much by long balls for my liking.
I know it's only pre season, but Smalling is just better.
It was the Aguero goal from last season all over again. He needs to be switched on at the near post.
Though schweinsteiger should have also tracked properly.
Though schweinsteiger should have also tracked properly.
I'll shit in my trousers if he becomes our first choice centre back....
Better yet, I'll shit in someone else's trousers.
Better yet, I'll shit in someone else's trousers.
Well you can forget me, because there's already shit in my trousers after the first goal.
Yep, I've said the same many times on here.
Donkey brained defender who becomes a semi-cult figure because of his unfortunate face and clumsiness. Next one after Evans who needs to be phased out.
Smalling is contemplating eating a bullet from Hank Voight in Chicago right now, Jones positioning and concentration just are not up to it against any forwards with good movement.
He's definitely not been good this pre-season.
Oh Jonesy, Jonesy... what was that, mate ?
At fault for both goals today. Hes got all the attributes to be a great player but he just does not use his brain. I started to think a year or two ago he wasn't going to make it here and after games like today I might be right.
The footballing brain is the most important aspect for any aspiring talent and Jones footballing brain isn't good enough for him to ever be a top centre half.
This.
The higher-ups at United should have thrown the towel on Phil Jones a long time ago when it became clear that he has zero brains.
At the risk of being quoted in the mental posts thread, sell him right now. I know it's preseason but he is not and will never be good enough.
I wouldn't sell him, however FFS add some quality competition at CB. We need it
Has the IQ of dusty bin on the football pitch.
I don't see how he can be first choice ahead of Smalling. He doesn't own his area like Smalling, isn't as strong and isn't as natural a defender.
He's got to start the game better if he is going to improve. I'm repeating myself with this, but he is too often having to belatedly react.
Salling made this changeand look at the improvement. Without Jones' athleticism he looked like he just wasn't good enough. Starts reading the game and dealing with matters when they're manageable and bam, class center half.
Jones is caught in the same rut. Sometimes he can scramble and make it work, but sometimes--like tonight--he just can't. It simply de-pants the defense.
It's a total lack of thought and instinct. He's like a lab chasing a thrown tenis ball: no thought on how it will bounce or where it will go, just chase it. Well, no, Phil. 'Fraid your gonna have to start thinkin' here, bud.
He let Ibrahimović go right by and split him and Blind. He assumed Blind would cover, but he was nowhere near. He simply didn't know where his partner was. It's fair to say they are a new pairing, but look if you don't know. He has to have the instinct to defend from the inside out. Lock down the deep inside defense and expand from there.
Salling made this changeand look at the improvement. Without Jones' athleticism he looked like he just wasn't good enough. Starts reading the game and dealing with matters when they're manageable and bam, class center half.
Jones is caught in the same rut. Sometimes he can scramble and make it work, but sometimes--like tonight--he just can't. It simply de-pants the defense.
It's a total lack of thought and instinct. He's like a lab chasing a thrown tenis ball: no thought on how it will bounce or where it will go, just chase it. Well, no, Phil. 'Fraid your gonna have to start thinkin' here, bud.
He let Ibrahimović go right by and split him and Blind. He assumed Blind would cover, but he was nowhere near. He simply didn't know where his partner was. It's fair to say they are a new pairing, but look if you don't know. He has to have the instinct to defend from the inside out. Lock down the deep inside defense and expand from there.
At the start of the summer if we had bought two new centre backs nobody would have been surprised. To not buy any and find ourselves in a situation where this klutz has somehow manouvered himself into a position where he looks first choice is absolutely criminal from LVG. My only hope is LVG has given him a run, a final chance, just to prove he is not good enough.
He did say after the game he hasnt decided on RCB.
I've said it for ages, he's a liability but compared to Smalling, Evans, Blind, everyone else he gets the benefit of the doubt and you get called mad for questioning him. He needs to up his concentration.
Ditto.
He's really not very good. Too often a liability and has he improved at all since we signed him? I don't think so. I have hope for Smalling but don't see Jones being anything other than a rash O'Shea.
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