Official: Phil Jones will leave United at the end of the season

He had a football career that most of us armchair fans would snap your hand off for.

Injuries and Internet memes aside he was a damn good CB who played with passion and desire every time he stepped on the pitch.

Best of luck in your next chapter Phil.
 
269 club games for his career that started in 09/10.

He was a real talent who if his body had held up would still be in prime years.
 
Obviously should have retired years ago and became a figure of fun but I wonder how he would have ended up if it wasn't for those injuries. He was really something special at 19/20. People make fun of Fergie's comments about him, but those barnstorming runs from defence when he first joined were great to watch.

Him, Wilshere and a few others from that generation were great talents just decimated from injuries unfortunately.
 
Thought he had gone a couple of years back. What has he been doing? He was a decent defender when we signed him but degenerated into someone who could get injured playing tiddly winks. Wish him well for whatever he does in the future.
 
KeanoMagicHat said:
Obviously should have retired years ago and became a figure of fun but I wonder how he would have ended up if it wasn't for those injuries. He was really something special at 19/20. People make fun of Fergie's comments about him, but those barnstorming runs from defence when he first joined were great to watch.

Him, Wilshere and a few others from that generation were great talents just decimated from injuries unfortunately.
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It wasn't just the injuries, though they were the biggest factor of course. He also just wasn't the canniest. Quick to dive in
 
MadDogg said:
That may have improved with experience though. Experience that he couldn't get because he'd get injured every time he started putting a run together.
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It's not like he was a totally green U19. He played plenty and never shook that
 
Makes sense, his body (and mind) has probably been through enough with the multiple injuries and set backs over the years and at least this way he can devote his whole focus to something else instead fully.
 
Always felt sad that Phil Jones never got the career he could've had with us were it not for injuries. Congrats on his retirement - hope he does well in future gigs.
 
Pickle85 said:
It wasn't just the injuries, though they were the biggest factor of course. He also just wasn't the canniest. Quick to dive in
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Yeah Wilshere was the same, your playing style is naturally going to lead to more injuries if you jump into tackles constantly.
 
KeanoMagicHat said:
Yeah Wilshere was the same, your playing style is naturally going to lead to more injuries if you jump into tackles constantly.
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Absolutely. You need to know when to go and when to stay, and he never really seemed to learn that. When he was fit he was a physical specimen and a reasonable ball player (though Fergie's Duncan Edwards thing has exaggerated that) but he was always prone to a brain fart and never more than six months or less away from another injury.
 
Poor guy. Was committed to the cause, seems a decent sort. Hope he gets past this. It is only ugly noise, but must be tough being in the public eye in these savage times
 
Tincanalley said:
Poor guy. Was committed to the cause, seems a decent sort. Hope he gets past this. It is only ugly noise, but must be tough being in the public eye in these savage times
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It's old news really, he's talking about during his playing days, still despicable though
 
Red in STL said:
It's old news really, he's talking about during his playing days, still despicable though
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It is despicable, yet we have exactly the same level of vitriol displayed on every match day thread.
Some people need club scapegoats in their life, unfortunately Jones was one of those.
 
There will be (correctly) be lots of sympathy for Jones, a guy who always gave his best but was so unfortunate with injuries. However many of those same posters will still give the likes of Maguire, Antony, Rashford so much unwarranted abuse.
Absolutely we can criticise the performance and attitude of players... but it should never reach the extent that some of these guys get.
 
Champ said:
It is despicable, yet we have exactly the same level of vitriol displayed on every match day thread.
Some people need club scapegoats in their life, unfortunately Jones was one of those.
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That's one of the reasons I rarely ever go in that thread!
 
A good reason why we should all pause and think before we release our annoyances onto the internet.
 
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