He needs to be reintroduced very slowly imo. Otherwise he'll inevitably injure himself for another few months.
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Three sub appearances is not being reintroduced slowly?
Very slowly!
very happy he is back.
In his element at the end under heavy fire.
Missed the game, what position did he play?
Thought he did fine when he came on, plugged things up better than Blind had been doing as Wolfsburg piled the pressure on.
LCB, Blind moved into midfield.
RCB, Smalling shifted to the left just like the weekend.
PHIL JONES comes back and suddenly Herrera, Rojo, Carrick, and McNair are injured. SMH.
He knows what he's doing, the sneaky bastard
Called up by Hodgson. Ridiculous decision.
Thought he did really well when he come on yesterday. Made some crucial blocks/interceptions and was good aerially. Still don't understand why Van Gaal puts him as a right sided centre back when Smalling is on the pitch, though. Despite being right footed, I think he's arguably better on the left then he is on the right.
Everton 0:3 Man Utd
His face in the Match Day Ratings. Thought he was very good today beside Smalling. We should be developing them as the core pairing.
Glad to see him back. One of my favourite players. Was really good today. Him and Smalling, despite Van Gaal wanted a left footed centre back, should be our centre back partnership.
Why is this thread so quiet? Did the 'Phil Jones is shit' brigade miss the game?
Thought he played well, looked slightly rusty but that's to be expected as he hasn't played many minutes.
It looked like Smalling took care of Lukaku after Jones didn't keep tight to him in the beginning of the match - I could be wrong, my stream was very dodgy in the first 10 mins or so
It looked like Smalling took care of Lukaku after Jones didn't keep tight to him in the beginning of the match - I could be wrong, my stream was very dodgy in the first 10 mins or so
They're too busy wanking to Smalling.
I was thinking that. Guess all the attention is with Smalling, but Jones was also very good, especially when you consider this was his first start.
Phil Jones is always like that ugly English bloke at an Californian party...he's ok, you talk to him...but not about him.
Deservedly so. Jones was good though.
He survived today despite the bleeding nose. Hopefully the sign of future Vidic factor. 
Didn't feck anything up and made a couple of dece4nt tackles.
Was very good today especially considering that it's his first start of the season. If he steers clear of those little knocks we could find ourselves with a very solid back four this season and that will be crucial if we want to challenge for things this season.
Thought he did well considering the lack of game time he's had. Smalling is playing so well that hopefully Jones will get some confidence along side him and work his way back into contention as first choice because although he needs to improve, Rojo doesn't convince me and with Blind we have an immediate physical weakness in the back line for the opposition striker(s) to target.
Barely noticed him actually which is not a bad thing for a defender!
Had a really good game.
Him and Smalling are a partnership I want to see more of.
Him and Smalling are a partnership I want to see more of.
He's actually a good player, people make fun of him because he's clumsy and makes funny faces but I have no doubt he can make a Smalling-esque rise if he stays fit and gets games.
Impressive performance from him today considering it was his first start for the season. I think he will be considered a automatic starter in a season or two if he can get over his injury problems still only 23 which is no age for a defender
Good performance today . Best header of the ball while lying down in the league .
.I love him but I don't want to praise him because he will get injured again soon
Agreed. He was very good last season as it was and should only get better if he can get a run of games.
Not that's it's the be all end all, but Phil Jones was WhoScored's highest rated defender last season.
He's a very good defender.
If he could stay fit he'd be at Smalling's level.
So Blind on the bench and Rojo at LB puts paid to this stuff about Van Gaal only ever playing a right and left-footer as a central pairing, right? IMO he picked our best two central defenders today. More of the same please.
Took all of 40 mins for calamity jones to see blood. I hope he stays fit, we are a totally different side with the foot speed of him and smalling in defense.
indeed. Jones Smalling partnership if not broken, will even stop all this talk of Stones. Think he is off to Chelsea in the Summer anyways.
As for Blind, I see him as a straight replacement for Carrick next season.
Had a great game today, him and Smalling hardly put a foot wrong against a very tough opponent.
Impressed with his performance. Looked very composed and mature in the way he went about things. Good to see.
He's said himself that he always wants to play with symmetrical centre backs, and it seemed like he was serious about it given that Blind partnered Smalling in almost every game, ahead of actual centre backs.
I think he would definitely prefer to do so, but needed to give rests to a few players. I predict he still sees Smalling and Blind as the #1 pair.
I hope I'm wrong though. I like Blind and he's done well, but actual centre backs playing centre back just sounds crazy enough to work. Like it did today.
Really happy with his performance. I really want Smalling - Jones partnership to grow. Something Fergie had in mind when he bought Jones and Smalling. Hoping he gets back to full fitness.
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