Looked shook last night. I've decided Phil Jones doesn't like Russia.
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You just described his entire career at United. It'd be different if he wasn't constantly injured/coming back from an injury but so far he'll almost always be in that state.
He has it in him to be a good center back but he's just about as unreliable as you could ever have. If you're going to be as injury prone as he is then you at least need to mask that by being able to seemlessly slot back in after a layoff.
Social media going in on him
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/17-best-twitter-reactions-phil-10000034
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/row-zed/17-best-twitter-reactions-phil-10000034
Has his face plant been mentioned? It's a beauty.
Of all the pitches to land on your face.
Of all the pitches to land on your face.
"Shocking performance" WTF? He made 1 mistake that was punished by a great run, a good pass and a sublime control and finish. He was decent the rest of the game and was rarely threatened.
Like, if you want to dissect every goal, sure they could all be avoided one way or another. But there's a reason no team has conceded 0.
I don't get it any more with this over the top criticism and sensationalist headlines.
Didn't he make another mistake after the goal and Rojo had to bail him out
Rostov were shit and if Phil doesn't fall asleep defending there United leave 0-1. He also gave away the penalty at the weekend so it's no surprise people are piling on him
Awkward username
Yeah cheeky feck stole my name. Why couldnt a useful player had took it
I don't know if you are being sarcastic, but in Fergie's last season he won the Premier League - finishing ahead of the runners up by 13 points.
Its amazing how year after year we still find people defending this average injury prone and hyped player. He should thank his gods that he's not a horse
MUTV had the 3-1 win against Chelsea from 2011 on yesterday and you can see why we paid so much for Jones. He was winning everything and popping up all over the pitch, completely dominating Torres. It wasn't a perfect performance by any means and he was giving the ball away too often but it's a shame the injuries have taken away the extra yard of pace and energy he had back then.
That was 6 years ago FFS.
And we paid good money 6 years ago.
That's two games in a row an individual error by him has cost us the win.
Or the lack of finish ?
No it's been direct mistakes from jones that has let teams back into games.
According to Sky Sports it was Jones who injured Rooney in a training ground collision, leaving us with no strikers to face Chelsea. No longer content with just being injured himself - although I'm sure I remember him doing this before?
Yes like playing Rooney would improve our chances tomorrow.
I think Jones has done us a favour.
Chelsea 1:0 Man Utd
Did pretty well in the faux role he was given today.
He was good imo.
Stuck to his task of molesting Hazard until Herrera got sent off, after that he had a couple of rash moments but was ok.
Looked better as a midfield destroyer than when he moved back into defence i thought. Was disrupting the game well and was just about staying in the right side of the disciplinary tightrope
Rapidly becoming my favourite United player again - he and Rojo were very good tonight.
Kept Hazard quiet and his passing game was slick and accurate.
Kept Hazard quiet and his passing game was slick and accurate.
Have a sneaking suspicion given the position that Jose asked him to fill this evening and considering how well he did it that if he continues to be match fit then come the summer he is one of the last that Jose will want to sell.
I'm not quite sure I understand why he has such a low match rating?
Thought he did well but hoping we dont see too much off that from him until the end of the season. Seemed a needs / must situation.
Felt he did a really good job. Not easy to look after a player like Hazard, but pressed him very well and stuck to his task. Also made some really good headed clearances.
Got Herrera sent off. Discuss.
If that's low - what do you call Ibra's rating?
I'm not sure why people think that we are going to sell a CB at all? They are all of good age and while they have made individual mistakes at times they have been definitely good enough. All the other centre backs I see on posters' wishlists (Lindelof, Manolas etc) don't seem to be improvements to me, they all have mistakes in their game.
I think Rojo (at CB) and Smalling have been the most consistent, so they're not gonna be sold. Bailly just came in and looks hugely promising. Jones and Smalling are also homegrown status which we need, given that Rooney/Carrick/Young are nearly on the way out.
I bet all our CBs will be here come 1st September.
I don't think Jonesey realises how inadvertently funny he is.
Man Utd 1:0 Rostov
He doesn't have a clue what he's doing in that position. What is there about him that makes him fool his managers so? An MC for SAF, took corners for LvG and now a left wing back for José.
Tbf to him it's not his fault Jose came high tonight.
It would have been the most Phil Jones thing ever if they'd have scored in the last minute after he gave away a free kick.
Cart horse.
He gets paid a lot of money to play football. Incredible really.
He needed an inhalator after 5 minutes into the game?
Really no point in bringing him on. What an awful performance.
So negative. Always passes backwards.
Are people seriously being critical of a right footed centre half randomly threw in to play left wing back, a position he's never played in before
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