That was madness though. Do they think he is suddenly going to become prime Vidic in 4 years time and sell him for £50-60 million? He has no value. He only plays as a last resort, and will bank about £20 million over the length of his contract. We would have been better letting him leave on a free or if someone was stupid enough to buy him.
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What a decision this was.
They also booed Pogba when Mourinho was here
Is Rojo MIA or is he training? I'd rather we play him than Phil Jones if Maguire is out for a period.
Didn’t think he was that bad yesterday.
I do think someone was playing a joke when they got this guy into professional football. It can't have been serious all this time.
The guy would need a helmet and pads to eat soup ffs.
The guy would need a helmet and pads to eat soup ffs.
This thread title gives me PTSD.
With Jones back we might finally keep clean sheets again 
. Remember we got 6/7 with him starting all games 2 years ago at the start of the season.
Although as expected he then got injured. My bet is he will be gone before we play Liverpool and miss the rest of the season.
. Remember we got 6/7 with him starting all games 2 years ago at the start of the season. Although as expected he then got injured. My bet is he will be gone before we play Liverpool and miss the rest of the season.
He's talking to clubs in the process of being sold. I guess the club made a decision to keep Jones because he's younger, and to bin Rojo and probably Bailly as well.
Why are we just looking to bloody sell. Bring someone in is what we need. It is like Ole and the Glaziers try to take us down to championship.
Bailly? Who ***?
He wasn’t that bad last night but him and lindelof are old enough and experienced enough to be able to take a bit of control and be able to bring the ball out and pass. They both just kept passing the buck to each other and they looked weak and just got over ran. I actually prefer jones to lindelof to be honest at least he gets stuck in. But then gets injured.
Maguire hurt, Tuanzebe hurt, Rojo to be sold this month. if Lindelof gets hurt we will be suiting up with Jones and Bailly at CB, what a dream partnership. Carrick may have to suit up and play emergency CB with Matic.
At least he doesn't smash our own players training any more!
The new duncan Edwards. We missed out on varane because we signed him.
Whenever i think of Carrick and centre back i think of a mad game where we played him fletcher and someone else as a three!
Plus marking and failing to stop Fellaini.
Plus letting Olic (?) for bayern rob him and score.
Not even sure the latter two were as centre back
What was Tuanzebe’s injury record while on loan? Didn’t he just come back from a long spell out? Bailly is a crock as is Jones. You just know Jones will be injured as soon as he starts playing again. You can bet your house on it.
I think his first spell at Aston Villa was riddled with injuries, then last year he played really well for them but got injured down the stretch. And of course we actually need him and he has a chance to contribute this season so he's banged up again.
I was wondering this earlier as well, considering at the start of the season the buzz was he'd end the season as Maguire's partner he's been just as much a crock as any of them
Was that not the game we won against Wolfsburg 3-0 or something. Had pure crisis in defense, but still bloody won. Park as right back too or something like that. Shall look it up. Edit 3-1 with them and Evra as our defense. Owen with a hattrick.
Phil Jones the only player who manages to give a hospital pass to himself.
He looks so funny trying to sprint, his body has the flow of a Lego character.
Never forget this piece of footballing art. In 100 years time, they will be studying this in universities as part of the sports art curriculum..
starting a him without a defensive midfielder was like daring to have unprotected sex with a fertile female and convincing oneself you wont make her pregnant. Yet your tubes aren't snipped....
Yes that’s exactly what it’s like..
Has anyone seen the picture of him, Sterling and I think it was Fred in some very weird battle for the ball? It was hilarious and worthy of a caption thread but I can't seem to find it.
Phil is so bad he instantly makes everyone around him even worse. It's remarkable. I still can't believe his contract was extended.
Why do we still have him on the books? are we that desperate.
he was genuinely pretty good when he was fit a few years ago. as a younger player he was putting up the numbers of a top young defensive prospect. fitness has always been his big problem, he would have been fine but he has missed way too much football to ever get back into the team as a main starter again. if we can get a fee for him this summer then maybe giving him that new deal wont look as stupid as it currently does...maybe....
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Smalling could've done that. He's good enough to challenge Lindelof, see how he does with Maguire. Mainly though it's a squad game. Smalling wasn't some ever present so he would've got a good amount of games this season. Ole told him he should leave as he won't be playing but big seasons in the top flight with injuries and suspensions say otherwise each year.
Instead on continually playing Maguire and Lindelof and being shit scared of plucking Jones from the stands he could've had a player to rotate with, that player won't be rusty, other players have recovery, your chance of success increases with better rotation and using a better squad. The club and Ole have hamstrung themselves and it's blew up in attack midfield and defence this season only half way through.
Point is we shouldn't have a rusty Jones to call upon while playing Maguire and Lindelof to death.
We've done the same to McTom. We have Pereira, Lingard and Jones on at the same time and City have a cake walk.
Yes, like sex with a women.
This guy has been a plague to our backline for years but some posters here wanted to keep him because he is 'homegrown' or whatever
Reeks of a Steve Bruce signing
The shit house
The shit house
He's a great player for the opposition.
Varane was never coming here.
Phil Jones at his stage of his career needs to be playing on a regular basis. It is no fun sitting on the bench or not being in the match day squad altogether. Surely he has reached the point where he can afford to take a pay cut just so he can play some football. When fully fit and injury free I still think he is a decent player. He needs to find himself a club where he plays on a regular basis and life will be so much more enjoyable even if the pay packet if not quite as substantial.
It was Varane own words
Was thinking more a horrible defeat at Fulham.
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