What a load of bullshit. None of those comments you quoted had anything to do with hate, or tearing down Phil Jones personally and referring to him as a meme. It's such crap that so often in a debate people will refer to something along the lines of "huh must be internet fans, not real fans". It's like.. is that seriously how you conversate? Anytime someone disagrees with you you just automatically assume they are inauthentic and are driven by some sort of agenda? It's childish and stifles debate.
I don't even know what to say to the notion of keeping Phil Jones around because it's a connection to Fergie. It's insane reasoning. Besides, Fergie might have become slightly more sentimental in his latter years, but he was notoriously ruthless and kept United's squad in tip top shape. Using Fergie as a reason to keep Jones around is so bizarre I hardly know what to say in response.
Not exactly stifling debate if I engage with every response in turn, is it mate? Good lord you must have woke up on the wrong side of bed that day! Wasn’t an attack on you pal haha - to be clear I’m referring to the criticism of Phil Jones in general not necessarily on here.
We can agree to disagree on whether keeping a 30 year old defender hand picked by Fergie who experienced his methods and standards firsthand is a good thing or not. I think it is, fair play if you don’t.
Also, conversate is an informal American verb form of the infinitive ‘to converse’ just FYI…are you American or British?
Towards the end, I wasn't really sure what Ralf was trying to do. I'm not sure he even knew what he was trying to do with all the ETH stuff going on.
I'd say more than half of the MLS is a joke, but there are a few teams that seem to be on the right track. The two primary issues that will always hold the MLS back are the competition from other major professional sports and the franchise model MLS uses combined with its arcane roster/salary rules, which is largely patterned after those other sports. The first one can be dealt with, the latter probably can't.
Yeah, to be fair I’ve always loved the draft and salary cap in the NFL (I used to be a hardcore Raiders fan for my sins, a bit more on the casual side these days), but it only works because it’s the biggest league. In the case of MLS where the major European leagues don’t have such a system it would only be a disadvantage I guess.
Having said that, I’ve heard that as the Latino demographic grows in the USA “soccer” might eventually be the most popular sport based on their population growth. Let’s see! I’ll never forget the Freddy Adu hype and signing him back in the day on CM haha. Good memories!
Did you watch the match he started with Varane last season? He was the best player on the pitch. Therefore, yes, he’s a good emergency back up player.
The maddest part is a number of posters that slate Jones will call for more respect for a Maguire.
It’s fine to want a player to go but too often lately it comes with a vitriol that quite honestly makes it easy to see why this fanbase is so disliked.
He’s had a torrid time with injuries but is actually one of the few members of our squad who’ve won something for the club.
Yep, exactly. People gave Pogba etc a lot more leeway it seems, and some of the Maguire stuff is ridiculous. Yes, he had a shit season. Yes, he does my nut in when he does stuff like that sliding celebration after scoring for England. Yes, the thought of him screaming ‘feck the police’ and scrapping with the Greek old bill is hysterical.
However, Jose wanted him a lot, we obviously signed him subsequent to Jose leaving, and he’s favoured in the England set up in the past.
I don’t love Maguire and if he has another bad season we should maybe rethink things. Also not thrilled about him staying captain. But more than willing to give him another chance this year.
Now I feel bad 
