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Phil Jones | released summer 2023
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Constantly eating pot noodles wouldn't be cheap to be fair.
The Pot Noodle comment feels clearly to me he's calling them lazy... why the Pepsi is flat and they're in their boxers, its saying they're being lazy and throwing lazy criticisms his way.
It's nothing to do with being poor.
It's nothing to do with being poor.
thanks for the compliment, I think. You've done well to grasp my line of reasoning and are absolutely correct that the diet Pepsi is flat because they're too busy online.You lot are insufferable. Ever wonder why he feels like he needs to speak out? Because of comments from keyboard warriors saying he was stealing a living when he was out injured and other crass comments. Grow up lads.
Oh btw where did he mention anything about unemployment? I must have missed that giant assumption
Oh btw where did he mention anything about unemployment? I must have missed that giant assumption
Not really. Just makes him come across as affected. Best response was no response.
Exactly and the numpties falling over their pit noodles etc here are showing themselves up
Actually I loved this response. It’s saying that the comments do get to footballers and that they are human
He's ignored them for over three years. He ignored them when he got heckled in front of his family. Rio's comments were the last straw because they were irresponsible and stirred up a hornet's nest both in the media and on social media. Even a few here blindly believed them for some reason.
I think it might be a bit more nuanced than that but still poor.
He was injured all the time long before he signed that contract, and even when fit one might argue he was stealing a living, as he was nowhere near good enough for that level and previous contract.
To then get offered a contract not based on sportive merit, and him going from mostly injured to injures for the entire contract is frustrating. But I think that should be directed to the board stupid enough to give him a contract and never him.
Him not wanting to play (somewhere else) or hand his shirt number to someone else is annoying at worst, no crime. The club could have just taken it off him tbh, but United is too classy for that I think (didnt they take Martial's number or was he asked? Or rather that Jones was already handed #4 for this season).
That’s how you interpret it which says more about you than him
Well he shouldn't read United forums then. We have given him MILLIONS for doing nothing and he shits on United fans upset with it.
feck sake now I want a pot noodle.
Wish he’d get over his injuries as he’s a good player when fit.
Wish he’d get over his injuries as he’s a good player when fit.
What does it say about me
It's obvious why Phil Jones is a target. This is the highest echelon of the entertainment industry; unfortunately there are pariahs and there are demigods whether it be sport, reality TV, social media etc. Phil Jones happens to play for the biggest club in the country (and is therefore paid loads and is under significant scrutiny), has an unfortunately memeable face and style of play, and has gone missing for the past 3 years despite having a really big profile and name. As others have said and Rio mentioned, no one outside of the club knows what the feck has been going on with him. The fact we're only just learning (through Rio's podcast) that he's trained with Bruno for the first ever time is barmy. I just think the strategy of keeping him out the limelight and not addressing the situation to avoid giving it attention was idiotic at best. I feel sorry for Phil Jones, his career has gone massively wayward and he doesn't deserve to get accosted in the streets while out with his children - that's fecking awful. Feel like it could have been handled better by all involved, though.
You sure insult quite a lot for someone so touched by the abuse a footballer received.
I was able to read the article on reddit. Some shocking details about his injury hell. I've become very sympathetic since.
You got a load of money in pot noodle shares or something?
The number thing is just utter nonsense, it means nothing. Varane clearly couldn’t care less, a whole lot of nothing. That sums it up for me, a portion of United fans love a whole lot of nothing and love to get drama out off it. Are your lives that boring?
could you pm me a link please?
Seriously though, What do you think he’s implying by living in your mums basement eating pot noodles? He’s basically calling anybody who criticising him a dole bum… I think that’s pretty fair assessment of it.
I think some are going out of their way here to play down those quotes and what he’s implying.
Of course keyboard warriors are scum but they come in all shapes and sizes in every walk of life. Generalising them as the unemployed, living with their parents and living off flat Pepsi and pot noodles is out of order when there are so many feeling the effects unemployment and general hard times.
I love pot noodles and love sitting around in my boxers when no one else is around. Or I used too until I got married
You have people who have to work through awful illnesses and struggle to pay the bills and this guy has a few football injuries and comes out in a national newspaper about how much money he has and how comfortable he'll be able to live.
I'm sorry why am I supposed to feel sorry for that?
I'm sorry why am I supposed to feel sorry for that?
He’s not, that’s how you read it.
I used to come home from work and laze out in front of the computer with pot noodle and other junk. The only difference being I didn’t feel the need to shout at injured footballers.
it’s really what you guys are reading into it
If Jones didnt want to give it away, clearly it does mean something. But I dont think it is the biggest deal in the world, far from it, but good to know you must live such an exciting life above drama.
Well, congratulations to all involved on affecting him then. It's probably a huge positive for the club having "fans" and former players affecting players. Nah, he took one for some others, like Lindgard. Good on him.
I work through heart disease etc snd lost my job a month ago. Am I offended? No. I don’t think he says anything offensive. It’s how you read it
I don’t think he means poor people, he means losers who sit in their bedroom all day on their computer and only come out long enough to put some hot water into a pot noodle and then bring it back to the bedroom.
He’s not talking about me though, I don’t eat Pot noodle, I eat Lidl’s own brand.
It's baffling that he's not even 30 yet.
Also you lot really need to calm down, regarding every single topic.
Also you lot really need to calm down, regarding every single topic.
Where does someone from United confirm he doesn’t want to give it away? Nowhere. Paper speculation that you all choose to believe. Like I said, drama out of nothing
It is not how I read it. He literally talks about his money compared to the money of "people living in their mum's basements". He is the one drawing the comparison between his wealth and the wealth of fans.
Ohh me too. Oh no actually it’s Aldi but still, cheers cheap pot noodle fan!
Post the entire statement
I can't imagine the club new much about this interview. Surely the PR people would have advised him otherwise?
Footballers are in a bubble, his comments are naive and show he has little to no perspective on real life.
The best thing Jones could do is learn to laugh at himself and when people troll him online he should just laugh along with it. It's the only way to neutralise trolls, talking in the press about how the trolls get under his skin just encourages them more.
76,000 fans need to be eating Pot Noodles in the stands against West Ham. All Bombay Badboy
These people can't even afford clothes AN, or bubbles for their soft drinks for that matter.
Ed needs to get us an official pot noodle sponsor and Phil needs to be the face of the ad campaign.
You really like terms ; you (all). I made a conditional statement? I have no idea if it was true, the drama wasn't enough for me either to read up on all the news either.
You’ve given him nothing. Keep your pants on.
if you want to shout at someone go shout at whoever works on the contracts
I don't like him partly because I've heard and read he's an entitled prick before now. Those comments reinforce that.
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