So i just rewatched the league 2 promotion season (1 Viewer)

I really rate Jodi Jones and hope he can make an impact on the Championship and stays injury free. The club and MR seem keen to keep him around despite his injuries. Good luck to him this season.

JJ could definitely play in one of the 2 AM slots behind the striker in the box.

Really hope he has a good season, he deserves it.

Jodi was excellent until his injury - at times he made opposition players look amateurish. Never nice for any player of ours to suffer such a serious injury but that genuinely left me gutted as I thought that our season was potentially over at that point.

Like you say though, huge credit to Shipley and Bayliss for stepping up that season when needed. Was a huge amount of responsibility on such young shoulders and both dealt with it brilliantly.

Can't remember who we played, but Reid had one game where it felt like he was taking on the opposition by himself and battering them in the process. If we had that player more often he'd have been amazing

I think the 6-2 defeat to Yeovil at home Had a big effect.... I.e play like that again and we’re not going anywhere. Although fair to say could have been a freak result maybe... an off day.

KenilworthSkyBlue said:

Jodi was excellent until his injury - at times he made opposition players look amateurish. Never nice for any player of ours to suffer such a serious injury but that genuinely left me gutted as I thought that our season was potentially over at that point.

Like you say though, huge credit to Shipley and Bayliss for stepping up that season when needed. Was a huge amount of responsibility on such young shoulders and both dealt with it brilliantly.

Click to expand...

Bearing in mind he wasn’t fully conditioned for his last return, he looked good in L1 too I thought.

This doesn’t mean he’s going to do bits in the Championship, but it certainly suggests the club shouldn’t give up on him!

AJB1983 said:

I think the 6-2 defeat to Yeovil at home Had a big effect.... I.e play like that again and we’re not going anywhere. Although fair to say could have been a freak result maybe... an off day.

Click to expand...

I was on holiday in Cornwall for that game and genuinely thought my phone was glitching when the goal alerts came through

Mucca Mad Boys said:

Bearing in mind he wasn’t fully conditioned for his last return, he looked good in L1 too I thought.

This doesn’t mean he’s going to do bits in the Championship, but it certainly suggests the club shouldn’t give up on him!

Click to expand...

I hate that phrase ’do bits’,who came up with that?

Mucca Mad Boys said:

Bearing in mind he wasn’t fully conditioned for his last return, he looked good in L1 too I thought.

This doesn’t mean he’s going to do bits in the Championship, but it certainly suggests the club shouldn’t give up on him!

Click to expand...

I think even Robins may struggle predicting how Jones will perform this season. But given the talent he showed during the League Two campaign, the club would've been incredibly naive to not give him a chance this season and offer him a new deal.

Whilst I thought he certainly showed flashes during his brief return from his first ACL injury, I have to admit I personally thought he looked a shadow of his former self and almost seemed frightened to be on the pitch - probably out of fear that his knee wasn't up to the task. (Which turned out to be the case).

But I do think part of the issue last time was he hadn't quite gotten over the psychological damage caused by the first ACL injury. This is why I suspect Robins may continue Jones' stint in the U23s initially to get him completely used to a match scenario and ensure that his confidence is back to where it was before his injury woes. Championship football is hugely intense and throwing Jones into the deep end when he's not match ready may actually do more harm than good, not just physically but for his own personal self-esteem as well. So continuing his work in the U23s for a few months to get his sharpness back will be at least a good start in hopefully getting him back into the first team, getting his mojo back and allowing him to showcase the talent he previously showed in League Two.

KenilworthSkyBlue said:

I think even Robins may struggle predicting how Jones will perform this season. But given the talent he showed during the League Two campaign, the club would've been incredibly naive to not give him a chance this season and offer him a new deal.

Whilst I thought he certainly showed flashes during his brief return from his first ACL injury, I have to admit I personally thought he looked a shadow of his former self and almost seemed frightened to be on the pitch - probably out of fear that his knee wasn't up to the task. (Which turned out to be the case).

But I do think part of the issue last time was he hadn't quite gotten over the psychological damage caused by the first ACL injury. This is why I suspect Robins may continue Jones' stint in the U23s initially to get him completely used to a match scenario and ensure that his confidence is back to where it was before his injury woes. Championship football is hugely intense and throwing Jones into the deep end when he's not match ready may actually do more harm than good, not just physically but for his own personal self-esteem as well. So continuing his work in the U23s for a few months to get his sharpness back will be at least a good start in hopefully getting him back into the first team, getting his mojo back and allowing him to showcase the talent he previously showed in League Two.

Click to expand...

Part of the problem was the original repair wasn't perfect and he probably rushed back too soon
When it went again the club used the best knee surgeon in the UK
The lad may actually benefit from the virus shutdown which has given him a lot more time to get in condition
And he will be starting at the same time as everyone else rather than coming in when all the other players are match fit
I suspect he will play in a number 10 role
The upcoming friendlies will give us a clue

Rodders1 said:

I was on holiday in Cornwall for that game and genuinely thought my phone was glitching when the goal alerts came through

Click to expand...

Funny you say that, I was also on holiday and in a bar where they were showing sky sports news. It was genuinely glitching, JUST as it went to the ground for Yeovil’s 2nd goal. It kept showing the report and goal over and over, must’ve been 50 times, just rubbing that salt in. When it got back to normal it was 4-1... that’s when I decided to get on the shots.

Rodders1 said:

I was on holiday in Cornwall for that game and genuinely thought my phone was glitching when the goal alerts came through

Click to expand...

You were better off there, it was rubbish being in the Ricoh.

I was away for the Lincoln game mentioned earlier where Rhead just bullied is. Spent all day trying to get the internet working at my cousin in law’s (is that a thing?) new villa in the south of France only to later find out it wasn’t working because she hadn’t paid the bills and had been cut off. I ended up watching using my phone on the roof which was the only place we had signal.

Remember walking out after that Yeovil game convinced we were going to blow it and be stuck in that division for years. Always been an optimist!

I remember the 6-1 win at Cheltenham. Sounds like a glorious memory right? Except my overriding emotion was annoyance - that we could do that to teams in the division and yet hadn’t walked away with the league. It all turned out brilliantly of course but the fact that we missed out on the automatics was an underachievement.

Like Accrington with Kelly Evans at RB, Rhead sat on Ryan Haynes, which was a complete mismatch... After that match, MR went with Stokes til the end.

A big match that you would not have seen was when Hiram Boateng destroyed Lincoln the night before Meadow Lane. Was vital to play a footballing team at Wembley rather than the long ball thugs.

Yeovil away was fucking horrible, atmosphere absolutely toxic, fights and arguments all over. I called someone a stupid c**t because he said we should sack Jodie Jones off.

Liquid Gold said:

Yeovil away was fucking horrible, atmosphere absolutely toxic, fights and arguments all over. I called someone a stupid c**t because he said we should sack Jodie Jones off.

Click to expand...

Jodie Joans

better days said:

Part of the problem was the original repair wasn't perfect and he probably rushed back too soon
When it went again the club used the best knee surgeon in the UK
The lad may actually benefit from the virus shutdown which has given him a lot more time to get in condition
And he will be starting at the same time as everyone else rather than coming in when all the other players are match fit
I suspect he will play in a number 10 role
The upcoming friendlies will give us a clue

Click to expand...

Yeah I do remember thinking at the time he was brought back far too soon. Not that my medical opinion counts for anything! But from memory it certainly seemed that he wasn't right both mentally and physically just from watching him play.

You're right Jones, for the first time since his very first ACL injury, will probably be at the same level fitness-wise to the rest of the team which gives him a solid grounding for the season - also great that's he's getting his first full pre-season under his belt since the League Two campaign. But my point isn't necessarily about him getting in condition, but rather getting match sharp, polishing his touch, and getting his in-game alertness and decision making to where it needs for him to be considered effective enough to be included in a first team match setting. Something that can only be achieved by getting minutes. He's obviously not as behind as he would've been in normal circumstances as the whole team hasn't played since March. But he's only featured in two first-team games and a couple of months worth of U23 games (not sure on the exact figure) in around 20 months. That's a hell of amount of time being out of the picture and still probably leaves him a bit of a way off in comparison to his teammates - so although I hate the saying, it really does remain to be seen whether the elongated break will benefit him or not. Like I said, Robins' comments suggested it was far from ideal for him. I think what is certain though is that Robins won't want a repeat of last time, hence why I wouldn't be all that surprised if he continued taking a gradual approach Jones with regards to getting him into the first team picture beyond pre-season. Either way I'm looking forward to seeing him back playing!

I agree about Jones probably being used more in a central role. I know it was only in the U23s, but from watching him play in that position a couple of times last season he certainly looked a threat.

Been going since about 95/96, but one of my best CCFC memories was Cheltenham away that season. Me and my dad hadn’t bought tickets for some reason, but at about 12pm we decided to try our luck on the home gate, and it worked! Was stood on the terrace behind the dugout. There was a few of us scattered, the fools blew their cover on the first goal, but we resisted celebrating because we wanted to watch the game. I almost blew it for Biamou’s bicycle kick. They were very complimentary of McNulty’s last goal. There were a few comments behind us about not owning our ground when the SBA were singing.

Other than that, Notts away in P/o’s. Was gutted because my dad was in Cornwall so he missed out on going. He managed to see it on TV in a pub with no volume. For me that game was better than the final.

Tommo1993 said:

Been going since about 95/96, but one of my best CCFC memories was Cheltenham away that season. Me and my dad hadn’t bought tickets for some reason, but at about 12pm we decided to try our luck on the home gate, and it worked! Was stood on the terrace behind the dugout. There was a few of us scattered, the fools blew their cover on the first goal, but we resisted celebrating because we wanted to watch the game. I almost blew it for Biamou’s bicycle kick. They were very complimentary of McNulty’s last goal. There were a few comments behind us about not owning our ground when the SBA were singing.

Other than that, Notts away in P/o’s. Was gutted because my dad was in Cornwall so he missed out on going. He managed to see it on TV in a pub with no volume. For me that game was better than the final.

Click to expand...

Cheltenham away was a great away day.
Ended up in a pub with a load of travellers in who genuinely did have their dags in there with them.
2 jaegers for a fiver.

Liquid Gold said:

You were better off there, it was rubbish being in the Ricoh.

I was away for the Lincoln game mentioned earlier where Rhead just bullied is. Spent all day trying to get the internet working at my cousin in law’s (is that a thing?) new villa in the south of France only to later find out it wasn’t working because she hadn’t paid the bills and had been cut off. I ended up watching using my phone on the roof which was the only place we had signal.

Click to expand...

I had to leave that Lincoln game early.... Rhead and his antics in front of the huge away support pissed me off big time

I rate Jody, but IMO we are better and more balanced without him. In the league 2 promotion season, McNulty didn't get going until Jody was injured. His decision making is poor (Stands back and waits for abuse)

Malaka said:

I rate Jody, but IMO we are better and more balanced without him. In the league 2 promotion season, McNulty didn't get going until Jody was injured. His decision making is poor (Stands back and waits for abuse)

Click to expand...

Tend to agree that in that season he tried to do too much on his own. The injury allowed others the grow into their role.

However at championship level I think he’ll be like a new signing. He’s got the ability to be an asset but won’t be trying to take the whole opposition on knowing they’ll be much better that league 2 players!

Rodders1 said:

Tend to agree that in that season he tried to do too much on his own. The injury allowed others the grow into their role.

However at championship level I think he’ll be like a new signing. He’s got the ability to be an asset but won’t be trying to take the whole opposition on knowing they’ll be much better that league 2 players!

Click to expand...

I hope that you are right