In fairness to Robins Jones started against Northampton in the League Cup and didn't doThe point that I made still stands though, at the very period of the season where it is likely he would have played, he was injured again.
You’re right that there have been times when he could have been used but wasn’t. I would also far sooner see Jones coming on than Shipley.
The fact is that we don’t know if there were other circumstances that stopped him being picked. COVID is definitely one. I think Better Days felt that he might have been in line for a start about the time his wife had a baby, but due to his lack of sleep etc, he was passed over.
I think he’s got better the more minutes he has played. Not surprisingly, he seemed a bit wary of contact in his first few appearances. I think his half hour plus at Southampton saw him running at players again, something that he did yesterday too. The other players obviously have confidence in him as they kept on feeding him the ball. I hope he stays, gets game time and proves to be an asset next season.In fairness to Robins Jones started against Northampton in the League Cup and didn't do
particularly well
But looking back at the side we put out that day Raheem Sterling wouldn't have stood out
Football is a ruthless business and all managers are only as good as their last few results
Robins and his coaching staff see Jones everyday in training so they see a lot more than we do.
I don't think he's really been tried in the position he'd most naturally be able to adapt to, even though it's one we've been crying out for all season - ACM. He'd be a great foil/alternative to O'Hare and take some pressure and attention away from him. Someone on here wrote that they'd seen O'Hare say he likes playing with Jones.It’s more I suspect the fact he was signed by Mowbray who operated a different style of football
He doesn’t fit the robins and Viveash jigsaw of how they prefer to play.
Even on his return to the side against Forest he bizarrely played at LWB
There’s no actual place in the system we play is the issue. I’m sure he trains hard he’s tried to play in as many U23 games as he can and he just doesn’t fit in
Fair point. He was out long term when we switched to wing backs like Jobello was. Jones is someone I really want to see succeed though as he has gone through so much. His injuries must have affected him mentally just as much as they did physically. He’s also a down to earth genuinely nice lad as well, the kind of guy you root for in general. If he’s got no future here then I hope wherever he goes he succeedsIt’s more I suspect the fact he was signed by Mowbray who operated a different style of football
He doesn’t fit the robins and Viveash jigsaw of how they prefer to play.
Even on his return to the side against Forest he bizarrely played at LWB
There’s no actual place in the system we play is the issue. I’m sure he trains hard he’s tried to play in as many U23 games as he can and he just doesn’t fit in
He's definitely rated by his teammates from what I hearI think he’s got better the more minutes he has played. Not surprisingly, he seemed a bit wary of contact in his first few appearances. I think his half hour plus at Southampton saw him running at players again, something that he did yesterday too. The other players obviously have confidence in him as they kept on feeding him the ball. I hope he stays, gets game time and proves to be an asset next season.
Oh shit so those other two promotions were by accident? Bet he’s fumingrobins got lucky but he is a joke. buy your season's tickets i have money to spend?. he plays players to parade for a sale not to win a promotion
You really believe that.....robins got lucky but he is a joke. buy your season's tickets i have money to spend?. he plays players to parade for a sale not to win a promotion
robins got lucky but he is a joke. buy your season's tickets i have money to spend?. he plays players to parade for a sale not to win a promotion
Is this another Boosh alias?robins got lucky but he is a joke. buy your season's tickets i have money to spend?. he plays players to parade for a sale not to win a promotion
I think Jones was lined up to play in the AM spot last season, either as backup to O'Hare or to get a few starts in the box formation.
He played there in pre season and was one of our better players. Then of course the injury struck.
Whether he hasn't quite recovered from this one (and you wouldn't be surprised given it's the third one) I'm not sure, but I do feel like Robins had him lined up for a big role last season.
His only lengthy appearance at the start of the season was the opening game at LWB - he was available for most games - on the bench for 28
He certainly wasn’t lined up for the number 10 role - the return of the prodigal son was signed for that role
Jones hasn’t started a game for the first team in what, 5 years? Shipley has been with the club since childhood, they’re hardly comparable.I have a feeling Jones will stay. I wonder if the injury and the management of the injury has played a part. It seems obvious that he can do something in this division, based on the cameos we have seen. Watching the way the players were treating Shipley on Saturday, after the game, it was obvious that he was the only one who knew he was leaving, none of the others were stepping forward for a bow and the players were very much giving Shipley his moment.
2017 the last time he started a league game, Stevenage where he got ACL injuryJones hasn’t started a game for the first team in what, 5 years? Shipley has been with the club since childhood, they’re hardly comparable.
Think a decision on Jones was made last weekI have a feeling Jones will stay. I wonder if the injury and the management of the injury has played a part. It seems obvious that he can do something in this division, based on the cameos we have seen. Watching the way the players were treating Shipley on Saturday, after the game, it was obvious that he was the only one who knew he was leaving, none of the others were stepping forward for a bow and the players were very much giving Shipley his moment.
I have a feeling Jones will stay. I wonder if the injury and the management of the injury has played a part. It seems obvious that he can do something in this division, based on the cameos we have seen. Watching the way the players were treating Shipley on Saturday, after the game, it was obvious that he was the only one who knew he was leaving, none of the others were stepping forward for a bow and the players were very much giving Shipley his moment.
It's a shame we can't hold off until after pre-season to make a decision. Last pre-season there was understandably a lot of hesitancy regarding his reintroduction. Now after accruing months of training and some game time across first team and mainly u23s, he is in a better place and could perhaps really stake a claim.
Yea I get that. From the outside it can seem it has been a waste of a year. However, it maybe exactly what he needed for his long term recovery.We need to stop messing him round and let him go and play actual football somewhere, something he hasn’t done since 2017. It’s been a waste of another year for him
Yea I get that. From the outside it can seem it has been a waste of a year. However, it maybe exactly what he needed for his long term recovery.
I think if Jones wants to go elsewhere the club wouldn’t stand in his way equally for another twelve months I think the club has that option keeping him in the squad wouldn’t break the bank and there’s the January window where he could move on.We need to stop messing him round and let him go and play actual football somewhere, something he hasn’t done since 2017. It’s been a waste of another year for him
It doesn’t really matter how little he costs if the manager doesn’t use himI think if Jones wants to go elsewhere the club wouldn’t stand in his way equally for another twelve months I think the club has that option keeping him in the squad wouldn’t break the bank and there’s the January window where he could move on.
Theyre better at stopping leaks than the government.Think a decision on Jones was made last week
Slightly strange that nothing has been said
But then it wasn't clear that Shippers was off until his reaction when he came off on Saturday
I really like the look of Jones in the glimpses we’ve had and he’s got such a unique style. His ability to shift his body weight around and send someone to the shops with the drop of a shoulder is a great asset.
Would be a huge shame to let him go as I think he could add something different m.
Sadly I think he will be offski
He is using himIt doesn’t really matter how little he costs if the manager doesn’t use him
He is using him
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