Malf
New Member
John Curtis is an average player, but if I rightly remember he has never been touted as a quality player. Jones had alot of hype about him turning out to be a shit hot player, there was an article in the paper when he had first come on the scene at Leeds and they were flying at the time. They said he was one of the hottest prospects and he had been playing remarkably well for Leeds. I can't srgue with that and nobody else can, we don't know how good he was at Leeds as we didn't watch them week in week out when he played for them so anyone who says he was crap at Leeds is a fcukin liar! I saw him on a few occassions and he looked a tidy player, a player that should be invaluable to a team like Leicester. Things haven't turned out that well for him since he signed for us, but that's football often players have a mare at certain clubs and go on to fulfill their potential.
I think Jones does have something to offer us if he was fully fit and given a chance, everybody is being unfair saying he is completely crap because he's clearly not. He's just been injured and the fact he's milking alot of money whilst he's injured is obviously rubbin your wick the wrong way. As someone said before, Thatcher had a shocking time at Spurs but has come here and is doing the business. Piper is having an absymal time at Sunderland, because of injuries and because they have been relegated and thats exactly the same situation Jones has been in. When Jones has played for us within the last 18 months it's been in a team that's been shaken through relegation and administration, just like Piper is doing at Sunderland. But not one of you would say Piper is a crap player, you'd all have his babies if it was genetically possible. So shut up turd burglers, and if Jones ever does get another chance get behind him!!
Jones qualities - Although he seems to be quite injury prone, he has alot of stamina from what I have seen in the games he has played.
Defensively I think he is very good, some of you say he has made some wreckless challenges but he isn't scared of making a challenge and getting stuck in. He is extremely good at defending corners, he always stands on the post and I have seen him for both Leeds and Leicester clear some goal bound efforts!!
Passing wise I think this is his main weakness, and considering he is a midfielder it's obviously very frustrating. If you watch Jones in a pre-match warm up he has loads and loads of tricks and skills, which don't mean alot but it shows technically and naturally he is a sound player. He always tries to go that one bit further in matches and can get caught, abit like Joe Cole does but he is obviously alot better than Jones. I think if Jones can stay injury free and is given a chance to shine and get a rythm in his game going he could be a useful player. Better than Lilian Nalis, McKinlay, etc!! You can teach a player to pass a ball, you can't teach a player something he's not capable of doing and it's clear Jones can learn and strengthen his weaknesses.
His shooting is woeful too, but most of our players have bother shooting!!
Look lads we have wankers like Impey and Rogers who get a look-in on the first team and they have never shown any signs of making the grade as a footballer, but you still brown nose them so ease of Matty abit.
