I really feel for him. Just like with Sturridge he has the makings to be club and country legend/captain for years. But unfortunately just like Sturridge his body is not designed for professional football.
Suggestion floating around social media that he will miss the Euros, so is basically out for the season. Hopefully just BS as I would be surprised if we'd have been able to get a scan and results back in less than 24hrs
A year ago, i would have put money that he would nuat always be a squad player andaybe end up in a mid-table team when he was around 28/29 due to the need to play football. A bit of a darren fletcher. But he has been brilliant this season - and we should hope that a new manager doesn't harm his progress. Before he would take 5 touches when 2 were enough..... He has come on so far though and provides brilliant link between the full back and the winger. Brilliant season
No way a new manager drops him imo.
Said some years back that his style of play was very germanic and that he reminds me of a younger Goretzka in some regards.
Still think his style of play is very germanic though with an awful lot of what Thiago does mixed into how he holds a ball, how he turns his hips on the ball to slip a player and so on.
What is very interesting and starting to become more obvious as games go by is that Klopp has tasked Jones as being the guy that triggers our press. Watch when we make a very obvious press and I would lay money that 8 times out of ten Jones is the guy that triggers it and the rest of our line follow suit when he does.
Has become a very important player for us and one that, imo of course, is easily on par (at least) with every other midfield option we have at the club at present.
The way he played the inverted full back role at the weekend was very impressive.
His work rate defensively was high in the inverted role, but his workrate moving forward and still triggering presses did not drop either. Was a text book cameo in the inverted role and he seemed to use the position as a way to me placed to keep all the players in front of him on task as he was constantly talking and directing play.
Dare I say it was almost a captain's performance from him in that second half?
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