Curtis Jones

[Venton]

£40m and £1 and not a penny less, sir!

What you smoking down there Wilson?!

[BigChief]

£40m and £1 and not a penny less, sir!

[Kenneth]

[Exiled_red]

From an Arsenal fan:

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As if

[BigChief]

He oozes class.

And he is so good on the ball. Stays so calm. Barnet stands up to bad weather better than Salahs.

Can't believe the turnaround for the guy. From someone who would dwell on the ball too much and often provide little end product to an awesome midfield machine in the past 9 months. It's not even weird that I punch the air whenever I see his name on the starting sheet.

Unfair on Salah, he is clearly balding and ageing. You're a mean person.

[Venton]

The stick he used to get beat with was he hung onto the ball too long & slowed the play down , he’s improved that side of his game 10 fold.

That is a weird one. I always liked the way he held on to the ball when they pass wasn't on, didn't give it away cheaply. I think we try too many passes that just aren't on just to keep the speed up sometimes. Fine margins though I suppose.

[Doc_Piptorious]

He's performing a role that Gini played for us - arguably he's got the potential to be better than him too.

The work rate, the pressing, the ability on the ball (control and dribbling), and short range passing are all elite level. He's also pretty physical too - so while you'd never, ever claim he was some kind of enforcer he's a pretty good unit and doesn't get bullied.

[Rich]

He's performing a role that Gini played for us - arguably he's got the potential to be better than him too.

The work rate, the pressing, the ability on the ball (control and dribbling), and short range passing are all elite level. He's also pretty physical too - so while you'd never, ever claim he was some kind of enforcer he's a pretty good unit and doesn't get bullied.

[Exiled_red]

Where are these sensible 'debates' taking place?

The debates I see on here and social media tend to be, 'he's ****', 'never gonna be good enough', 'not LFC standard', 'get rid'.

Only have to check this very thread. Plus the comments on social media when Jones renewed his contract were sickening.

I think as fans it's easy to say someone is **** when they are raw because we as fans don't appreciate the good stuff that the manager sees when they aren't playing well. I have liked Jones for a while, I'm not saying I haven't been critical of him in the past, two specific criticisms I had of him at various points were that he held on to the ball too long at times, and sometimes slowed the game down, but I thought there was a player in there somewhere, and am glad that it has started to show and he's looking a proper player consistently.

I think the fact that Klopp held onto him and kept giving him chances was because Klopp knew what he was capable of, if uou look at the promising young players who Klopp has given chances to on a regular basis they tend to have developed into decent players, similarly the youngsters who we the fans have called for to have more game time and haven't been given it don't seem to develop to the level required (Brewster, Wilson, Woodburn etc).

It's part of why I believe Elliott is coming good, and despite having some questions about aspects of Gravenberch's game at the moment, (also relatively young player) the fact that Klopp keeps giving him minutes suggests to me that he thinks there is a player in there, and I am willing to trust that.

[RedReet]

It was shocked hat Grav got picked those few games ahead of him recently.

I wonder if it was fitness related or tactical?

[Doc_Piptorious]

The stick he used to get beat with was he hung onto the ball too long & slowed the play down , he’s improved that side of his game 10 fold.

Jones is a player that does a a lot of the less glamorous stuff to a high level and as such a lot of the really good stuff he brings to the team gets missed.


He is becoming the Dude's rug.



And yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, my opinion, man

[SB]

The stick he used to get beat with was he hung onto the ball too long & slowed the play down , he’s improved that side of his game 10 fold.

[Buzzo]

I think having a load of senior midfielders like Milner, Henderson and Fab moving on has helped him, he seems to have stepped up and made the most of the chance with them going and new players coming into the midfield.

He definitely seems to have embraced the responsibility and that is reflected in his game. Scoring goals regularly now also which was a big issue with the old midfield.

[RedReet]

To be fair he was top class when he came back into the side in the 2nd half of last season, when they were still around.

He's been good every time he's had a run of consecutive games. It's always been the injuries setting him back.

[Exiled_red]

I think having a load of senior midfielders like Milner, Henderson and Fab moving on has helped him, he seems to have stepped up and made the most of the chance with them going and new players coming into the midfield.

To be fair he was top class when he came back into the side in the 2nd half of last season, when they were still around.