Curtis Jones

[Jas]

Thought Jones did a lot of the 'dirty' work in midfield with Gini really well last night, hadn't really seen that from him so much in other games, allied to his ball retention, long may it continue.

[Irishnev]

RBL are famed for their high intensity pressing game - some of his ball retention last night was superb

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[Fosterbloke]

Can he swap shirts with Thiago? I might believe all the hype about our new signing then.

Jones was outstanding and there times when he was surrounded by two or three Red Bull players and I couldn't understand how he'd come away with the ball. He passes into space really well and positions himself superbly.

With a bit more bulk and experience, we're going to have a superstar on our hands!

[Kenneth]

I like Curtis Jones.

[Montana]

Jones was absolute class tonight and is having a great season without getting the plaudits. We have a real star in the making here.

Klopp is rightly getting him to play more conservatively at the moment and his ball retention, positioning in and out of possession is top class already for someone so young. He's actually naturally a very attack minded midfielder and that's something we'll see in the coming years with many goals and assists to come with progression like Gerrard

[Doc_Piptorious]

Yeah he is really good with the ball in tight spaces, just need to learn to release it quicker and I think he could be a ready made replacement for Gini.

I think he will go on to be more a box to box type midfielder in the mould of Goretzka or maybe even similar to Schweinsteiger in style. There is just something very Germanic in how he plays and he reminds me a lot of Goretzka when Goretzka was getting loads of plaudits at only 18. Now he is not as far along yet as Goretzka was at 18, but Goretzka was a freak of a player when he was young.

Jones just looks so like that type of player to me though and the improvements to his play that will come with experience are going to make him a hell of a midfielder sooner rather than later.

Actually another player he reminds me a bit of a young version of is yet another German in Michael Ballack. Ballack was a couple years older than Jones is now when he started to make his mark so might be interesting to see where Jones is at 22 or so.

He looks exactly the sort of young midfielder that if he was playing in the Bundesliga now I would be expecting him to end up at Bayern Munich sooner or later and would be expecting him to be getting raved about all over Europe.

I have a feeling when Jones gets that little bit more mental speed to his play, for things like releasing a ball quicker, that we will see the offensive side to his game show in a much more quantifiable way through goals and assists.

[rudedog]

Yeah he is really good with the ball in tight spaces, just need to learn to release it quicker and I think he could be a ready made replacement for Gini.

[Buzzo]

Brilliant tonight - I stand by what I said......this guy will be one of the best midfielders in the world within 5 years

He’s so strong on the ball. It’s easy to forget this is his first season off getting lots of games. Really good game tonight. Really good last three games (I note we didn’t sub him off tonight).

Last few games the capitulation has coincided with him getting hooked.

[danperkins]

Very talented guy just needs to move the ball quicker. Only a kid, has loads of time ahead of him and will only improve.

[S-RED]

Just said to a mate, once he gets his 90mins legs at this level he will be 1st name on anyone's team sheet.

Next season watch him glide thru games

[Norbs]

He was involved much more tonight

[Big-Red-Ed]

I totally agree. He is so young but already shows such maturity with the ball. Rarely looses it. Knows when to pass and when to turn. And he looks so strong for one so young.

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[Irishnev]

Brilliant tonight - I stand by what I said......this guy will be one of the best midfielders in the world within 5 years

[Fredo]

Yeah, good point. The losing of the ball led to the freekick (even before Thiago's challenge as he should never have had to do that). Second and third goal same. Curtis brings that calmness and confidence with the ball and he rarely loses it.

[Buzzo]

Interestingly in the last 2 games we have taken Jones off having just clawed our way back into a game and ahead on a game and it has gone to **** instantly. He keeps the ball and he plays forward. He’s just not that quick so we need some legs alongside him.

We need about 4 Hendos right now, but Jones ability under pressure has made us keep the ball well.