Curtis Jones

[Shaggy]

Languishing on page 5.

As someone who was really excited about him when he broke through, I've felt a touch frustrated with him this season but it's easy to forget he's still not long turned 21. Thought he was excellent last night. Much better off the ball, and - bar a couple of times when he held on to it too long (and I was shouting at him to pass it!) - he was very good on the ball too. Could do with sharpening up his shooting, but I'm happy he's here, don't think he should go out on loan and is a good option for us.

[Fosterbloke]

It says a lot about his character that he gets entirely dropped but bounces back with a fine display on and off the ball, without a single whinge to the media.

He's definitely better on the left of midfield in my eyes.

[Buzzo]

Yeah he loved that space out there.

Unselfishly set Mo up at one point only for Salah to ping it to row Z when Jones could have taken the chance on himself.

[Kenneth]

Yep, I agree, he did very well and it was very encouraging.

[Shaggy]

Thought he did well last night after a sloppy start. We're in pretty good shape if he's our 6th choice (? - behind Thiago, Fab, Hendo, Keita and Elliott) centre mid.

[SB]

I'm not sure it's like that is it? A few lads don't rate him and that's ok.

He's a talented player and I like him a lot, but his problem is we're stacked with very good midfielders and now everyone's fit you struggle to see where he gets game time. He's only just turned 21 so still very young but I do think he's at a point where he needs to start kicking on. I wouldn't send him on loan cos we're only a couple of injuries away from needing him - and since Thiago and Keita are so brittle, that's always likely. But I'd like to see him impacting games more regularly now.

I agree with you except the loan bit. I think a run of games for half or a full season would help him enormously & he’s just not going to get that with us bar an injury crisis. And even if that did happen he’d be under mounting pressure to perform as we set such high standards. Anyway that’s my reasoning on loaning him out but I’m not going to bang on about it

[RedReet]

I'm not sure it's like that is it? A few lads don't rate him and that's ok.

He's a talented player and I like him a lot, but his problem is we're stacked with very good midfielders and now everyone's fit you struggle to see where he gets game time. He's only just turned 21 so still very young but I do think he's at a point where he needs to start kicking on. I wouldn't send him on loan cos we're only a couple of injuries away from needing him - and since Thiago and Keita are so brittle, that's always likely. But I'd like to see him impacting games more regularly now.

The reaction and the willingness to offload just seems a bit extreme off the back of one poor performance and not making 2 squads, which is out of his control.

Just particularly baffling considering our squad issues and considering for years many fans have said we need cheap squad fillers that United were famed for when dominating the division.

[Buzzo]

Jones is an incredibly talented player with bags of potential. But he is playing to get into 1 of 3 positions in one of the best performing teams in Europe (2 defeats all season). It is the best of the best. Not getting selected doesnt make him ****, it just shows the standards required.

[RedReet]

]He's clearly talented but he seems to not being playing his natural game to me, which I assume is by design from Klopp.
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Need patience with him and we're fortunate at the moment we have options where players will be left out of the match day squad if they're not quite at it.

Absolutely. Klopp seems to be developing him into a Gini type player.

When he played against Arsenal in the cup and was encouraged to go at them, was a reminder of his attacking talent.

[Shaggy]

21st January - What a player!
18th February - What player?

The Internet, eh?

One more performance from Elliot like the other night, he'll be on the chopping block too.

I'm not sure it's like that is it? A few lads don't rate him and that's ok.

He's a talented player and I like him a lot, but his problem is we're stacked with very good midfielders and now everyone's fit you struggle to see where he gets game time. He's only just turned 21 so still very young but I do think he's at a point where he needs to start kicking on. I wouldn't send him on loan cos we're only a couple of injuries away from needing him - and since Thiago and Keita are so brittle, that's always likely. But I'd like to see him impacting games more regularly now.

[RichC]

He's clearly talented but he seems to not being playing his natural game to me, which I assume is by design from Klopp.

Need patience with him and we're fortunate at the moment we have options where players will be left out of the match day squad if they're not quite at it.

[RedReet]

21st January - What a player!
18th February - What player?

The Internet, eh?

One more performance from Elliot like the other night, he'll be on the chopping block too.

[baitman]

He used to want to carry the ball for too long, getting closed down, then not releasing.
Maybe further coaching has helped him realise its a team game, and he looks better for it.

[Scratch]

Few times earlier in the match where when he got the ball I just wished he would move faster, either himself or passing it on, but he definitely grew into that game.

[SB]

Yeah thought he did really well last night & at times he reminded me of Gini. He’s still a little rusty but getting better each outing.