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There's a fair few to choose fm tbhAgree 100%.
Pity some people only look for mistakes to have an excuse to criticise.
There's a fair few to choose fm tbhAgree 100%.
Pity some people only look for mistakes to have an excuse to criticise.
While I admit that I am ruled by loyalty, here is my take on Jamie Jones.
He kept us in a lot of games which were close enough to lose - I won’t be spelling out each one to the pedants as I have done that already.
I watched every match we played and I saw a leader, a solid keeper and a good distributor of the ball, putting defences under pressure every game as well as commanding his own area.
He made mistakes but so did the other defenders. He looked safer in a settled defence. Again I stress if he was the best keeper in the world he wouldn’t be playing for us for too long
He made some fucking brilliant saves when we needed him to and threw himself into dangerous positions at times
He loves the club and is a decent man who I hugely respect.
I don’t expect everyone to share my views but I do expect our fans to repay that respect and cut out any hurtful abuse.
Jamie will be our captain and keeper next season and I am over the moon about that
While I admit that I am ruled by loyalty, here is my take on Jamie Jones.
He kept us in a lot of games which were close enough to lose - I won’t be spelling out each one to the pedants as I have done that already.
I watched every match we played and I saw a leader, a solid keeper and a good distributor of the ball, putting defences under pressure every game as well as commanding his own area.
He made mistakes but so did the other defenders. He looked safer in a settled defence. Again I stress if he was the best keeper in the world he wouldn’t be playing for us for too long
He made some fucking brilliant saves when we needed him to and threw himself into dangerous positions at times
He loves the club and is a decent man who I hugely respect.
I don’t expect everyone to share my views but I do expect our fans to repay that respect and cut out any hurtful abuse.
Jamie will be our captain and keeper next season and I am over the moon about that
That’s just not true though is it. He cost more points than he saved. We’ve done this argument to death and gone over all the examples.100% nail on the head.
I said something similar myself a few days ago... yes, he made a fair few mistakes, but he also made some phenomenal saves and on several occasions kept us in games we really didn't deserve to still be in. Having stayed up by a single point, there's no doubt whatsoever that some of Jamie's saves kept us up.
More than that, he's invested himself in the club and has been nothing but a force of hope and positivity in a very dark time for the club.
He's no Peter Schmeichel, but if he was, he wouldn't be at Latics in the first place.
Captain Fantastic. Abso-frickin-lutely. Jamie's contribution to the club last season, on and off the field, is woefully underrated.
They're a right something that's for sure.How fucking depressing is this need to be right all the time.
Football is all about opinions. Can’t fault Jones for his commitment to the cause and he is clearly a top bloke but you can’t let that cloud your judgement. I think he’s a great squad player but in my opinion if we are to move forward we need an upgrade, otherwise we’re treading water and the owners have so far demonstrated they want us to be competitive. To do so I believe we need to invest in a new keeper. However, I respect anyone who has a different opinion to me. This forum would be boring if we all thought the sameWhilst I appreciate that people will have different views on any keepers performances I still believe that too many on here need to stop watching PL football and trying to compare our players with PL stars.
JJ is a lower league standard keeper, and has been consistently so all his career.
Those who wish to compare him to Championship and PL keepers are missing the point. I suggest that prior to criticising JJ they watch other keepers from the same division. I am sure that they would then realise that JJ is in the higher end of keepers in L1. I agree that if we are back in the Championship next season then we will need a better quality keeper, but until we reach that level JJ is probably the best option and is better than many in L1.
I think that some on here need a reality check. We are only just out of administration and have to rebuild a full squad. Spending big bucks to bring in a Championship standard keeper for this season would be low on my priority list given that we have one of the better keepers in the division already in place.
Whilst I appreciate that people will have different views on any keepers performances I still believe that too many on here need to stop watching PL football and trying to compare our players with PL stars.
JJ is a lower league standard keeper, and has been consistently so all his career.
Those who wish to compare him to Championship and PL keepers are missing the point. I suggest that prior to criticising JJ they watch other keepers from the same division. I am sure that they would then realise that JJ is in the higher end of keepers in L1. I agree that if we are back in the Championship next season then we will need a better quality keeper, but until we reach that level JJ is probably the best option and is better than many in L1.
I think that some on here need a reality check. We are only just out of administration and have to rebuild a full squad. Spending big bucks to bring in a Championship standard keeper for this season would be low on my priority list given that we have one of the better keepers in the division already in place.
Agree completely about JJ and that some people are getting carried away and need to keep their expectations closer to reality.Whilst I appreciate that people will have different views on any keepers performances I still believe that too many on here need to stop watching PL football and trying to compare our players with PL stars.
JJ is a lower league standard keeper, and has been consistently so all his career.
Those who wish to compare him to Championship and PL keepers are missing the point. I suggest that prior to criticising JJ they watch other keepers from the same division. I am sure that they would then realise that JJ is in the higher end of keepers in L1. I agree that if we are back in the Championship next season then we will need a better quality keeper, but until we reach that level JJ is probably the best option and is better than many in L1.
I think that some on here need a reality check. We are only just out of administration and have to rebuild a full squad. Spending big bucks to bring in a Championship standard keeper for this season would be low on my priority list given that we have one of the better keepers in the division already in place.
Actually, I'm comparing him to our three L1 goalkeepers who were the key men between the sticks the last three times we got out of this league. Filan, Jussi and Walton. Jones I'm sorry to say, is not at the level of those three. He'd make a good first team regular for a bottom half League One team and as much as our fans would love to go back to the days of us being lower league minnows at Springfield Park, we're trying to get promotion back to where we were (the Championship) before being robbed of our spot.Whilst I appreciate that people will have different views on any keepers performances I still believe that too many on here need to stop watching PL football and trying to compare our players with PL stars.
JJ is a lower league standard keeper, and has been consistently so all his career.
Those who wish to compare him to Championship and PL keepers are missing the point. I suggest that prior to criticising JJ they watch other keepers from the same division. I am sure that they would then realise that JJ is in the higher end of keepers in L1. I agree that if we are back in the Championship next season then we will need a better quality keeper, but until we reach that level JJ is probably the best option and is better than many in L1.
I think that some on here need a reality check. We are only just out of administration and have to rebuild a full squad. Spending big bucks to bring in a Championship standard keeper for this season would be low on my priority list given that we have one of the better keepers in the division already in place.
What a servant this lad had been to rhe club. A cracking peformance yesterday to get us the 3 points!