Please let's not indulge in the Yamtastic habit of deigning player to be "pish" or "over-rated" just because they have left the club.
Jones was a great player for the club, a cup-winning captain, and a player that all other SPL teams would have loved to have had in their squad, especially when the going got tough in big games.
He's not fully fit and settling into a new club, a club whose 1st team squad is so hilariously out-of-sync with the quality of the vast majority of that Division that relegation looks to be a sure-fire certaintity.
He has NOT just become a gangly limbed figure of comedy overnight.
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06-09-2009 06:04 PM #31
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06-09-2009 06:09 PM #32
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If Jones had been Turnbull's centre half we would have won the league.I lost count of how many goal we lost as Jim Black misheaded to Dixie Deans-it used to be like video replays.
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occasionally see Coventry play at the Ricoh,and to be honest....it's guff !
Doesn't matter who they play,the football is guff !
they're all trying to get out that league....and it's (all together now)....GUFF
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06-09-2009 07:18 PM #35
so rob, since you have left the mighty hibees, that team you won something with...
remember that, wining something, well it will never happen again big chap...
you seem to have lost your way..
we have no sympathy for you, loved you while you were here but seeing as you left then you can get tae,,,,,,,
lol xxxx
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I remember when Jones' agent came out in the press slagging Hibs off over the 'improved' contract offer. IIRC we were flying under Collins and although there were doubts about how sustainable that was, there certainly was a sense of 'GTF Jones' from me. His ability to win headers and his willingness to throw himself over all areas of the pitch was admirable, but it shouldn't detract from his utter inability to distribute the ball in any way effectively TBH.
He was a consistent part of a Hibs defence that punched above his weight though. How much that was down to him, or to Maka and Hogg (both with their own flaws, clearly) or just due to the general paucity of the SPL is a debatable point.
He was always a player I thought we could improve upon. I recognise he (and Hogg) have been our best CBs in a long time. It's worryingly noticeable that in my lifetime supporting Hibs, we've had a number of good midfields and a few good attacks but little in the way of decent defences - McLeish's system and the Hogg-Jones partnership being the only consistent examples.There's only one thing better than a Hibs calendar and that's two Hibs calendars
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07-09-2009 01:14 PM #38
Jones is clearly missing the steadying influence of Hogg beside him. No doubt a year from now when Scunthorpe have dumped him we will be reading post after post telling us to sign him again.
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07-09-2009 02:01 PM #39
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07-09-2009 08:05 PM #43
The Championship is vastly overrated on this messageboard. As I've stated before, I saw a few games at the Stadium of Light when living in Co. Durham and the quality was no better than the SPL.
Boozy - played most games for Coventry last season, Coleman didn't take up the option of a second year.
Shiels - bit player for Hibs, bit player for Doncaster. Some great moments but never really established himself at ER.
Sproule - I loved Ivan but stats at Hibs show he played roughly as many games as a sub as he started at ER.
Jones - best CH we've had post Turnbull's Tornadoes in my opinion. Hardly had a chance yet at a club who were the bookies favourites for relegation from the Championship.
Hope he doesn't like it and comes home to ER if we lose Bamba at the end of the season. Unlikely but I live in hope.
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08-09-2009 07:20 AM #47
Could be another reason for Jones' loss of form...
Just watching Moby on MTV, and my son's asked "Why's Rob Jones doing that?"
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