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Originally Posted by Patty_b
Again, never would put Evan's as a starter, but Smalling and Jones have only got 2 Premier League starts between them this season. I would put Jones above them both at the moment.
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Jones the player, yeah, Jones the perma-crock, no. As Mourinho found out, you can't run a top-end Prem team on two fit centre-backs. With Rojo and Bailly out as well, we were knackered. Rojo has quite rightly been cut loose as much as I liked him and his ability to somehow avoid red cards; not sure why the same hasn't happened to Jones? Perhaps we're waiting on the Smalling situation to see if it becomes permanent then can swap both Smalling and Jones out for A.N. Other.
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Originally Posted by Patty_b
I wouldn't put him in our starting 11 now when everyone's fit, but the fact that he's linked to Arsenal for over £40 mil over the last couple of seasons is a massive kick in the balls.
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Totally agree with you - not the first player we've bought or sold at the wrong time though.
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Originally Posted by dunk
How old was he when he left, 22? Still had plenty of time to be a player. Again, not as good as hoped, not as bad as claimed.
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Two months short of his 24th birthday. Still not good enough. Fletch and Wes came through worse injuries.