Sir Alex Ferguson has claimed that Phil Jones will be Manchester United’s captain one day.
“He’s definitely a future captain,” said Ferguson. “There’s no doubt about that. I said that from the minute he came to us that I thought there was something about the boy. He was doing great until he started getting all these injuries and a bit of illness with ‘flu. That kind of thing has derailed his time with us as he and Chris Smalling have had a nightmare, the two of them. If they can stay fit for the rest of the season, it’ll be a big bonus for us because they are exceptionally good young players.”
Last season, Jones was in the Blackburn team that lost 7-1 to Old Trafford, and even at 6-0, was screaming and shouting and his fellow defenders. Ferguson claimed it was this attitude that helped confirm that this was a player we needed to sign on day.
Ahead of facing Blackburn tomorrow, Jones has revealed that it was our 19th title winning celebrations at Ewood Park last season which confirmed to him that we were the club he needed to join.
“That is exactly why I left,” he said. “I had some fond memories from my time at Blackburn and there are some wonderful people at the club. But I wanted to win trophies and become part of a team with a massive background, which United have. To lift that trophy at the end of the season would be a wonderful achievement for me.”
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Liverpool Football Club have released a statement following Pepe Reina’s red card:
“In Spain, the act of headbutting someone is a sign of friendship…”
Jones needs to calm down a bit first methinks…….
first?
The magic is back
Jones certainly showed he is some player before his injury. Besides he’s not only gonna be United captain, he’s gonna be England captain as well! ‘Arry said so
League form over the last seven games :
Manchester United : WWWWWWW
Manchester City : DWWWLWW
Chelsea : WDLWLWL
Liverpool : ROFLMAO
Magic didn’t work….you came third…..
@tonybee:
RVN
That was hilarious as hell. Had me going all Liverstool’s League Form From Last Seven Games!
Woohoo STR is back from his weekend jaunt. I have a real soft spot for Jones, I love his passion on the pitch. needs to keep his concentration and intelligent thinking on the boil tho
That’s the worst magic trick I’ve ever seen. Stick to posting.
Jones: Captain
Smalling: Vice Captain
Rooney: Ambition Captain
Phil Jones. Mouth shut, applies himself to improve.
SPOT the difference between what a Cittay captain and needs to bother with.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4yseHzHoxI
Kompany – Moral captain
I’m really worried about Jones and what will happen to him in the future…
Look at the pic, he’s got a receding hairline already
Hargreaves
Medical Captain
Torres: Ladies captain
Biscuits – peek a boo captain.
John Terry
Captain of all Captains
Carroll: Diving Captain
Jose Enrique – Keeper captain ?
Tevez
Manchester’s Captain
Need to find a spot for the racist.
Balotelli – Maturity captain?
Rat captain!
MG
More like the captain of Mrs. Captains.
Tevez: Stockport Captain
Vieira
Executive Development Captain
Lampard: Over the hill Captain
Steven Gerrard
Captain Starfish!
Ash Cole
Captain of Ash Coles…..
John O Terry,
Captain of the Chelsea Wag development society….
redrider
Captain of Non Playing Captains
Stockport is RED.
Hart
Mommy’s Captain
Viva MG
Yes I am an X file.
TonyBee @ 19:48: ““In Spain, the act of headbutting someone is a sign of friendship…””
Best comment in a long, long while. Doesn’t Reina look – errrr – “butch” ? Maybe he’s also into other kinds of “butting” – and I don’t mean Nicky Butt.
deja vu.
http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Features/Football-News/2012/Apr/phil-jones-is-manchester-united-captain-material.aspx
Suarez – Race Relations Captain.
It will be a tight race between Jones and Bebe to see who will be the next captain.
Jokes on here are EPIC lately
BTW, anyone read this absolute tosh from Nick Harris?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2123320/Nick-Harris-Why-Manchester-United-title-worth-2m-Blackburn.html?
Essentially he points out that if United win the league, then United will owe Blackburn £2 million as per the deal to sign Phil Jones. Awfully convenient he wrote it THIS weekend and especially considering just how important tomorrow’s game has actually become!
Here’s some extracts…. “Obviously, nobody at Blackburn wants anything but a win for Rovers on Monday, but the add-ons highlight the potential for conflicts of interest in such situations, as well as how lucrative post-transfer landmarks can be.” —
EVEN SUGGESTING A POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST IS A MASSIVE INSULT TO BOTH CLUBS! He knows what he’s trying to say here, he just doesn’t have the balls to come out and say HELL YE, I’M A CONSPIRACY THEORIST, BLACKBURN ARE GOING TO LET UNITED BEAT THEM TO GET £2 MILLION!! IT’S ALL A PLAN DEVISED BY THE MAN!!
woops, sorry about the caps, I just get so annoyed with how far the media like to go to try to take away any credit from United, or legitimacy of its achievements.
Oh and he also wrote this….
“Maybe that is why director Vineeth Rao, who is Venky’s senior representative at the club on a day-to-day basis, appears to have a soft spot for United.
Recently he even shared with friends a photograph of himself holding United’s Premier League trophy and smiling while visiting United for a match.”
But hey, pile on the HATE, it just makes us stronger
Dela – Not the first time the media have pulled a stunt like this. Did the same for Rooney back in 07 and also tried to suggest foul play with the omission of Howard in that game. Even though Howards transfer was concluded after the transfer window and was set to take place after his loan deal had expired with Everton at the end of that season.
There will be more bullshit written in the next few weeks. Just need to stay focused and win AT LEAST the next 2 games and see if l’arse can beat cit-eh.
James
It’s time to call Mulder and Scully then
MG
Cor. Scully.
James
My sentiments exactly
Goodnight Manchester United
Big day ahead tomorrow
19
MG is Mulder, does that make James Scully?
BEST THREAD EVER !
You guys are the best friends a cyber cunt can have !
Jonesy looks eager to do his first shite without nappies on the pitch…Good on ya Lad
Papii
You come across as someone who simply just laughs at anything and I for one frigging love you for that
Fucking love Jonesy. As I said the other day I think a lot of us have forgotten just how good this kid is and his superb start to the season. Suffered since his head injury at the Cottage but in my mind he will become a United great. Has all the tools.
King Eric
Spot on pal, I love the lad. Been singing his praises ever since he joined us. Some easily forget how young he still is
Love this kid. But he’s not a CM. I hope SAF doesn’t keep forcing him there. I still feel his best is at CB, although the boy can put in a cross and run like the wind, so RB isn’t a bad second option.
Devil310
I disagree with your opinion. Mr Jones has all the tools to become one of the best Box2Box MFs and regarding CB position is concerned “at this point” he doesn’t fit in (as he is only 19 there are chances that he may become an excellent CB in future). When you see so much attacking instinct in such a young player I feel it is better to move him to a position which complements those instincts.
Morning reds,
MG – it was fun reading your captain fantasy posts..
ambition Captain eh?
…time we invited Zibster here 
Ancha,
Not a bad idea but how about having a CB who attacks well?
I think that will be more beneficial as the game will evolve and becomes fast paced..
The way full backs got pace, in future even the CBs may need to have the pace…;)
Smalling, Jonesy both have got good attacking skills…
Sandeep
Smalling is already a polished defender with few errors in his defensive game where as Jonesy has a lot rough edges with respect to his defensive game. The good thing is Jones is only 19, so he has loads of time to get polished. The bad part is the attacking gene in him will not be utilized to the maximum if he is to play at CB
Brilliant comments and jokes to start the thread chaps.
Reminds me of something I once read regarding the use of acronyms for footballers surnames. The example used was for Fat Frank (aka Over the hill captain per above).
L = Loves
A = A (no surprise)
M = Meat
P = Pie
A = And
R = Rarely
D = Diets
I am sure we can come up with some to top that, especially the Captain of Comedians TonyBee !!
@Red Van Nist Hilarious . Good one.
Mancini
Masculinity Captain
Kevin Davies
Fair Play Captain
Jay Spearing- People with tiny heads captain
I like Jonny Evans as our future captain….smart lad
Meireles- Captain tatoo…
RVN, hilarious take on liverpool’s current form,lol
Perch was disgraceful.
Friedel or Dempsey- Captain America
Suarez – Klan Kaptain
Tony V. – Left footed dribblers Captain
Tevez – Club loyalty Captain
daglish
nervous breakdown captain, captain of kings, etc etc
CUNT!!!!