Phil Jones has been incredibly popular with Manchester United fans since joining from Blackburn in the summer. All the top clubs went in for him but as soon as he spoke to Sir Alex Ferguson, Jones made up his mind that he wanted to be a red.
Sir Bobby Charlton, who played alongside George Best and Denis Law, claimed Duncan Edwards, who lost his life in Munich, was the only player who ever made him inferior.
Paddy Crerand claims that Sir Bobby has said Jones reminds of Edwards.
“It’s brilliant for me to even be considered as being a player who could become as good as Duncan Edwards was,” Jones said in The Telegraph. “It is flattering and, for young lads like myself and my team-mates to be compared to great young players of the past, it is an amazing feeling. People have told me about Duncan, facts and figures about him, but I obviously know what he means to this club. When you come into training in the morning, knowing that people are talking about you in the same breath as players of the Busby era, it is fantastic, but I can’t let it affect me. I have to play my own game and continue to do what I have been doing so far.”
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I’ve been so impressed with Jones, not just how he has performed but also his attitude. He seems to be such a grounded and intelligent young guy. His inexperience was exposed during the week, but having said that we were pretty awful throughout the team. He can only learn from that which I believe he will. The best thing is he is only 19 and is at the best place to learn. We have so many more years to watch him grow and become one of best.
When Jimmy Murphy got to Munich and saw Duncan Edwards – the first words he uttered were “What time is kick off on Saturday?”
7 Babes had lost their lives
Duncan Edwards survived for nearly 15 days was given his rights twice and finally after so much defiance and courage he died.
In that moment their is a lesson that Manchester United, specifically SAF United have taken and made it solely theirs.
United are never beaten they just sometimes run out of time.
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@MG – great comments, totally agree !
Well put, MG, well put. We’re never beaten. We just occasionally run out of time, sadly.
Well said MG and Northstander, this guy can become a true United legend and I hope he does soon.
I am going to keep my mouth tightly shut about this kid for fear of attracting ANY KIND of evil eye or misfortune (Yeah, I believe in that!) on this guy. I just pray for the best for him.
Just had an insighful reading on Duncan Edwards before seeing this thread. What a super human… I believe Jones will remain grounded. He come across as a very well mannered though bloke with a very thick skin and god, he’s going to need that though skin to withstand all ABU some so called fans alike. Carry on lad.
Bring on Norwich!
N.B-Formerly SirAlex’sSon.
We must be careful cuz the scouse are not happy and when they are not happy with u, it is like a curse. Just ask Torres
Courage – Determination – Strength – Speed – Coolness
by our powers combined – he is CAPTAIN JONESY
Captain jonesy hes our hero.. he gonna beat citeh down to zero ..
he’s our desire – magnified. and he’s fighting on the UTD side
Gonna help him put asunder – poolscum who like to trash and wonder
(Daglish) – You will pay for this Captain Jonesy
heres what captain jonesy has to say
THE POWER IS UTD
I mentioned this before, my late father actually met Edwards and the words he used to described him to me are ones I will never forget. From those words I actually wrote here about the comparison between Jones and Edwards even before it had any mention from any source.
Its easy to forget that Jones is still only 19, a kid by definition yet even at this young age the expectation levels are incredibly high. As good as he is and as naturally gifted as he is there is still a lot to learn for him and for that he deserves our patience. I have no doubt in my mind that in years to come Jones will be labelled as one of the best center halves England have ever had, or even the best midfield player in England’s history who knows? For now though we should just give him all the time in the world to mature and learn and the same time enjoy watching this great talent at our great club….
@Cedars, Spot on buddy. It was funny reading some of the more naive articles in British papers saying Jones demonstrated that he still has a lot to learn in the Basel game. Well, gee, what the fuck else where you expecting. He is only 19, if you expected him to play like Vidic and be “perfect’ within months of signing for United, then your expectations are misplaced. The fact that he looks like he is nearly double his age in maturity and is performing like he has been at United is what surprises me more than anything else. He is still a bit of a raw product in more ways than one and he has already put in performances that have drawn comparisons to somebody as great as Edwards. He will make countless more mistakes along the way and be the better for it after he completely matures as a player. Who knows, he may go on to achieve all the things that we thought Duncan Edwards would? I think that would make us United fans more happier than anything else.
Balaji
Did you ever doubt that I am always spot on?
Hope you are well my good friend
@Cedars, Well, I was slightly doubtful initially, but then you demonstrated your psychic capabilities by predicting that Jones was as good as Edwards before the rest of the world started talking about it.
I am doing great my friend. I hope you are too as well what with all those Lebanese babes.
Balaji
Lebanese babes are worse than cholesterol, heart attack ensured
I just think this type of talk is miles ahead of its time. I really like what I’ve seen from the lad and I see tons of potential for him to be a dominant player, but in the last few games, I’ve also seen enough to tell me the boy has a LOT of learning to do too. Clever forwards are getting the better of him. Even dumb ones like Crouch are getting a chance now and again.
It’s tough enough playing in the Premiership. It’s asking even more to do it for Manchester United. Throwing his name around in the same sentence as the legend of legends? Give over!
Not to sound like a gloom merchant, but I suspect a drop in form and he’ll not finish out the year behind Evans and Smalling in the queue to cover Rio and Vida. That’s not a slight against him, that’s the reality of playing a full season where all games are played at a level higher than any games he played for Blackburn.
Let the boy mature into a 5-star Phil Jones. That’s good enough for me.
SB
All this talk may be a little premature, but it’s hard to dispute his impact already – in the hardest position for young players to play at. Think how long it took players like Nani, Ronaldo, Anderson to get their act together. They’re not all born like Scholes and Giggs.
My only worry is when I see Jones swashbucklng up front, then I see Evra nearby, and maybe Fabio or Jony Evans is still up there and I’m thinking holy shit I hope they don’t break against us! Exhilirating to be sure – heck, when I think of him and Cleverly and Wilshere and Rooney together, I’m almost ready to start watching Ingerland again
if u have gone to ot and watched a game like i did yesterday u can see WHY people are saying that the guy is 19 yrs old doing the bizz like he’s been here DONKEY YRS i witnessed it in front of my eyes he is SICK!!!
MG – Hello mate. I thought it was Sir Matt he was read his rights twice?