Several clubs met Blackburn’s asking price for Phil Jones last summer but the young lad decided that he wanted to join United. Liverpool even beat the asking price by £6m but Jones rejected moves to all the others.
Jones has revealed today in The Telegraph how he felt when he heard United wanted to sign him.
“It was brilliant when I heard of United’s interest, an incredible feeling,” said Jones. “The whole experience – speaking to the manager on the phone, meeting him in person, going through the whole process of signing – was fantastic. Lots of clubs showed an interest in me, but United just felt right; the whole club, the set-up. It wasn’t the fact that it was United, it was that I walked in here and met people, the staff and physios et cetera, and it just felt right. At Blackburn, when I knew there was interest from bigger clubs, I said to myself that if it [a move] happens, then it has to feel right and this felt right.”
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Nice Lad
KICK ASS JONES
Yes indeed, and the experience could not have been any better. Well done lad, just keep it up and soon the OT forklore will be singing your name loudest or maybe we can forget your real name and just call you big Dunco. Hi lads, what do you think of todays game?
BANG ON..
the lad made the move of his life time,
now work hard, excel and become a legend..
btw,
happy birthday SIR DUNCAN EDWARDS..
we all miss you, thanks for the memories and hard work..
RESPECT
geez the potential this lad has is frightening.imagine a teenager playing that wel
in Memory Sir Duncan,
let us view this..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr75rgusNJU&noredirect=1
Very emotional video,
cudnt help when coupla tears rolled down my cheek without me being conscious..
Happy birthday sir,
thanks for the memories again..
yes he was a bomb waiting to explode.
UNITED
Not that hard when your other choice is King Kenny.
Agreed Costas…..’King Kenny’ is just a dour cunt who thinks his shambolic team is better than they actually are……
Gerrard is too old, fucked and finished as a premier league force…..
as is Carragher who is relying more and more on thuggish antics to get by…..
they lose Torres and pay 35 mill for a drunk pikey…..
i love JONESY.. especially cause he snubbed arse and poolscum
“Nobody does this to me, nobody does this to Kenny Dalglish. You’re a wee bastard and you won’t get away with this.”
Twunt.
I really hope Jonesy lives up to his potential. What a beast of a player.
Twunt? i
s that a cross between a twat and a cunt…….
suits Dogleash though
http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/archive/Duncan-Edwards-article663.html
Unseen pictures of Edwards from the MIrror archives.
The Mirror are running an in-house debate via Twitter: Who would be more frightening when in full rage mode? Sir Alex or King Kenny. They even posed the question to Michael Owen via twitter who hasn’t yet responded.
The thought of Dogleash in full rage makes me want to throw up.
I hate the way the media portrays the two of them as rivals. What has Dogleash achieved exactly? Presided over Blackburn’s purchase of the league title? Spent fortunes on absolute tripe?
How is this man still being mentioned in the same breath as Fergie?
@dela, Yeah, I sometimes wonder the same thing. I just started reading Manchester United – 19, and in the beginning itself, there’s some insight from Peter Beardsley who says that United and Sir Alex’s rise directly coincides with Dalglish leaving Liverpool. And I thought – What the fuck. So what, had King Kenny continued at Liverpool, we maybe wouldn’t have been as successful as we’ve been over the past two decades. Give me a break. Sir Alex will eat Kenny for breakfast, lunch and dinner any day of the week. Look at how mediocre his dealings have been in this transfer window itself, how can anyone still put him in the same league as Sir Alex is beyond me?
I made my comments on Jones on the other related thread….
Watching the Everton v Liverpool match and I must say that Martin Atkinson has again proved to me that he is a completely incompetent referee. Just sent off Rodwell for what was at best a yellow card offence… Shame really, when the beautiful game is so often ruined by shameful decisions by the officials
What a fucking disgrace Atkinson is… That was a perfectly good tackle from rodwell and he gives him a red..
Martin atkinson should be given a red card from his career..
cunt..
and what the fuck was adam escorting rodwell for..
Even MacManaman said it wasn’t a yellow card offense- and he’s the most biased announcer I’ve ever heard
Its pathetic really, I was enjoying a football match which has now been completely ruined by an idiot with authority.
The Premier League has become a joke nowadays when it comes to refereeing. Unless someone takes a serious look at the administrative side of things, it is only going to get worse. Managers, players, owners, coaches etc. – Everybody associated with football is accountable for their mistakes, so why shouldn’t referees be. Notwithstanding the fact that their mistakes are the most game-changing, championship-deciding ones, it is absolutely stupid to expect players to “respect’ good-for-nothing referees like Atkinson who can make such decisions right in front of play. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if Rodwell was fined for his touchline outburst whereas Atkinson went unpunished. That is the only thing spoiling the entertainment factor of the premier league.
On the decision itself, it has to be one of the worst decisions I’ve ever seen on a footballing pitch. I’m one of those who is always partial to referees and umpires. They have an extremely difficult job to do, and I don’t hold them accountable even against us unless it is an absolutely horrendous decision. The same reason why I believed those two offsides against Chelsea for us were OK because they were close decisions whereas Drogba’s from a couple of years ago wasn’t. This one wasn’t even close. He was standing right on top of play and got a good look at the tackle. Rodwell clearly got the ball and then the man in his follow-through. His foot wasn’t raised and there was absolutely no intent at all. It wasn’t even a reckless tackle like Cunt Cole’s against Hernandez. Atkinson is a disgrace to football in my opinion.
You know that that little gremlin dalglish wont admit it was a bad decision either.
The other thing one noticed watching the match is that comparing Saha’s first touch with Carroll’s is hilarious. That streak of piss couldn’t trap a dead rat.
Tim Howard you monster!!!
kanchelskis
I celebrated that save by Howard just like it was a United goal!
Bloody hate stupid injustice in this game
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DUNCAN EDWARDS. LEGEND. R.I.P.
Martin Atkinson is doing all he possibly can to make Kenny’s joke of a team look like world-beaters.
Rodwell’s red card was possibly the worst decision of the season. How can you be five yards away and still get a decision so horribly wrong?
@Cedars
Alright lad.
Yeh me too. sadly can’t see everton holding out for the point, but I’d bloody love them too. Was a decent game til that joke decision.
Andy Carroll is a championship footballer. Put a decent centre-half on him and he’s utterly useless.
martin atkinson the chelsea and liverpool man strikes again. How on earth was that a red card. That tackle wouldn’t hurt a fly cuz his studs did NOT TOUCH that idiot suarez. Got the ball cleanly. SMH.
dela
Still in the two seas of Bahrain my friend? Atkinson is a joke, but it seems that the people in charge of the game in England are as well
The more I see it the more I think that may e the softest red I’ve ever seen in many, many games of football.
He wins the ball, tucks his legs safely away, and his knee hits Suarez’s ankle. How on earth can he send him off for that from 5 yards away?!
Tim Howard looks like a military man in that jersey and pulled a military save to deny kuyt
Someone should beat Atkinsons head in with a red baseball bat.
Supporting Manchester United all those years ago growing up in a Liverpool supporting family felt right too
Now it’s a privilege
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Makes a change Atkinson giving decisions against a team at home wearing Blue..!
Useless Cunt
Tim Howard is still drawing a pension from United!
Anyone I’ve noticed that a certain team – Champions – are playing 3 o clock today for the first team this season
About time too
Martin Atkinson – you have to love his unloveable job
Afternoon Cedars.
I’m holidaying in Sri Lanka as we speak. I am in no mood for a holiday, however- our defence has been giving me sleepless nights ever since that Basel game. How is Haifa Wehbe-land treating you?
The officials have been bottling decisions far too often lately. I honestly think the Respect campaign is a joke- referees are professionals too and should be held accountable when they are bad at their jobs.
@smartalex, Considering how some ex-United players perform against all our rivals, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were added incentives from United based on how they perform for the benefit of their ex-Employers.
MG – Well noticed!
How on earth did we miss out on stupid Andy? Dubbed as the best center forward England have seen for years? What a joke
@Balaji – That’s exactly what I was thinking! A Stealth package that keeps them focussed!
Good old Premier League. Good old Martin Atkinson. Not corrupt at all. I’m enjoying this good, clean, evenly-officiated match between the Merseyside titans. English football at its best.
CedarsDevil – stupid Andy and tweedledum/bugsy Adams! What a double swoop!
Liverpool are so shit I cannot finish the sentence……..smartalex, any help?
If we don’t comfortably take 6 points from this Liverpool team this season, I’ll be very angry.
Livercolon are shit from Kop to bottom?
Everton looking by far the better team, even with only ten men and the referee giving everything their opponents’ way.
Line up:
Lindegaard, Valencia, Jones, Evans, Evra; Nani, Fletcher, Anderson, Young; Rooney, Chicharito.
I guess De Gea’s doughnout didn’t sit well. Not surprised at the line up other than that. Is Fabio out with a knock from Tuesday or is Fergie not taking his chances with him?
@Costas
Park plays in place of Young.
Young not even in bench so no decent crosses today. 3 strikers on the bench which is some sort of record for us. I hope Fletcher and Anderson will get going today and prove they can dominate the midfield together.
And I know that not everyone is a fan of numbers, but 5 red cards for Everton in the last 5 years in Merseyside derbies is a very telling stat. I wonder if King Kenny will take it up with Riley…
Damn it Costas your always right and first and I always follow up 2nd but don’t post in embarrassment.
@Fred, Well, it is not really a challenge, is it? A team of schoolboys will look better than this Liverpool team, and they’re supposed to be title-contenders. #GiveMeAFuckingBreak
@Costas, I think Jones/Evans is the best young CB partnership that we have. We haven’t looked really threatened when those two have been together as much as some of the other pairings in the absence of Vidic. Right now, Evans is playing much better than Ferdinand, I am afraid. Of course, when both are fit and raring to go, I would still maintain that Rio/Vida is the way to go for any match.
I know the press will definitely pose the question to Sir Alex on the reason De Gea is left out – will be interesting to see the answer. But I am not worried in the slightest, I want to see more of Lindegaard as well.
Any idea on who’s on the bench apart from Berbatov?
Andy Carroll, a £35m player if I ever saw one.
@arijc
That was the initial line up that was reported, but I heard the same just now. Park in for Young it is. Hope it’s not injury related.
@Papii
I wasn’t right this time.
@Balaji – I disagree, the best young CB pairing we have is Smalling-Young.
I must say, the way Smalling is being forgotten/overlooked/undervalued by our fans is becoming a pet peeve of mine.
LOL Smalling-Jones that should say.
@Balaji
Haven’t heard anything about the bench yes. I have to disagree a bit about the defence. When he’s fit, I’d rather have Smalling play centrally than Jones. Speaking of Phil, lets see if there was any order from the manager for him to dial down his dricing runs.
BTW, Ando/Fletch is something I am definitely not coming to terms with. This being at home will be a different proposition, but I would’ve loved to see Carrick in there as well given he was one of our best players on the pitch against Basel.
Where are you guys getting this team news?
Lucky dippers.
Decent team out there. Surprised DDG is left out, but we should have enough. Need to be switched on at the back.
Im happy with the selection, would like to see Welbeck at some stage.
Rio looks set to play 25 games max this year. The fella can’t play 2 games in a week plus has attracted gossip about his private life which is not gonna go down well with the BossMan.
Jones, Valencia have to resist the urge to attack today, CMON UNITED !
@Costas
Not injury related. Young is being rested for this game.
Everton play shit football. Anyone who wants David Moyes as United manager is either seriously deluded or a complete moron imho.
Costas
I had a dodgy twitter source but within minutes of my post found the right team selection.
Being rested after 5 games lol. Deary me….
@arijc
Probably the same reason behind resting De Gea. Not a bad idea since these players will be off for international duty and we have Liverpool coming up.
@Papii
I actually wanted to see Danny get the nod here as well. Going by his track record this season, I wouldn’t say Javier is ahead of him in the poecking order.
Cedars/All heres another wonderful piece by myself if I may be humble to add:
Balaji has linked an archival story from the mirror on Duncan Edwards well actually it went like this
Duncan Edwards was being watched by many a football team not too dissimilar to what Jones experienced
Only he knew that he always wanted to go to United – again not to dissimilar to present day Jones
It wasn’t Sir Matt who signed Duncan Edwards – in order to get his signature Jimmy Murphy sent first team coach Herbert “Bert” Whalley to Dudley – and on his way Whalleys car broke down. Fearing that someone else may get to Duncan first Bert went all the way back to OT to tell Jimmy Murphy what happened.
Both Bert and Jimmy then drove down through the night to get to Dudley in the morning. When they arrived at Duncans house and of course hoping that nothing had happened – the two men awoke a very young Duncan Edwards – 16 if I believe my memory to be correct – to tell him that Manchester United wanted to acquire his signature.
And of course true to form – parallel again to what Jones went through Duncan told the men weary eyed from being fast asleep that he had no intention signing for anyone else other then Manchester United.
If I also remember correctly a sum of £10 pounds was paid for his signature with the two men ecstatic that they had captured what was to be the greatest of all talents in this country to never have fulfilled himself through the tragedy of Munich
As I read on and find myself immersed in the world of the Busy Babes – these stories, these beautifully short and sweet moments are also the grandest of links to the United of today and the United of yesterday.
At first my emotions were overcome because for too long everyone has always focused on the loss and all be it that it still hurts no one has bothered to go back and look into what actually made United the way they became. In doing so raw emotion and tears of sadness have been replaced by joy and moments of contemplation that have become like a soothing balm.
The tragedy will always be the tragedy but it’s up to us all to start searching for the links that bound with one another that made and became The Busby Babes
That is why I was so incensed with the recent BBC drama – the heart and soul of United deserves a stage to be told – because in it lies the foundations of what became and what was taken away from us.
And in it lies the foundations that defines us now – more so in the era of Sir Alex Ferguson – and more so today more than ever.
Phil Jones is not Duncan Edwards and will never be though their stories somehow and unbelievably are intertwined – but if he is humble enough to keep on working hard and progressing then maybe one day he will tell someone in years to come that Sir Booby Charlton a Munich survivor a Manchester United legend and a great friend to one Duncan Edwards once reminded everyone that in himself he epitomised and saw Duncan Edwards.
That is the greatest compliment that Jones will ever receive – everything else is up to him now.
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Since Balaji asked, the bench is:
DDG, Berbatov, Welbeck, Carrick, Owen, Giggs, Ferdinand
Subs: De Gea, Rio, Owen, Berba, Giggs, Carrick & Welbeck.
Dopey cunts on mutv had 2 Carricks on the bench lol. Don’t they know there’s only one Micheal Carrick?
Lol, they were rerally excited to see him there willie. 2 Carricks could spell psychiatric help for many of the haters in here.
Alan Smith gives the motm to Suarez? Fucking cheating bastard. Atkinson was the star of the show.
Awesome lad, will be so fun to watch him grow into what he will become.
Atkinson played a blinder. A red card to Everton, a penalty for Liverpool, strict on Everton’s infringements, lenient on Liverpool’s infringements. Textbook performance.
@Costas
Carrick unlucky not to start this game. Ando and Fletch need a better understanding, than they had last week.
Jello, my thinking as well, work on it lads.
Brilliant lad. Just the kind of players worthy to adorn our beloved red shirt
Happy birthday Duncan Edwards. Still as much part of this club as he ever was. His name and that of the rest of the babes will live forever.