Isaiah Jones

I love Jones but get a bit frustrated when he doesn’t try to beat his man when he’s isolated them 1 on 1.

I do like his signature move though, roll the ball with his studs to the other foot for a chop pass inside
 
To shove a dollop of contention on to the plate:
I know a chap very well, who has been a season cardholder for decades and follows the club everywhere.
He's definitely to the "right" in his politics [I respect him for bewing honest], but he made an interesting comment last week:
Basically, he said, "I think some fans deliberately have a go at Jones because he's black".
I was a little surprised, because it's not the sort of assertion I expected.
He may well have a point?
And maybe the same could be said for Rogers?
My mate could be completely wrong, but given the pathetic racist boos which ring out every time opposing players take-the-knee and some of the racist comments made during games - from a few "fans" in the South Stand, racism against Jones and comments like those of the OP, could have some validity?
Never heard the same or similar said of Coburn?
 
He’s inconsistent if he wasn’t he would be playing in the premier league. Only 2 years ago he was ripping spurs and Man Utd new ar5eholes in the cup. He’s a confidence player though. When he’s full of it and at his best he’s one of the best wide players in the league when he’s not his head drops and he makes mistakes and fans having a pop constantly won’t be helping him at all. The defensive comment by the op is ridiculous, he/she clearly doesn’t go to or watch our games 🤦‍♂️. Even when he’s off it offensively he’s always tracking back and helping his fullback. It’s why he’s shattered after 60-70 mins every game.
 
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He’s inconsistent if he wasn’t he would be playing in the premier league. Only 2 years ago he was ripping spurs and Man Utd new ar5eholes in the cup. He’s a confidence player though. When he’s full of it and at his best he’s one of the best wide players in the league when he’s not his head drips and fans having a pop constantly won’t be helping him at all.
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This 100% I think that’s the same with a lot of players in this league if they were consistent and nailed on every game they’d be at Man City or arsenal.

I remember hearing the same about Lee Tomlin in that if only he could play like that every game every week etc … he be playing for England then there’s a reason he’s not though.
 
Cards on table I'm not a fan of Jones, he clearly has shortcomings in my view.
His general passing is poor, he doesnt have a shot in him and as others have said he constantly fouls in stupid areas and often gets booked.
He of cousre has pace which excites the crowd but he needs to produce more with an end product.

What he does have in his favour is he unquestionably in my view offers a lot in defennsive duties an covering the full back, I thought he was very good in that part of his game yesterday.
 
I’ve been a bigger critic of jones that most on here but I thought his overall game was good yesterday until he got into the final third, I would honestly look to convert him into a right back/RWB where he was excellent under wilder and I believe he has the defensive attributes to do it and be one of the best in the championship.

As a RW/RM I think he’s a middle of the road player, I don’t think he has the footballing brain to do it consistently he does become very hot and cold as we saw with his crossing attempts last night and his forward play was very very frustrating.
 
I understand the various view points regarding Jones. He’s hugely frustrating at times. He’s up and down. Some games he looks like a world beater and other games he looks league one standard.

What I would say, that is that in the current squad, you definitely notice when he’s not on the pitch. He was suspended for the Ipswich game, and we had no outlet of threat on the break. There’s no doubt a lot of sides are wary of him and try to adjust their game plan to suit.

I think he works his b***ks off defensively. Always tracking back, and unsurprisingly picks up quite a lot of bookings due to the nature of his role as he has to get up and down all the time. Let’s be honest, some of the “silly” bookings are just cynical attempts to stop sides counter attacking on us. Adam Clayton made a career out for that - loads of people loved him.

I think Jones is a decent Championship player but he can be hit and miss - a lot of wingers are the same. If he produced regular quality and end product, the PL sides would undoubtedly be sniffing.

The same criticisms of Jones apply to loads of the current squad. It’s not their fault, that’s the club / squad we’ve got now. We’ve been spoilt over the years with some amazing players (and some dog chit ones too mind!). I still think some of our Fan base have PL expectations at times. That’s not trying to be critical, it’s just an observation and kind of understandable based on some of our history since the 90’s.

In summary, not perfect by any stretch but overall a solid Championship player who’s still got time on his side to improve. He’ll also be helped once we get numbers back, as we’ll be able to rotate more. He’s been an ever present nearly all season, which won’t have helped in recent weeks with the amount of games we’ve played.
 
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