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  • SteveACS
    SteveACS Posts: 384
    edited 12:26PM
    Didn't he say in the interview with Charlotte, he considers himself English for football, and Welsh for rugby?

    Also, he refused to take the Welsh flag from NJ at Wembley.

    Maybe Wales have already contacted him, and he said "no"?

    Personally, if he did that, I think he's daft. He's not going to get an England call-up.
  • mendonca
    mendonca Posts: 9,435
    I think Lloyd rejected a Wales U21 call-up, back in the day. Maybe he's now on 'the list'.
  • closet_addick
    closet_addick Posts: 190
    Liverpool probably wishing they didn't let him go all those years ago. Hope he stays. The fact that he's 30(!) might work in our favour. 
  • follett
    follett Posts: 1,059
    mendonca said:
    I think Lloyd rejected a Wales U21 call-up, back in the day. Maybe he's now on 'the list'.
    I think this was because he’d received an England youth call up. Happens quite a lot with players switching between England and Wales/Scotland at youth level before settling when it’s clear they won’t get a senior England call up. 
    Wales have a shot at the World Cup and I’d assume any player would want to take that. Would be interesting to hear him interviewed on it 
  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,556
    He's just bloody good at football isn't he
  • Crispywood
    Crispywood Posts: 728
    Can’t see Jones being sold 30 years old so has probably peaked in terms of ability, he will have no resale value and with most clubs wanting ball playing cb’s these days in football he would only be suited to this sort of system. Think he stays here and cements himself don’t want to say legend but a cult hero 
  • Zulu
    Zulu Posts: 165
    Really wouldn’t surprise me despite turning 30 if he gets a Wales call up 
    He'd definitely get in the Rugby team.
  • Zulu
    Zulu Posts: 165
    Nah, for all those scouts out there, he's rubbish, cant defend, cant head the ball, trips over the ball and is a bad influence in the dressing room.
    However, if you've got 10 million spare then we *might* be interested.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,400
    Saturday will be a great test against Keifer Moore
    and like Lloyd, Moore gets better with age .. he has been in the form of his life since moving to Wrexham
  • PhilFor54
    PhilFor54 Posts: 188
    Wouldn't swap him for anybody. Week after week he puts in commanding performances. We would be lost without him. He was immense yet again against WBA. Has been my favourite player for a long time now.

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  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,318
    sam3110 said:
    Too slow for the Prem these days, upper championship is where it's at. 

    And I say that absolutely loving him and the way he plays btw, but these days premier league managers want their centre backs to be like Van Der Ven, Saliba, Konate etc. they need to be physical, but rapid

    Or Dan Burn, Harry McGuire, Lewis Dunk, Craig Dawson, Jamaal Lascelles....
  • Mortimerwasgod
    Mortimerwasgod Posts: 552
    At risk of getting pelters for this, as I do love Jones and agree without him in the team we are weaker defensively, but.......he is the ultimate pressing centreback, but I do think his aggressive way of playing does get him a) booked alot and b) caught out of position. When it works at it's best he is intimidating and the kind of player certain strikers will back away from a 1 to 1. But in some games I do think it's an accident waiting to happen, the worry of getting turned away from and leaving space to run into is there. It works overall and he's clearly a NJ type of player, in your face etc. But I dont think we're in danger of losing him to the premier league. As some have said this saturday he is up against the top championship hitman in Moore, if he wins the duel I for one will happily eat humble pie. I will definitely have 20 quid on him to be booked I will add!
  • FishCostaFortune
    FishCostaFortune Posts: 10,815
    edited 12:51PM
    sam3110 said:
    Too slow for the Prem these days, upper championship is where it's at. 

    And I say that absolutely loving him and the way he plays btw, but these days premier league managers want their centre backs to be like Van Der Ven, Saliba, Konate etc. they need to be physical, but rapid

    Or Dan Burn, Harry McGuire, Lewis Dunk, Craig Dawson, Jamaal Lascelles....
    Quiet. Especially with teams going more direct and enjoying the long throw these days.
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,685
    It wasn't too long ago that Lloyd was an anonymous second fiddle to an underwhelming Michael Hector. His transformation from journeyman to talisman at such a late stage in his career is truly remarkable.
  • Zulu
    Zulu Posts: 165
    IF he is 'Upper Championship' level then he's found his level now !
  • aso914
    aso914 Posts: 126
    I genuinely don’t think he would leave at this stage in his career unless offered a once in a lifetime opportunity from a prem club which I think given his age is unlikely. I remember watching his interview with Charlotte and him talking about how all his loan moves while at Liverpool was quite detrimental to his career I think he has really flourished having stability at one club and would not want to risk that. 
  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 3,386
    He’s my barometer of how the games going to go, if in the first 5 minutes he comes charging out to head clear I know we’re going to be ok
  • Sword65pf
    Sword65pf Posts: 196
    Saturday will be a great test against Keifer Moore
    and like Lloyd, Moore gets better with age .. he has been in the form of his life since moving to Wrexham
    I thought Moore was very easily felled for such a big fella the other night against pompey, hopefully he’s as easily folded into Loydy’s pocket on Saturday, will have to take a few strikers already in there out 1st though.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,390
    sam3110 said:
    Too slow for the Prem these days, upper championship is where it's at. 

    And I say that absolutely loving him and the way he plays btw, but these days premier league managers want their centre backs to be like Van Der Ven, Saliba, Konate etc. they need to be physical, but rapid

    Or Dan Burn, Harry McGuire, Lewis Dunk, Craig Dawson, Jamaal Lascelles....
    All older than Jones and have played at the top level most, if not all their careers. 

    Also probably as fast, if not faster than Jones still
  • southamptonaddick
    southamptonaddick Posts: 4,064
    sam3110 said:
    Too slow for the Prem these days, upper championship is where it's at. 

    And I say that absolutely loving him and the way he plays btw, but these days premier league managers want their centre backs to be like Van Der Ven, Saliba, Konate etc. they need to be physical, but rapid

    Or Dan Burn, Harry McGuire, Lewis Dunk, Craig Dawson, Jamaal Lascelles....
    I wouldn't mind Dan Burn being our left wingback or centre half 😉

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  • ElliotCAFC
    ElliotCAFC Posts: 2,556
    Not sure if anyone else notices it or it's just me over-analysing, but he looks like he's absolutely spent within 10 minutes of every match. Both Saturday and Tuesday he was blowing with his hands on his knees at the start of the first half. 

    It's a testament to his character that he plays 90 minutes every match and never seems to put a foot wrong, but I do worry we're completely over reliant on him. Ideally he'd drop out for a match here and there, but that won't happen until he picks up an injury. 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,390
    My old man reckons he's playing through an injury right now and probably having injections to get through it. He pulled up about the same time Bell did at the weekend, and was on the touchline with the physio whilst Docherty was getting ready to take the penalty on Tuesday night