Lloyd Jones

He needs to play on the front foot and at full intensity to bring out his qualities. Slowing down into Hector mode leads him to lose concentration and some clumsy moments.

My view of Jones is that he’s played outstandingly this season but has made two mistakes that have lead to goals in successive games. 

Braziliance said:

I think Jones is very good at certain things, simple passes, fairly strong, wins headers, but he lacks some of the qualities to be a top CB, so I think a back 5 suits him.

I'd like to see him on the left side, with Mitchell on the right and someone in the middle who can allow us to play it out a bit. I know Nathan Jones doesn't necessarily like to play that way, but it would be nice to have that option. 

I hope in January we try and capitalise on a club looking to sale a player before he goes for nothing. 

Either way, been impressed by him this season so far.

I think playing him on the left would be a big mistake, it would probably expose Jones defensively against some of the wide players in this league and would make us look very clunky in possession. There is a reason everyone is desperate for left footed centre backs! And now we’ve finally got 2 of them so let’s use them 

I think we’d be much better with the ball with REG on the right and A.Mitchell moving to the middle. But I think we then look a little small, and Jones has been very good defensively this season, so I think the current set up is probably for the best 

We need the Nabster back to ping those laser-guided left-footed crossfield balls. Gillesphey tries them but he ain't great at them.

fenaddick said:

Exiled_Addick said:

We need the Nabster back to ping those laser-guided left-footed crossfield balls. Gillesphey tries them but he ain't great at them.

Prompted me to look up where he’s playing and he seems to be a free agent. Pleasantly surprised his name didn’t crop up on the rumours thread all summer

Are you sure? Looks like he plays for a team in the Qatari second division.

Dazzler21 said:

I would take Naby back in a heartbeat. Even if he was error prone, he could tackle and pass better than most of the players we've had since. Can't even be that old.

Imagine the carnage of the last 5 minutes of a game we are losing, when Chuks and Naby go up front together 

Jones has been fine so far, will be interesting as the season goes on if they offer a new contract 

killerandflash said:

Exiled_Addick said:

What Jones did on Saturday happens so far before the goal it's not even in the highlights package on YouTube. I think it's harsh to single him out and more responsibility lies on the midfield for not getting close to the shooter much earlier. No player makes zero errors and players have to have each other's backs when a mistake does occur.

Agreed. You'd have thought he passed the ball to an opposition player in the penalty area, the way he's being blamed by some. At the time I, and others around me, were furious with the lack of closing down, as the goalscorer still had loads to do.

Jones is the only one of the 3 current CBs who at least tries to bring the ball forward and make forward passes (as opposed to forward hoofs).

Rotherham pressed Mitchell and Gillesphey whenever the ball was passed to them. They didn’t press Jones 

Maybe it was just because he was the middle centre back that he wasn’t pressed, but it felt like a deliberate plan that they wanted him to be the one passing the ball, because he isn’t the best at it, and if so it worked 

BigRedEvil said:

Jones has been fine so far, will be interesting as the season goes on if they offer a new contract 

If he’s not signed one by the end of December, he’ll either walk in the summer , or be sold in January, good question for Charlie and Gavin at Bromley Addicks.

Braziliance said:

Chunes said:

Braziliance said:

fenaddick said:

Braziliance said:

I think Jones is very good at certain things, simple passes, fairly strong, wins headers, but he lacks some of the qualities to be a top CB, so I think a back 5 suits him.

I'd like to see him on the left side, with Mitchell on the right and someone in the middle who can allow us to play it out a bit. I know Nathan Jones doesn't necessarily like to play that way, but it would be nice to have that option. 

I hope in January we try and capitalise on a club looking to sale a player before he goes for nothing. 

Either way, been impressed by him this season so far.

He has virtually no left foot at all as evidenced when he went on his marauding run. Agree that I'd like to see us try someone with better passing range in the middle, Z Mitchell could be that man but feels too early. I wonder if REG is worth a go there at some point?

He played left side at Cambridge and did alright mate. Either way you see my point, it would be nice to have a centre back who is comfortable in bringing the ball out. 

I'll probably get a LoL for this, but Ryan Innis was pretty good at it, would be nice to get someone similar without the red card in him and the turning speed of a tractor.

Whaaaaaaaaatttt

Come on Brazilliance you see the game better than that

If he wasn't playing non league football at the moment, I might be motivated to fish out some highlights of dear old Ryan "bringing the ball out"

I genuinely liked him as a player 50% of the time, he was a disaster waiting to happen, but players were pretty scared to go near him, and he rarely lost an aerial duel. Many times I saw him attempt to run out with the ball. He was just a bit slow on the turn and made bad decisions. 

I'm not saying I want Innis, or a player of his level, at all, rather someone who could try and run with the ball a bit instead of lumping it. We are missing it at the moment.

I'm not sure it's because we lack players who can do it, it's how NJ has got us playing. 

killerandflash said:

NabySarr said:

killerandflash said:

Exiled_Addick said:

What Jones did on Saturday happens so far before the goal it's not even in the highlights package on YouTube. I think it's harsh to single him out and more responsibility lies on the midfield for not getting close to the shooter much earlier. No player makes zero errors and players have to have each other's backs when a mistake does occur.

Agreed. You'd have thought he passed the ball to an opposition player in the penalty area, the way he's being blamed by some. At the time I, and others around me, were furious with the lack of closing down, as the goalscorer still had loads to do.

Jones is the only one of the 3 current CBs who at least tries to bring the ball forward and make forward passes (as opposed to forward hoofs).

Rotherham pressed Mitchell and Gillesphey whenever the ball was passed to them. They didn’t press Jones 

Maybe it was just because he was the middle centre back that he wasn’t pressed, but it felt like a deliberate plan that they wanted him to be the one passing the ball, because he isn’t the best at it, and if so it worked 

He is better on the ball than the the other 2, especially Alex Mitchell who looks fairly limited as a passer.

I’d say Gillesphey is the best of the 3, but do agree on Mitchell. I think Gillesphey has the ability to play forward progressive passes, but the way we play doesn’t usually allow him to do it.