The Nathan Jones Appreciation Thread

[Football Special]

8 hours ago, CSA96 said:

"You have to sacrifice everything now. You're not shopping, you're not bowling, your diet's good. If your wife or girlfriend wants to go shopping... you can't now go to Bluewater tomorrow, walking round high-fiving and going to Costa Coffee"

Mad as a box of frogs 

But what a job he's doing at Charlton, got them absolutely flying , in with a great chance of promotion 

[Mr Saints]

We'll likely play against him, Selles and Martin next season FFS!!

[Football Special]

5 minutes ago, Mr Saints said:

We'll likely play against him, Selles and Martin next season FFS!!

Mad isn't it. Fair play to them though, Jones has done what he needed to do for his career after the car crash at St Mary's, I know the failure hurt him and he was so desperate to do well, just wasn't the right fit. 

[Toussaint]

11 hours ago, CSA96 said:

"You have to sacrifice everything now. You're not shopping, you're not bowling, your diet's good. If your wife or girlfriend wants to go shopping... you can't now go to Bluewater tomorrow, walking round high-fiving and going to Costa Coffee"

Mad as a box of frogs 

I’d still rather go for a pint with him over the vain and conceited Martin. 

[Maggie May]

Absolutely incredible revisionism on here. 

[Ex Lion Tamer]

Charlton fans wanted him out at Christmas but he's changed their tactics and turned it around.

He's clearly always had something about him and can get teams massively over performing at that level. But he needs to be given time and the results along with his interview style were too poor for us

Edited Friday at 11:15 by Ex Lion Tamer

[Holmes_and_Watson]

I really hope he's getting professional help. It's a high pressure job. His interviews highlight various things that show him well beyond normal triggers and stress points. There are ways of achieving what he wants from a healthier mindset. He can still be as passionate and commited.

As for us, completely out of his depth. In addition, he has never learned to handle or coach players at a higher level club, or ones who've played there.

It's different for him when he goes through the league, with his sides. He gets more buy in, and doesn't have the same issues.

[SaintNewForest]

He was a twat, but I will give him some credit ...

I've never known the saints fans so united and unanimous in wanting him gone, so fair play to him.

[Matthew Le God]

On 14/03/2025 at 06:22, Football Special said:

But what a job he's doing at Charlton, got them absolutely flying , in with a great chance of promotion 

 

On 14/03/2025 at 08:35, Mr Saints said:

We'll likely play against him, Selles and Martin next season FFS!!

Likely? Martin does not have a job, Jones is not in automatic spots in the league below and Selles could still be relegated out of the league. 

[64saint]

54 minutes ago, SaintNewForest said:

He was a twat, but I will give him some credit ...

I've never known the saints fans so united and unanimous in wanting him gone, so fair play to him.

I'm guessing you weren't around in the Branfoot era then 🙄

[benjii]

On 14/03/2025 at 13:26, Toussaint said:

I’d still rather go for a pint with him over the vain and conceited Martin. 

Nah, go with Russ and it's Minge City.

[SaintNewForest]

58 minutes ago, 64saint said:

I'm guessing you weren't around in the Branfoot era then 🙄

Long before my time that one

[64saint]

2 hours ago, SaintNewForest said:

Long before my time that one

Oh that was a bad time mate. The worst in my 60 years of following Saint's. He even made Russell Martin and Nathan Jones look geniuses. Don't think either of them  would have dropped Le Tiss at his peak. 

Edited 19 hours ago by 64saint

[Mr Saints]

4 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

Likely? Martin does not have a job, Jones is not in automatic spots in the league below and Selles could still be relegated out of the league. 

Bore off Matty

[Harry_SFC]

Despite his tenure here being a disaster, he's clearly a decent manager below the Premier League. 

[Football Special]

6 hours ago, 64saint said:

Oh that was a bad time mate. The worst in my 60 years of following Saint's. He even made Russell Martin and Nathan Jones look geniuses. Don't think either of them  would have dropped Le Tiss at his peak. 

Probably a debate for another day but we've had a lot worse than Branfoot in my opinion, yes his style of play and stubbornness set him against the fans, but he kept us up and took us to Wembley, certainly a better era than now 

[Football Special]

2 hours ago, Harry_SFC said:

Despite his tenure here being a disaster, he's clearly a decent manager below the Premier League. 

Charlton won again today, I dread to think of the reaction on here if we do play and lose to Jones next season, you couldn't write a twist like that 

[Holmes_and_Watson]

10 minutes ago, Football Special said:

Charlton won again today, I dread to think of the reaction on here if we do play and lose to Jones next season, you couldn't write a twist like that 

Jones will be with a club he's taken up. Who knows, they may have the trajectory of Luton under his tenure there. I've no doubt he'd be pleased and feel a bit vindicated by the win too.

But it won't change any of the reasons why he didn't work out with us. And it really didn't look like it was ever going to. Not a good fit for us or for him. In his case, some of the reasons were the same as those involved in it not working out as Stoke either.