The Nathan Jones Appreciation Thread

[Football Special]

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:39, 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 

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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]

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

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

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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]

  On 13/03/2025 at 21:39, 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 

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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 March 14 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 

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

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

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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]

  On 15/03/2025 at 10:12, 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.

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

[benjii]

  On 14/03/2025 at 09:26, Toussaint said:

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

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

[SaintNewForest]

  On 15/03/2025 at 11:07, 64saint said:

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

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Long before my time that one

[64saint]

  On 15/03/2025 at 12:06, SaintNewForest said:

Long before my time that one

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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 March 15 by 64saint

[Mr Saints]

  On 15/03/2025 at 11:05, 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. 

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Bore off Matty

[Harry_SFC]

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

[Football Special]

  On 15/03/2025 at 14:28, 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. 

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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]

  On 15/03/2025 at 18:50, Harry_SFC said:

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

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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]

  On 15/03/2025 at 20:57, 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 

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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.

[Midfield_General]

Jones just needs to learn that he should not do media interviews, ever. He should send his assistant out to do them, or a coach, or a tea lady, or take the fifth - just anything to avoid opening his mouth and letting the swivel-eyed madness that passes for his thoughts spew out.