Give Jones another contract

[Calais]

At the game.. Deserves it.

[dragit]

Watching from home, no thanks, not taking us further.

just saw 2 turnovers in a row.

…we need to find better skilled footballers.

[luc1966]

Yep for sure great game AGAIN

[lloyd21]

No way are you kidding they need 12 midfielders currently have 4 and will probably lose one

You building a list going forward keep only a potential kid from the draft.

Q is jones going to get better ? No he ain't .

[Jacks Back]

You can't fault the guy's effort one iota in any game. Unfortunately his skills just let him (and us) down time and again.

[savatage]

His kicking was absolutely abysmal tonight.

[ShanghaiSaint]

Watching from home, no thanks, not taking us further.

just saw 2 turnovers in a row.

…we need to find better skilled footballers.

that's the prob with the telly you cant see it all.. watched on tv tonight and I say jones played another vg game.. had one bad turn over but if that's your case half the youg guys can leave as well.

Jones has a place and still offers something... play on Jones.

[plugger66]

Who cares. he will not help but he wont hurt. If its Lenny or CJ i go with Lenny.

[The Redeemer]

His kicking was absolutely abysmal tonight.

2008 is calling when him and McQualter battled it out for the most handballs to other players in space despite being in space themselves.

[Calais]

Played well. Will always have bad disposal but his
pro's outweigh his cons by far! Next year when were getting thrashed by 100 points every few games the young kids need someone there to show them the way and someone that just goes out, gives his all and runs both ways.

Needed player IMO

[Dr Spaceman]

I love the guy for his attitude and his application. If he had elite disposal skills he'd probably be AA and have a Brownlow to his name. Even good disposal skills would have probably earned him a B & F. Sadly he has inferior disposal skills. And therein lies the rub.

Do we continue down the CJ path in 2014? With the team in a rebuilding phase, does his experience and hardness at the ball outweigh his deficiencies?

It's a tricky one and one that I'm quite happy to leave to those at the club to decide.

[Con Gorozidis]

im anti jones in general - but he has to play on.
hes in our best 16 players.
keep

[saintkev]

Our kicking skills in general were deplorable. If poor disposal is a reason for dumping a player, most of tonight's side would be gone (led by the captain). The argument for keeping Ledger out of the side because of his poor kicking skills is just a crock. Attitude should be a determining factor. We're fast on the break, but tread water when defending, or chasing. Does Watters have the capacity to inject some tenacity into the players? His Subi boy (Lee) is a prime example...talented, but a lazy coaster.

[Bluthy]

With all the scheduled retirements at the end of the year I get the feeling they'll keep Jonesy on the list. At the very least he'll be good back up in the squad and a good role model for training. I want to see the young ones force him out of his place in the team though sometime next year.

[evo]

He is needed for next year, at least until someone can step up. Good enough to play in two GFs not that easy to replace, despite what some think not our worst in terms of disposal.

[Trev from the Bush]

Tough player needed in tough times. Those who have a set on him can only have issues with his kicking.

You don't get rid of good players on grounds of a few clangers. Clint's a keeper.

[footynut]

The big question is couldn't Ledger perform the same role as Jones?

[supersaints]

Not sure if he will survive a cut , but personally I think he is needed for his grunt work at the moment.
Pelch is a stickler for elite kicking skills so I don't think Clint has a very long future, unless he improves quite a lot next season.
Some of the young players miss targets under pressure but that's to be expected now and then until they get up completely to the pace of the game.
Dindnt get to the game as planned so I speak from Telly watching, but our skills did seem to deteriate once the young bodies tire

[dragit]

im anti jones in general - but he has to play on.
hes in our best 16 players.
keep

That's not a reason to keep him IMO

Raph Clarke, Dean Polo & Brett Peake would be in our best 20 players this year.

Trying hard isn't enough. The hard tags aren't working & in the end he is just a hard at it, average footballer with the worst kicking skills in the comp.

We will be belted next year regardless if jones plays on...

[Rosco]

keep for 2014

I don't believe ledger could do a better job

[bergholt]

Dindnt get to the game as planned so I speak from Telly watching, but our skills did seem to deteriate once the young bodies tire

We kicked 2.5 in the first quarter - were they already tired?

[dragit]

As the great man says "churn, & learn"

[lloyd21]

Doubt he will be there but we are all only guessing.
But you look at list and they will have next year Dempster Fisher Montagna Riewoldt Schneider Dal Santo Gilbert
Feel that Hayes not going on listening carefully to what he is saying.
They have resigned Milera Ray which means they If they keep Minchington & Curren & Ferguson they need to cut.
Afraid guys who are 30 plus are subjects being cut Blake Kosi Milne Jones & Ledger Tdl (Gwilt on soft ground too )

[Ghost Like]

Yep, give Jones another contract as the stunt double for our mascot. Lack of a right side should not be an issue in that role.

Going forward is about discovering new talent & developing young players on the list. CJ is a gut runner but has not improved in any skill level. Will only slow another players development without improving our best 22.

[Middo]

No not the future , that long bomb into the forward line sums up what we get with him , great contest but bad skills & decision making . Bye Clint