Re: VFL Round 17: Northern Blues vs. Collingwood at the MCG
Reply #34 –
RiverRat. I have been banging on for some time about teaching Jones to be a defender. At least we may get some return from him in the squad. Jamo won't last forever. Jones doesn't know how to play as a forward. It isn't in his DNA. How Mick saw something in this guy is beyond me.
PUT JONES DOWN BACK in our senior side, and LEAVE HIM THERE to learn how to be an AFL footballer. Pleeeesa FFS.
Unfortunately, you have to be able to play a bit to be an AFL defender or forward and Jones just isn't up to it. He could play as a forward, defender or even in the midfield for years and still not improve.
The Bulldogs learnt that he wasn't an AFL footballer and the other 16 clubs wouldn't touch him with a barge pole. Adding Jones to our list is one of the most inexplicable list management decisions we have made this century.