Topic: Curtis Jones

[Coolie High]

Would be interesting to see him as a false 9 in pre-season.

[Coolie High]

Went to watch this game. France were absolutely desperate. Had the better of the first half but aside from a chance for Cherki they didn’t threaten much. When England rang the subs and stepped it up they were all over France like a cheap suit. Don’t know how Olise is starting ball games when they’re absolutely full of talent.

Olise is a top talent himself.

[smurfinaus]

Olise is a top talent himself.

Wouldnt mind have a closer look at Olise especially if Palace goes down. He seems to do everything attacking wise for them.
What position did Jones (and Elliot) play in the U21 side?.

[Gerry Attrick]

Olise is a top talent himself.

All fart no shit that boy. All these faints and stepovers but doesn’t produce anything.

[Fordy]

Would be interesting to see him as a false 9 in pre-season.

Would be interesting to see what offers if any come in for him in the summer.

[afc tukrish]

All fart no shit that boy.

Ger, that's a glorious turn of phrase...

[Red Bird]

Olise is a top talent himself.

Needs to produce rather than twist and feint.

[afc tukrish]

Needs to produce rather than twist and feint.

Shit rather than fart...

[newterp]

Thank goodness he wasn't sharting as a mid game uniform change would be embarrassing

[afc tukrish]

Thank goodness he wasn't sharting as a mid game uniform change would be embarrassing

Also known as "Linekering..."

[SamLad]

All fart no shit that boy. All these faints and stepovers but doesn’t produce anything.

a player who farts, shits then faints would really prove a challenge for our medics. 

[afc tukrish]

a player who farts, shits then faints would really prove a challenge for our medics. 

Curry was too strong, most probably...

[newterp]

Curry was too strong, most probably...

He's deceptive. Looks weak but is strong as hell. And shoots from any distance. I guess you have to be in a grueling 82 game nba season. 

[afc tukrish]

He's deceptive. Looks weak but is strong as hell. And shoots from any distance. I guess you have to be in a grueling 82 game nba season. 

Can't really dell...

[The G in Gerrard]

Forget that Jones is only 22.

[StL-Dono]

https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1639703478154014721?t=V7d9qWXC5wJN8IzZQIgilw&s=19

Whoa... Nice from Curtis.  Did he learn it from Darwin or teach it to him?

[Knight]

Would be interesting to see him as a false 9 in pre-season.

It’s interesting that we never tried him there. Works hard, skilful, good in tight spaces, knows where the goal is, decent physical presence, not quick enough to play wide forward.

[BornRedSince76]

Is he back fit yet?

[TepidT2O]

Is he back fit yet?

Yes…..


And no….

[dirkster]

https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1639703478154014721?t=V7d9qWXC5wJN8IzZQIgilw&s=19

Whoa... Nice from Curtis.  Did he learn it from Darwin or teach it to him?

Lovely goal from Curtis there. The skill is there, he's press resistant, just need him to stay fit for a significant length of time to showcase what he can do. Such a shame he's been injured so much this season. Would have been a good opportunity for him to get a decent amount of games under his belt

[farawayred]

Lovely goal from Curtis there. The skill is there, he's press resistant, just need him to stay fit for a significant length of time to showcase what he can do. Such a shame he's been injured so much this season. Would have been a good opportunity for him to get a decent amount of games under his belt

Thought his assist was even better in terms of ball control.

[RyanBabel19]

Still think he looks a lot better in attacking positions AND looks a lot more free to express himself in the England U21 side. Obviously there's a lot to consider tactically but he ALWAYS looks a threat when they play him in attack but with us he looks a lot like he plays within himself

[Fitzy.]

https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldWrap/status/1639703478154014721?t=V7d9qWXC5wJN8IzZQIgilw&s=19

Whoa... Nice from Curtis.  Did he learn it from Darwin or teach it to him?

Nice

[JackWard33]

I can't write off Jones like most LFC commentators / fans seem to be ... his issue is staying fit.
I guess you could argue if he's having this much trouble getting on the pitch at 22 its probably not a great sign and its really interrupted his development

The silver lining is the talent - when you look at his numbers playing in midfield he's really really good on the ball already (he is, for example, a better progressive passer than players we're linked with outside the club). Defensively he's not great buy he really should be able to improve that given his size and football brain

Depending on who we sign a premier league loan will probably make sense but he needs to sort out the issues that have kept him off the pitch

[Schmidt]

I can't write off Jones like most LFC commentators / fans seem to be ... his issue is staying fit.
I guess you could argue if he's having this much trouble getting on the pitch at 22 its probably not a great sign and its really interrupted his development

The silver lining is the talent - when you look at his numbers playing in midfield he's really really good on the ball already (he is, for example, a better progressive passer than players we're linked with outside the club). Defensively he's not great buy he really should be able to improve that given his size and football brain

Depending on who we sign a premier league loan will probably make sense but he needs to sort out the issues that have kept him off the pitch

He's a very unusual case in that his injury problems aren't really a sign of an injury prone player. Covid, eye injury, shin splints, all problems that could happen to anyone, he's had them all. None of them should be a sign that he'll get injured again in the future like repeated muscle issues might, and none of them should rob him of any pace or agility, so he should be able to come back pretty strong.

The club like to be quite tight-lipped when it comes to injuries and timescales but in some cases, including his, I think it hurts more than it helps. It'd be good to know if we have an idea when he's likely to get over his current issue and why he seems to be on the bench one week and off it the next.

[Knight]

He's a very unusual case in that his injury problems aren't really a sign of an injury prone player. Covid, eye injury, shin splints, all problems that could happen to anyone, he's had them all. None of them should be a sign that he'll get injured again in the future like repeated muscle issues might, and none of them should rob him of any pace or agility, so he should be able to come back pretty strong.

The club like to be quite tight-lipped when it comes to injuries and timescales but in some cases, including his, I think it hurts more than it helps. It'd be good to know if we have an idea when he's likely to get over his current issue and why he seems to be on the bench one week and off it the next.

We'll see. He's injury prone in the sense that actually matters, which is he's very prone to not be available for us. Hopefully these are medium term issues rather than long term ones though and there's plenty of reason to be optimistic on that front.

[classycarra]

We'll see. He's injury prone in the sense that actually matters, which is he's very prone to not be available for us. Hopefully these are medium term issues rather than long term ones though and there's plenty of reason to be optimistic on that front.

he's not really been until this year. and as he pointed out himself in an interview, he'd never been one to miss games with muscle injuries

at this point, just have to hope that the stress fracture isn't something chronic and lasting - seems the club are being more cautious with him than they were early in the season. hopefully he got through those minutes for england safely

just really hope he doesn't go the route of rob jones. that case of rushing him back to play 90 mins in the 6 position at forest after barely returning to training (and still lose) was so irresponsible and really irks

[Knight]

he's not really been until this year. and as he pointed out himself in an interview, he'd never been one to miss games with muscle injuries

at this point, just have to hope that the stress fracture isn't something chronic and lasting - seems the club are being more cautious with him than they were early in the season. hopefully he got through those minutes for england safely

just really hope he doesn't go the route of rob jones. that case of rushing him back to play 90 mins in the 6 position at forest after barely returning to training (and still lose) was so irresponsible and really irks

Feels like he missed a lot of games last year too but that may not be accurate.

[G Richards]

To my mind, at this stage, definitely keep Curtis Jones.

Ox, Keita, Melo, maybe Milner will be gone.

Henderson, Thiago and Fabinho will probably stay (although I wouldn’t be surprised if one of them departed this summer) and they will be playing reduced minutes, presumably as we add two good midfielders.

Bajcetic and Elliott to continue to emerge.

So with all that said, Jones is borderline. With all the likely churn this summer, we should keep him and see if he can overcome fitness issues and stake more of a claim. If not, then summer 2024 seems the time to part company. But I haven’t given up on him yet.

[.adam]

With the shortage of home-grown players at the club, I'd say there is a slim to zero change of Jones leaving.

[tubby]

Starting for the u21s on BBC3 now.

[Oh Jimmy Jimmy]

Classic player who needs games and therefore should move on.  if Jurgen doesn’t trust him in this shit transitional season , then when will he-  next season with a revamped midfield ( hopefully) or fully fit strike force?

Curt has great skill but so did Mark Kennedy or Mark Gonzalez. Or being really kind, Walshy-  immense talent, but lacked that final ball/ killer instinct ( 36 years on, that one on one at Old Trafford on Easter Monday still rankles!).

[Aldo1988]

Classic player who needs games and therefore should move on. if Jurgen doesn’t trust him in this shit transitional season , then when will he-  next season with a revamped midfield ( hopefully) or fully fit strike force?

Curt has great skill but so did Mark Kennedy or Mark Gonzalez. Or being really kind, Walshy-  immense talent, but lacked that final ball/ killer instinct ( 36 years on, that one on one at Old Trafford on Easter Monday still rankles!).

Hasn't he been injured most of the season and is only just making his comeback?

[So… Howard Philips]

Hasn't he been injured most of the season and is only just making his comeback?

The simple answer is yes. Some posters don’t know he has had stress fractures this season and assume he hasn’t played because Klopp doesn’t rate him.

[Oh Jimmy Jimmy]

He’s been available for half our league games, started two of them and came off the bench at the end of matches in 5 out of 11 of them, playing  a total of 189 minutes. So no, Jurgen doesn’t trust him.

[Eeyore]

He’s been available for half our league games, started two of them and came off the bench at the end of matches in 5 out of 11 of them, playing  a total of 189 minutes. So no, Jurgen doesn’t trust him.

How many games has he been match fit for?

[Mighty_Red]

Curtis is another one that our great fanbase have decided is useless and should be kicked out immediately even though our midfield is bereft of young mobile CMs. Not sure when we are going to realise that you can't have 8/9 CMs all at world class levels with the wages to match.

His lack of game time is purely to do with his fitness and the fact that he isnt a pure CM so needs a better performing Fab and Hendo to contribute better.

He is someone who has a bit of arrogance on the pitch and can create and score goals, something we are always crying out for. Just 22 yrs old.

With our horrendous fitness record, I don't blame him for struggling, we just don't seem be be able to get rehab right for anyone.

Take care of the first choice midfield first.

[Smudge]

Provides much needed funds in the summer

[AndyMuller]

Curtis is another one that our great fanbase have decided is useless and should be kicked out immediately even though our midfield is bereft of young mobile CMs. Not sure when we are going to realise that you can't have 8/9 CMs all at world class levels with the wages to match.

His lack of game time is purely to do with his fitness and the fact that he isnt a pure CM so needs a better performing Fab and Hendo to contribute better.

He is someone who has a bit of arrogance on the pitch and can create and score goals, something we are always crying out for. Just 22 yrs old.

With our horrendous fitness record, I don't blame him for struggling, we just don't seem be be able to get rehab right for anyone.

Take care of the first choice midfield first.

I can’t remember the last time he scored or created a goal.

Should be sold this summer if a decent offer comes in.

[harryc]

I can’t remember the last time he scored or created a goal.

Should be sold this summer if a decent offer comes in.

September 2021 his last goal but apart from that he’s amazing 😁