Topic: Curtis Jones

[Garlic Red]

There’s been a weird animus against him for a while though.

Maybe something to do with him being local and not in the same class as his predecessors like Fowler, Gerrard and Trent?

He’s become the poster boy for nobhead fans who need someone to blame for a bad result.

I try not to read social media but sometimes it can’t be avoided, the sheer levels of grief he gets for simply being on the field is nuts. It feels like they tend to think he gets away with being shite because he’s local. It doesn’t seem to occur to them that he isn’t shite and he isn’t doing things wrong when they micro analyse his every move. There were similar things said about Gini, Henderson and Keita when they were here.

Fans could do well to grasp what Klopp wants from his midfielders and realise just how taxing and difficult it is. It’s not a glamorous role in a Klopp side.

[mullyred94]

Was having a great season till the injurely. Has been largely ineffective since but he's not alone in that.

Curtis is well worth his place in the squad and has the capability to get better. He does have a bit of arrogance on the ball that we need to see more often.

Not sure why people are so keen to get rid as if he is on huge money taking up a non-HG spot.

If he can stay fit he'll hit the ground running next season hopefully.

He can pass, tackle and can chip in with a goal.

Not sure why he gets picked on.

Maybe if he did some step overs people would like him?

[Fromola]

Was having a great season till the injurely. Has been largely ineffective since but he's not alone in that.

Curtis is well worth his place in the squad and has the capability to get better. He does have a bit of arrogance on the ball that we need to see more often.

Not sure why people are so keen to get rid as if he is on huge money taking up a non-HG spot.

Problem is the same cycle is repeating. He'll be playing boss, key part of the team and then he's injured for a month or two. Comes back and is sluggish and shite for a while and gets stick. Then he gets his eye back in and is playing great again and then gets injured again.

He's the midfield Konate. We've really needed him to stay fit the last few seasons, had he done so then he's the Gini replacement. Gini wasn't always consistent himself, but he was consistently fit.

[number 168]

If he can stay fit he'll hit the ground running next season hopefully.

He can pass, tackle and can chip in with a goal.

Not sure why he gets picked on.

Maybe if he did some step overs people would like him?

He's played 85 PL games. goals 7 & assists 5, hardly inspiring figures. I don't rate Jone highly as when I watch him play I have to wonder what he actually did. As a Scouser I love seeing one of our lads doing well but for me he's one of those players who is easy on the eye, has skill and confidence but achieves little. It would be great if he could elevate himself to a regular but I don't think he has the presence alone to be one.let alone his injury record averaging 37 days per season.

[mullyred94]

He's played 85 PL games. goals 7 & assists 5, hardly inspiring figures. I don't rate Jone highly as when I watch him play I have to wonder what he actually did. As a Scouser I love seeing one of our lads doing well but for me he's one of those players who is easy on the eye, has skill and confidence but achieves little. It would be great if he could elevate himself to a regular but I don't think he has the presence alone to be one.let alone his injury record averaging 37 days per season.

Could you expand on why you don't rate him highly?

What return would you have expected in a Klopps Liverpool from a midfielder?

[Sonofthewind]

I really like Curtis. Outside of generational players like Gerrard or Trent who you can’t exactly guarantee will come through he’s exactly the type of level the academy should be producing. Plenty good enough to be first team in a title challenging side otherwise an excellent rotational option in a squad. Players of his profile would easily go for 40-50 million. Lucky to have him.

[KC7]

Was having a great season till the injurely. Has been largely ineffective since but he's not alone in that.

Curtis is well worth his place in the squad and has the capability to get better. He does have a bit of arrogance on the ball that we need to see more often.

Not sure why people are so keen to get rid as if he is on huge money taking up a non-HG spot.

Yes. It's mental how short some people's memories are.

He was our first choice midfielder at Christmas.

Him getting injured was a massive blow.

In his first appearance back he made a late cameo and looked back at it straight away. He played a role in a goal and celebrated infront of the Kop, and I must admit I thought that was him set. Since then though for whatever reason he has taken alot longer to get up to speed (still hasn't).

It's him and Mac that is in our best midfield for me. He's been uncharacteristically sloppy since he returned; that injury he sustained has had much more of an effect on him than we hoped. At his best pre injury he was immense for us in retaining the ball, especially important given how defensively open we are in midfield. It was him coming in last season who was pivotal in giving us much more control in midfield, and he was our best player for the last few months

Summer to reset, and hopefully a stronger midfield next season with a new 6, and we will see the best of Jones again.