Clint Jones

[Rough_Edges]

All Fiona posts should be deleted imo.

Assoiciates us with Richmond...and do we really want to be associated with their fans?

 

[Look2Me4Guidance]

Do we really need that Fiona rubbish here?

He's coming off a career best season. I still think he's got more improvement in him and I'm all for people having an opinion on individual players but lets leave that kind of disrespect for the Richmond supporters.

As for Jones, there are people who have had a problem with him since day one and everybody is entitled to their opinion but hopefully he can prove the critics wrong.

Come on boys.......this isn't school....toughen up. Fans are always going to have players they don't like. I am just as entitled to my opinion as anyone else. He has the talent, but needs to be doing a better job of applying it. Others aren't a wrap for Clint Jones or Jason Blake. That's the way life is.

 

[From 45]

BG, you keep saying that CJ is not up to minimum AFL standard.What do you consider is the minimum AFL standard?

Plus out of the 600+registered AFL players, how many do u think are up to your minimum AFL standard? Maybe 60 -70%

So out of the 30 % remaining , I would think CJ is a good bargain

 

[sainter]

Come on boys.......this isn't school....toughen up. Fans are always going to have players they don't like. I am just as entitled to my opinion as anyone else. He has the talent, but needs to be doing a better job of applying it. Others aren't a wrap for Clint Jones or Jason Blake. That's the way life is.

You're right. It isn't school. But to me calling him Fiona is childish, school yard behaviour.

You are entitled to your opinion. You would have noticed it wasn't deleted or edited.

He does have talent and by having a career best season last year he went some way towards achieving what he is capable of. He certainly does have some way to go and I was quite critical of him for the same reason in another thread. We all have thoughts on who can cut it but that Fiona stuff is just rubbish made up by some Richmond supporters who are famous for turning on their own.

 

[mick13]

It's funny cos Fiora would be like their 2nd best midfielder.

 

[sainter]

It's funny cos Fiora would be like their 2nd best midfielder.

Come on, you know it was Aaron's fault they overlooked Pavlich in the draft.

 

[Squizz]

I've been guilty of "the Fiona", and do think twice before I write it.

Agree it's a bit school-yardish, which isn't usually BigFooty style. I'll think a third time in future, as I agree his '07 was good (aside from goalkicking!) which maybe cuts him some slack. Ask me again after round 5.

But people get told not to use nicknames like Gardi, Mini-Riewoldt (Jones), and my favourite ... "Chucky G". Bad luck old chap - sometimes they stick!

 

[The Punter]

I actually just call him Fiona because the bloke that sits in front of me at Telstra Dome, who on Friday night games comes in a entertainingly advanced state of inebriation, called it him once, and it stuck. And a few years later, the bloke behind me called him "Tripod".

He isn't the toughest footballer out there, but I was very happy with his season last year. However, his form so far in 2008, against the form of others like Geary, Armitage and Jones, means he may miss out in Round 1.

Back on the topic, Jones looks a lot better than last year, but his greatest downfall is that he doesn't back himself enough. You can see that when he doesn't have an easy option or is under pressure. He should certainly back himself to run out of trouble, and hopefully his kicking gets to a place when he is confident he can hit a target.