Nathan Jones or Jesse Dubya

[mark73]

Birchall>Jessica

If you want confirmation run a poll.

The man with seamingly no weakness seems to have found his kryptonite in Nathan Jones. Very convincing poll.

No, if I want confirmation I'll have another look at the last time they played each other. Actually I won't, there's no need to.

 

[Divado]

Jones plays a tougher role for his team. An extractor from the midfield.

Smith may be tough, but his role in the team isn't as tough as Jones'.

He was making out that Smith was soft or that is how i read it.

Any way Smith is a player we have been screaming out for a classy user of the ball. Our midfield is full of grunt midfielders like harris, swallow and simpson we are glad we have Smith instead of Jones.

 

[DeeMan27]

He was making out that Smith was soft or that is how i read it.

Any way Smith is a player we have been screaming out for a classy user of the ball. Our midfield is full of grunt midfielders like harris, swallow and simpson we are glad we have Smith instead of Jones.

If the Kangas want jesse to play "soft" then so be it, perhaps it suits them better. But in my opinion most teams would go for a tough "head over the ball" type player rather than one who lets others do the dirty work for him.

 

[mark73]

But in my opinion most teams would go for a tough "head over the ball" type player rather than one who lets others do the dirty work for him.

Maybe they would, but thats why we have Harris currently in the top 3 clearance/stoppage players in the competition, along with Simpson and Rawlings, Swallow Harris' deputy and Lower in the wings. You need in and under players, we don't. Jones to us would be useless. Smith is exactly what we want.

 

[SweetLeftFoot]

He was making out that Smith was soft or that is how i read it.

Any way Smith is a player we have been screaming out for a classy user of the ball. Our midfield is full of grunt midfielders like harris, swallow and simpson we are glad we have Smith instead of Jones.

Precisely.

Jones is a good player, who was made to look even better by a crap Melbourne team.

I can imagine Melbourne fans walking away from yet another demoralising loss saing 'Well, at least Jones had a dip all day'

Jesse, coming back from a broken ankle, won a rising star and was BOG in a final. He is a class above Jones.

 

[dutchy12]

Precisely.

Jones is a good player, who was made to look even better by a crap Melbourne team.

I can imagine Melbourne fans walking away from yet another demoralising loss saing 'Well, at least Jones had a dip all day'

Jesse, coming back from a broken ankle, won a rising star and was BOG in a final. He is a class above Jones.

Since when did this poor mans andrew walker win the rising star award?

 

[SweetLeftFoot]

Since when did this poor mans andrew walker win the rising star award?

A nomination.

You know one thing about being a North supporter?

You get Melbourne and Hawthorn and St kilda and Footscray supporters contunually crapping on about all their guns, and how North has no-one except Boomer and all this bliz blaz, but the fact remains that we are better than your mob and have a quality stream of youngsters coming through.

Ah well, go and tip us to win the spoon or something. We love it.

 

[whelan=legend]

Precisely.

Jones is a good player, who was made to look even better by a crap Melbourne team.

I can imagine Melbourne fans walking away from yet another demoralising loss saing 'Well, at least Jones had a dip all day'

Jesse, coming back from a broken ankle, won a rising star and was BOG in a final. He is a class above Jones.

Seriously north fans how bias can you get. Jessica is not even near jones, let alone a class above. Voted this by a panel of experts and the bigfooty public. Jesse coming back from a broken ankle blah blah so what, Jones is 2 years younger.

And if you play in a crap team it is hard to look good. If you have played in crap team in junior levels you would understand that SLF but for some reason i suspect your a 400kg computer geek.

 

[jacko57]

Pendlebury came second in the Rising Star.

ok, that makes sense now you mention it ; so where did Jones come ?.

 

[jacko57]

Seriously north fans how bias can you get. Jessica is not even near jones, let alone a class above. Voted this by a panel of experts and the bigfooty public. Jesse coming back from a broken ankle blah blah so what, Jones is 2 years younger.

And if you play in a crap team it is hard to look good. If you have played in crap team in junior levels you would understand that SLF but for some reason i suspect your a 400kg computer geek.

FFS.........ok, the poll has gone Jones' way, savor one of your few triumphs for the year, Dees fans.

But as for this 'Jessica' crap, I doubt you'd have the balls to call him that to his face.

And even though a BF poll has gone Jones' way, I think some of us are still free to say we regard Smith as a more talented player, and we have confidence that he will prove to be a much better player...........at this stage it's opinion, a year or two from now it should be fact.

 

[yulong]

FFS.........ok, the poll has gone Jones' way, savor one of your few triumphs for the year, Dees fans.

But as for this 'Jessica' crap, I doubt you'd have the balls to call him that to his face.

And even though a BF poll has gone Jones' way, I think some of us are still free to say we regard Smith as a more talented player, and we have confidence that he will prove to be a much better player...........at this stage it's opinion, a year or two from now it should be fact.

Should be fact? Why don't you admit that up to this point Jones has been the better player and we'll just have to wait to see what happens in future years? You can have all the confidence in the world about what may happen, just as other fans have cofidence in Jones but it is just opinion. Can you admit that at this point in their careers Jones has shown more? Without going back to potential?

 

[kelman]

if jones was so heavily relied upon this year for melb and played such a big role...why did he only average 17 possessions?

that is only 2 more than swallow and he is our 5th string midfielder and competes with hardball specialists like simpson and harris.

and everyone keeps saying he got so many tackles but he averaged 1 less tackle than swallow per game and less marks.

sounds to me like jones is very overrated by melbourne fans wishing they had more.

 

[smiddaz123]

if jones was so heavily relied upon this year for melb and played such a big role...why did he only average 17 possessions?

that is only 2 more than swallow and he is our 5th string midfielder and competes with hardball specialists like simpson and harris.

and everyone keeps saying he got so many tackles but he averaged 1 less tackle than swallow per game and less marks.

sounds to me like jones is very overrated by melbourne fans wishing they had more.

Oh dear god.....

Carrazzo probably averaged the most possessions per game. Is he the best midfielder in the AFL?

 

[yulong]

if jones was so heavily relied upon this year for melb and played such a big role...why did he only average 17 possessions?

that is only 2 more than swallow and he is our 5th string midfielder and competes with hardball specialists like simpson and harris.

and everyone keeps saying he got so many tackles but he averaged 1 less tackle than swallow per game and less marks.

sounds to me like jones is very overrated by melbourne fans wishing they had more.

Rather than look up stats why don't you watch a game?

 

[jacko57]

As much as i love Jesse im going to have to go with Jones on this one.

C'mon Deenamite, at least try to disguise it will ya ?

 

[kelman]

Oh dear god.....

Carrazzo probably averaged the most possessions per game. Is he the best midfielder in the AFL?

no, because he is not damaging enough....just like jones.

carazzo is a good example of an average player given a lot of time on the ball in an average midfield and his numbers indicate that...

Rather than look up stats why don't you watch a game?

a guy that you all say has carried your midfield should get more of the ball.
and he only kicked 10 goals all year...he doesnt hurt you with possession either...tackle count is good but not as good as swallow...clearnces similiar to swallow

doing well for a young guy but he will need to get the ball a lot more to be as good as people make out on here...especially when he cant really hurt you with it...selwood is 6th in line and still gets in 19 times a game

melb people are overratng jones because they have little else....

 

[melbournemartin]

If I already had a powerhouse midfield I'd consider Smith but otherwise Jones all the way. He's physically stronger than many midfielders much older than him and has barely looked out of place. He may not reach an elite level (but could) but, as soon as he gets his kicking a bit more accurate and gives away less frees, he's going to dominate games like he has so far but in more than just patches.

 

[Merv]

Seems you can't stay on topic