Captain Courageous Nathan Jones

[dazzledavey36 55,360]

One of the best articles you'll ever read. Love his passion and love for the club even during the hard years.

If there is one guy that deserves every bit of success its our Nathan.

Nathan Jones: a Demon who keeps the faith

[Deestroy All 14,266]

Good article, I hope James Wagner and Josh Harmes enjoy it too. 

[Bitter but optimistic 22,249]

4 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

One of the best articles you'll ever read. Love his passion and love for the club even during the hard years.

If there is one guy that deserves every bit of success its our Nathan.

Nathan Jones: a Demon who keeps the faith

Well done dazzle, I read it over breakfast and was waiting for someone to post the link. Nathan comes across as very honest and his love for the club is evident. Some posters question his leadership but from the article it seems he is constantly aiming to grow in this area.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

6 minutes ago, Deestroy All said:

Good article, I hope James Wagner and Josh Harmes enjoy it too. 

It's a shame Joel Magner didn't get a mention.

[Redlegs Too 106]

If all you get out of that article is a typo or simple error you need to read it again. 

[Yossarian 1,820]

What an excellent article. Thanks for sharing, dazzle.

I love this club.

[titan_uranus 25,045]

Nice article.

An interesting point I noticed:

"The footy program is like nothing I've seen in my time here ... how committed our coaching staff is to developing young players, not sitting around waiting for them. Age is no excuse, experience is no barrier."

Not trying to start another instalment of "drafting vs development", but surely this helps explain how much more was wrong than simply drafting.

[Ted Lasso 19,549]

One thing i've noticed with Nathan this year is just how much his leadership has improved, he's gone from being what i'd consider a semi-selfish player who'd always look after his own performance so at least he could hold his head high to now being about 80% team and 20% himself. 

He's always the first in to stick up for team mates in push and shove, straight into the middle when we need a big clearance, gets around the young boys when they do something well! he's just a legend!

He's probably imo slightly out of form at the minute, he's not kicking as well at goal this year as he usually does and making some skill errors but it's a really great sign for how the side has developed that he's not at his best and the side is going well, normally we'd fall to pieces if he wasn't at his best!

well done Nathan! can easily see you finishing as a 300 game premiership captain of the MFC! and you deserve it!

[Skuit 10,031]

On track for our greatest games tally and he's already done enough during the hard times to have earned his stripes as a bona fide club champion. Imagine he were to helm the club to it's drought-breaking flag. Legendary status in the making.

[Little Richard 6,265]

205 out of a possible 210 games since debuting. Phenomenal. Nathan Jones is a legend.

[Ricky P 757]

Jonesy's an absolute ripper Deserves any success that comes his way.

[Pates 9,660]

He is Red and Blue, through and through. I really want him to be apart of a successful period with the club, he deserves it.

[leave it to deever 17,518]

Nice article. I bet he has a big impact tonight, even more so than usual.

[Phadraig 760]

300 games coming up

[nutbean 8,838]

As honest as the day is long.

[Biffen 12,947]

One of the best articles,and actually positive  about us in about 10 years.

[Nasher 33,617]

2 hours ago, Rafiki said:

300 games coming up

A few finals wouldn't hurt his tally either.

[Bitter but optimistic 22,249]

On ‎4‎/‎24‎/‎2016 at 4:02 PM, Rafiki said:

300 games coming up

Jones seems destined to become our games record holder and a legend of the club.

[What 18,810]

Ift here was a betting market for the Bluey I would be loading up on Jonesy to win his 4th this season.  He is just getting better with age, and he looks so young and fresh out there.  

Doesnt turn 30 until next year and I bet hes still playing great footy for us at age 35, a la Sam Mitchell.

[dazzledavey36 55,360]

Jonesy just looks hungry this year. Set for a huge year!

Speaking of Captain it still sits uncomfortable with me that Viney is also a co captain. His last 2 weeks hasn't been the normal output we got from Jack last year. My personal opinion is that i think it could be weighing him down.

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Plays his 100th consecutive AFL match this weekend.  The man is a beast.

[Nasher 33,617]

❤️

[DeeZee 7,445]

Jonesy looking in great Nick this year, seems to have gained a yard in pace.

Theres no one I'd love more to hold that cup aloft than Chunk.

Edited April 3, 2017 by DeeZee

[Little Richard 6,265]

6 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Jonesy just looks hungry this year. Set for a huge year!

Speaking of Captain it still sits uncomfortable with me that Viney is also a co captain. His last 2 weeks hasn't been the normal output we got from Jack last year. My personal opinion is that i think it could be weighing him down.

I think we'll see Jack tear a game apart in the next two weeks, but I don't see the point in him being made a co-captain this season.

The captaincy should have been left solely with Chunk IMO. That would have let Viney play another year where he could focus on developing his own game, and learn even more from Jones without actually having the pressure of captaincy thrust upon him this early.

[rjay 25,093]

44 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Jonesy just looks hungry this year. Set for a huge year!

Speaking of Captain it still sits uncomfortable with me that Viney is also a co captain. His last 2 weeks hasn't been the normal output we got from Jack last year. My personal opinion is that i think it could be weighing him down.

Me too 'Dazz' ,no doubt in my mind we went too early with this and there was no reason.