He was pretty terrible first half last night. Rusty as hell and looked well off the pace. He improved as the game went on. Henderson’s introduction helped as the rest of the midfield was carrying Jones until that point.
His fitness is incredible and his game management experience really helps in the latter stages. Going to ground and taking a bit longer than he needs to to get back up. Running it into the corner flag. Picking up cheap free kicks. All helps takes the sting out of the game and run down the clock.
Looked very late for 3 or 4 tackles in the first half and was expecting him to be booked well before he was. His game intelligence will just increase, its just the legs seem to be inevitably fading.
not surprised to see that there were at least a couple of other posters who’d made this observation before it occurred to me but it does look like age is starting to catch up with him, finally
DJ was the well-deserved winner, he was outstanding.
