Quote Originally Posted by J R Hartley View Post
Yes, really, we scored 10 more goals in Jones last season than we did in Malkys first for starters.

The 4-0 drubbing of Leeds at Elland Rd in Jones last season was scintillating and probably defined Jones football at its very best.

How anyone can say Malkys football in his first season was better than Jones last 2 seasons is beyond me.
In the second leg of the Play Off with Reading (Dave Jones' last match in charge), Jay Bothroyd ducked out of a challenge with Reading keeper Federici in which he could have been clattered and a week or so earlier players had been out drinking the night before a very important match. For me, incidents like that went to the heart of why I wanted Dave Jones to go when he did - I loved watching his team's when they were on song and Bothroyd is the best all round centre forward I've seen at the club, but it was a flakey team with flakey players, some of whom had very large egos. One of the reasons Malky Mackay's first is one of my favourite seasons was that there was a reconnection with fans and that we had a group of honest grafters, quite a few of whom could play as well.