Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
I'm glad I'm not the only one with my opinions. My problem with Jones is that we could play some superb stuff, blow teams off the park, then go for ages looking awful, void of ideas, look clueless and he'd do nothing about it. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that he should have got us promoted. We got to a cup final but did poorly in enough games to finish mid table. Missed out on playoffs when we were miles clear. Lost to Blackpool after we had no plan B for an already crocked Bothroyd. Failed to get the best side I've seen in that 2010/11 season promoted. That team should have gone up automatically.

Malky and Warnock got inferior teams to the Premier League. It's fine being able to play some really good football from time to time but we didn't do it enough under Jones. Others are suggesting too that history has tended to be rewritten about Jones and Mackay, so I'm not alone in thinking that. I've never suggested that Jones wasn't a good manager for us. For me he was ultimately a frustrating one. Flat track bullies was a phrase I remember TOBW using. Fantastic when conditions suited us. Struggled if things didn't go to plan and we didn't know how to change things.
I don’t buy into this Malky had an inferior team at all. Warnock yes. Malky, no way. He has plenty to spend in the promotion season. Even the freebies he brought in were obviously signed by us because we were offering the best wages.

He also had the benefit of some of Jones best signings in Whittingham, Marshall and Hudson.

Jones had to wheel and deal far more than Malky ever did.

Also, Jones has a good team in 10/11 but the squad was weak. Koumas had his problems and barely featured and when injuries started racking up we had to make do with loan signings like J Lloyd Samuel and Stephen Bywater.

Finally, no credit is given to Blackpool for that play off win. They were fantastic going forward on the day and were a bloody good side in the 2nd half of that season. Very unlucky not to stay up. Certainly gave it a better go than either of our attempts.