Jermaine Jones in Football Manager 2009 (hey, if Everton can scout players with FM than so can I.) Explosive, driven, and strong with both feet, he looks a fearsome prospect if deployed properly. However, he doesn't make the best use of the ball. And my coaches say he's injury prone, which may be true (Soccer by Ives).If you are like me, when you heard 27-year-old German-American Jermaine Jones had decided to play for the US you immediately went to YouTube to scope him out. Unfortunately, the only compilations are picture montages which give little idea of his playing style. So I decided to create my own compilation for inquisitive US fans.
I looked at his stats on ESPN, and found clips of the 2008-2009 games where he had goals or assists (unfortunately, he didn't have any in the first half of the season, but had a late-season hot streak when he registered 3 goals and 4 assists in 6 games). He looks to be an hard-working defensive midfielder who has a strong left foot and can occasionally make blistering runs. He also has a strange tendency to fall down when making assists...
The Germans posting comments over at the NYTimes blog rate him quite highly as a player, less so as a person. German publication Kicker is also a fan: it ranks him as the best defensive midfielder in the Bundesliga! There were even rumors swirling around last summer that Manchester United was sizing him up.
Anyhow, if you have suggestions for additions, please share. Enjoy!
Abridged highlights:
Full highlights:
Jermaine Jones 2009 highlights video. Song: Notorious, by Turbulence. Note: because of the column size, I can't make the clip bigger. However, Windows users can press [ctrl] + [+] to zoom in. Afterwards, press [ctrl] + [-] to zoom back out.
[The Wundervideo. Apparently Kampfschwein means "fighting pig," which is an awesome nickname.]
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