The Brentford circus will go down in folklore but Nathan Jones was at it well before then. The former Southampton manager has ‘nothing against Welsh women’.
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Nathan Jones on… the one thing missing from his start at Southampton
“It’s been a whirlwind. I’ve been up and down the country, my own [Luton] game Tuesday, Southampton game [on Wednesday], meeting everyone, the World Cup and every little thing that could possibly happen. Just praise the Lord my wife is not pregnant as literally that would be the most manic week you could ever imagine.”
Nathan Jones on… improving forwards
“Every striker I’ve worked with has scored goals at whatever level. When I worked at Brighton I did the same and strikers got moves. The ones I had at Luton have all scored goals and have either gone on to different stuff or are still there scoring goals. I want us to be a real fluent attacking side. I want us to be an aggressive side and I want to score goals and Che is going to be key to that. I know I can make him better” – on November 14, after which Southampton’s five Premier League goals have been shared between midfielders James Ward-Prowse (four) and Carlos Alcaraz (one), and absolutely not Che Adams (zero).
Nathan Jones on… his first game
“It would have been easy for me not to take the game today because I’ve come in with one day to work with them. But that’s not my character, that’s not my style, I wanted to get in amongst it regardless of opposition” – about why he decided to take charge of the 3-1 defeat to Liverpool on November 12, having only been appointed Southampton manager on November 10.
“We have been in the job four or five weeks and that’s the only competitive game that we have had” – discussing the 3-1 Carabao Cup victory over Lincoln on December 20, discounting the Liverpool game prior to the World Cup.
“Take the Liverpool game out of it because I’d had one day, I’m at a 50 per cent win ratio at the minute. I’ve lost three Premier League games, won all the cup games” – speaking on January 12 about his record, no longer eager “to get in amongst it regardless of opposition”, but all too happy to crow about beating League One Lincoln City at home with a 74th-minute winner.
Nathan Jones on… letting teams “sit in”
“We just didn’t show enough quality but you had a side out there tonight that…
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