" SO HE BACKS DAVE JONES TO STAY ON "
Wed May 18, 2011 3:57 pm
I am a bit Shocked by Jay backing him,But then Jay wont be here next season.
Jay Bothroyd backs Dave Jones to remain Cardiff manager
Wednesday, 18 May 201
Jay Bothroyd says Cardiff City would be crazy to get rid of manager Dave Jones, while remaining coy on his own future.
The striker, 29, who won his first England cap this season in the friendly with France, is out of contract.
After the play-off semi-final loss to Reading, Bothroyd indicated he has yet to decide whether to stay with Cardiff or seek a new club on a free transfer.
"Cardiff would be mad to get rid of Dave Jones. He's been great, he's brought in quality," Bothroyd said.
"It's not just the manager, it's a collective thing, we're involved as well. We're the boys that go out on the pitch and play the game and he can't affect that, all he can do is pick the team.
"But Dave Jones and Cardiff, I think there can be a lot of expectation [to get promoted] and I think it will happen, in the next year hopefully.
"I don't know yet [about staying with Cardiff], I've got to go away and have a think, talk to my family and whatnot and see what happens.
"But at the moment I'm not thinking about my immediate future, I'm thinking about the loss and I'm bitterly disappointed."
Bothroyd was a £300,000 buy from Jones' former club, Wolverhampton Wanderers, in August 2008, with the former Arsenal trainee signing a three-year deal.
Former Cardiff players Nathan Blake and Jason Perry have already called for a fresh start next season under a new manager, but Bothroyd insists the Bluebirds are in safe hands with Jones.
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Jones 'needs time' to assess future
"Dave Jones has been terrific, ever since I've been at the club he's been great," Bothroyd said.
"He's been great personally for me, he's brought me on leaps and bounds and I'm very thankful to him for that and he knows that."
This season the 6ft 2in frontman led the Championship scoring charts in the first half of the season, earning a first England call and attracting plenty of interest from Premier League clubs in the January transfer window.
Cardiff decided to keep hold of their prize asset to boost their promotion chances, knowing they risked losing Bothroyd for nothing at the end of the season.
Bothroyd, who has also played for Coventry, Perugia in Italy, Blackburn, Charlton and Stoke, suffered a slump in form after his England cameo in November, where he came off the bench in the closing stages of the 2-1 loss.
But he still finishes the season with a very respectable 20 goals from 42 appearances, ensuring his name will be linked with several clubs over the close season, and Bothroyd admits the lure of the Premier League remains strong.
"Everyone wants to play in the Premiership, that's the best league, it's the highest level, you want to play against the best players in the world week in, week out," Bothroyd said.
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"But it's not about me, it's about the team and we're disappointed and we're going to go away and have a think about it.
"We're back in Thursday and we're going to have words I guess."
Cardiff had held Reading to a 0-0 draw in the first leg at the Madejski Stadium last week.
But bad errors gifted the Royals their first two goals in Tuesday night's return at Cardiff City Stadium, before former Bluebird Jobi McAnuff added an emphatic third for the visitors - who now face a Wembley play-off final against Cardiff's arch-rivals Swansea on 30 May.
"Obviously we're very disappointed to miss out on achieving our dream, but that's football," Bothroyd added.
"It might sound a bit silly but that's as well as we've played for a few weeks now, and we made silly mistakes and they capitalised on it to score goals.
"But it's not just one game, we could have been better throughout the whole season... hopefully we can go next year.
"I'm not sure what's happening now, obviously it's just time to go away and look at the season, look what you maybe could have done better and evaluate that, and get back to work next season."
Jay Bothroyd backs Dave Jones to remain Cardiff manager
Wednesday, 18 May 201
Jay Bothroyd says Cardiff City would be crazy to get rid of manager Dave Jones, while remaining coy on his own future.
The striker, 29, who won his first England cap this season in the friendly with France, is out of contract.
After the play-off semi-final loss to Reading, Bothroyd indicated he has yet to decide whether to stay with Cardiff or seek a new club on a free transfer.
"Cardiff would be mad to get rid of Dave Jones. He's been great, he's brought in quality," Bothroyd said.
"It's not just the manager, it's a collective thing, we're involved as well. We're the boys that go out on the pitch and play the game and he can't affect that, all he can do is pick the team.
"But Dave Jones and Cardiff, I think there can be a lot of expectation [to get promoted] and I think it will happen, in the next year hopefully.
"I don't know yet [about staying with Cardiff], I've got to go away and have a think, talk to my family and whatnot and see what happens.
"But at the moment I'm not thinking about my immediate future, I'm thinking about the loss and I'm bitterly disappointed."
Bothroyd was a £300,000 buy from Jones' former club, Wolverhampton Wanderers, in August 2008, with the former Arsenal trainee signing a three-year deal.
Former Cardiff players Nathan Blake and Jason Perry have already called for a fresh start next season under a new manager, but Bothroyd insists the Bluebirds are in safe hands with Jones.
Click to play
Jones 'needs time' to assess future
"Dave Jones has been terrific, ever since I've been at the club he's been great," Bothroyd said.
"He's been great personally for me, he's brought me on leaps and bounds and I'm very thankful to him for that and he knows that."
This season the 6ft 2in frontman led the Championship scoring charts in the first half of the season, earning a first England call and attracting plenty of interest from Premier League clubs in the January transfer window.
Cardiff decided to keep hold of their prize asset to boost their promotion chances, knowing they risked losing Bothroyd for nothing at the end of the season.
Bothroyd, who has also played for Coventry, Perugia in Italy, Blackburn, Charlton and Stoke, suffered a slump in form after his England cameo in November, where he came off the bench in the closing stages of the 2-1 loss.
But he still finishes the season with a very respectable 20 goals from 42 appearances, ensuring his name will be linked with several clubs over the close season, and Bothroyd admits the lure of the Premier League remains strong.
"Everyone wants to play in the Premiership, that's the best league, it's the highest level, you want to play against the best players in the world week in, week out," Bothroyd said.
Click to play
Interview: Gethin Jenkins
"But it's not about me, it's about the team and we're disappointed and we're going to go away and have a think about it.
"We're back in Thursday and we're going to have words I guess."
Cardiff had held Reading to a 0-0 draw in the first leg at the Madejski Stadium last week.
But bad errors gifted the Royals their first two goals in Tuesday night's return at Cardiff City Stadium, before former Bluebird Jobi McAnuff added an emphatic third for the visitors - who now face a Wembley play-off final against Cardiff's arch-rivals Swansea on 30 May.
"Obviously we're very disappointed to miss out on achieving our dream, but that's football," Bothroyd added.
"It might sound a bit silly but that's as well as we've played for a few weeks now, and we made silly mistakes and they capitalised on it to score goals.
"But it's not just one game, we could have been better throughout the whole season... hopefully we can go next year.
"I'm not sure what's happening now, obviously it's just time to go away and look at the season, look what you maybe could have done better and evaluate that, and get back to work next season."
Re: " SO HE BACKS DAVE JONES TO STAY ON "
Wed May 18, 2011 3:59 pm
Cant blame Jay for saying that - he revived his career...can't see anyone else saying it, I wonder what Bellamy is thinking 
Re: " SO HE BACKS DAVE JONES TO STAY ON "
Wed May 18, 2011 4:12 pm
the two of them can feckoff.
Re: " SO HE BACKS DAVE JONES TO STAY ON "
Wed May 18, 2011 4:30 pm
ned wrote:the two of them can feckoff.
thanks. that saved me saying it
Re: " SO HE BACKS DAVE JONES TO STAY ON "
Wed May 18, 2011 6:24 pm
Bothroyd fook off and take Jones with you and by the way the amount of time you spend on the floor you would make a good English International Carpet Fitter as its the only international cap you will get to go with your other one
Re: " SO HE BACKS DAVE JONES TO STAY ON "
Wed May 18, 2011 6:32 pm
I think he's made a couple of good points, DJ HAS brought in some quality players, and let's be honest he didn't exactly have much to spend on transfers, so on that front I'd give DJ a 8/10 (points deducted for Bywater, Naylor, J lloyd and JET), and to be fair many of us thought at least two of those players would be key for us.
I also agree with Jay, that once they step over that white line, there's only so much DJ could do.
That said, the players have got to take a good hard look at themselves because the effort and "playing for the shirt" just wasn't there with many of them.
Personally, I belive Jay owes us to sign a deal and make good on his promises to us, although I'm not going to argue with anyone who wants him to go. The thing that makes me laugh is that 6 months ago it was rumoured that premier league clubs were queuing upo to sign him, I wonder how many of them are still in that queue after Jay's recent form?
In fairness to DJ, he's had no transfer money to spend so has signed loans/frees to "make do", on paper some of those deals looked very good, but I think the problem was down to too many of those loanees having no commitment to City - win/lose or draw too many of them didn't care as long as they got paid.
I also agree with Jay, that once they step over that white line, there's only so much DJ could do.
That said, the players have got to take a good hard look at themselves because the effort and "playing for the shirt" just wasn't there with many of them.
Personally, I belive Jay owes us to sign a deal and make good on his promises to us, although I'm not going to argue with anyone who wants him to go. The thing that makes me laugh is that 6 months ago it was rumoured that premier league clubs were queuing upo to sign him, I wonder how many of them are still in that queue after Jay's recent form?
In fairness to DJ, he's had no transfer money to spend so has signed loans/frees to "make do", on paper some of those deals looked very good, but I think the problem was down to too many of those loanees having no commitment to City - win/lose or draw too many of them didn't care as long as they got paid.