David Jones
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And when you've got De Bruyne on both silvers and you're playing on that team, you know, he's perfect for them, you know, because he's so cute and clever with his movement.
Ten Premier League hat-tricks, just one behind Alan Shearer.
Now, where is he, Jamie, in the pantheon of great Premier League strikers?
Against him, you always felt, presumably, that you were in a real battle.
He doesn't spend a lot of time on that.
He's not like Thierry, who I worked with.
Thierry would get the ball 30, 40 yards out, he'd do wonderful things, slot in the top corner.
I mean, he plays, he has very few touches of the ball.
But they're devastating.
They're all in the danger area.
If you see him drifting wide, he does it simple, saving his energy for when it really matters, in between the posts, inside the 18-yard box.
His movement, I come back to his movement and his cuteness, his awareness, but I come back to, would he be the same player?
Well, he certainly wouldn't be the same player playing on a team without the Silvers or De Bruyne.
Again, the manager said about him in his interview, you know, he doesn't do the running of Jesus or mention somebody else.
But, you know, he is the ultimate...
goal, poacher, fox in the box.
His three today were six yards.
Yeah, but he saves all his energy for what matters.
He's intelligent, though.
He knows where to be at the right time to get those goals, to get on the end of it.