Questions for Gary Jones (1993-6)

[Napster]

Gary has agreed to answer some questions about his career, and also he remembers the Manor friendly: "I remember it well, it put me out for nearly 2 months ! They had to cut my new boots up to get my ankle out it was that swollen within minutes!! Grade 2 ankle ligaments great !!"

Short and sweet please! Deadline 5pm

 

[Lincoln Shrimp]

Would love to know why he thought Steve Thompson was able to get the best out of him compared to some of our other managers he played under. That spell under Tommo still remains one of my favourite periods. Some great games and Jones couldn't stop scoring.

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

Best strike partner you had both at Southend and elsewhere.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

From the players he was at Southend with who’d be in his dream

a) 5 a side team
b) boat race drinking team

Did he ever imagine Spud would manage England?

Favourite Barry Fry tale?

And a big thank you for his goal at Norwich giving me my first ever away win (it was my 27th away game!)

 

[Richard Hearn]

Favourite Pokémon character?

 

[Ramsdenblue]

Was it Steve Thompson that decided to attack straight down the middle.

We were looking at relegation, then came Thompson and transformed SUFC and Gary Jones.
To be honest imo, i thought Jones was a donkey, then he started to run straight down the middle at the defenders and at the goal.

Jones then stared to bang the goals in left right and centre.
Is that how Jones preferred to play.

I was made to eat my words, and quite rightly so

 

[Ipswhrimp]

Would love to know why he thought Steve Thompson was able to get the best out of him compared to some of our other managers he played under. That spell under Tommo still remains one of my favourite periods. Some great games and Jones couldn't stop scoring.

I bumped into Steve Thompson in the Royal Oak when I was living in Scopwick in the late 1990s.
'How did you get those performances out of the players, Steve?' I asked him.
'Fear,' he said. 'I'm a big bloke.'

 

[Ipswhrimp]

At the time we signed Andy Thomson from Queen of the South, he was apparently known as 'Mr Goals'! He wasn't prolific when playing for Southend, though. Why does Gary think that it is?

 

[Leeboy]

Peanut butter - smooth or crunchy?

 

[Halstead Blue]

Red sauce brown sauce or no sauce at all.

 

[londonblue]

What changed to spark your incredible goalscoring run that kept us up?

 

[Firestorm]

What do you think could have happened if Steve Thompson had been given the job permanently?.

 

[palexander]

Best strike partner you had both at Southend and elsewhere.

If its not Keith Dublin, we riot.

 

[Napster]

I bumped into Steve Thompson in the Royal Oak when I was living in Scopwick in the late 1990s.
'How did you get those performances out of the players, Steve?' I asked him.
'Fear,' he said. 'I'm a big bloke.'

He might be a big bloke, but he's an absolute snowflake who blocked me on twitter for asking a few innocuous questions. Ditto Alvin Martin and Blair Sturrock.

 

[TJC]

Jobson or Martin?

 

[Westcliff Shrimper]

Age

If its not Keith Dublin, we riot.

Agreed.

 

[BoyWonder2]

Would you rather fight a gorilla once a year, or a chicken every time you get in your car?

 

[Napster]

Five mins before I send these all off

 

[Napster]

He's off to watch the game down the pub, so he'll come back tomorrow.

 

[Leeboy]

He might be a big bloke, but he's an absolute snowflake who blocked me on twitter for asking a few innocuous questions. Ditto Blair Sturrock.

think Blair blocked every Southend fan!
Certainly did me as well