Eastside Moonwalker Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 After 3 years and 12 appearances, JET has finally been released by QPR. Basically stole a wage for 3 years by the looks of it. Shame what could`ve been if he actually had a decent attitude. Wonder where he`ll end up now, can`t see a championship or league 1 team going for him give his track record. Luckily it seems we got the best from him, goal against the blue few and scored a few big goals in the 2 years he was here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 2 minutes ago, Eastside Moonwalker said: After 3 years and 12 appearances, JET has finally been released by QPR. Basically stole a wage for 3 years by the looks of it. Shame what could`ve been if he actually had a decent attitude. Wonder where he`ll end up now, can`t see a championship or league 1 team going for him give his track record. Luckily it seems we got the best from him, goal against the blue few and scored a few big goals in the 2 years he was here he'll end up like david noble plying a trade in te basement because he couldn't apply his talent on a regular basis, I fully expect him to sign for the gas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 JET is an incredibly talented player. I still maintain that he is the most gifted footballer I've seen in a City shirt in 28 years of supporting the club. Unfortunately I think he is player who struggles unless he is the centre of the team's plans but is impossible to put at the centre of a team's plans because he is not reliable enough. I'd love to see him go somewhere - even in League One or Two - and really shine but I fear he'll just drift from club to club. It's a real shame for such an incredible player to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negan Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 BRING HIM HOME LEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 He has other interests that seem to take priority over football. I expect him to retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 5 minutes ago, Negan said: BRING HIM HOME LEE no, please no. Nice guy, great when we had him but no consistency and as others have said, his attitude is all wrong for what we seem to be building now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Big shame how his career has gone. When he's on form and on his game he is fantastic. As @LondonBristolian said, one of the most gifted players we've had in our recent history. I'd actually say at his best he was better than Tomlin at his. Should've been a Prem player really based on talent alone. Wouldn't surprise me if he moves to the MLS, he was over there a lot this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cider-manc Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 I loved JET- he was the sort of player that makes people fall in love with the game. The sort that the kids pretend to be on the play ground. How many of his goals were from 25 yards plus? It's a shame that he obviously just couldn't be arsed/ didn’t have the discipline to reach the top (or even sustain a decent lower league career.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcofisher Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Phileas Fogg said: Big shame how his career has gone. When he's on form and on his game he is fantastic. As @LondonBristolian said, one of the most gifted players we've had in our recent history. I'd actually say at his best he was better than Tomlin at his. Should've been a Prem player really based on talent alone. Wouldn't surprise me if he moves to the MLS, he was over there a lot this summer. Wouldn't surprise me either, or the middle east or China. You could see him not even training and still banging in a 25 yarder per game in those leagues while picking up a pretty penny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man in the middle Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 He’s been working as a DJ/MC in Miami the last couple of months. I can only see him turning his back on football now and concentrating on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneybcfc Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 He got loaned out to MK in his first season after failing to make an impact in the Championship, then joined Gillingham on loan for a season in L1 where he played nearly 30 games. I think at some point in that time Skeletor arrived as QPR manager and totally froze him out of the squad, last season he wasn't even listed on their website as a player despite them holding his contract. I don't know if he even trained with them, when i bothered to see what he was up to (i don't follow him) he was always at the boxing with his mate/watching or playing basketball or organising his club nights. Bit sad really, get the feeling they probably tried to mutually rip up his contract and he refused which is probably understandable the wedge they probably gave him Vs what he earned with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 JET has all the natural ability of a gifted footballer...unfortunately it's gift wrapped in the body of a Boxer. Regardless of how much he trained and was disciplined...his body couldn't cope with the fast pace of league football over a season. If games lasted 40 mins...he'd be ok imo. It's purely down to his body. He obviously realises this...how frustrating it must be, to know you have all that talent, but however much you trained, you'd never have the body to succeed at a good level...how soul destroying. No wonder he's let his mind wander and become more interested in other activities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BristolCity1992 Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 12 minutes ago, Sydneybcfc said: He got loaned out to MK in his first season after failing to make an impact in the Championship, then joined Gillingham on loan for a season in L1 where he played nearly 30 games. I think at some point in that time Skeletor arrived as QPR manager and totally froze him out of the squad, last season he wasn't even listed on their website as a player despite them holding his contract. I don't know if he even trained with them, when i bothered to see what he was up to (i don't follow him) he was always at the boxing with his mate/watching or playing basketball or organising his club nights. Bit sad really, get the feeling they probably tried to mutually rip up his contract and he refused which is probably understandable the wedge they probably gave him Vs what he earned with us. To be fair if he can make it as a DJ/Producer/promoter then he'll be doing pretty well. If it's a case of him not really enjoying football anymore and wanting something else then all the best to him. It'd be great to see him tear up the lower leagues again though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted July 4, 2018 Admin Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 I don't think that it was a coincidence that SO'D got the best out of JET at more than one club - seemed he needed a "special" style of managing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowshed Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 13 minutes ago, spudski said: JET has all the natural ability of a gifted footballer...unfortunately it's gift wrapped in the body of a Boxer. Regardless of how much he trained and was disciplined...his body couldn't cope with the fast pace of league football over a season. If games lasted 40 mins...he'd be ok imo. It's purely down to his body. He obviously realises this...how frustrating it must be, to know you have all that talent, but however much you trained, you'd never have the body to succeed at a good level...how soul destroying. No wonder he's let his mind wander and become more interested in other activities. I made that point before. He is a odd shape for a football player. His body shape is more mesomorph than ecto/endo as most football players are. He must have worked insanely hard to become as skilful as he is, that skill is the result if endless intense practice and that body will always hold him back. He may be as skilful as he is because of his limitations, due to always having to work harder at that aspect of football to keep on par with individuals who were physically better suited to football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Great memories of Jet, wish him the best, never forget the day he tore us apart as a teenager at AG while on loan at Doncaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 21 minutes ago, Cowshed said: I made that point before. He is a odd shape for a football player. His body shape is more mesomorph than ecto/endo as most football players are. He must have worked insanely hard to become as skilful as he is, that skill is the result if endless intense practice and that body will always hold him back. He may be as skilful as he is because of his limitations, due to always having to work harder at that aspect of football to keep on par with individuals who were physically better suited to football. Indeed...I often noticed how strong his upper body was...he'd hold off a player, or use his big frame to roll a player...with a big stride he was often away...and I remember he had a turn of speed on him when he needed to. However...he needed 10 mins to recover. Just hasn't got the mileage in him that footballers need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTRFTG Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 If you follow his Instagram account he's been putting in a shift at some football fitness academy, surprising given he's been living the life of Riley and DJing these past 9 months. Perhaps he thought he'd try and give it one last go this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carey 6 Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 I'd take him back here as a squad player. He'd surely see it as his last chance playing at this level. We know he's got the ability to do so. Won't command a big wage at all either because of the previous few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Monkeh Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 1 minute ago, Carey 6 said: I'd take him back here as a squad player. He'd surely see it as his last chance playing at this level. We know he's got the ability to do so. Won't command a big wage at all either because of the previous few years. good god no, why waste wages on someone who couldn't get into a poor QPR side and was only coming off the bench in our promotion winning side, we'd be better off giving bench space to Morrell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phileas Fogg Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 8 minutes ago, Carey 6 said: I'd take him back here as a squad player. He'd surely see it as his last chance playing at this level. We know he's got the ability to do so. Won't command a big wage at all either because of the previous few years. Same actually. I just really enjoyed watching him play. He really was awesome when he first joined, so skillful and awkward. Imagine a fit and firing JET playing just behind Diedhiou. I know it's pretty fanciful and would never happen.. but I loved watching him play and really like the idea of him turning it around.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B1ackbird Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 15 minutes ago, ZiderEyed said: Never tire of watching that, played a one two with Bobby Reid, Beautiful.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_South_End Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Loved a screamer, made our first season back in League One much more bearable: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Probably the best penalty taker I've ever seen. I loved how he used to wait for the keeper to move and if they stayed still he'd simply pass it into the corner out of reach. We were extremely lucky to have him and Smith to keep us winning when Wilbraham and Agard were both injured at the same time in the double winning season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfcredandwhite Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 This was outrageously disrespectful. The referee should have ordered a retake: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 4 hours ago, spudski said: JET has all the natural ability of a gifted footballer...unfortunately it's gift wrapped in the body of a Boxer. Regardless of how much he trained and was disciplined...his body couldn't cope with the fast pace of league football over a season. If games lasted 40 mins...he'd be ok imo. It's purely down to his body. He obviously realises this...how frustrating it must be, to know you have all that talent, but however much you trained, you'd never have the body to succeed at a good level...how soul destroying. No wonder he's let his mind wander and become more interested in other activities. So, a bit like Lukaku? If so, why couldn't he play as a 'bustling' centre forward? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
When the river runs Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 6 minutes ago, PHILINFRANCE said: So, a bit like Lukaku? If so, why couldn't he play as a 'bustling' centre forward? More like Harry kane. Ideal shape for a front man. Bar injury these players should always be fit in my opinion , after all its what they get paid for. Being not fit is a bit like turning up to work without you're tools , always used to say it about Rooney too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivorguy Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 Thanks for the memory, as Bob Hope used to say A real and amazing talent and appeared to be a really nice bloke Wpuld have suited a less intense era Imagine Jet and Big John in the same team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redandwhitescarf Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 2 hours ago, MichaelRobartes said: Probably the best penalty taker I've ever seen. I loved how he used to wait for the keeper to move and if they stayed still he'd simply pass it into the corner out of reach. We were extremely lucky to have him and Smith to keep us winning when Wilbraham and Agard were both injured at the same time in the double winning season. Yes always thought it was a shame that when they were fit again, he was instantly dropped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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