100 explanations for Phil Jones' facial expression in this photo

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1. Horrifying Lovecraftian epiphany mid-clearance

2. Luis Nani ruthlessly pinging 70 yard balls onto the top of Jones' head during his attempts to warm up, Jones finally breaks and flees but too late to avoid the one pictured

3. Ball not match ball, has been hovering above Jones' head since Thursday, apparently visible only to him until this picture taken

4. Spotted David Dunn eyeing up his plate of hot wings

5. The moment before Phil finds self subject to hilarious Rio Ferdinand "wind-up" prank.

6: all his jumping muscles are in his eyebrows

dying @ #3

7. Realisation of what is happening to the poor, unemployed underclasses of Britain and the hopeless futility of his situation as a centre half to change things.

8. During the April 1st pre-game warm-up, Old Trafford's PA was taken over by pranksters who played Brian McFadden's "Just the Way You Are (Drunk at the Bar)" on repeat.

9. Titus Bramble, off screen, is telling him about what he got up to last weekend.

10. horror upon seeing the devil-man on the sidelines ready to click his soul-stealing device.

11. Scott Bakula Quantum Leaps into a particularly unusual host body

"Oh Boy, we are being torn apart by Norwich at home"

oh yeah i thought of quantum leap (just while walking along the road, cf. 'too much time on ilx') but forgot to post it! i think this thread is kind of hampered by the evident truth of example #1, though.

12. Singing "Tubthumping" to himself to get in the zone, this header happened to coincide perfectly with the "DOWN" bit.

13. Realised this exact same thing happened at the exact same time when United played Norwich at Old Trafford in the 2011/2012 of his FM11 game, except he was managing Norwich.

14. Unseen side of ball shows Fermat's proof, but jonesy ain't got a pen on im

Had yet another premonition of "the highest ball", a hoof that obeys no laws of gravity or physics, feared by defenders and known by different names in all footballing cultures.

16. Receiving pre-match fellatio from Mike Phelan

17. Daydreams of replacing Heath Ledger in the next Batman, lets easy ball escape him to the back stick.

ban noodle vague

i was staggered nobody had already gone with a BJ joke

posts that effortlessly etc

ten to 8 in the morning you got staggered by that fyi

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andre marriner can only look on in petrified horror as phil jones is annihilated by unspeakable forces.

right, i'm gonna google 'tune group'

did you enjoy the irony chris

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BX1AfrECMAAj0rU.jpg

good finish

18: Camera affixed to front of oncoming train

Phil Jones will bury us all

given a shovel, a patient tutor and a very simple list of instructions, sure