No, obviously Jones will be miles ahead of him. But I think coates has the potential to be much better than Jones,Hopefully his desire and work rate is similar to that of Suarez.
Given that Coates has only played twice - and both poerformanvces were mixed - I think it's a bit early to conclude he's a flop
not sure whether he has the potential to be better than Jones, but given the cash involved, it seems a bit pointless not to play him when Agger is out as Skrtel always seems likely to make a mistake