I think you under rate how good Stones is on the ball. I don't think there is a comparable centre back in world football. Always remember the Utd semi when he decided to start dribbling from the back in the second half and it gave us control of the game for a spell a massive opportunity to win that game which we obviously missed. Branthwaite looks composed on the ball (in the same way Van Dyke is a pretty high level) but he is hasn't shown any evidence of having Stones level ability. Stones could always play centre mid or full back with ease. No way Branthwaite has that sort of ability to manipulate the ball.