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John Stones

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He still gives me heart palpitations when he embodies the spirit of Franz Beckenbauer and fancies himself as a bit of a player.

Nothing wrong with confidence like.
 
Er no I haven't don't be so naive he has made at least 1 mistake in every game he's played in. Just cos the opponent hasn't capitalised on it doesn't mean they are suddenly forgotten. And he has the positional awareness of a walrus on Rollerblades.

Our other two centrebacks are not far off that one mistake/positional error per game statistic to be honest. As brilliant as they can be for the majority of most games.

Youre being too harsh...looking too hard to pick out flaws when the strengths are there for anybody to see.

He's going to be an excellent player for us IMO
 
Our other two centrebacks are not far off that one mistake/positional error per game statistic to be honest. As brilliant as they can be for the majority of most games.

Youre being too harsh...looking too hard to pick out flaws when the strengths are there for anybody to see.

He's going to be an excellent player for us IMO

Yep, Distin and Jags have made mistakes in our biggest games especially against the rs.
 

You can't really say Stones is good right now until he has been a constant in the team against the city/chelseas of the league. defending against Dyer and the like is not the same as defending against Hazard/Oscar/ Arguero/ Silva etc.

Point is, the lad is proving himself and i will always champion playing stones over Alcaraz any day of the week. The only way he will improve is by playing so not arsed if he makes mistakes this season or the next as long as he becomes better for them. is he some top potential centre half who knows eh? Lets just find out.
 
I like Stones. I'd like to see him play more with Jags. Stones should be the replacement for Distin. Distin is 37 this year, he can't have much longer left in him. We need to start preparing for it.
 
I like Stones. I'd like to see him play more with Jags. Stones should be the replacement for Distin. Distin is 37 this year, he can't have much longer left in him. We need to start preparing for it.

Yeah agree with this, I'd like to see him as a regular alongside Jagielka next season, I love Distin but it's time to start preparing for when he packs in, Alcaraz doesn't appear to be able to string 2 games together without breaking.
 

Stones is a mixture of Franz Beckenbaur and Michael Dubarry

i haven't decided yet, hope it's the Kaizer. But giving his age we can expect a few Dubarry moments, need to be patient with this lad.
 

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