John Stones

[hetion]

Could see him going to City in the summer tbf. They've got the £££ and Guardiola would love him, plus he wouldn't have to move.

 

[chazzle_dazzle]

Could see him going to City in the summer tbf. They've got the £££ and Guardiola would love him, plus he wouldn't have to move.

Was about to post the same thing - would wait till the summer no matter what, TV money going up and all that.

Rather not lose him, every player has his price though.

 

[sageyefc]

Could see him going to City in the summer tbf. They've got the £££ and Guardiola would love him, plus he wouldn't have to move.

Dunno, reckon pep would try for lewandowski.



*most likely ive spelt that wrong

 

[hetion]

Dunno, reckon pep would try for lewandowski.



*most likely ive spelt that wrong

Feel like I'm missing something here haha

 

[sageyefc]

Feel like I'm missing something here haha

FFS thought it was lukaku thread

 

[sageyefc]

Pep will defo go for stones

 

[blueblue]

Guardiola has signed a three year contract. He is going to City to get immediate success.
Can he trust John Stones at this point to go into a team and not concede goals at Premiership or CL level ?
I am not so sure he could ?
Would you prefer a twenty one year old John Stones or a twenty one year old John Terry ?
If you play in the back four you are judged by your defending first and your football second. I think
that at the moment John Stones may have it the other way around. I do believe the manager and
coaching staff are not blameless in the regard.

 

[hetion]

Guardiola has signed a three year contract. He is going to City to get immediate success.
Can he trust John Stones at this point to go into a team and not concede goals at Premiership or CL level ?
I am not so sure he could ?
Would you prefer a twenty one year old John Stones or a twenty one year old John Terry ?
If you play in the back four you are judged by your defending first and your football second. I think
that at the moment John Stones may have it the other way around. I do believe the manager and
coaching staff are not blameless in the regard.

It's about the way Guardiola plays though. He even wants his GK to be as good on the ball as most midfielders.

 

[blueblue]

It's about the way Guardiola plays though. He even wants his GK to be as good on the ball as most midfielders.

True, but a player making silly mistakes or bad defensive decisions could do a lot of damage to a footballing team.
That is what has been happening at Everton and in no way is it the fault of John Stones alone. The keeper and defenders can all share the blame but if you are going to pay 40m-50m for a player you need to be able to rely on him to defend properly.

In a way what is currently happening to John Stones may benefit him as a player. He may have begun to believe his own publicity, it would be hard not to.
The mistakes he has made may make him refocus and get back to the form of last season and earlier this season.

 

[Everton_Gary]

Neil Ashton just said that Stones will most likely be Guardiola's first signing. Said on tv his article about it will be up in half an hour. Makes sense to me, hope City stump up the cash. £40 mil on up I'd sell.

 

[sageyefc]

Neil Ashton just said that Stones will most likely be Guardiola's first signing. Said on tv his article about it will be up in half an hour. Makes sense to me, hope City stump up the cash. £40 mil on up I'd sell.

Hes alway trying to sell him that ashton. Bad ballbag

 

[Hellerad]

Everton weren't bought by Sheiks
But John Stones was
Money can buy you Stones

 

[CynicalBlue]

40mill buys 4 Funes Mori's. Decent.

 

[mlyons]

True, but a player making silly mistakes or bad defensive decisions could do a lot of damage to a footballing team.
That is what has been happening at Everton and in no way is it the fault of John Stones alone. The keeper and defenders can all share the blame but if you are going to pay 40m-50m for a player you need to be able to rely on him to defend properly.

In a way what is currently happening to John Stones may benefit him as a player. He may have begun to believe his own publicity, it would be hard not to.
The mistakes he has made may make him refocus and get back to the form of last season and earlier this season.

Have you ever watched a Guardiola team? Given a choice among Mangala, Otamendi, Demicheles, and Stones, he would hesitate a microsecond before spending £50 million on Stones. He demands that his central defenders play exactly the way that Stones does, mistakes be damned.

 

[MACCA75]

Guardiola has signed a three year contract. He is going to City to get immediate success.
Can he trust John Stones at this point to go into a team and not concede goals at Premiership or CL level ?
I am not so sure he could ?
Would you prefer a twenty one year old John Stones or a twenty one year old John Terry ?
If you play in the back four you are judged by your defending first and your football second. I think
that at the moment John Stones may have it the other way around. I do believe the manager and
coaching staff are not blameless in the regard.

I agree. If I had the chance to build a champions league winning team like Pep has at City, I wouldn't be thinking about a long term return like John Stones. Money is no object to them, I'd just be signing him once he's ironed out all his flaws.