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John Stones

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Coffee and TV said:
You know this season Stones has played 28 games for us during which we've conceded 42 goals. Jags has played 22 games for us during which we've conceded 24 goals.

Might just be a sign that, at this point in his career anyway, Stones needs a leader next to him in defense. I think his game (and his reputation tbh) really took a turn for the worse when Jags got injured.
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Agree, especially as Stones had to not just figure out his own positioning with little direction but had to work with RFM who, although he has adapted very well to the league, can sometimes sit far too deep.

Add to that having Coleman/MCarthy out for a spell who could shield him a bit and a nervy Howard behind, it really was a bit of a perfect storm for the lad. Tough but valuable lesson for him and has the right mentality I think to bounce back from it.
 
Was reading the RAWK thread on Everton and spotted this, found the Giroud shout interesting.
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=315580.19520

Was at Barnsley with my lad last night to see Stones chatting about his career progression from Barnsley under-8's to playing for England. Was pretty good. Think he was a bit nervous but the chap interviewing him was decent so kept the flow going. Seemed like a decent down to earth lad (given he's born/bred Barnsley probably not surprising). A couple of questions were Who's the best player you've played against? Although he did continually mention Suarez he thought he never played to his best when playing Everton, but his answer was Giroud - said he has never had a good game against him (shame they didn't go into the why's and wherefores of this but time was slipping by). Secondly he said that Gareth Barry was the best player he's played with - surprised a few (many).

Any road - here's a pic with our lad


Jack and Stones.jpg (23.1 kB, 221x395 - viewed 104 times.)
 

LinekersLegs said:
Was reading the RAWK thread on Everton and spotted this, found the Giroud shout interesting.
http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=315580.19520

Was at Barnsley with my lad last night to see Stones chatting about his career progression from Barnsley under-8's to playing for England. Was pretty good. Think he was a bit nervous but the chap interviewing him was decent so kept the flow going. Seemed like a decent down to earth lad (given he's born/bred Barnsley probably not surprising). A couple of questions were Who's the best player you've played against? Although he did continually mention Suarez he thought he never played to his best when playing Everton, but his answer was Giroud - said he has never had a good game against him (shame they didn't go into the why's and wherefores of this but time was slipping by). Secondly he said that Gareth Barry was the best player he's played with - surprised a few (many).

Any road - here's a pic with our lad


Jack and Stones.jpg (23.1 kB, 221x395 - viewed 104 times.)
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Very underated giroud, big fan of his
 

sageyefc said:
Almost averages 1 in 2 goal ratio since hes been at arsenal. Not Lukaku/aguero level but still a top striker
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Thing is with Giroud is he has 10 game spells where he's a world-beater, followed by 15 game spells where he looks like he's forgotten how to play football.
 
1. He's young, so feel free to vault me in a few years.

2. We should've taken the money and ran, ran, ran all the way to the bank.
 
sageyefc said:
Almost averages 1 in 2 goal ratio since hes been at arsenal. Not Lukaku/aguero level but still a top striker
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Put him in our team and what do you think his ratio would be?

He's got some great players supplying him so he should be scoring given the chances that Arsenal create

He's crap
 

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