John Stones

[TheFinnFan]

<dreaming of a defence of Koulibaly and Stones for the next 10 years>

Om nom nom

wake up!

 

[ilikecheese]

but he's more than just potential.

he's already a very very good player who is undervalued by a lot on here.

No mate...he's vastly overrated. He is a center half and his #1 job is to be a defender. He's not very good at that.

He's sexy as hell though on the ball and it seduces everyone...including myself.

 

[BlueToff]

No mate...he's vastly overrated. He is a center half and his #1 job is to be a defender. He's not very good at that.

He's sexy as hell though on the ball and it seduces everyone...including myself.

He really is. He makes mistakes, but fundamentally he's a good defender who is only going to get better.

He made less mistakes than Smalling or Cahill or Terry last year yet I'm sure you'd class them all as better defenders?

 

[Toffeelover]

wake up!

Now that is what I call a pet cat!!! But how does one get it off the couch?

 

[ilikecheese]

He really is. He makes mistakes, but fundamentally he's a good defender who is only going to get better.

He made less mistakes than Smalling or Cahill or Terry last year yet I'm sure you'd class them all as better defenders?

We'll just have to agree to disagree on this. He's non existent in the air. Positional awareness is sorely lacking. Ball watches. Etc.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

but he's more than just potential.

he's already a very very good player who is undervalued by a lot on here.

He's definately going to make it

Pep Guardiola is going to give him every single chance to succeed, and he will do so

 

[BiggyRat]

Now that is what I call a pet cat!!! But how does one get it off the couch?

Any way it wants too!!!!

 

[nsno-chris]

No mate...he's vastly overrated. He is a center half and his #1 job is to be a defender. He's not very good at that.

He's sexy as hell though on the ball and it seduces everyone...including myself.

He's 22, he's still learning the art of defending i.e. when to press, when to drop off, when to tackle, when to row z it.

He's got the ability to read a game and is one of the best technical gifted defender's in Britain. Once his bread is buttered and he knows the game he'll be one of the best in the world

 

[BiggyRat]

Only first teamer not in the squad is Jagielka.

So Jags is off then? Oh well...

 

[dano195]

i'd rather keep the lad! Don't get why you'd want to sell a English centre back with huge potential if we are meant to be starting this huge new project. Sends the wrong message in my opinion.

 

[Walter Ego]

Yep he's crap Stones. Makes me wonder why such successful managers like Mou n Pep have wanted him. They need to get on here and get educated.

 

[Nil Satis Niasse Optimum]

i'd rather keep the lad! Don't get why you'd want to sell a English centre back with huge potential if we are meant to be starting this huge new project. Sends the wrong message in my opinion.

We've always been sell-to-buy, so no point stopping now. We can always get Hibbert back and play him CB like we did against Benfica.

 

[deipnosophist]

Any way it wants too!!!!

lol ...reminds me of a joke :
Q how do porcupines make love?




A very carefully

 

[Westend Blue]

wake up!

I'm good thanks mate I prefer my tigers passive and sleeping

 

[BlueToff]

i'd rather keep the lad! Don't get why you'd want to sell a English centre back with huge potential if we are meant to be starting this huge new project. Sends the wrong message in my opinion.

Once again, I'll repeat - if we wish to up our wage limit in line with the signings we hope to make (high profile players means bigger fees and wages, obviously) we need to up our revenue to stay within FFP limits.

Stones has said he wants to leave supposedly, which indicates that we have agreed to it as long as City meet our valuation.

We all want him to stay (most of us, anyway), and for now he is an Everton player, but it doesn't look likely he'll be here come September.