Stones OR Bolasie + Williams ?

[Nyhus]

Williams alone is better than Stones. Easy choice.

 

[Whistlin' Dixie]

John Stones = £47m, with a future sell on fee

Bolasie & Williams = £37m (As of now, could be more) very little sell-on value.

Not hard to figure, is it?

 

[bluejim95]

Stones for me is a bit like Barkley, everyone can see the potential but they don't just seem to have the consistency to go with it.

The emergence of Holgate has a made it a bit, John who??

Williams was the calibre I was hoping for given his strengths. Bolasie fell into the makes sense bracket, even though a little expensive.

Just seems the calibre of player available in this window wasn't that great. Summed up by relegated Newcastle's hit and miss player being the headline transfer on Deadline Day.

 

[Seanjd]

John Stones = £47m, with a future sell on fee

Bolasie & Williams = £37m (As of now, could be more) very little sell-on value.

Not hard to figure, is it?

Who will affect our team the most, to get us to where we need to be, within the next 2 years?

 

[Nyhus]

Maaan, he is not good at rapping.

 

[Barnfred 55]

John Stones = £47m, with a future sell on fee

Bolasie & Williams = £37m (As of now, could be more) very little sell-on value.

Not hard to figure, is it?

Will he get a future sell on fee though? £47m is a lot of dough to make a profit on for a defender.

PSG probably thought the same when they bought Luiz but they just sold him back to Chelsea at £16m loss.

Plus it's not just about money. It's about what's right for the team and Williams is what we need right now, not Stones. I do really wish it were otherwise.

 

[Barnfred 55]

Makes a change to see a thread where most are in agreement. Normally they are so polarised it's like LSE v PE with Groucho as ref

 

[Jamo Martinez]

we have been crying out for a player like Williams for years, real leadership, for us at this moment would sooner have him than Stones, saying that Stones will go on to be a really good player in the future, but right now for us and himself it was better he moved on.

This. The Stoke game was a case in point. If we'd had Stones in instead of Williams we'd have dropped points defo.

Yes I know that's only one game but I think it's a perfect example of what we will get from Williams. He's a great signing and will prove it in time.

 

[Jamo Martinez]

Think it was really more like 9.5m for Williams and 25m for bolasie, so discounting Gueye seems harsh.

Fact is stones will be better than any of them will ever be but they are right for us now and they want to be here. Williams is exactly what we needed at the back, Gueye has been our best player so far and Bolasie gives us something extra on the wing.

Good business all in all, but it would have looked better if we'd have backed it up with some other business....

You had to, didn't you? You just had to.

I was happy and you made me sad.

 

[Barnfred 55]

John Stones = £47m, with a future sell on fee

Bolasie & Williams = £37m (As of now, could be more) very little sell-on value.

Not hard to figure, is it?

Sorry. Mis-interpreted that as future sell on profit. Of course you would get a future sell on fee, but would do well to make a profit I think.

 

[toffeeblue9]

I seem to be in the increasing minority here but I firmly believe Stones will be one of the best defenders this country has ever produced

In the long run we would have been better off keeping him

Under a manager who values defenders who are great at the art of defending though, I think we'll be better off in the short term with Williams and Bolasie than we would have been with just Stones this season.

Be prepared to watch Stones look like Beckenbauer this season though

 

[MartyMcFly]

I think it was clear that they wanted somebody who knew the league and had already managed in the league for quicker success.

Quicker success. More like less risk.

But its fine. It probably was the right choice.

 

[Seanjd]

I seem to be in the increasing minority here but I firmly believe Stones will be one of the best defenders this country has ever produced

In the long run we would have been better off keeping him

Under a manager who values defenders who are great at the art of defending though, I think we'll be better off in the short term with Williams and Bolasie than we would have been with just Stones this season.

Be prepared to watch Stones look like Beckenbauer this season though

It's much easier to look like Beckenbauer when you're playing in a team who will be on the offensive for most of the match. I agree though, he wis and will be an absolute class act. It will be interesting to see how he performs when City come under pressure against teams as good/better than they are, like in the champions league. Will he be able to put in a good defensive shift in a one off game without having to every week?

 

[Seanjd]

Quicker success. More like less risk.

Which is hardly surprising given the previous manager's endeavours.

 

[MartyMcFly]

Which is hardly surprising given the previous manager's endeavours.

I edited my comment. I'm now 100% behind Koeman.