It seems like only one poster on here sees through him. He's rubbish. I was wondering where the post match thread was hiding. It's right here. As soon as Stones was taken off, we looked a different team. Positive passes from the back, midfielders getting the ball unmarked as a result. Tackles going in. We were playing a man short before Walker got sent off. Can someone tell me, please, what Stones actually does in a game. Does he win the ball in the middle? no, does he win headers? no. does he stop counters? no. does he play positive passes from the back? no. I'll tell you what he does. He passes it back to the goalie, he holds his hands out for a pass when he's in a poor position to receive the ball. He stands around a lot in space. He lopes about looking for something to do. As one poster has noticed, what he does do is hide. He never drives the team forward from the back. Kompany, who's lost a yard of pace these days, moved into the middle and did all of those things that Stones doesn't do. He's way past his best but he's still twice the player Stones is or will ever be. And the other players have seen through him. He was hooked last night about an hour too late. He should be told he's going to be on the bench a lot. 50 million or no 50 fucking million.
