John Stones - 2016/17 performances

[stony]

Would you trade Otamendi for Pepe?

I'd trade him for 5 magic beans and a can of Lilt tbh.

 

[The Riot Club]

We should forget Laporte and anyone else with no Prem experience who'd cost in excess of £40 million.

If we're going to spend that much or more on a central defender, we should bid for one of Koscielny or Vertonghen.

 

[domalino]

We should forget Laporte and anyone else with no Prem experience who'd cost in excess of £40 million.

If we're going to spend that much or more on a central defender, we should bid for one of Koscielny or Vertonghen.

Hahahahahaha jesus christ. Koscielny? £40m+ on fucking Koscielny?! He's 32 and he's bang average made to look good by the rest of Arsenal's team.

 

[The Riot Club]

Hahahahahaha jesus christ. Koscielny? £40m+ on fucking Koscielny?! He's 32 and he's bang average made to look good by the rest of Arsenal's team.

I think he's pretty much Arsenal's defence on his own. 32 isn't that old for a centre back and he'd cost nowhere near £40m, more like around £20m probably. Better than taking a punt on another player with no experience in this league who would cost about £40m. Sick of getting people like Mangala, Otamendi, Kolarov, none of them can fucking defend!

 

[jaiguruKun]

Lots of hysteria surrounding John at the moment.

Our style of play means we do leave gaps at the back so he can be exposed and we don't have an enforcer in midfield to protect the defence. Leaving aside their third goal his overall performance was fine.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Lots of hysteria surrounding John at the moment.

Our style of play means we do leave gaps at the back so he can be exposed and we don't have an enforcer in midfield to protect the defence. Leaving aside their third goal his overall performance was fine.

Not for the first time left on his arse ina 1 on1 ,out of position frequently,slow off the mark,can't tackle,can't head the ball. Not a quality defender just a poor imitation of Cahill.

 

[Manchester_lalala]

We should forget Laporte and anyone else with no Prem experience who'd cost in excess of £40 million.

If we're going to spend that much or more on a central defender, we should bid for one of Koscielny or Vertonghen.

Put stones next too van dijk and he would look much better. Desperately need a dominant defender in the mould of kompany.

 

[ADegenerate]

Put stones next too van dijk and he would look much better. Desperately need a dominant defender in the mould of kompany.

I don't think he's as much of a like for like replacement to Kompany as people might expect. Virgil is pretty similar to Otamendi. He's always ball hunting and is not afraid to slide. I appreciate that trait but many don't.

 

[The Riot Club]

Put stones next too van dijk and he would look much better. Desperately need a dominant defender in the mould of kompany.

We do.

But is Laporte the answer?

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Not for the first time left on his arse ina 1 on1 ,out of position frequently,slow off the mark,can't tackle,can't head the ball. Not a quality defender just a poor imitation of Cahill.

He did tackle and he did head the ball. Numerous times. Do people actually watch our games or just shut their eyes and moan for ninety minutes? He also played some superb forward passes. He had a very good game outside of the Falcao goal. A very good game.

As has been said on here already, that's what Falcao does and has been doing to the highest quality defenders for his entire career. He uses his strength and relatively low centre of gravity in a similar way to Aguero. If it was anyone other than John Stones we would be hearing nothing but praise for Falcao.