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Did mangala gift as many goals as stones ?
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John Stones - 2016/17 performances
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01cravend
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His best performance for us imo...Needs to consistently show the aggression that he did here
You can see the talent is there. Tonight was brilliant seeing the aggressive defending. Winning tackles, closing down fast, putting his head on the line getting kicked in the head. Just needs to work on the consistency same as Sterling.
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piece of piss for the lad tonight, great for his confidence
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Spot on.You can see the talent is there. Tonight was brilliant seeing the aggressive defending. Winning tackles, closing down fast, putting his head on the line getting kicked in the head. Just needs to work on the consistency same as Sterling.
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great tonight. won nearly every header and showed aggression in his tackles.
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Played well today. Up against a tough forward in Carroll but battled on. Took a bit of a wack aswell
No, I think we treat Mangala unfairly. None of our defenders have been free of guilt when it comes to stupid defensive errors this season. It's a part of the game that nobody is immune to, including Ramos and Boateng.Did mangala gift as many goals as stones ?
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Loved the aggression he showed in the first half last night, looks a much better defender when he doesn't give players time to settle and think or space to run at him by backing off. Seemed to regress back into passiveness in the second half a bit but the whole team were playing a bit more conservatively and saving energy so I'm happy to forgive that. Would love to see him getting some game time with Vinny now so he can pick a few things up from the best.
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Stones needs to go back to basic and build from there. I have no doubt he can become the defender that is able to start build-up play, and play in a 3 man back line. Imo he started too well and than wanted to do too much too good. No doubt within 2-3 years he will be our new Kompany.
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Loved the aggression he showed in the first half last night, looks a much better defender when he doesn't give players time to settle and think or space to run at him by backing off. Seemed to regress back into passiveness in the second half a bit but the whole team were playing a bit more conservatively and saving energy so I'm happy to forgive that. Would love to see him getting some game time with Vinny now so he can pick a few things up from the best.
I think the key is that if th team stop the oppo getting at our cbs, they are good enough to cope most of the time, but if the team slow up & the oppo get at our cbs, we are likely to concede a goal.
Stones was a lot more like a defender first half, covering with decent pace & it suggests that he can do it i the long term, in a Pep team which is fully functional.
kaz7
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Loved this new aggressive John,hope he keeps it up,no need to be slick the whole time
Looked good again today, in previous weeks he's backed off backed off backed off, and then nothing.
Today he was backing off but just biding his time then making the challenge at the right moment.
Also won a lot of headers against Llorente and showed some aggression.
Today he was backing off but just biding his time then making the challenge at the right moment.
Also won a lot of headers against Llorente and showed some aggression.
kaz7
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I thought he played well as well,much more bite to him now
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Totally agree. Good performanceLooked good again today, in previous weeks he's backed off backed off backed off, and then nothing.
Today he was backing off but just biding his time then making the challenge at the right moment.
Also won a lot of headers against Llorente and showed some aggression.
City_Sean
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Looked good again today, in previous weeks he's backed off backed off backed off, and then nothing.
Today he was backing off but just biding his time then making the challenge at the right moment.
Also won a lot of headers against Llorente and showed some aggression.
Agree with this.
Looked good again today, in previous weeks he's backed off backed off backed off, and then nothing.
Today he was backing off but just biding his time then making the challenge at the right moment.
Also won a lot of headers against Llorente and showed some aggression.
Agree in general but he backed off too much on their goal.
Agree in general but he backed off too much on their goal.
I'm pretty sure he's supposed to. He gets faced with a lot of situations where he's defending a single attacker on a breakaway. The 1st priority seems to be staying on feet and slowing down the break so support can get back, and to not under any circumstances go in and miss, resulting in a situation like the Lukaku one in the home game.
He could still be more aggressive but I think he's improving, it's just not going to be overnight.
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