John Stones signs new 5 year deal

Would be an awful lot of red faces on here if somebody was to rake through the posts bout stones 18 months ago.

Always been a quality footballer, delighted he had the balls and mentality to go through a rough time and refuse to give in, fought back all of his own doing(dias gets too much credit for that) and is now indespensible. As Pep once said "John Stones has more balls than anybody"

Thoroughly deserved.
 
I must admit, I didn't believe the figure at first.

I'll be honest, I think Stones is a great player when he's on form and there is no question that he has turned his career around when Dias arrived. However, I don't get the feeling that he would play as well with Laporte. In truth, him and Ake would worry me a bit. My feeling is that this shouldn't be the case with a central defender on £250k/week.

If I had to pay one of our central defenders £250k/week, my first choice wouldn't be Stones to be honest. I think Dias is a better player and Laporte is as good as Stones. Stones has done amazingly well to turn his career around, but for a £50m player he's been very, very hit and miss and has been fragile at times. My gut feeling is that £250k/week is an extremely generous figure.

It's a tough call. I back the clubs judgement but I can't help but feel that there will be a few gasps around the dressing room when the players read that figure. I can imagine Dias wanting £500k/week now!
 
Cheadle_hulmeBlue said:
Get what your saying, but I think He plays much better with stones. They are a great partnership now
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To be honest, we’re still yet to see if Stones can do it without a top centre back playing alongside him. The great thing about the likes of Kompany, Laporte (when he came in) and Dias was that they made the others around them all look better. Stones has often struggled when he’s needed to be the main man.
 
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