Laporte coming back and playing every game isn't going to affect Stone's playing time? Right now it's three players for two spots, and once Laporte returns it'll be three players for one spot. Otamendi partnered Laporte for three of the four league games so far this year, they can obviously play together.We will most likely buy a CB in January and another in the summer, all players need the challenge, there is a common belief that Fernandinho can play CB well anybody can but all have a standard and his is nowhere near as good as Stones, i do not know if you have noticed but Laporte is a LCB and does not challenge Stones,
There is a chance that Pep will go with a back three of Stones Rodri/Fernandinho,Ottamendi but this depends on Mendy, so i do not see your soon actually happening
Ottamendi is not playing particularly well at the moment on the left his strongest position, on the right he is awful i would rather see Walker play thereLaporte coming back and playing every game isn't going to affect Stone's playing time? Right now it's three players for two spots, and once Laporte returns it'll be three players for one spot. Otamendi partnered Laporte for three of the four league games so far this year, they can obviously play together.
Fernandinho is obviously capable, but if he was even close Pep would have played him there, Kompany and Stones have both had injuries at the same time and Pep moved Ottamendi across to what should be his strongest position, and we all know how awful he is in that position, not a dig at Ottamendi in the past he has shoved the critics words down their mouths when playing on the left i just think he is one season past his best
Last time they played together was the 4-3 defeat at Anfield in January last year.That means more than pointing. McMinimum was good at that.
IMO Ota is more likely to take the lead than Stones.
Didn’t they play together a lot in the first half of last season or are my faculties failing me (again)?