Lovely passer of the ball, but defensively he's never been good enough unless Ruben is there alongside him. Akanji obviously doesn't inspire confidence in anyone, but Stones us a very senior player now, he shouldn't need his hand held
Can't defend, loses every physical battle, terrible positioning slow on the ball, but makes up for it by offering absolutely zero attacking threat. He's Zinchenko
We've run him into the ground, like a fair few others, and it's showing. Played seemingly every game for club and country, with no break, for about 4 years now, it's not surprising him and a few others aren't looking energetic or sharp.
He's just nit very good at anything. Doesn't lack effort, but he's just a bit shit. He's shhiwn he's versatile though, he can be a bit dhit in a few different positions. No idea how he cost so much.
He was always a guy who's insane physical skills bailed out his limited mental skills, so it's not surprising he looks awful now they can't. Without the ability to make up 5 yards, he's just always 5 yards away from where he should be, as he's not tactically aware enough to adjust
Let's put our least impactful player in the position that requires you to make the must impact, what could go wrong? At least I guess it would minimise his ability to just jog back towards our goal with the ball as he'll run into the opposition midfield
None of our customers have a spine if he's not there holding there hand. Can't come back soon enough. We've had problems all seasons, but we're shambolic without him