#5 | John Stones - 2020/21 Performances

[The Fat el Hombre]

Good first half but a couple of very worrying signs in the second with him switching off. A start though and hopefully he can build his confidence from here

 

[Fame Monster]

I've got faith in Stones even though I went against a lot of the ridiculous hype about him when he first signed. He'll never be a world class defender but he's good enough to play an important role for us.

 

[ws01]

Good game. If Pep sticks with him instead of messing him around he'll come good again, I have little doubt about that.

 

[kanovic]

Good first half but a couple of very worrying signs in the second with him switching off. A start though and hopefully he can build his confidence from here

I wouldn’t say he was switching off I would say that the defense were getting destroyed by the left side and toare running at mendy. At one point you could even see him shacking his head bc all the treat was that side.. I think for being out for so that long he did brilliantly. Still can’t believe Garcia played over him against Lyon

 

[Craig]

Spot on mate.
I could not have described it better. In the first half, which was his better, he made 2 mistakes that almost led to a goal. Second half was just awful, our luck is that Wolves did not take advantage of the opportunities. A better team will take advantage of that for sure. People look at his accuracy percentage and think or try to convince themselves he played well. I can also pass to the goalkeeper or to the second CB with 90% accuracy. I hope we won't use Stones too much this year

Bang on. The footballling centre half myth with him is a belter. He is the king of the 20 yard square pass so his stats for passing will be fantastic. Caught out at least 3Xs as usual but you say luckily for us Wolves finishing was very poor.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

The period of poor defending coincided with the midfield and attack giving the ball away easily and being caught out of position.

That enabled Podence and Traore to get in more dangerous areas to hurt us. Once we started to retain the ball better the defence was solid again.

Overall I was happy with Stones and I didn't see any glaring individual errors. Wolves created chances through good team play and one player isn't responsible for that.

 

[MCFCFanTX]

He was solid overall. Fairly good for most of the match and then had 2ish Stones moments. He is the first team RCB for the foreseeable future. Even a new signing would need a some days of training to settle in. Leicester will be another tough draw. Hopefully he's up to the challenge. The optimist in me says he'll be up for it.

 

[Craig]

The period of poor defending coincided with the midfield and attack giving the ball away easily and being caught out of position.

That enabled Podence and Traore to get in more dangerous areas to hurt us. Once we started to retain the ball better the defence was solid again.

Overall I was happy with Stones and I didn't see any glaring individual errors. Wolves created chances through good team play and one player isn't responsible for that.

Look at the one on one that the Wolves player chipped over the bar. In our system a centre back will often be in that position no matter who is in midfield or at fullback. Once again Stones was badly exposed for his lack of pace and poor reading of the game. He‘s simply not good enough and thankfully Pep has realised it too.

 

[Otamendi's Beard]

Look at the one on one that the Wolves player chipped over the bar. In our system a centre back will often be in that position no matter who is in midfield or at fullback. Once again Stones was badly exposed for his lack of pace and poor reading of the game. He‘s simply not good enough and thankfully Pep has realised it too.

I've seen Van Dijk, plus plenty of other top defenders, do the same in that position many times.

After last night I'm more confident that he can get back to his best, ala 17/18.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

What concerns me about our defence as a whole and not just stones is that all the composure that was there when we were in the ascendancy evaporated in the space of a couple of minutes at the first sign of pressure. I didn’t see Pep do much about it either when it was clear that they were targeting Mendy.