#5 | John Stones - 2021/22 Performances

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I disagree. I think Stones is better. And the margin isn't slight.

Completely agree, Stones is without a doubt a better player than Laporte imo. Stones has more pace and looks a more solid defender than Aymeric and defensively the Stones/Dias partnership is better.

 

[nellyonthewing]

Completely agree, Stones is without a doubt a better player than Laporte imo. Stones has more pace and looks a more solid defender than Aymeric and defensively the Stones/Dias partnership is better.

Laporte is our Lindeloff.

 

[worsleyweb]

Much prefer John to Eric. Let’s not forget Eric wants out. Stones is proud to play for us and can be here many more years.

 

[Phil1]

It's not even close between Stones and Laporte these days.
Hes the second best CB in the league after Dias and even then there's not much between them.

 

[Long Slow Goodbye]

It's not even close between Stones and Laporte these days.
Hes the second best CB in the league after Dias and even then there's not much between them.

Id rank Stones above Dias - Ruben’s still prone going to ground too early and isn’t as good on the ball.

Stones does everything Dias does in terms of defensive solidity, but with an elegance that makes it a lot more subtle to the point it almost goes unnoticed.

He’s levels above anybody else in the league - Chelsea have got an Aldi version in Christensen starting, he’d walk into United and even Liverpool’s team. He’s also better than anything Bayern, Barca, Real Madrid have, and would be ideal alongside Marquinhos at PSG.

 

[lightning Rodri]

Just hope he gets to sustain the partnership after the intl break ! No injuries this time please !

 

[Trevor Morley's Tache]

Laporte is our Lindeloff.

Ooof... Steady on.

 

[decmancity]

The biggest thing for me is how he is able to come back from set backs now. Up till probably the last 18mths it always seemed like Stones would struggle to come back in and do a job, he would be completely void of confidence and his skills deserted him. Injuries and lack of game time killed him.

Now though, he can come straight in and he's ready to go straight away.

 

[mccity]

The biggest thing for me is how he is able to come back from set backs now. Up till probably the last 18mths it always seemed like Stones would struggle to come back in and do a job, he would be completely void of confidence and his skills deserted him. Injuries and lack of game time killed him.

Now though, he can come straight in and he's ready to go straight away.

Great point this. Last season I remember thinking how's he going to handle making a mistake, when previously that would be the point when he crumbles. Now he just gets on with it regardless which is great.

Although even better, he's not making the mistakes that he used to.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

If it had to take a Laporte disasterclass (and defeat) to get our best pairing back together, then we might look back on the Palace game as being a superb loss.