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#5 | John Stones - 2021/22 Performances
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jollylescott
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imperious! What a great player
Zin 'messiah' Zimmer
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Another of the English players who is hitting form after a slow start… becoming mr reliable which is pleasing after he was widely written off 18 months ago… another example of sticking by a player rather than writing them off, which if honest, the majority did, including myself, well done big man!
You can just tell he is a very intelligent football player. He knows where the space is, how to build up play, when to move forward. Footballer 1st, athlete 2nd. Love the guy
He is an athlete though. Put on a lot of weight a couple of years ago which stopped him getting pushed around like he did at times as a very young player and he’s our fastest CB by a distance. Someone else pointed out he’s made himself very good in the air as well.
He is an athlete though. Put on a lot of weight a couple of years ago which stopped him getting pushed around like he did at times as a very young player and he’s our fastest CB by a distance. Someone else pointed out he’s made himself very good in the air as well.
I would say Stones is the player who has improved the most from the player we originally bought. When he arrived from Everton he was skinny, poor in the air and had a lot of errors in his game. He's put in the hard work in the gym and the training pitch to become what he is today.
It's why it irks me that Laporte seems to be favoured this season when Stones has demonstrated last season and this season when he has played what an asset he is to us. Yet he has to settle for cup games and fill in at RB occasionally.
I would say Stones is the player who has improved the most from the player we originally bought. When he arrived from Everton he was skinny, poor in the air and had a lot of errors in his game. He's put in the hard work in the gym and the training pitch to become what he is today.
It's why it irks me that Laporte seems to be favoured this season when Stones has demonstrated last season and this season when he has played what an asset he is to us. Yet he has to settle for cup games and fill in at RB occasionally.
Last season, Laporte told the press he might leave six weeks after Stones and Dias establised themselves as the first choice.
He is a very prickly character, that was supposedly why the France dressing room didn't like him, and I think Pep is having to manage him very carefully.
I expect Stones to come into the side as things get more serious in March/April/May.
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I would say Stones is the player who has improved the most from the player we originally bought. When he arrived from Everton he was skinny, poor in the air and had a lot of errors in his game. He's put in the hard work in the gym and the training pitch to become what he is today.
It's why it irks me that Laporte seems to be favoured this season when Stones has demonstrated last season and this season when he has played what an asset he is to us. Yet he has to settle for cup games and fill in at RB occasionally.
He’ll play all the big games, both Laporte and Dias look better alongside him rather than together, no matter how much we give that a go. They’re better than they were though so it’s been worth it.
I agree. I prefer either Stones Dias or Stones Laporte over Dias Laporte partnership.He’ll play all the big games, both Laporte and Dias look better alongside him rather than together, no matter how much we give that a go. They’re better than they were though so it’s been worth it.
I'd be interested to find out what the goals conceded stats are over 15+ games with these three combinations
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