5 | John Stones - 2022/23

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OrigamiNinja said:
Dias reached a level a couple of years ago that Ake wouldn’t reach if he played in the Prem for the next 50 years. We’ve gone from having the best defence to keystone cops at the back. We have the same keeper, the best CDM in the world in front of them, and the make-up of the team is essentially the same, so I have to believe that the likes of Dias are suffering form wise, due to the lack of continuity in the defensive set-up.

As I said, it isn’t a dig at Ake or Akanji, who both on the face of it look decent enough players but someone like Stones being pushed to RB to accommodate Ake/Akanji is just plain crazy. I know Pep likes to have a harmonious dressing room, but you can’t do it to the detriment of the side. For context…I think we all love Alvarez but if Pep consistently dropped Haaland to give him game-time we would think Pep was on glue. Same here…Ake decent…others proven to be better.
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All fell apart when Walker got injured. The high line depends on his recovery pace.
 
Top class again. Don’t think he put a foot wrong all night. In a high tempo game like that, you’d be hard pushed to find any player anywhere who could say that.
 
Little run up the line first half was fun, what was even better was he was boxed in by 3 of them at the end and still came out with possession.

He's a cracking player
 
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