5 | John Stones - 2023/24

[Don Karleone]

Fuck sake, that takes the shine off it.

 

[TrentGrisham]

I don't care if he can only play 20 games a season, you keep him.

He's the best defender in the world for fucks sake.

What is it they say? 'Availability is the best ability'?

I agree he's brilliant but he's already on high wages and has a serious injury every season.

 

[Withnail]

Feared the worst when he didn't come out in the second half, great player but made of glass.

 

[Goldust]

You just can't give the guy an extension. Absolutely incredible but he's made of glass.

Harsh. For me didn’t need see the need to play him or erling with such a hard fixture list coming up

 

[TrentGrisham]

Harsh. For me didn’t need see the need to play him or erling with such a hard fixture list coming up

It's the same injury according to Pep and he took months off, played international fixtures, etc. It happens. I do wonder if, like Kevin, he needs to go under the knife to fix it.

 

[kenbelly]

That’s a pisser, he’s very unlucky with injuries, hope he stays fit for the business end of the season, that’s when we really need him. Give Josko a go in that role with Nathan out on the left.

 

[Williecaballerno]

Ridiculous decision to start him in a nothing game. He should have been at the top of the list of most important players to rest before Chelsea. Crazy from Pep and sure enough it has backfired.

 

[Andouble]

Really bizarre to me a team with such incredible medical facilities feel the need to play him nearly every possible minute when he is fit rather than restrict his minutes to give him proper recovery time between matches. Same cycle multiple times per season. Zero reason for him to play today.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

I doubt it's anything serious or he would have come off earlier, 18 days until we play the dippers, fingers crossed.

 

[TrentGrisham]

Ridiculous decision to start him in a nothing game. He should have been at the top of the list of most important players to rest before Chelsea. Crazy from Pep and sure enough it has backfired.

You can play that game with any player returning from any injury... That's rubbish.