5 | John Stones - 2024/25

[WallyA]

Stones is unsellable.

Just keep him as a backup until his contract expires.

That being said, Pep has been fucking him over playing him immediately when he is fit, because then he just gets injured again.

Literally, just play JSP or some youth for a game, and rest Stones. We cant afford Pep rushing every player back from fitness.

 

[decmancity]

Stones is unsellable.

Just keep him as a backup until his contract expires.

That being said, Pep has been fucking him over playing him immediately when he is fit, because then he just gets injured again.

Literally, just play JSP or some youth for a game, and rest Stones. We cant afford Pep rushing every player back from fitness.

I am sorry but we cant be stepping on egg shells around Stones, if hes fit and available then he should be playing. How long do we give him to get up to speed, hes going to get injured anyway. In the past it was muscular so you at least understood what the injury was and what a recovery is, now hes got a mystery problem with his foot that flares up seemingly after 45mins. What use is that to us?

As for all this bollocks about him being a senior player so cant go. Maybe City are going to be a bit more ruthless this summer and not pussy foot around with making people unhappy.

 

[handsofstone]

Stones is unsellable.

Just keep him as a backup until his contract expires.

That being said, Pep has been fucking him over playing him immediately when he is fit, because then he just gets injured again.

Literally, just play JSP or some youth for a game, and rest Stones. We cant afford Pep rushing every player back from fitness.

We ignoring the 8 seasons of injury hit football for us?

Stones is definitely sellable, he is someone who's been with us a long time and is playing fewer and fewer games each season, rested or not, plus he's "home grown" so is worth more to a prem club and is on £200k a week, he's someone we deffo can sell

The problem will be finding someone to buy him

 

[WallyA]

We ignoring the 8 seasons of injury hit football for us?

Stones is definitely sellable, he is someone who's been with us a long time and is playing fewer and fewer games each season, rested or not, plus he's "home grown" so is worth more to a prem club and is on £200k a week, he's someone we deffo can sell

The problem will be finding someone to buy him

How can you say this and then proceed it with he is sellable?

Which club in their right mind would buy such an injury prone player at his age on his wages?

Not a chance.

 

[Wretched Vengeance]

Season	Played	Started	Sub On	Sub Off	Unused	Goals	W	D	L	R	Y
2016/17	41	36	5	4	6	2	24	9	8	1	0
2017/18	29	26	3	5	8	3	23	3	3	0	0
2018/19	39	32	7	6	15	0	31	3	5	1	0
2019/20	24	16	8	1	11	0	17	3	4	0	0
2020/21	35	31	4	0	18	5	30	1	4	0	1
2021/22	27	24	3	3	14	2	19	5	3	1	0
2022/23	34	31	3	8	12	3	26	7	1	2	0
2023/24	28	22	6	9	17	1	20	5	3	2	0
2024/25	12	8	4	4	5	3	8	1	3	2	0

 

[Coljj]

How can you say this and then proceed it with he is sellable?

Which club in their right mind would buy such an injury prone player at his age on his wages?

Clubs will just wait until he's out of contract and he will take one third of the money that he currently gets now.


I think Serie A or MLS would be a good fit for him to play out the remaining years of his career.

 

[WallyA]

Clubs will just wait until he's out of contract and he will take one third of the money that he currently gets now.


I think Serie A or MLS would be a good fit for him to play out the remaining years of his career.

Agreed, I cant see anybody paying us a fee for him.

 

[handsofstone]

How can you say this and then proceed it with he is sellable?

Which club in their right mind would buy such an injury prone player at his age on his wages?

Not a chance.

Ngl thought you meant he was "unsellable" that WE shouldn't sell him not that we WONT be able to

 

[Eccles Blue]

Mr @jimharri, when does the season of goodwill end please? Boxing Day or The Epiphany? :-) Just asking for a friend.

 

[jimharri]

Mr @jimharri, when does the season of goodwill end please? Boxing Day or The Epiphany? :-) Just asking for a friend.

The 12 days of Christmas finishes on the 6th of January (aka, as you say, the epiphany), so you'll have to bite your tongue for a while yet.