Harry Maguire

[Neville Kneville]

Its a good job Vinny was fit tbh as John's head and form was all over the show, fingers crossed he plays himself back into form this season.

Last season we had AL,JS,NO and Vinny as specialist CB's, by all accounts we will be one down for this season, i totally agree in what you say but this threat of a transfer ban cant be ignored, whether that be HM or another CB- for me we need another one to come in.

We will need our current cbs to perform imo, irrespective of signings.

If Stones plays like he did later in the season & Otamendi goes all Pellegrini, a new cb won't rescue it.

 

[80s Shorts]

We will need our current cbs to perform imo, irrespective of signings.

If Stones plays like he did later in the season & Otamendi goes all Pellegrini, a new cb won't rescue it.

Im hoping that's Stones form was due to the shit going on in his personal life at the time.

 

[Neville Kneville]

And they were proved very wrong as Kompany was absolutely essential for the run in.

But shouldn't have been.

Now the rest have to stand up on their own as individuals, irrespective of who we sign.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Im hoping that's Stones form was due to the shit going on in his personal life at the time.

Me too.

 

[Neville Kneville]

When he's about 33 yeah, but are you really suggesting we've splashed out on one of the up and coming midfielders just to stick him as emergency centre half if need be?
Are you fuckin tripping?

Of course we will play him there if we have problems & it's required & he can do it.

Pep would play Messi there if the team needed it.

 

[manimanc]

Of course we will play him there if we have problems & it's required & he can do it.

Pep would play Messi there if the team needed it.

 

[7evens]

No opinion on Rodri playing CB, but does anyone remember Elano playing RB for a game under Sven? Good times. I think he might have won MOTM too.

Jesus, our line-up that day.

Hart
Elano, Corluka, Dunne, Ball
Johnson
Vassell, Ireland, Gelson, Petrov
Benjani

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Im hoping that's Stones form was due to the shit going on in his personal life at the time.

Me too.

I think you're both pretty safe on that. Stones is a class, class player.
Just that Rolls-Royce way that he moves with the ball. The last centre-half I saw who moved like that was Bobby Moore. Now I'm not for one second saying that Stones is at Moore's level, or even close to it. But you can't coach that into a player. He's either got it or he hasn't.
Yes, he sometimes thinks he has more time than he really has. Yes, his positional sense is not quite what it ought to be at present. But those things can be worked on by the coaches at the club.
The first aspect that I mentioned, and his ease in distributing the ball, and seeing who to distribute it to, most of the time. Those are gifts that he's got. Very confident about his future with us. Honestly, the only centre-half in the country that I'd take over him is VVD. Certainly not Maguire.

 

[manimanc]

Jesus, our line-up that day.

Hart
Elano, Corluka, Dunne, Ball
Johnson
Vassell, Ireland, Gelson, Petrov
Benjani

Fuckin belter of a team that. That's near enough the same team that beat the rags under Sven .

 

[marco]

i'd love to sign this fucker under their nose's and stick him in the reserves