It's Quiet 17 - Glory Thread

[Ballymagash Blue]

More concerned about losing Ake than Sterling so glad we’re quoting fuck off prices.

I wish the fuck off price was higher. I can see Chelsea paying 50m.

 

[RandomJ]

I wish the fuck off price was higher. I can see Chelsea paying 50m.

£55 million minimum is what I can see us saying it would take to make a deal happen. 3 years on his contract and we don’t really want to sell as it would be a pain in the arse sorting a replacement. Hopefully Chelsea take the hint and fuck off.

 

[bumbleblue]

Also fuck off with waiting til last minute for these deals. If you want them stump up before preseason or get fucked

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

For the people mad enough to suggest Stones is our first choice centre half, he started 12 league games last season.

Ake and Zinchenko managed 10 starts apiece.

Stones will play a lot more when we sign Cucurella or another left back. Pep insists on playing Laporte or Ake when Cancelo is at left back.

Also, some squad management going on last year. Stones signed a bumper new 5 year deal whilst Laporte was agitating for a move due to a lack of game time, so it's understandable that Pep wanted to distribute the game time a lot more evenly.

 

[Chopper2115]

Good Source

That ends all of the CB discussion we have the best defence in the league still with Cucurella coming in.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Like his kung fu wipe out kick on Xabi Alonso in the WC...LMFAO...

Ball was there to be won (:

I tell you something, we wouldn’t of lost to Madrid this year if he was available from the bench, he’d of shut up shop and they’d of been too busy rolling around to apply the pressure we got, we had nobody breaking up the rhythm, which he and gaz baz were brilliant at!

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Stones will play a lot more when we sign Cucurella or another left back. Pep insists on playing Laporte or Ake when Cancelo is at left back.

Also, some squad management going on last year. Stones signed a bumper new 5 year deal whilst Laporte was agitating for a move due to a lack of game time, so it's understandable that Pep wanted to distribute the game time a lot more evenly.

Stones was massively fatigued last year and picked up niggles throughout the campaign because of it; he was granted the new contract on the previous season efforts, where he put his body on the line, he was as close as you can get to out the door and deserves credit for the turnaround, that being said, his game time since being here is appalling, he has all the talent in the world but those stats remain an issue and is why, despite the superior game to Laporte, he is 3rd choice!

 

[wattle]

Good Source

When will you flappers learn not to believe all these Twitter chancers. It’s been excruciating to read on hear. “We’re doomed, why are we selling everyone” etc etc. it’s embarrassing

 

[andyhinch]

View attachment 48527

Ball was there to be won (:

I tell you something, we wouldn’t of lost to Madrid this year if he was available from the bench, he’d of shut up shop and they’d of been too busy rolling around to apply the pressure we got, we had nobody breaking up the rhythm, which he and gaz baz were brilliant at!

I always thought the yellow card was a bit harsh tbh ;-)

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Stones will play a lot more when we sign Cucurella or another left back. Pep insists on playing Laporte or Ake when Cancelo is at left back.

Also, some squad management going on last year. Stones signed a bumper new 5 year deal whilst Laporte was agitating for a move due to a lack of game time, so it's understandable that Pep wanted to distribute the game time a lot more evenly.

That still puts him behind Dias in the pecking order, even if what you say is true.

Laporte 33 league starts,
Dias 27,
Stones 12
Ake 10.

This isn’t “distributing the game time a lot more evenly”, this is his first choice pairing plays when fit, with minor rotation from time to time.

Pep also doesn’t pander to players wanting more game time. Sterling and Jesus are learning that now.