Error strewn season. Yer watch the lad and wonder when the next bollock is gonna be dropped. Mind if it wasn't Stonesy dropping one, it could be any one of another eight or nine.
If you take away his "ability on the ball" you're not left with much, certainly not a top defender. Will end up being another central defender given away for frig all in 2 years time.
Yeah they were. Dreadful 2nd half showing. Spineless.
Just bumped into a mate whilst out for a walk.. Unfortunately he is an Everton fan so I took the flak. He was saying Stones was absolutely no different for them. Error after error. It's all very well saying he will come good but it's not like he hasn't played for a while now. He needs to cut these errors out and work on his positioning.
He did well against Lukaku today, if he hadn't have made that mistake no one would be saying anything about his performance today.
But that is the point. He makes just one mistake in a game where he performs admirably and we concede. We want players who might possibly make a mistake and not concede. It might just be one of those unfortunate seasons where every mistake leads to a goal. They're not shit all the time, and I bet a pound to a penny they don't make a similar mistake all week in training.
You could say that about any of one our defenders though. We've spent huge money on Otamendi, Stones and Mangala and together along with Kompany in the last 2 years have made cock ups after cock ups. We either are so unlucky or we are not using them correctly. I suspect the latter.
Look at some of the last few premier league title winning defenders - Robert Huth, Wes Morgan, Gary Cahill, Joleon Lescott. None of them are what you would call "sexy defenders" but they played to their strengths and defended. Otamendi, Stones and Mangala are better than the above based on their attributes but we are asking them to do things that midfielders should do and not defenders.