John Stones - 2016/17 performances

[domalino]

Most of his errors are coming from the players around him not following the system.

He was forced into making a very risky pass by his teammates not positioning themselves correctly.

 

[levets]

Kompany did that quite a few times in the first half. His instinct is still to mark, not to make himself available for the pass.

I agree, I Felt tha Kompany was also culpable for the goal, along with Stones. The more they play the better understanding they'll have.

 

[sir baconface]

50m for a defender that can't defend, wow!

45m for a footballer who could grace us for years.

 

[Burtonblue]

A bit prone to complacency.
No doubt massively talented but needs to be taken down a peg or two by Pep.
Will be excellent if he listens to the manager.
Will become our Pique.

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

A bit prone to complacency.
No doubt massively talented but needs to be taken down a peg or two by Pep.
Will be excellent if he listens to the manager.
Will become our Pique.

Rather than " taken down a peg or two " , he is more likely to being encouraged by Pep as Stones is his type of player.

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Bad error. But he was generally good. This wouldn't be popular but even before his error I pointed it out around the tenth minute, Stones should have been the Central defender and Kompany the Right side defender. Clearly Stones knows the system better, plays with the ball better and Kompany is more aggressive and more jittery. Playing Stones on the side limited his ability to orchestrate from the back and Kompany being new to the new ways and not being fully confident yet wasn't going to do as good a job playing the middle CB.

Bad pass. Bad decision though.

Agree on all points there Dax.

I do think he'll work well with Kompany when it all starts to gel though.

 

[cookster]

45m for a footballer who could grace us for years.

Alot of money for "could"

Can't believe some on here are blaming Kompany and players around him for the last 2 gaffs. Southampton, never make a blind pass and Everton, don't tackle on the halfway line if you're the last line of defence.

In Pep we trust though.

 

[lasereyes]

Bad error. But he was generally good. This wouldn't be popular but even before his error I pointed it out around the tenth minute, Stones should have been the Central defender and Kompany the Right side defender. Clearly Stones knows the system better, plays with the ball better and Kompany is more aggressive and more jittery. Playing Stones on the side limited his ability to orchestrate from the back and Kompany being new to the new ways and not being fully confident yet wasn't going to do as good a job playing the middle CB.

Bad pass. Bad decision though.

Interesting point on central vs. right, but I don't see that that was really a factor in the goal. Stones could have made a similar error playing in the centre also.

The frustrating thing is we have seen other teams make analogous mistakes, but they haven't fallen to our strikers. The ball isn't running for us right now.

 

[slicky202]

Peps defenders are players first, then defenders and shouldn't be under constant pressure because of the incredible blitzing high press from our attacking talent. Well that's the plan anyway, I just know it.

 

[lasereyes]

Alot of money for "could"

Can't believe some on here are blaming Kompany and players around him for the last 2 gaffs. Southampton, never make a blind pass and Everton, don't tackle on the halfway line if you're the last line of defence.

In Pep we trust though.

to be fair vs. Everton, he wasn't exactly the last line as Clichy was back covering, although he of course got completely skinned by Lukaku.