John Stones - 2016/17 performances

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He would have benefitted from playing regularly with the likes of Kompany next to him. Ottamendi and Kolorov are not the types of players that are going to bring his game on, hence Pep having to drag him over to the touchline all the time. He has great potential but there are still lots of rough edges.
 
cleavers said:
I thought he was OK, but nothing special, but I was gobsmacked when he was replaced and not one of the other 2.
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Criminal bringing on a Clichy,then leaving a yellow carded liability alongside the even bigger liability,it was only ever going to end in tears.
 
Absolute dog shit yet again. Can't remember the last time he played well.

Constantly getting sucked in too far and turned. Weak. Slow. Takes too many touches - after doing something good he then takes about four or five too many extra controls of the ball when he should just be laying it off to the nearest simplest pass or when he dribbles forward he takes about four or five too many touches n'all.

He's getting worse by the game!
 
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We've all been spoiled with the likes of Andy M, Dave E, George H, Dave W, Tommy B, Tommy C, Vinnie K, and not forgetting Joleoninho. The minimum for me is a hefty, wide, 6ft 4in tower of strength. The kinda guy that makes Costa look like a midget. Johnny S needs a bloody good feed. Perhaps OakieCoakie could give him a few nutritional tips.
 
Stones has to play every game he is fit for. We didn't buy the finished product we have invested in his future. In an ideal world he would have been playing every game next to Kompany, learning from the best and getting some confidence from keeping clean sheets. Instead we have Pep changing the defence every other game and him having to play with Otamendi and Kolarov. It's far from ideal.

I do think there is a brilliant defender in there. He has the brain for it if you see how he reads the danger and gets back on the line when he knew Bravo was going to get beaten. I'd like to see him put some muscle on and get stuck in a bit more but what he really needs is a reliable defensive partner that he will play with every single week and learn from. Unfortunately that means we have to wait for the next transfer window.
 
IanBishopsHaircut said:
Like mentioned...he needs a Vinny type player next to him...I still think he's class
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Do you think Virgil Van Dijk can be that player? He's all the rage on the transfer forum but for all his many qualities, he's doing it next to Jose Fonte who's clearly the leader.

Even Bonucci has never been a leader - he's always had Chiellini and Barzagli beside him.

There are very few of those leaders around.
 
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