John Stones takes the number 5 shirt

[Cityfan]

Stones is a top quality centre half and a future England and city captain. Yes he has made a few errors but he won't reach his peak for another 6 or 7 years. Alongside Vinny he will become world class. As a traditionalist I like to see the central defenders wearing 5 or 6, full backs wearing 2&3, central midfielders wearing 4&8, wingers wearing 7&11 and forwards wearing 9&10. Don't think we'll ever see 1-11 out as the starting 11 again but it would be nice

Didn't central defenders wear 4&5 and midfielders 6&8?

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

First season Zab was a yellow card waiting to happen.

I remember thinking, that every time they got near our penalty area he was going to give a pen away.

 

[quiet_riot]

Lets hope 11 is also on the move.

Slowly!

 

[jimharri]

First season Zab was a yellow card waiting to happen.

When he first signed for us, lets be generous and say some of his challenges were, er, "robust"!

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Good I prefer our starters to have proper numbers. More importantly I thought Stones had a good season myself and yes I include his defending in that. Lost count of the amount of crucial blocks he made.

 

[Aytoun]

Slowly!

Absolutely correct, that is the how the current incumbent plays. Someone has made the excellent suggestion that we give it to Leroy, who is a left winger. Or in old fashioned money an outside left. Whereas the other should have been left outside for the last 5 or 6 years.

 

[kinkyisno.1]

Dave Watsons shirt that as well as Zabbas, you better get some big balls John if you're gonna wear that one a do it justice!

Ousmane Dabo - fuck me he was gash!

Gash(ed).

 

[Cellarite]

Didn't central defenders wear 4&5 and midfielders 6&8?

I always think Curle (5) and Vonk (6).

 

[Benjamin Blue Nose]

Didn't central defenders wear 4&5 and midfielders 6&8?

Stones takes a bit of flack, understandably, as we paid a lot of money for him. He makes plenty of mistakes at the moment but I'd rather see that than shy away or play within himself. He has confidence in himself which is a good thing. In my opinion, his game will develop more under Pep than any other manager. I've not been majorly critical of Sterling but noticed when he misses a few shots or crosses it affects him. We need to get behind Stones because he has the ability to become something really speacial. A fit Kompany alongside him and a supportive manager will hopefully see him push on next season. Take the No.5 son, and make it yours.

Edit....that was supposed to be a reply to the original thread

 

[MaccBlueSS115]

Stones is class, he'll kick on this year and produce some top quality performances in big games this upcoming season.