John Stones

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paulchapo said:
It is ironic that it is ok for Everton to steal Barnsley's best player but when Chelsea come sniffing around for him he is a traitorous scum for wanting to leave and better himself,as he did when he left Barnsley.
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This is true of every club. Including ours.
 
Cut our losses with Mangala, and bring in this kid. Kompany+Otamendi for a starter, and Stones+Denayer for the future.
 
capiloton said:
Cut our losses with Mangala, and bring in this kid. Kompany+Otamendi for a starter, and Stones+Denayer for the future.
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Stones wouldn't come to sit on the bench, and for what we'd have to pay to prise him from Everton we'd be daft not to play him. Remember they already turned down nearly £40m from Chelsea in the summer. If we can't keep Vinny fit for more than two or three games in a row it'd be more likely Stones would replace him. But he's not as good as a fully fit Vinny, so in effect we'd be weakening the team for about £50m!
 
Jack Wills said:
Stones wouldn't come to sit on the bench, and for what we'd have to pay to prise him from Everton we'd be daft not to play him. Remember they already turned down nearly £40m from Chelsea in the summer. If we can't keep Vinny fit for more than two or three games in a row it'd be more likely Stones would replace him. But he's not as good as a fully fit Vinny, so in effect we'd be weakening the team for about £50m!
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Correct. Buy him once Vinnies gone for a few more quid.
 
Kompany is King said:
What are Stones strengths & weaknesses and how could he fit into our possession, passing style?
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Comfortable on the ball, rarely goes flying into challenges or long slide tackles, comfortable with both feet and bringing the ball out into midfield and passing both short and long.

Weakness, not physically the strongest CB nor the most comfortable in the air.

I think he will really develop into a fine CB, if we didn't have Denayer then im sure we would be all over it.
 
George Hannah said:
Better than Denayer?
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I think at this moment in time he yes.

Barcelona reportedly want him and I think he would get into every top side in England as a regular.

Stones isn't perfect but he is on his way to becoming the best English ball-playing central defender since Ferdinand.

Denayer has clear quality but for me he still has a little bit to go before I think he could be a regular at City, albeit I think eventually he will.

I would love Stones though and personally would love Barkley as well leaving us with a solid English core of Hart, Stones, Barkley and Sterling.

I do think we miss that representation from our own country as all the top Champions League winning teams that have have been English have all had a strong English/ British core.

It's a difficult one because if Kompany struggles with injury for the rest of the season I think we may have to start looking for a defender that can be viewed a a reliable option to him.

Otamendi given time to adapt and learn the language so he can communicate perfectly looks very good for us in the future. Demichelis looks like age has caught up on him at the highest level (top4/ Champions League), Mangala still has questions he needs to answer for me and Denayer despite being the future for City and looks certain to replace Demichelis, he isn't ready to be relied upon as a first choice yet.
 
sam-caddick said:
I think at this moment in time he yes.

Barcelona reportedly want him and I think he would get into every top side in England as a regular.

Stones isn't perfect but he is on his way to becoming the best English ball-playing central defender since Ferdinand.

Denayer has clear quality but for me he still has a little bit to go before I think he could be a regular at City, albeit I think eventually he will.

I would love Stones though and personally would love Barkley as well leaving us with a solid English core of Hart, Stones, Barkley and Sterling.

I do think we miss that representation from our own country as all the top Champions League winning teams that have have been English have all had a strong English/ British core.

It's a difficult one because if Kompany struggles with injury for the rest of the season I think we may have to start looking for a defender that can be viewed a a reliable option to him.

Otamendi given time to adapt and learn the language so he can communicate perfectly looks very good for us in the future. Demichelis looks like age has caught up on him at the highest level (top4/ Champions League), Mangala still has questions he needs to answer for me and Denayer despite being the future for City and looks certain to replace Demichelis, he isn't ready to be relied upon as a first choice yet.
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Certainly very little to argue with there other than to give the opinion that Denayer I believe is ready to accept the responsibility and should be given his chance next season
 
Looks a a really great player but playing for Everton with Zero Pressure is different than playing for a team where you have to win every game. Yeah we should be in the bidding war even if it's to bump the fee up more for our opposition.
 
City_Sean said:
Mangala should be sold so we can break the bank for this lad, Demichelis off for Denayer and we'd have some superb CB combinations.

Otamendi, Stones, Denayer and Kompany.
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Don't think there's room for Denayer among those 4 centrebacks, he needs to play regularly at this stage. Maybe he could play rightback as well however.
 
Wonderful talent and has everything to become the best defender in the world, I genuinely believe that.

His composure and passing of the ball is a delight, and he has a seriously underrated change of pace.

I was relieved Chelsea didn't get him. Sadly, we should be cutting our losses on Mangala, and go all guns for Vinny's long-term successor.
 
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