John Stones

[Sir peace frog]

Ryan Shawcross if not Stones.

wouldn't say no to this, big dominant player next to otta and English

 

[BringBackSwales]

Bang on.

Have to agree, not seen anything to justify a £30m price tag never mind £50M? His 2 biggest assets are he is young and he is English, but that's not enough

 

[HolisticJim]

Personally I think a decent coach would be able to get more out of the Otamendi/Mangala partnership.
Bring the young Belgian lad back and bring in an older more experienced CB as backup.

I'm of the opinion that if you've got talent and the right physical characteristics then a good coach should be able to coach a CB partnership - if not the manager then hire a specific coach and if you do neither your at the wrong club.

 

[g180aj]

Have to agree, not seen anything to justify a £30m price tag never mind £50M? His 2 biggest assets are he is young and he is English, but that's not enough

I think if that's your view then you haven't actually watched him enough, he is quick, reads the game well and is good at timing tackles, yes he is not worth £50 mill but I believe a deal could be done at around £35mill which is steep but at the same time he is better than Mangalafor a similar price!
As for shawcross he's not even as good as Lescott and he's a red ****

 

[moomba]

Didnt they knock back more than £35m in the summer?

 

[MeatHunterrr]

Didnt they knock back more than £35m in the summer?

Yep. Chelsea bid £38m which was turned down and then they gave up. (someone can correct me if im wrong)

 

[g180aj]

Didnt they knock back more than £35m in the summer?

No that was what Chelsea offered but it was much about fucking Chelsea off because they were twats about the hole saga.

 

[HelloCity]

Have to agree, not seen anything to justify a £30m price tag never mind £50M? His 2 biggest assets are he is young and he is English, but that's not enough

Reads like a copy and paste from the Sterling transfer thread ;)

 

[jaiguruKun]

We are his most obvious destination. He put a transfer request to try and force a move to Chelsea so there's every chance of him doing the same again for us. The deal could be done at the end of January for £40m, it depends how much we want him.

 

[cookster]

Ryan Shawcross if not Stones.

Good shout, always thought Shawcross could make it at a top 4 club. Look at Stokes defensive record this season, extremely impressive.

 

[ono]

I don't think it is worth us buying a defender because I think a lot of our issues at the back lie with how we set up as a team. I think when Kompany plays we just about manage to hold it together at the back in spite of this. We also execute the offside trap with better accuracy and we have a centre back who is comfortable on the ball. Given the fine margins in football, we just about get away with it with Kompany but I'd be reluctant to bring in somebody else purely because he is playing well in and an entirely different system at a different club. That's what we did with Bony.

 

[Bald fraud]

Good shout, always thought Shawcross could make it at a top 4 club. Look at Stokes defensive record this season, extremely impressive.

We could do a lot worse than shawcross

 

[The blue phantom]

We are his most obvious destination. He put a transfer request to try and force a move to Chelsea so there's every chance of him doing the same again for us. The deal could be done at the end of January for £40m, it depends how much we want him.

I think the bidding will start at £50 million.

 

[BlueDeadHead]

hes only just turned 27 ? and he's one of the best right backs in the league

Not what we need (a 27 year old RB) IMO. And he still is not English as implied in your post.

 

[CityFan94]

Everton concede goals for fun, Stones has looked pretty dodgy every time I've watched him this season.

It's clear that Stones is great on the ball, but he's not a very good defender. I don't think Martinez is the manager to make him become a great defender either.

 

[cibaman]

Stones just doesn't seem right as a January buy. He's too inexperienced to come straight into a shaky defence and settle in immediately. He's not going to be an automatic choice ahead of Kompany (when fit) and Otamendi. With Kompany out, he would end up playing some games alongside Otamendi, others alongside Mangala. He's a summer buy if at all.

 

[hihosilva]

Stones just doesn't seem right as a January buy. He's too inexperienced to come straight into a shaky defence and settle in immediately. He's not going to be an automatic choice ahead of Kompany (when fit) and Otamendi. With Kompany out, he would end up playing some games alongside Otamendi, others alongside Mangala. He's a summer buy if at all.

Every top club will be chasing him in the summer. If he's available now then sign him up.

 

[Cheadle_hulmeBlue]

Not what we need (a 27 year old RB) IMO. And he still is not English as implied in your post.

I never implied he was english, just stating i think he would be a good right back

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

We could do a lot worse than shawcross

I can only think of Tal Ben Haim.

 

[sam-caddick]

Every top club will be chasing him in the summer. If he's available now then sign him up.

I agree.

I think with Demichelis likely to leave in January, Mangala not 100% convincing and Kompany having a tough time with injuries I think going for Stones should be something we should be considering.

If we are to get Guardiola then for me Stones could be his Piqué equivalent and for me he is perfect as a long term solution to Kompany as I think he looks a captain in the making.