John Stones

[FJRMCFC]

Alaba is the best attacking full back I've seen since Roberto Carlos, so if he can do that there won't be too many complaints, especially from me because at that stage I'll have won the record Euromillions jackpot.

Alaba?!? Guessing you've never seen Marcelo. Way better than Alaba going forward.

 

[aguero93:20]

Alaba?!? Guessing you've never seen Marcelo. Way better than Alaba going forward.

Marcelo's great, maybe a better passer/link up player, but not a touch on Alaba for crossing and nowhere near the goal threat.

 

[SWP's back]

lol 45 mil for a shit defender. sign him up

Where'd you choose your username from?

 

[Tugay One Cup]

Stones V Fulham

Stones v Chelsea

Pay attention to how hard both Chelsea and Fulham find it to press against a defense with Stones in it.

Watch how aggressively Fulham attempts the press early, and pay attention to how it slowly dissipates as they get no fruit.

Pay attention to him pocketting the Nut job Chelsea striker. And making mince meat of their pressure.

Watch Barry multiple times point to Stones when the ball is with another defender or player under pressure. Stones is almost ever available for a pass.

On the Chelaea breakaway that Stones blocks, watch how he calmly tells his goalie to cover the near post before he attacks the striker from a fantastic angle, giving him only the near post poor option.

This is what he does constantly game in game out. Confident, comfortable, always organizing men with years of experience over him. On multiple occasions you can see him pointing correctly to where the teammates need to be to break the press.

And when it comes to defending, he is as strong into the tackle as anyone else.

I for the life of me don't know how anyone can conclude after actually watching him, that he is shit or poor. Barry and Jageilka differ to him constantly. It's not coz they are stupid.

He is bloody Intelligent. His footballing IQ is beyond that of most of his teammates. Watch him over a series of games and this jumps out at you.

Curling together a series of team errors from 30 games and adding one or two ( yes, admittedly horrendous mistakes) and then concluding that a player is shit, is fucking asinine. I could put together a Kompany collage of errors from 11-12 when he was in fact the best defender in the world.

This reputation of Stones does my head in :?

Oh Dax. I'm sure you'll get plenty who disagree but you're absolutely spot on.

 

[Dax777]

this only proves that he's overrated because of his passport

u can find better defenders in other leagues.

I don't doubt that. But that ia neither here nor there. The question you should ask though is whether he is shit or not?The answer to that question is absolutely not!

You might think Romagnoli, or Sule, or Tah or some other young up and coming defender is better, and they perhaps even cheaper. Fine question the intelligence of wasting money on expensive buys when equally talented but cheaper options are available. I do whine about that a lot too. But to conclude Stones is shit is simply beyond factual. He simply isn't.


His had one horrendous game I've seen all season, against Liverpool. I only wished his price dovetailed with his reputation, coz we'd have been getting a steal if it did. Bit Everton isn't stupid. They see him in practice daily. They see internationals differing to a 20 yearold. Mourihno and Pep salivating. All this isn't happening because they read a news article about him. It's from watching.

Anyone who does will see it. HW is simply a good young footballer.

 

[flb]

Stones V Fulham

Stones v Chelsea

Pay attention to how hard both Chelsea and Fulham find it to press against a defense with Stones in it.

Watch how aggressively Fulham attempts the press early, and pay attention to how it slowly dissipates as they get no fruit.

Pay attention to him pocketting the Nut job Chelsea striker. And making mince meat of their pressure.

Watch Barry multiple times point to Stones when the ball is with another defender or player under pressure. Stones is almost ever available for a pass.

On the Chelaea breakaway that Stones blocks, watch how he calmly tells his goalie to cover the near post before he attacks the striker from a fantastic angle, giving him only the near post poor option.

This is what he does constantly game in game out. Confident, comfortable, always organizing men with years of experience over him. On multiple occasions you can see him pointing correctly to where the teammates need to be to break the press.

And when it comes to defending, he is as strong into the tackle as anyone else.

I for the life of me don't know how anyone can conclude after actually watching him, that he is shit or poor. Barry and Jageilka differ to him constantly. It's not coz they are stupid.

He is bloody Intelligent. His footballing IQ is beyond that of most of his teammates. Watch him over a series of games and this jumps out at you.

Curling together a series of team errors from 30 games and adding one or two ( yes, admittedly horrendous mistakes) and then concluding that a player is shit, is fucking asinine. I could put together a Kompany collage of errors from 11-12 when he was in fact the best defender in the world.

This reputation of Stones does my head in :?

Good post that fella

 

[sk3ptical]

Where'd you choose your username from?

used it on xbox live and thought it was cool :)

 

[MontanaBlue]

So you want to push Sane onto his weaker foot to allow you to play Stones out of position?

Oh man! This guy is super fun on these boards.
Sane always plays on the right because they want him allowed to cut in. Costa always plays on the left he is left footed too. Is he being pushed onto his weaker foot?

Anyway, I think I'm done talking about it. Hope you have fun nit picking stuff people have to say in this forum though

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

Stones V Fulham

Stones v Chelsea

Pay attention to how hard both Chelsea and Fulham find it to press against a defense with Stones in it.

Watch how aggressively Fulham attempts the press early, and pay attention to how it slowly dissipates as they get no fruit.

Pay attention to him pocketting the Nut job Chelsea striker. And making mince meat of their pressure.

Watch Barry multiple times point to Stones when the ball is with another defender or player under pressure. Stones is almost ever available for a pass.

On the Chelaea breakaway that Stones blocks, watch how he calmly tells his goalie to cover the near post before he attacks the striker from a fantastic angle, giving him only the near post poor option.

This is what he does constantly game in game out. Confident, comfortable, always organizing men with years of experience over him. On multiple occasions you can see him pointing correctly to where the teammates need to be to break the press.

And when it comes to defending, he is as strong into the tackle as anyone else.

I for the life of me don't know how anyone can conclude after actually watching him, that he is shit or poor. Barry and Jageilka differ to him constantly. It's not coz they are stupid.

He is bloody Intelligent. His footballing IQ is beyond that of most of his teammates. Watch him over a series of games and this jumps out at you.

Curling together a series of team errors from 30 games and adding one or two ( yes, admittedly horrendous mistakes) and then concluding that a player is shit, is fucking asinine. I could put together a Kompany collage of errors from 11-12 when he was in fact the best defender in the world.

This reputation of Stones does my head in :?

Nice post mate!;)

 

[decmancity]

I like him, confident in his own ability on the ball and with passing and has some raw defensive skills. Pep is a master at coaching players, he will take Stones and make it a personal mission to mold him.

Hope we get him.