John Stones

[Dax777]

Put him on the list as a possible candidate for newbie Mod. ;)

Dude I get more warnings than anyone here for derailing threads. Trying to be better. Like Stones foitskills :)

 

[pudge]

If I wanted Stones updates I know to look in the twitter rumours thread, where they've been told to be posted to be fair.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Dinho wont play cb. Pep was making a point.
Gundogan, Dinho, De Bruyne is a cracking midfield 3. Especilly with silva and yaya as cover.

 

[Barcon]

Thread ban time please mods.

 

[SWP's back]

I'm having a hard time keeping this Stones related. Level of talent is irrelevant. Stones is not as good a defender as any we have. He is a better footballer though. That's why he is needed to bring what we lack in defense. Your Silva/Hart example is a red herring. Silva plays in midfield. Hart doesn't. Pep will often play 3 Central players. For the lack of a better word, I'll call those 3 CMs. I.e at Barca it was often Busquet, Iniesta, Xavi. At Bayern, Alonzo, Mueller, Thiago. (Now, don't go anal on the names they are examples). At City this 3 positions will be filled by one of the 8 ( Nando, Delph, Dihno, Gundogan, Silva, Yaya, DeBryune, Nasri). Nasri, Silva, Gundogan, DeBryune and Yaya fit the Xavi, Iniesta, Mueller, Thiago mold. While Delph, Nando Dihno, fit the Busquet,Vidal, Alonzo mold. So when I say CM, again I am thinking of Pep's history and not your static notion of what a CM is or should be. Hence why we are covered.

But at CB we have no Pique, Boateng. That is what Stones is. Hence why we are not covered there.

Excellent post.

Edit: I like Stone's running man challenge dance so I think he's worth £50m if Pep does.

I also don't think I've ever read a post where Pudge seemed happy. Which saddens me. It doesn't look to be an enjoyable experience, being a City fan, for him.

 

[Dax777]

Did you not say we were covered attacking wise before the summer?..

Yet we've signed Nolito, are signing Sane and this Jesus kid.

So we were covered in your opinion but not Pep's, so were you looking at our options there statically or was it Pep?

You're dropping players into different positions by looking at it on paper. The talent we have at our current disposal is nowhere near Barca or Bayern so a simple "x can do y's job" doesn't translate.

This has to be a joke right? I said we were covered at Striker. Nacho could backup Aguero just fine. If preseason is any indication. I think Pep is in agreement. I was one of the fee if not the only one who argued we needed 2 new wingers and that was our greatest weakness once Gundogan was done. We have now signed 2 and on the verge of signing a 3rd. It seems again, Pep was in agreement.

But then again, none of that was mind blowing: When your only true wingers were Sterling and Navas, this should have been obvious to anyone. That I guy who stacks wingerson his squad will want more.

 

[Dax777]

@pudge here is my comment from February regarding our needs. 2 wingers have always been my view. You can search Dax and winger yourself. O argue a lot so you wouldn't miss it. Even argued it was a greater need than fullbacks or a 2nd CM in that thread. It's was quite prophetic. ;P So far Pep seems to be in agreement.

http://forums.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/posts/9187275/

 

[pudge]

This has to be a joke right? I said we were covered at Striker. Nacho could backup Aguero just fine. If preseason is any indication. I think Pep is in agreement. I was one of the fee if not the only one who argued we needed 2 new wingers and that was our greatest weakness once Gundogan was done. We have now signed 2 and on the verge of signing a 3rd. It seems again, Pep was in agreement.

But then again, none of that was mind blowing: When your only true wingers were Sterling and Navas, this should have been obvious to anyone. That I guy who stacks wingerson his squad will want more.

I remember a distinct conversation about at least a goal scoring wideman a la Aubameyang, although that could have been in agreement to be fair.

Regardless, I feel we need a CM as much as we needed a CB in Stones, you don't; c'est la vie.

If we don't sign one I'd be disappointed but I'm hardly who the club give a single fuck about.

 

[squirtyflower]

Can we now get back to the John Stones transfer please

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Excellent post.

Edit: I like Stone's running man challenge dance so I think he's worth £50m if Pep does.

I also don't think I've ever read a post where Pudge seemed happy. Which saddens me. It doesn't look to be an enjoyable experience, being a City fan, for him.

Likes a good moan.