John Stones

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

I have probably watched Denayer a dozen or so times over the last two years, and for Stones you could probably double that. My argument isn't that Denayer is better, my argument is that we don't know who is the better fit out of the two to play in our set up, so to spend 50m at the expense of an equally promising player just seems ludicrous.

We are buying based on potential with no actual track record of showing enough patience to persevere with a defender unless he hits the ground running. Kompany is probably the only centre half of the last 6 or 7 years who has been a proper mainstay for longer than 18 months (barring injuries). So you will have to excuse my pessimism when it comes to me expecting us to show patience with a young kid, who was in and out of a midtable side last season, while we are trying to compete on four fronts. And you will have excuse my bewilderment at us spending 50m on the privilege when we have a player of similar age, ability and reputation playing in his exact position already.

He was dropped for a couple of games due to high profile cock ups, but a lot of his out time was due to injury. iirc.

 

[SWP's back]

i dont get this 50mil price tag, who dreams these figures up, that puts him in the bracket of the best in the world and hes done nothing yet to suggest hes that.
when we won at everton dzeko made him look very ordinary indeed

...over two years ago when he was 19/20?

 

[lazerblue]

...over two years ago when he was 19/20?

i dont think hes improved that much since though, just my opinnion

 

[SWP's back]

i dont think hes improved that much since though, just my opinnion

I'm sure Pep will take it on board.

 

[JimmyNJ]

you have to pay for potential sometimes so that you don't end up with a roster similar to ours with old overpaid players who are now past their prime and next to impossible to get rid of. I hate that we are trying to play hardball with Schalke and Everton now. We just got PEP GUARDIOLA, its not the time to start haggling clubs over 5-10 million.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

I'm sure Pep will take it on board.

You'll get upset sooner or later ;-)

 

[Cityisland]

MORE FROM CITY...

And the spending won't end there for City.

Sky Sports News HQ understand City’s owners are confident they can wrap up a deal for Everton defender John Stones in the next week.

It is likely to take a fee in the region of £50m to secure the deal.

http://www.skysports.com/transfer-centre

 

[Marvin]

Seen quite a few reports of EFC firing off bids for central defenders: Williams, Fonte, Bruno Martins Indy. What have they been doing all Summer?

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Seen quite a few reports of EFC firing off bids for central defenders: Williams, Fonte, Bruno Martins Indy. What have they been doing all Summer?

Waiting for our money ;-)

 

[Marvin]

Waiting for our money ;-)

Yes but when a player says I want to go, and you've got a club bidding for him, you don't wait until a fortnight before the season to start moving. maybe it's not as it looks.
Everton fans on here seem to be big fans of their new regime. I guess they want to believe in them.