John Stones

[pudge]

The game against Arsenal didn't say we needed Stones. It said we need a central defence. If we buy a central defender it should be because they have a long term future in the team, not as short term cover for injured defenders. I assume that Kompany, Otamendi and Mangala are just short term absentees?

Hence why we're after Stones.

Also, Mangala looks to be off so he'll be a long term absentee, thank God.

 

[richards30]

Should this conversation at least wait till the window closes?. Not a lot of time, but still time for business to be done

True but we seem to be unorganised and haven't given pep enough time with new players? Obviously the euros didn't help but the China tour was a shambles! Would have thought we would have bought some world class " crack" players for now as well as the future mate?

 

[dw7]

That knob head Txiki haggling over 1 or 2 million could cost the club multi million

 

[RichardDunneOwnGoal]

If this deal doesn't get done in the next few days then we've seriously fucked up.

We are DESPERATE for a first choice centre back that we can rely on, get Stones and then it doesn't really matter who we stick alongside him, whether it's Ota, Dinho, Vince etc, don't are, just get fucking Stones, quick stylee.

It's dragging on because we showed ourselves weak negotiations with Sterling last summer, Everton saw that we'll cough up more and cave in eventually, that's the precedent we set with Liverpool and Sterling.

I said it last season and got stick for it, but we showed ourselves as terrible negotiators over that transfer and now it's coming back to haunt us.

Everton have us right where they want us and they know it.

 

[BAB.DAB]

Agree that preseason is about experimenting but you would have thought that being one week a way meant that the experiments were over and the team would be close to the starting XI. We have spent 100M and really have only added a steady winger, a potential talent and an injured albeit class midfielder to the first team when we were being linked to top top players. Another fuck up I would say.

Centre half's have been our achilles heel, since Chelsea paired terry with cahil wondering how many we have played and how much money we have spent on them

 

[mosssideblue]

That knob head Txiki haggling over 1 or 2 million could cost the club multi million

oh dear

 

[mosssideblue]

It's dragging on because we showed ourselves weak negotiations with Sterling last summer, Everton saw that we'll cough up more and cave in eventually, that's the precedent we set with Liverpool and Sterling.

I said it last season and got stick for it, but we showed ourselves as terrible negotiators over that transfer and now it's coming back to haunt us.

Everton have us right where they want us and they know it.

They always have had

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

City watch posted this on twitter....I'm guessing Pep must have said this in a presser after the match? I'd give them Bony and Mangala for Stones!;)

Pep says Bony and Mangala are City players... "at this moment".

 

[mosssideblue]

True but we seem to be unorganised and haven't given pep enough time with new players? Obviously the euros didn't help but the China tour was a shambles! Would have thought we would have bought some world class " crack" players for now as well as the future mate?

We have bought who Pep has wanted have we not?

 

[Big Dave Watson]

True but we seem to be unorganised and haven't given pep enough time with new players? Obviously the euros didn't help but the China tour was a shambles! Would have thought we would have bought some world class " crack" players for now as well as the future mate?

Correct