John Stones

[malg]

IQ?

 

[Pam]

Something doesn't seem right. I'm not sure it is done yet

Why?

 

[Len Rum]

Starting to worry this will be a transitional season. It needn't have been this way but the planning looks more longer term than an immediate revamp

You are right , it is looking like a transitional season.
Currently the manager has a style of football but he hasn't got the players to implement it.
There is no excuse for this.
We should have been active in this window to bring in the players needed but we haven't, particularly in defense.

 

[Mike N]

get over the Tosin love in please
Stones without training in this set up is still miles ahead of the kid
He battles and tries but countless times against dortmund and yesterday he gave the ball away and isnt ready at all
If stones came in on friday morning with a hangover I would still stick him ahead of everyone we have had playing CB over the summer

Quite right. Tosin is a prospect. With a bit of luck he will be a good player for us but he's not ready at the moment IMHO.

 

[mosssideblue]

get over the Tosin love in please
Stones without training in this set up is still miles ahead of the kid
He battles and tries but countless times against dortmund and yesterday he gave the ball away and isnt ready at all
If stones came in on friday morning with a hangover I would still stick him ahead of everyone we have had playing CB over the summer

 

[mosssideblue]

Why?

The only person reporting this is from a tip off from a girl

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

You are right , it is looking like a transitional season.
Currently the manager has a style of football but he hasn't got the players to implement it.
There is no excuse for this.
We should have been active in this window to bring in the players needed but we haven't, particularly in defense.

I think by signing John Stones and bring in one of the young lads (fullbacks) it will be a good start but your right, we needed to do alot more. Difficulty getting contracts off the books, has slowed down our transfer business in my opinion. We stuck with 6 or 7players that are in the final year of their contracts and happy to stick around because no one is likely to meet our valuation and match their high wages... (Yaya Toure, Fernandinho, Pablo Zabaleta, Gael Clichy, Jesus Navas, Bacary Sagna and Willy Caballero)

I think only Fernandinho from that group is likely to be given a new contract....if you add Mangala and Bony to that list(if they cant be sold this summer) then we could have a turnover of 8-9 players next year....I think this has restricted our movements this summer!

 

[Pam]

You are right , it is looking like a transitional season.
Currently the manager has a style of football but he hasn't got the players to implement it.
There is no excuse for this.
We should have been active in this window to bring in the players needed but we haven't, particularly in defense.

So as to avoid the inevitable disappointment, I have lowered my expectations to match up to the reality. We have a re-build on our hands and it will take time.

 

[RandomJ]

The shirt thing might be true and it would go in line with what tolm said about Stones signing on Wednesday.

 

[blueparrot]

The only person reporting this is from a tip off from a girl

What do girls know :)It does remind me of the Delph tip off last year though, I think it could be a real with the strange medical tweet from yesterday.