John Stones

[hilts]

Yep. Mangala has been slaughtered by quite a large section of our fans. As I've said countless times, our defence has been hung out to dry over the last two seasons. Not one of our central defenders has looked good for quite some time.

I think we may regret selling mangala but that is life

 

[FantasyIreland]

I think we may regret selling mangala but that is life

I think we will regret selling Denayer even more.

 

[malg]

I think we may regret selling mangala but that is life

I agree, but plenty don't.

 

[hilts]

I think we will regret selling Denayer even more.

Haven't seen enough of him to make a judgement really, plenty on here rated him including the Belgian national coach and the managers of the clubs he was loaned to, maybe something went on behind the scenes

 

[blue by birth]

Was just watching itv and they mentioned that we paid £47.5m for Stones but for a few million more we could have had this...then proceeded to show poohgbah scoring in euros and said and he reached the final.
Rag pr machine in full propaganda mode or what.
Happy to have Stones at our club.

 

[Irwa]

Gutted to see him leave us but at the same time relieved it's over as it's been obvious he wasn't happy for a while now and tbh I cannot blame the lad

hope he proves to be as good as people have predicted and rises above the onslaught of criticism the media will no doubt direct towards him for every mistake he makes

give him time to settle he'll be an asset to both his club and country

 

[bluemc1]

Stones' job is to get the ball and give it to Gundogan, and I suspect he'll be very good at it. Great signing.

Don't forget defend :)

 

[blue by birth]

I think we may regret selling mangala but that is life

I agree mate....Mangs needs a manager who can organise the team to protect the defense a bit better than Pellers did

 

[FantasyIreland]

Haven't seen enough of him to make a judgement really, plenty on here rated him including the Belgian national coach and the managers of the clubs he was loaned to, maybe something went on behind the scenes

I've seen enough to believe his technical ability,intelligence and composure would suit our play better than Otamendi or Mangala.

His situation is odd.

 

[dennishasdoneit]

Anyone else feel this is the most important signing for pep so far. Without a player like stones then his set up and style potentially falls flat.

If thats true, then i hope we have others quickly learning the pep way cos if stones gets injured , we are back to square one, and the chaotic play from the back we saw last sunday.