John Stones

Dax777 said:
Nah. I think the most important signing for Pep has gotten the least amount of love of all our Signing.

Partly coz he didn't cost what a player of his caliber would have cost
Partly coz he is injured
And partly coz we signed him so early in the window that fans didn't get enough suffering from wanting him time.

By a large margin Ilkay Gundogan is by far our most important signing. His signing pretty much made the rest have value.

All together we've had a great summer. Remove any single one of our signings from the list and we'd still have had a good Summer. But remove Gundogan and we are talking about an underwhelming summer with no addition to our soft Center. Ilkay is the signing that makes all the others worth it.

No wonder we went in for him first.

The Midfield General. The oil that lubricates the machine Pep' mind has created.

Don't sleep on Gundogan.
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Bet your a happy camper tonight...!! ;)

I agree about Gundogan though.....
 
Looking forward to seeing him play. Think we've overpaid by a fair amount although that seems to be the norm for most big spenders these days. Transfer fees have actually gone mental.

He's clearly technically ahead of Otamendi and Mangala so he should be a good fit. Just hope we don't do a Nastasic or Savic on him and fuck him off if he makes a mistake or two.

With that in mind, if we wanted a technically gifted defender who makes the odd mistake, we could have kept Nastasic for free. Left footed too.
 
An important signing for Guardiola and his plans.Stones will be in the best environment to refine his skills and develop into whatever he wants to be, which in my opinion is a very versatile, '' ball playing '', dominant defender. Always rated him and you can easily see why managers like Guardiola and Mourinho as well as players such as Pique, Ferdinand i.e players of a similar ilk also rate him. Top signing for what is going to be a very exciting season, seems to be a down to earth lad as well.
 
John Stones will be able to recycle the ball quickly and directly from his feet, without being pressured inside his own 18-yard box (a symptomatic problem that happened last year with Everton). This is primarily the reason he's been bought and is why he absolutely suits the style of our managers preferred playing style. A perfect and much needed signing in my view,
 
jimmygrimblesboots said:
Just watching SSN , showing Pogba's goals and then showing John Stones defensive mistakes , well at least it keeps 659m of their viewers in a state of delusion
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Yep, the very own world's most expensive player that managed a 'massive' 8 goals in 35 appearances in Serie A last season.

Compared to our alleged under achiever Raheem Sterling who scored a meager 7 goals in 35 appearances in the shoddy Premier League last season.
 
Bluearmy said:
Bet your a happy camper tonight...!! ;)

I agree about Gundogan though.....
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I've been happy all summer mate. Ever since Pep's hiring, I've always sensedthis was the summer I was gonna see incomings that mirrored my wishes..

My expectations have been met and exceeded.

5 signings under 23 check.
2 wingers I specifically pined for (Sane & Jesus) check.
1 of the 2 CBs I pined (Larpote & Stones) for check
Midfield General (Gundogan) check
No wasting money on an unnecessary backup striker check
Only incomings I didn't get were Bruno Peres at RB and the Marque signing of Pogba.


Only one bad mark this summer. The retaining of Kolarov. :(

Overall I give this summer an A+

You bet I'm a happy camper. I'm gonna be a clapper this season. Let me apologize ahead of time for how annoying I'll get in the clapper club :)
 
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