Stones shouldn't play for England until the World Cup | Called up again (pg13)

northmr8 said:
Doesnt sound great from these quotes

www.independent.co.uk

John Stones ‘very upset’ to leave England camp, says manager Thomas Tuchel

The 31-year-old Manchester City defender has not added to his 83 caps since last October.
www.independent.co.uk www.independent.co.uk
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Sounds ok to me. Says he “might” miss some City minutes, says they just don’t want to take the risk, and that he arrived with the issue to England camp.

So there’s really nothing for anyone to be upset with. Tuchel clearly rates him and will play him when he can but won’t risk his fitness, which is exactly what we all want.

The injury seems minor, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him play the derby but if not the game after.
 
mattcity5 said:
They're the best attributes for a defender in a team that values possession and dominates games.

Where that's the best way to go may be a different thing entirely.
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They are great attributes for a man stepping into midfield as he did so well. I want my defender to defend solidly first and foremost. Josko is a better defender than him
 
thegoatsthegoat said:
He isn't. Gvardiol is probably quite comfortably. Stones has been fit this season and his age and injuries are catching up to him sadly. He has never been a solid centre half for me. Very intelligent footballer but is no coincidence the treble year is when he excelled and not in a conventional centre back role. He needs a leader next to him to sure up a defence, he has never been that guy but obviously is a classy footballer.
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I'm obviously wrong then.
 
eastmanc said:
Thank fuck it's only a minor injury.
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In his case it’s probably the worse thing. If he had snapped his leg in two then you at least know how long it takes to heal.

Minor injuries will mean it’s going to flare up. Could be in a pre match warmup, could be 5mins into the first half. It’s a liability playing him really as you don’t know how long he’s going to be there before we are doing an early sub.
 
Let's see how it plays out next week. It may well just be exactly the scenario we've been wanting for years as fans.

Or he could be out until Halloween
 
The problem we have is we face United, Napoli and Arsenal next all within a week. Even if he misses a week, that is one mighty week to be missing with injury, especially considering we don't have a comeback date for Gvardiol yet either.

John has only just come back from a lengthy injury himself, so what was he thinking going off to England and trying to play another 2 games so suddenly. Rest and recover, take it easy you plank. Play the long game.

A lot of pressure on a massively out of form Dias and a young inexperienced Khusanov to be holding our back line together against 3 teams we could quite easily lose against if we carry on as we are.
 
Donnarumma may well be busy

Who is fit at the back?
Khusanov, Ake and Dias and Gvardiol. We should be able to scrape by without Stones.
 
It’s a good job we loaned out akanji and have gone with the four goalkeepers this season. Makes perfect sense given the injury records of ake, stones and the already injured gvardiol and kusa.

Great work. Who could have seen this coming?
 
Why was he allowed to join the England squad in the first place
The City medical team should have signed his sick note ffs
 
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