Rumoured John Stones

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

Roberto Martinez on John Stones: "If someone comes in from nowhere and puts in a transfer request that is a different situation." #CFC #EFC

Roberto Martinez: "In a saga of I don't know how many weeks now, we are very clear. I speak to John Stones every day" #CFC #EFC (Mail)

+ Some Bullshit things from Lukaku...

[Pizy 18,535]

Apparently Stones won't hand in a transfer request, well good luck playing with mediocre players at a average club, lets see how many league titles/cups you win in the next few years. Move on already Jose. Fuck John Stones, fuck Everton and obviously fuck Roberto Martinez. Anything over 30M is a joke.

He won't be there for long. If we don't buy him this summer someone will next.

[Special Juan 27,530]

Fancy him to lodge the transfer request early next week.

[Melanicus 5,208]

If he doesn't request a transfer himself - fuck him and move on.

[the wes 7,212]

Apparently Stones won't hand in a transfer request, well good luck playing with mediocre players at a average club, lets see how many league titles/cups you win in the next few years. Move on already Jose. Fuck John Stones, fuck Everton and obviously fuck Roberto Martinez. Anything over 30M is a joke.

quote of the day i agree mate

[the wes 7,212]

i know it wasnt going to be to long that lukaku was going to have his say

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34026745

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

i know it wasnt going to be to long that lukaku was going to have his say

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34026745

http://forum.talkchelsea.net/topic/17998-john-stones/page-84#entry1137598

[ChelseaFanUK 1,014]

hmmm why is Martinez saying these things if he is so sure Stones is happy to stay and is not goign to hand in a TR

[Unionjack 7,531]

i know it wasnt going to be to long that lukaku was going to have his say

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/34026745

Lukaku flapping his gums going on about not signing for us.

Well I'm shocked! A Chelsea legend telling a player not to come near us. I say we dont erect the bronze statue to him we was going to do.

[Duppy Conqueror 1,494]

I`m not gonna say "fuck John Stones" because he`s acting like a classy young pro by not demanding a transfer.

it doesn`t mean he`s refusing to join us,it doesn`t mean we can`t get him. just because he hasn`t as yet or may not hand in an official transfer request. such a thing is not legally binding to force a move to another club.the club can still refuse a move when a player is under contract. Everton are dragging their feet as they sign other CB`s. if we continue our interest I think we will eventually get him..probably next week but if not then,then in the winter window.

[DH1988 1,331]

Calling it now, he hands in a transfer request after the City game.

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

He won't be there for long. If we don't buy him this summer someone will next.

I honestly doubt it, we are the only club who has bid for him, United and City probably aren't interested considering they've got better CBs at their disposal. If we don't get him this summer I think we should just give up and look else where. He is not a top player so I really couldn't give a shit if we get him or not to be honest. If he wants to play for a top club, there is no better club in the PL to play for as a CB in my eyes, Jose is here and JT is here. If the kid wants to develop into a top CB it would make every bit of sense to come here and learn from JT ... even Cahill as well and eventually replace one of the two in the lineup but he's clearly content at Everton so we should look elsewhere. Its not like there is a shortage of CBs.

If he was a top class player like say for instance, when we missed out on Aguero and Silva... when we were linked for ages and apparently had offers rejected, I was genuinely gutted to see them go to City. If Stones were to go to City/United, I really couldn't care. Luke Shaw maybe now by the looks of this season, was someone we shouldn't have missed out on because so far he looks frighteningly good this year, pacey, strong, composed but even then John Stones is a class below him in terms of talent, so it wouldn't put me up or down if he were to stay at Everton.

[xPetrCechx 13,565]

He won't be there for long. If we don't buy him this summer someone will next.

City/Utd...

[chrismada9 1,948]

+ Some Bullshit things from Lukaku...

Of course Lukaku would say some shit, because his time with us didn't turn out to be very fruitful did it?? He says it because he wouldn't want the same to happen to John Stones..

..typical.

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

City/Utd...

United... Really? I don't know man. My mate is a United fan and he keeps saying Chris Smalling has probably been the most improved player at Man United since LvG took over, at points last season he looked very good for them to be honest, I doubt he is going to get rid of him for John Stones, maybe he would sell Phil Jones but they wouldn't have given him a new deal if that was the case.

He's also very keen on having a right footed CB on the right and a left footed CB on the left so I really don't see him being particularly fussed about that right side as much when they have Jones, Smalling, Evans, McNair all for that side, when they are all under 30 years old. They have Rojo and Blind on the left so maybe that's the side they will look to improve, he said last year at one point he didn't have enough left footed players in his squad...

City have just bought Otamendi to compete with Kompany, Mangala, Demichelis.. again 4 good options to have, even if they go for Stones next summer, hes going to probably be 3rd/4th choice behind Kompany-Otamendi depending what happens with Martin Demichelis.

I'd say ideally we are probably the only club he would get regular games for out of the three because we are going to need to phase JT out soon. We can't play with a high line against top teams with JT in the back line, it's not going to work too well at all.. like we seen under Villas-Boas but if we can't find another CB who is fast enough with the right characteristics to play that far up in a high line then we really aren't looking hard enough because I'm sure there are other CBs out there.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I honestly doubt it, we are the only club who has bid for him, United and City probably aren't interested considering they've got better CBs at their disposal. If we don't get him this summer I think we should just give up and look else where. He is not a top player so I really couldn't give a shit if we get him or not to be honest. If he wants to play for a top club, there is no better club in the PL to play for as a CB in my eyes, Jose is here and JT is here. If the kid wants to develop into a top CB it would make every bit of sense to come here and learn from JT ... even Cahill as well and eventually replace one of the two in the lineup but he's clearly content at Everton so we should look elsewhere. Its not like there is a shortage of CBs.

If he was a top class player like say for instance, when we missed out on Aguero and Silva... when we were linked for ages and apparently had offers rejected, I was genuinely gutted to see them go to City. If Stones were to go to City/United, I really couldn't care. Luke Shaw maybe now by the looks of this season, was someone we shouldn't have missed out on because so far he looks frighteningly good this year, pacey, strong, composed but even then John Stones is a class below him in terms of talent, so it wouldn't put me up or down if he were to stay at Everton.

City I'll agree with now they've signed one, but United? Do they really have better CBs? Smalling has improved drastically but he needs a consistent partner with him, Jones is always sidelined and so his match fitness is never sharp. Rojo is having problems too, in fact Stones and Smalling could strike up a partnership which is just as effective as the potential of Zouma - Stones.

Also, I disagree with the statement he's not a top player. Yeah he's not world-class yet, but he's most definitely a top player. When you talk about young, composed, ball playing centre backs right now in the league it would be indefensible not to include Stones in that crop. He's still young, but the composure he shows when he comes against top players is commendable. He's one of Everton's more consistent players, even last season when they had that dramatic dip.

[OneMoSalah 8,810]

City I'll agree with now they've signed one, but United? Do they really have better CBs? Smalling has improved drastically but he needs a consistent partner with him, Jones is always sidelined and so his match fitness is never sharp. Rojo is having problems too, in fact Stones and Smalling could strike up a partnership which is just as effective as the potential of Zouma - Stones.

Also, I disagree with the statement he's not a top player. Yeah he's not world-class yet, but he's most definitely a top player. When you talk about young, composed, ball playing centre backs right now in the league it would be indefensible not to include Stones in that crop. He's still young, but the composure he shows when he comes against top players is commendable. He's one of Everton's more consistent players, even last season when they had that dramatic dip.

He is really about the only young CB I can think of in the league who is in that mould anyway along with Jason Denayer although he's not a first team regular with City. Don't think it is exactly fair to compare him with a guy who just finished a season on loan with Celtic, where Virgil van Dijk could probably have played as the only CB and kept clean sheets at times. Being a ball playing CB is all good, like Luiz at times but to be a top CB you need to be brilliant defensively, he strikes me as good to a certain point, I don't think he'll turn out half as good as what people think.

As I said regard LvG, he's gone for Smalling-Blind at CB mainly because of the balance, a right footer and a left footer, I believe this will be recurring in his defence this season and next. I don't think Rojo is as bad as people make out, he was injured and missed bits of last season and when Shaw was injured played LB but he is a strong and pacey CB, its going to be his second season now so he will probably be better equipped for the PL.

[Jase 43,479]

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