Rumoured John Stones

[Term-X 7,891]

2 hours ago, kiwi1691 said:

He is a new David luiz, ball playing CB that can't defend.

Well, he was playing at right back tonight.. so probably best to hold off the knee-jerk.

[Jase 43,479]

7 hours ago, Term-X said:

Well, he was playing at right back tonight.. so probably best to hold off the knee-jerk.

On top of that, he's only 21 years old. He was always going to make mistakes and he's still young. There's room and time for improvement. We've already seen he's got potential to be great and I think it would help him if he actually has a manager who knows how to drill the defensive mindset into him (and the entire team really). But unfortunately, he and Everton have a manager who doesn't care much about defending.

[Marvin123 530]

Cahill plus 35m should do it 

[Kieran. 6,317]

was horrible again last night.

[Fernando 6,585]

1 hour ago, Marvin123 said:

Cahill plus 35m should do it 

 

Sounds like a great idea for the summer. 

[jernej93 569]

13 hours ago, kiwi1691 said:

He is a new David luiz, ball playing CB that can't defend.

 +1 ... very prone to make mistakes he shouldn't have even though he is very young. People are forgetting that passing and ball control aren't his prime duties as center back, his overall defending and physical attributes are. One more overrated english player IMO  

[BlueLyon 9,359]

He is good but 30m +? Lol 

If he wasnt english I would never bring him in for that money. For all the ball control and passing he has, a CB should first be good defender and no nonsense when in possession.

But we realy need more english players so...

 

[Jase 43,479]

I wonder, if Stones wasn't English, would people say he's overrated?

[Kieran. 6,317]

2 minutes ago, Jason said:

I wonder, if Stones wasn't English, would people say he's overrated?

I wonder, if Stones wasn't English, would we be bidding 40m for him?

[Blue Colored Sky 1,807]

31 minutes ago, Jason said:

I wonder, if Stones wasn't English, would people say he's overrated?

The more appropriate question is if he was older he would be so highly rated ?

I often use this against Pogba. If he was Vidal/Marchisio age no chance he would be so appreciated like he is today. But because he is young people and quite good today people think that he will be awesome good in future.

[the wes 7,212]

Everton can keep stones if  stones plays like that

[Jase 43,479]

30 minutes ago, Kieran. said:

I wonder, if Stones wasn't English, would we be bidding 40m for him?

Probably not but then again, he would probably have some sort ridiculous release clause in his contract, which would amount to a big fee as well. The point here, anyway, is more about people questioning his quality as opposed to his fee.

 

[Pizy 18,888]

Still desperately want him at Chelsea in the summer and will be totally gutted if he ends up with Mourinho at United.

He clearly needs work and that needs to come under the tutelage of a top coach and surrounded by top players. That deluded, whiny cunt Roberto Martinez is a fraud and doesn't have a clue how to coach defense. 

We get a top coach (Simeone, Pochettino) and keep JT around for another season or two to mentor him and we'd have a world class player for a decade. I really hope that just because José is gone we've ended our interest. He should be priority #1 still after a manager.

[blues.bridge 343]

stop with stones,gimenez is much better,and probably his price is less!

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Dan Levene ‏@danlevene  17h17 hours ago

Announce: £40m Stones bid.

Know him personally.
reliable.