Strike 7,527 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Ricardo Carvalho? Rio Ferdinand? Silva? Explain to me what you're implying again?Implying you'll always get good defensive players on the cheap. No defender is worth splashing 30m on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,156 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I'm confident we'll get him. We made a mistake choosing Filipe Luis over Shaw last summer, can't see us repeating the same mistake.Whilst Shaw was a massive Chelsea fan growing up he would have joined United anyway because they offered him huge wages for a start and the promise of first team football. Shaw would have been in the same predicament as Luis.On a different note, would be interesting to see what happens with Zouma if we do buy Stones. Although he impressed when he came in the team last season, he is still raw, especially technically but he is a great prospect and if we get Stones, his game time this season will be questionable. Maybe a loan to another Prem team where he is guarantee first team football on a regular basis would be benficial. Because if things go to plan, him and Stones could be our CB pairing for a good number of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionsden 4,689 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I'm amazed at how many people do not rate Stones. It's perplexing actually how anyone can watch him play regularly and still consider him average and nothing special. I am curious to know which young defenders you all rate' higher than him in Europe. Varane is the only defender that's arguably better and that's it. I think some people are taking the "English talent are overrated" generalization/stereotypical view too far.A Defender that combines the ball playing ability of a Hummels/Luiz with the defending ability of a top class defender are very rare and Stones is one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Stones is a good defender, and he's english. Let's get him before we get to a point where we have no english players in our starting lineup. 26mil + a player on loan should do it. English players are the most expensive because of the homegrown quota, especially if you approach a club who don't need to sell (Carroll, Sterling, welbeck ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYC. 7,542 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 England's CB duo isn't impressive but one could simply argue that Hodgson simply prefers the more experienced players, regardless of their talent. Whether that is right or not is another debate but should also remember that, different player develops differently. Varane is something of an anomaly, if you like and if you don't think Mourinho would pick Stones over Cahill, then look at Zouma last season. Only got international recognition recently and he's probably for the 4th choice CB for France right now but that did not stop Mourinho from selecting him ahead of Cahill.Think it's highly questionable to say Smalling and Jones are far better players now than they were 4 years ago. Don't think they have progressed much considering with the all injuries and constant changes at United - both on and off the pitch - in recent years.There's no suggestion that our transfer business will stop if we get Stones. The club sees him as the replacement for Terry and is pursuing him before United, City or anyone else get him.That doesn't make sense. The experience is supposed to make you better. You can't look at Stones and say he's better, but I'll pick Cahill or Smalling because they have more experience, even though they are inferior. But I guess we'll have agree to disagree.Mourinho did pick Zouma over Cahill, but that was only a couple of times, and more importantly, when Cahill's form dropped. It didn't take long for him to revert back to Cahill so he's comfortably ahead of Zouma in terms of first XI status. It even got to the point where Zouma would play with Terry and Cahill on the pitch. And Zouma was always known, playing first team football since he was teenager and all.Stones has a much, much higher ceiling than Cahill ever did. He's already better than Cahill in certain areas of his game i.e. his ability on the ball and pro activity. He can also play RB very adequately. He's a proper complete defender. Would be a nice signing - hopefully he and Zouma become our new partnership in the future.Again with the potential and ceiling. That was never my point. I'm talking about right now. I'd just like a CB better than Cahill, taking over for Terry in the near future as the new defensive rock. It's rare for CBs to play at a world-class level before the age of 25/26. Terry and Carvalho were 23/24 and 26/27 in 04/05 and we were very lucky to see a world-class duo that was still young, mostly in JT's case but he's simply awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea4 1,521 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Stones wants Chelsea move as Mourinho prepares improved £28m bid. ( Goal ). http://dlvr.it/BYmsxy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 That doesn't make sense. The experience is supposed to make you better. You can't look at Stones and say he's better, but I'll pick Cahill or Smalling because they have more experience, even though they are inferior. But I guess we'll have agree to disagree.How does it not make sense though? Some managers do prefer the comfort of having players with experience in their starting XI over ones without experience, even if they are talented. Some likes to go with less risk and pick players who have the know-how to deal with dangerous situations.Mourinho did pick Zouma over Cahill, but that was only a couple of times, and more importantly, when Cahill's form dropped. It didn't take long for him to revert back to Cahill so he's comfortably ahead of Zouma in terms of first XI status. It even got to the point where Zouma would play with Terry and Cahill on the pitch. And Zouma was always known, playing first team football since he was teenager and all.You are right about that but Mourinho showed no hesitation in benching Cahill for Zouma when needed to. Other managers could easily just persist with Cahill and hope he regains his form. Cahill might be first choice but the situation showed his position is far from secured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmax 9,219 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Absolute no brainer for me, even if we have to chuck in the extra £5m or so. Things like current playing time for him and Zouma won't matter in the long run when we've secured our CB partnership for the next 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 why do people keep saying the phrase "CB partnership for 10 years". when has jose played with 2 21 year old CBs as his CB pairing. carvalho in his first stint, lucio in his inter time, pepe/carvalho in RM, JT now. jose always prefers an experienced CB, a CB who can manage the defence. which one of zouma-stones would be doing that? which one of them will be holding the defence together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,188 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Some reports saying he wants the move and talks with the Everton chairman are in the offing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid Angel 2,130 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 why do people keep saying the phrase "CB partnership for 10 years". when has jose played with 2 21 year old CBs as his CB pairing. carvalho in his first stint, lucio in his inter time, pepe/carvalho in RM, JT now. jose always prefers an experienced CB, a CB who can manage the defence. which one of zouma-stones would be doing that? which one of them will be holding the defence together. Nobody wants Zouma and Stones to start their partnership right now. In two or three years time, I think it's safe to bet on these two as our new starting centre-backs. Not to mention Stones is a much more matured player than his age suggests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Colored Sky 1,807 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I'm still reading that he's ball-playing centre-back yet I find his passing very unimaginative. I will have a very close look on him today and try to figure out what his passing like.It's very encouraging though that we've been linked with CB over the last week. John Stones is far from my favourite and if they place 26-30m£ bid and still got it rejected then we should pursue others. Alessio Romagnoli is no worse and he would cost 22m£. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey 173 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 why do people keep saying the phrase "CB partnership for 10 years". when has jose played with 2 21 year old CBs as his CB pairing. carvalho in his first stint, lucio in his inter time, pepe/carvalho in RM, JT now. jose always prefers an experienced CB, a CB who can manage the defence. which one of zouma-stones would be doing that? which one of them will be holding the defence together. No one is stuipid enough to think we would line up with Zouma and Stones next season.However, having one of them beside Terry for another season or two means they will be led, inspired and tought by one of the best CBs ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,994 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I keep seeing people saying "just wait a couple of years and then buy him." By then he'll cost £50-60m if he continues developing at the rate the market is inflating!This summer is probably the cheapest any club will be able to buy him for. As he improves the more the price goes up and the more our rivals will be interested in him. Currently it doesn't seem like City are after another CB because they have Kompany coming back into fitness and they just spunked £40m on Mangala, United are obsessed with getting a big "name," and Arsenal just bought a CB in January. We're in a pretty lucky position right now of not really having huge competition for Stones. Should act quickly this summer before United come sniffing and offer wages we won't go near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuvala 2,167 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Hope this goes through Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 John Stones is much lower risk than Sterling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,188 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Stones is that good now he could come in alongside JT, displace Cahill and not look out of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laeth 527 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Really want this deal to go through. Everton fans think he's the best defender prospect they've ever had and that he should be unsellable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,994 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Stones is that good now he could come in alongside JT, displace Cahill and not look out of place.And I think that's exactly what would happen if Cahill has a patch like he did last season when he was benched for Zouma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhesusReus 219 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 Stones is that good now he could come in alongside JT, displace Cahill and not look out of place.that's laughable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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