Silvestre?
good shout
And there's no caveats like 'oh, but he's young', 'oh, but he's good with the ball'; he is just not good enough for a side with aspirations of actually competing at the highest level. There is literally at the very least one mistake in him every single game.
You should just give up on him
he is just shit and that's it, I am not sure if there's one defender in top teams in England that was continuosly making mistake after mistake like he does. And it's second season in a row that happens. You can't defend him(same as he can't defend, hehe).He doesn't look like he knows what he is meant to do. Very confused
Smalling and Jones are actually both better at bringing the ball out of defence.
The whole "he's good with the ball at his feet" argument is so nonsensical I never understood it. A defenders primary job is to defend. If they can pass, dribble, run fast then great. But if they are shit at defending then what's the point?
To be fair that's cause they've usually won it off the attacker first.
The funny thing is he came out and said Pep told him when necessary put the ball in row Z and he refuses to do it. It's not confusing, when theres space pass the ball when theres not boot it. Pep has stressed this, Stones even admitted it. I get the feeling he's trying too hard to impress but none of those things paper over how weak he actually is, I reckon my 10 year old who weighs 25kg could bully him.
I couldnt care less about John Stones but it irritates me when people criticize for the sake of it like in first half even though he did nothing wrong at the time. Now when he was actually crap in the second half now i dont have any problems with people criticizing him.You should just give up on him
One could argue that Pep is using Stones wrong and under Mourinho he'd be a better player. Or even Mourinho didn't expect Stones to be so shit.
Probably taking into consideration this performance and that nobody would actually want to buy him
He's English.
It is his first season at the club.
Surely even Mourinho thinks he dodged a bullet with Stones.
And he's been consistently shite.
So has the entire defense.
Chelsea wouldn't go above £40m, IIRC.
At least some defending takes place where John Stones is involved.
Seriously though, he needs an accomplished centre back to lead him and give him advice on the field. Someone who will actually lead him. Otamendi's a softie posing as a centre back. Maybe that's what Carragher means.
It's pathetic that that's probably it.
