Not sure. He looks class though.
I find it so unbelievably shit that Dias is getting all the credit for Stones's form. Stones has been every bit as good as Dias this year.
Wow, that certainly passed me by. Dias was captain though, right? And at a young age too. Always a good sign (like with Tierney and Rice).
Mangala? Savic?
Well, previously they took a hit on Jerome Boateng if memory serves, and Kolarov was hit and miss. After Pep came in they obviously have faired better, but Stones has looked both great and terrible, by and large in equal measure. But they are clinical in the market.
Sickening every time he puts in a class performance whilst we went for Harry which feels like a mistake when you see this guy playing well every single week and demonstrating leadership of the defence too
What!
Yeah. I like Maguire, but I would have preferred either of those two world class defenders to be perfectly honest. And then we wouldn't be trying to find a suitable partner to cover his weaknesses. But imagine Dias next to Maguire...
who?
Dias & Lindelof I guess.
Only the Ice Cold Swede
I thought I was missing someone, or the white text!
Well people definitely got that one wrong and sadly looks like our scouts thought the same about him
You've been having a go at Dias since at least September and scoffed at me when I said the following You even made a thread in a thinly veiled rebuttal of him in September. What's your problem, did he shag your ex or something?
I said he would be similar to Laporte's level, but better in the air. I dont see that being wrong to this point
Probably because one is the main CB of a side who’ve conceded 17 goals this season, with 15 clean sheets, and the latter has been the main CB of a side who’ve conceded 32 goals, with 8 clean sheets.
In fairness to @Ekeke that's a desperately cringey comment.
You can praise him without bringing Maguire into it who has done well for us.
Maybe because Pep is more willing to change things at CB when they aren't working whereas Ole sticks to his guns with his first choice partnership because he is constantly worried about the other two picking up injuries
in fairness, they tend to hide their flops with shiny new toysYep I've had a brain fart there, sorry guys and girls
Did they sign Mangala whilst Pep was manager?
How is he main?
do you really have to wreck a boy like that
I said theres no reason why he wouldnt be signed for a high fee right now if he is one of the most sought after CBs. City then signed him and he was expensive. How is that wrong exactly?
Harsh, Ekeke is a good poster, just think he has a bee in his bonnet over him for some reason.
This is how I feel we should operate. Get a proper DM to take the weight off the centre backs.
I just dont think ive been proven wrong yet. I think you're trying to say I didnt think he was going to be a good CB at all and thats not what I said. I disagreed that he's one of the most sought after CBs in the world because he wasnt being signed for a big fee, he was still at Benfica towards his mid 20s. City then signed him for a big fee... So the circumstances changed to exactly what I said would happen if that was the case. Yes, proving you correct that he was sought over but what I said isnt incorrect because thats what happened.
He's only 23. 22 when City signed him.
