Good to get Stones into the squad,imo,as cover and an apprentice to replace ageing defenders.

Pogba would be better as an addition,in the middle,as Fab is far from Fab.

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Good to get Stones into the squad,imo,as cover and an apprentice to replace ageing defenders.

Pogba would be better as an addition,in the middle,as Fab is far from Fab.
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Stones I think could be signed in the future, there is no urgency for me in this deal. We currently have 3 CBs and 1 RB who can play CB. Is Terry going to be edged out? Possibly. Cahill could be rotated with Zouma depending on the opposition we play, i.e. how fast their strikers are.

I agree,our defence was awesome last season,and won the league for us in fact,as we only had Drog's up front at the end.

I think we are in more need of a CB than a CM, we have got at best 5 defenders for this weekend and that's only if Rahman is available, I don't know if he's had international clearance yet.
In CM we have got Fabregas, Matic, Mikel, Ramires, RLC and at a push Oscar can also play there.
I know that a lot of people on here want us to sign Pogba but I honestly think that we have got a player in RLC that can be even better than Pogba and I would rather we used him than spending £70+million on Pogba.

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Just because Ivanovic has been absolute pony at right back , doesn't mean he should be in contention for a move to centre half, just because he's done it before.

The defending from Ivanovic and Cahill has been shocking since March. Why shouldn't Stones be a starter if (when) he comes in?

*drumroll response* cause he's only 21? Bülls hït.

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The defending from Ivanovic and Cahill has been shocking since March. Why shouldn't Stones be a starter if (when) he comes in?

*drumroll response* cause he's only 21? Bülls hït.
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Your dead right with that.

Stones isn't meant to solve any defensive problems this year. He is meant to learn from Terry and to a lesser extent Cahill, the fact we have defensive problems I think is a happy coincidence (probably convinced him to submit a transfer request).

Hope he doesn't do much learning from Cahill.

We are not signing Stones because we urgently need another CB, we have the opportunity to buy a young English CB possibly before his price goes up even higher and we are looking to take it.
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I'd be interested to know in current market terms what his top price could be assuming he has a cracker of a season and is confirmed top shelf material.
What does a top (British ..ie JT++ in his heyday) defender collect ?
Another way to put it...
Could we really expect a 60K pay day or come out even after a couple of years after realising the top status reputation for him?
Of course if he became a legend with 10 years of service to the club, it wouldn't matter at all his market value... right?
So is he worth the gamble. If JM and JT think he is then for JS... hell yeah!

We do need another CB within the next 12-24 months, and preferably someone English. Terry & Cahill is the only partnership in the team where age is a serious concern, and the fact both are English means potentially having to force ourselves to seek out domestic talent in other areas if we went for someone like Varane.

If Everton were willing to do business Stones would've been an ideal signing. But we've already bid well above his value so we might as well let him slide for this window. Inject some of that money into a Pogba bid if we're determined to burn it

Stones is an excellent defender and If we intend to be progressive from defence to attack a must signing now.
Cahill should be benched permanently.

In answer to your question...Yes an upgrade on Cahill and Zouma.

Yes, yes you do