John Stones (2 Viewers)

[Paxman II]

Contract ends this summer. Free agent. Maybe our first real signing. he's already used to Sky Blue kit!

 

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[skyblue025]

Jesus wept.

He's played 7 league games this season due to injury and is on 250 bags a week.

To be fair to him he managed 11 league games last season.

 

[Paxman II]

Jesus wept.

He's played 7 league games this season due to injury and is on 250 bags a week.

To be fair to him he managed 11 league games last season.

First of all he has been on the bench most of the time, not just some imjury. Pep just does not like him for whatever reason. No new contract offered. He is the quality we have to have in our squad. We will be paying prem wages, get used to it. 250k a week is nonsense as well. A player like him will be looking to stay in the prem, play regular and get a contract to steady his future. That may well be achievable on a lower wage, but yes 80k/week for a few additions is what we have to get used to if we are to stay up.
This is the type of theory y'all have to get your head around.

 

[procdoc]

People need to temper their expectations and be realistic

 

[Bad Boy]

No thanks. We got rid of a crock to Rectum, we don't want another. Besides I didn't think he was that good, he's always had a mistake in him.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

People need to temper their expectations and be realistic

Yes we aren't gonna go for Stones

 

[Wyken Sky Blue]

Not a bad Charleston though!

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[Paxman II]

Ok so look at it this way...
Stones would command what 10m, 18m transfer fee? We get him for free and pay him 100k a week for two years, help us stay up which would cost around 12m in wages. 2 years in the prem would be rich pickings and establish ourselves. Now Stones or a similar player like it makes sense wouldn't you say?

 

[procdoc]

Ok so look at it this way...
Stones would command what 10m, 18m transfer fee? We get him for free and pay him 100k a week for two years, help us stay up which would cost around 12m in wages. 2 years in the prem would be rich pickings and establish ourselves. Now Stones or a similar player like it makes sense wouldn't you say?

He’s 31 with an horrific injury record, he would command nowhere near that

 

[Paxman II]

He’s 31 with an horrific injury record, he would command nowhere near that

OK I would'nt say 'horiffic' by any stretch. here's his injury record.

25/26	Calf injury	28/03/2026	17/04/2026	21 days	3
25/26	Thigh problems	05/12/2025	09/02/2026	67 days	18
25/26	Muscle injury	01/09/2025	15/09/2025	15 days	3
24/25	Hamstring injury	19/02/2025	23/05/2025	94 days	18
24/25	Foot injury	22/12/2024	20/01/2025	30 days	6
24/25	Foot injury	23/11/2024	14/12/2024	22 days	5
24/25	unknown injury	01/11/2024	18/11/2024	18 days	5
23/24	Hip injury	10/08/2023	01/10/2023	53 days	11
22/23	Hamstring injury	27/01/2023	01/03/2023	34 days	7
22/23	Hamstring injury	26/09/2022	20/10/2022	25 days	5
20/21	Rest	22/01/2021	24/01/2021	3 days	1
20/21	Knock	22/09/2020	02/10/2020	11 days	3
20/21	Ankle injury	19/06/2020	27/06/2020	9 days	2
19/20	Foot injury	19/01/2020	25/01/2020	7 days	1
19/20	Knock	08/12/2019	03/01/2020	27 days	7

 

[Hybridtheory]

Too injury prone can't risk that .

 

[skybluecam]

People saying they wouldn’t take John stones

He will go somewhere far superior to us on wages we couldn’t afford anyway. Elite level cb when fit. Heard Italy mentioned, would make sense and he could probably manage injuries better there.

 

[1ccfc]

I guess we can't leave any stone unturned

 

[Alkhen]

Ok so look at it this way...
Stones would command what 10m, 18m transfer fee? We get him for free and pay him 100k a week for two years, help us stay up which would cost around 12m in wages. 2 years in the prem would be rich pickings and establish ourselves. Now Stones or a similar player like it makes sense wouldn't you say?

He won't be coming here. He is not what we need really, way too much risk. We will push our budgets and top wage brackets but we won't be getting anyone who is currently on 250k per week to make a drop even to 100k. Stones will get offers at established clubs for way more than we could or even should consider.

As Doug said we'll be going after value. Pulling figures out the air and saying it makes sense is just fantasy.

We will need some experience but most of all we need physical athletes who can cope with the pace of the Prem. We need to go after players who are on the up or have had a bit of a set back but have potential not fill the squad with top 5 cast offs on stupid wages

 

[stupot07]

People saying they wouldn’t take John stones

He will go somewhere far superior to us on wages we couldn’t afford anyway. Elite level cb when fit. Heard Italy mentioned, would make sense and he could probably manage injuries better there.

People saying they wouldn't take John Stones understand that the combination of the wages he would command Vs his injury record and risk, is a massive risk for the club. Plus he would never come here.

To many think it's championship manager and that elite players are going to be falling over themselves to join us in the summer to struggle at the bottom end of the league for a snip of the wages they could get elsewhere.

 

[stevefloyd]

First of all he has been on the bench most of the time, not just some imjury. Pep just does not like him for whatever reason. No new contract offered. He is the quality we have to have in our squad. We will be paying prem wages, get used to it. 250k a week is nonsense as well. A player like him will be looking to stay in the prem, play regular and get a contract to steady his future. That may well be achievable on a lower wage, but yes 80k/week for a few additions is what we have to get used to if we are to stay up.
This is the type of theory y'all have to get your head around.

Pep don't want to play him because he will more than likely get injured again, he makes Ben Sheaf look like an every game player

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

He’ll be back at Everton

 

[fatso]

Jesus wept.

He's played 7 league games this season due to injury and is on 250 bags a week.

To be fair to him he managed 11 league games last season.

His wages are irrelevant when his contract expires.
It always amazes me when people quote what someone WAS on when they are about to be unemployed.

The question is, would he rather be unemployed or sign for another club on a "pay as you play" contract for a year?

As far as the game time goes, he does play for the best team in the Premier league, so competition is intense, so you could argue that hes got fewer miles on the clock than you'd expect, and theres no arguing about his quality or experience.

Although having said all that, in this particular case, he doesn't fit any of Doug King's usual criteria, (age, sell on potential etc) so I highly doubt we'd have any interest in him.

 

[skybluecam]

His wages are irrelevant when his contract expires.
It always amazes me when people quote what someone WAS on when they are about to be unemployed.

The question is, would he rather be unemployed or sign for another club on a "pay as you play" contract for a year?

As far as the game time goes, he does play for the best team in the Premier league, so competition is intense, so you could argue that hes got fewer miles on the clock than you'd expect, and theres no arguing about his quality or experience.

Although having said all that, in this particular case, he doesn't fit any of Doug King's usual criteria, (age, sell on potential etc) so I highly doubt we'd have any interest in him.

Obviously he is not going to be unemployed. He won’t be on a pay as you play either. He’ll get offered a decent contract by someone else.

 

[Alkhen]

His wages are irrelevant when his contract expires.
It always amazes me when people quote what someone WAS on when they are about to be unemployed.

The question is, would he rather be unemployed or sign for another club on a "pay as you play" contract for a year?

As far as the game time goes, he does play for the best team in the Premier league, so competition is intense, so you could argue that hes got fewer miles on the clock than you'd expect, and theres no arguing about his quality or experience.

Although having said all that, in this particular case, he doesn't fit any of Doug King's usual criteria, (age, sell on potential etc) so I highly doubt we'd have any interest in him.

Saying the current wages is irrelevant is clearly bollocks! He's not some dosser looking for a last payday. He'll probably be a starter for England at the World cup.

He'll have expectations and queue of clubs willing to match them. He'd probably get even more than he's on currently if he sold his soul to Saudi. We can't compete.

Stones was a mad shout, expectations need to be tempered.