12 Oct 2015 15:45:31
Stones and Marquinhos interest seems to be going around again the last few days. Both young quality centre backs who would both improve us I think.
Question is who would you rather and why? I'm struggling to make a decision but I'd possibly lean towards Stones because he's English and would be more suited to the premier league.
12 Oct 2015 17:11:46
I'll go for both if possible but Stones comes first for me as we all know how good he is.
12 Oct 2015 21:45:54
I think we can get both, marquinhos has a little of ivanovic in his hay day and could really play the Rb position quite well and more than a decent back up at the cb position. We could have
Marquinhos Stones Zouma Azpilicueta
Not bad I say.
12 Oct 2015 22:58:51
No balance going forward in the back four ELI. Waste of time signing Baba if we're not going to play him.
12 Oct 2015 23:04:54
i don't know why we are forgetting our £17m left back baba!
13 Oct 2015 04:40:50
That's tough. I feel if we weren't an English team than Marquinhos would be the answer but since we are it might be Stones. Also think Stones complements Zouma nicely as he's very adept at playing out from the back. Both have the potential to be top drawer.
13 Oct 2015 10:55:50
I'd welcome both of them with open arms. Maybe a slight edge towards Stones as he's homegrown. On the other hand, Marquinhos has plenty experience in CL so that's a plus. Some might say he's too short to play CB, but apparently he handles himself pretty well physically on the pitch and Carvalho wasn't the tallest CB either, yet he's one of the best I've seen.
So yeah, it's a toss up for me.
16 oct 2015 08:29:32
ability is one thing, however there are two other things that set some players apart from others and that is passion and desire. Cannavaro is a shortarse but got player of the tournament at a world cup. Size isn't everything(i keep telling my partner that too)it's about what you offer and give to the team. Agree with tk, stones for me and also agree with jackson re carvalho. The english league is now about pace and jt, whilst he can read a game exceptionally and is a great leader is now no longer good enough, same with ivanovich. Can't carry players anymore at our level in this league.