Quote Originally Posted by pass_and_move View Post
Some fair points there mate but look at today's mistake by stones. It was his ball all day long for me, 70/ 30 in stones favour yet he was outmuscled, outpaced and wrong footed by firminho. It was sloppy and poor schoolboyish defending. He shows a lack of determination and grit for me in that situation. That surely cant be darn to lack of confidence. Defenders should defend when necessary and that was a situation where stones shouldve used his body and kicked it art for a throw in or a corner. Deal with the situation and regroup. Instead he showed the kind of sloppiness and naivety that would drive any manager mad. Big moment in the game and very costly

John's a good player pass but he's not top notch like Pep had at Barca .

For me he should be playing the game at the back on his own terms , if he thinks he needs to put his foot through it and row z it then so be it .

Maybe at the moment he isn't quite up to playing for Pep and Man City against the very best here and in Europe .