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http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/everton-feel-like-giving-john-10889719
Former Everton manager David Moyes admits he’d like to give John Stones “a clip around the ear” because of the Blues defender’s habit of risk-taking and reckons reports of the player’s transfer fee are wrong.
Everton rejected an offer from Chelsea last summer that would have made Stones the most expensive defender in British football history but his ex-boss Moyes acknowledges for all the England international’s amazing talent, he has a tendency to indulge in over-playing at times.
The 21-year-old gestured to home fans at Goodison Park to “calm down” during the game against Tottenham Hotspur in January after they reacted nervously to him executing a ‘Cruyff turn’ in his own penalty area.
Moyes, speaking on Sky’s Goals on Sunday, said: “I think it’s right [when he’s been accused of over-playing]. I feel like giving him a clip around the ear and saying ‘you’re really good at this but make sure you do the fundamentals well. Your natural ability will let you show how good you are on the ball.
“He’s very comfortable coming out of defence with it but the art of defending is really important and you shouldn’t forget that.”
@davek
Former Everton manager David Moyes admits he’d like to give John Stones “a clip around the ear” because of the Blues defender’s habit of risk-taking and reckons reports of the player’s transfer fee are wrong.
Everton rejected an offer from Chelsea last summer that would have made Stones the most expensive defender in British football history but his ex-boss Moyes acknowledges for all the England international’s amazing talent, he has a tendency to indulge in over-playing at times.
The 21-year-old gestured to home fans at Goodison Park to “calm down” during the game against Tottenham Hotspur in January after they reacted nervously to him executing a ‘Cruyff turn’ in his own penalty area.
Moyes, speaking on Sky’s Goals on Sunday, said: “I think it’s right [when he’s been accused of over-playing]. I feel like giving him a clip around the ear and saying ‘you’re really good at this but make sure you do the fundamentals well. Your natural ability will let you show how good you are on the ball.
“He’s very comfortable coming out of defence with it but the art of defending is really important and you shouldn’t forget that.”
@davek
He said: “I laugh when people say we paid £3million for John Stones, it was £1.25million. It was in the January and the last signing of the window.
Ihaters
Player Valuation: £35m
Moyes may be a defence minded coach.. But he was a damn good defence minded coach.
Knows his shizzle when it comes to defenders.. Wrong on this though for me.
Stones should keep hold of the ball and play it out if he stops it on the line for me.
Playing it out has cost maybe 2 goals this season.. Has resulted in more and adds an element of danger very teams can boast.
Knows his shizzle when it comes to defenders.. Wrong on this though for me.
Stones should keep hold of the ball and play it out if he stops it on the line for me.
Playing it out has cost maybe 2 goals this season.. Has resulted in more and adds an element of danger very teams can boast.
Darth Vader
Player Valuation: £25m
Moyes with the LOOK AT ME IM STILL RELEVENT
Get in the bin yer massive helmet
Get in the bin yer massive helmet
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
It underlines though that the dullard Judas would have bent over on Stones in the summer for about 10 bob.
The ginger pube left a prime baines on the bench so he could shoe horn a fossilized stubbs into the team until roque santa cruz utterly bummed him
Ihaters
Player Valuation: £35m
Possible Baines wasn't that good before Moyes got him, Moyes pretty much built his team around Baines and Pienaar, I reckon he knew what he was doing with tbh.
Under Moyes he went from quality to genuinely one of the best LB's in Europe.. Using Baines as a negative against Moyes is like slating his spending or transfer market ability imo.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
He did with Baines what he does with all players: leaves them to rot on the bench while he figures out which of his arl ares he has to reluctantly let go.
I prefer the phrase "moulding them into World Class players".
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
...AKA 'leaving them to the next manager to bring through'.
Barkley to Sheffield Wednesday. FFS, if that SKY sports crew had a pair of bollocks between them they'd have brought that up and nailed him on it.
You sure you posted this in the right thread lad?
Dozbik
Player Valuation: £8m
Yeah, this was just one of my many aimless posts. It's not as if I know what I'm talking about with the stadium thingy either, I've never been to Liverpool.
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