For me it was a great card, yes, Joe Gomez is faster and cheaper, but I want him to defend, not to be my LW. And his pace isn’t bad at all, 150k isn’t so expensive and you can use fodders, I got him for 50k. And his passes and dribbling is great for a CENTRE-BACK. Plus it really nice to have a defender with 4* wf and 3 skills, something that most defenders don’t have, something to consider too is that he has great agile and balance, more than Joe Gomez, so he was a bit faster than he should be. His Links are really good, some are: Joe Gomez, Cancelo, Ederson, and of course a perfect link with Walker. I know, he isn’t the bets defender but what did you expect with 150k? Something that helped a lot for him to be a beast were his reactions, really high which in my opinion makes him a lot better than Joe Gomez. Anyways you can use both but Stones is definitely better, I would even say he has better links. If you want, keep using Gomez as he is cheaper but if you have the money and want a great defender, do him.
Links
Great Pace for CB
Enough passes and dribbling
4* wf and 3*skills is good
Really good agility and balance for defender
Insane reactions, he didn’t let the opponent shoot
Phisicality is great but could be better
High Att WR
Untradeable
First time writing a review so here goes nothing. I had Joe Gomez (like everyone else) in the back and paired him up with Varane. Did Stones for free with all the untradeables I have prepared for TOTY so I didn't sacrifice a lot for him and didn't sacrifice much fodder. Obviously, Gomez and Varane are very meta, but I needed a change of scenery in the back and Gomez can never win aerial battles for me. Stones solved my problems at the back and surprisingly played very well to the point that I sold Gomez. He's rock solid in the back paired up with Varane and I don't regret doing him. I'm a casual player and I'm not that good, but played 5 games of Rivals in Div 3 and won all of it conceding only 3 goals. Those 3 goals conceded were my fault with Varane coming up way too high with him. Stones played defensively well and actually won headers for me in all the games also picking up an assist. Will he replace your CBs? Probably not. Is he worth it? In some cases yes, but for most players, No. If Gomez is causing you problems or you a big city fan, go for him! Other than that, TOTY and Headliners Team 2 is around the corner, so save fodder and coins.
- Defending
- Pace w/ Shadow
- Passing
- 4* WF for a CB
- Physical
- Surprisingly good ball control for a CB
- Decent Agility
- Nice Alternative to Gomez if you don't want meta defenders
- Pace compared to Gomez
- Doesn't fit the meta much
- Price of the SBC
- A coin sink/fodder sink since TOTY is around the corner
I wanted to have a great partnership with raphael varane to be meta and great defensive stats and physicality and pace( END GAME PLAYER) 2 days ago I found that guy.
John stones
He is great in defending Great pace monster physicality also great passing. Just I can say ChEaP. you can find players better than him but not for this price.
Him and varane are in same level in defensing and he never stop to work in defense.
paaaaaaaace
Defennnnnnding
physicality(strength and aggression)
Maybe passing
his reactions and composure is very good for a defender
Great links(perfect link with walker)
shooting but is not important
Increadible cb if you play prem you should do this one
-pace
-His defending is sublime
-fysicle
-passing
-DRIBBLING
-high attacking (could be a pro is you use correclty)
Most of you guys have been saying this SBC is useless because of joe gomez. At first I thought pretty much the same but I am/was tired of using the same meta players over and over. So I decided to grab this card anyway.
I ran him alongside VVD (yeah I know kinda boring) to try and get my second elite finish.
Man I gotta tell you this guy completely overshadowed VVD, he won pretty much every challenge against the likes of CR7, Neymar, Mbappe.
His pace with a shadow is exactly what you need. His agility and balance is what sets him apart from other CBs, he changes direction so fast, his great def stats, 90 reactions and 85 aggression amount to a killer combo.
Balance and Agility
Tackling
Links
Value
Passing
Acceleration, barely noticeable tho
First excuse me for my english because I'm spanish.
I used to have Davinson Sánchez with Joe Gomez but he seemed very slow to me, so I saw this Stones that I got for 50k with club non-transferable, the performance was much better than Davinson's and somewhat better than Gomez, the defense and I found the physique much better than Gomez's but maybe Joe is a little better in rhythm. If you have Gomez and Walker or Gomez and Van Dijk, I recommend that you do not do it but if you feel any failure in your centrals and you have non-transferable, Do it!
Defense
Physique
Speed
Passing
Dribling
Body Type
Btw, link 1 is my team at the start of the game and link 2 is custom tactics, CUSTOM TACTICS - https://www.futbin.com/21/squad/5141625, BEFORE GAME - https://www.futbin.com/21/squad/5141574
So basically, idk how to do this. This is my first review so don't get loud to me, but Stones is a good player. Whoever did not do him and has a prem team is unlucky. He is a madness, however you would want a joe gomez or a faster defender next to him. He is quite agile for a defender, with a shadow, and I like defenders who can turn very quick, which he can do. This is why I don't have vvd in my squad, for me if you lunge in for a tackle,vvd would take too long to recover, but stones can easily make a recovery.
Good recovery
Alright pace
Agile
Good balance
Good passing
Great tackling
Vision not great
Shooting but that doesn't matter
It isn't often that you come across a good prem&england replacement for Gomez, but when I saw his sbc I leapt at the chance. I kind of mauled the rest of my team to get him, but I had high hopes. He lived up to them. He is an absolute monster, winning every header, and intercepting and tackling anything that came his way. Pace was an occasional let down, but with Walker on his right and a pacey cb on his left, it meant that it wasn't too much of a problem. I found that not only was his defending out of this world, but he could easily play as a cdm if you wanted too. 79 dribbling and 75 passing is damn good for a cb, so if you want him to play as a cdm, I doubt you'd be disappointed. Great card, great value!
His defending is incredible, he can do anything
Incredibly versatile, can dribble to the halfway line sometimes, and plays great long balls
Dominant in the air and everywhere else.
Pace sometimes, so having quick defenders around him is a must
Succumbs to high pressure, it's sometimes better to get rid of the ball than risk getting caught out with him.
Gives away penalties too much, and gets cards too often, be careful!
Not a crazy amount of stuff to say. Im not to hype for TOTY so I was all in to try another sbc card...he was very solid. He's no Varane, but I think he is on par with Gomez. He needs shadow for pace, but other than that he is a very fun card to use. I think he is close enough to META to be considered usable, and even to be considered weekend league worthy.
Dribbling (so funny)
Defending (literally everything)
Passing out the back (not bad at all)
Very decent stamina
HILARIOUS TO USE
Kinda slow (shadow guys)
Med defensive work rate (out of position occasionally)
i used him 5 rivals matches in division 1 and he is not that gos. i mean, he can defen, but he is not so strong, his passing is trash and he feels like he has 60 pace.. i'ld say buy normal van dijk is tradebel, anmd much better.
defending
links
strengt( ingame)
passing
dribbling