Evans can fill Rio’s boots: Paddy

Ekeke

That would be as soon as possible. Thanks for agreeing.

He's impressed me with most of his performances this season. Coming on in the semi final certainly wasnt one of his most impressive ones though.

And I'll repeat, it doesnt matter how good he plays against Inter, Vidic will be back into the side. O'Shea had a fantastic game against Roma last year, so it does happen now and again that our fill-in players come in and do exceptionally. But Vidic and Ferdinand is our first choice defence and Evans will have to do a lot to displace one of them this season. It would be a great start for him to play exceptionally in two ties against Inter, not giving Zlatan a sniff. But just a start.

I only saw the goals. Barcelona's defence is usually pretty iffy.

Feed Me

Evans seems a bit cumbersome and slow on the turn for me. Not a great distributor of the ball either. I don't really see the Rio comparison.

Brwned

He's a brilliant distributor of the ball.

It and his positioning are his, and Rio's, two biggest assets.

Pogue Mahone

Of course Evans won't take Vidic's place in the first-team. That would be absolutely mental to suggest. Almost as mental as feeling the need to mount an argument about why this won't happen (never mind repeating it ). But Evans can and will step in to cover for Rio or Vidic, with little or no affect on our defensive solidity. Which speaks volumes about how good a young defender we've got on our hands.

Well done to SAF for letting Pique go and giving more opportunities for young Evans to shine and to feel like he really is part of the future of the club. Yet another excellent decision by the gaffer.

Eriku

That's the thing that got to me about Pique... he's supposed to be a great prospect but never seemed relaxed on the ball. Evans looks potentially every bit as classy as Rio, and I've no doubt he's got what it takes to become a regular.

Feed Me

He looks for the long option too often. Rio's great asset, and a strength of the team, is that he can bring the ball out with his feet or make short passes into midfield. Evans isn't as comfortable as Rio in this department.

Brwned

If anything he doesn't look for the long ball enough.

Throughout this season he's played incisive, short passes through the middle of the pitch that you'd expect someone like Carrick to make.

Creates space and means the receiver doesn't have to do any of the work.

His distribution is brilliant.

Feed Me

We'll agree to disagree then - As we seem to do a lot I notice!

Nonetheless, he is a talent.

Brwned

Yeah we do actually, not sure why.

A fantastic prospect, must have given him massive confidence when Sir Alex said he was nailed on to become first choice for us some day.

England1966

we will need him for Inter