Jonny Evans

Striker10

ugly bastard aren't you

samabachan

Zing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Omg I Got Pwned Lolz!

Striker10

I don't even know if you got a point?

You said we defended well. Why don't you show everyone you know what your talking about and then feel free to be 'funni' - otherwise you look all talk without knowing much. Hey it's not a drama, show me up by showing you know what your on about. It's all good

Gazza

I hope not. O'Shea at full back is torture. Would rather put Hargreaves there.

samabachan

Or I could just throw you a length of the proverbial rope and let you hang yourself on your own words.

Pat_Mustard

I don't have a clue what point you're trying to make. You're admitting that he has earned a good enough reputation against good enough opposition for him to be acknowledged as competent at Champions League level by both Fergie and Villareal. Yet you seem to be implying that people praising him are doing so only on the basis of tonight's match.

The bolded bit is a statement of the bloody obvious, but why are you applying it to Evans and none of the alternatives for the Chelsea match? Neville looked far less capable of handling Chelsea than Evans on the basis of tonight, and our other games recently too. O' Shea is hardly a certain success against that level of opposition either. There is nothing in tonight's performance or his career so far to suggest that he's any less capable of facing Chelsea away than either Neville or O' Shea at the moment, which is what I assume you've been trying to say.

Dippersripper

That will be a luxury. A central defenders job is to defend and he's pretty decent at it.

lao

Can't wait for the Carling Cup game against Middlesbrough..

R.Nilsson7

Welbeck should be worthy of a too.

lao

From what I've seen of Welbeck, I'm not a hundred percent yet. Need to see some muppet highlight reels from youtube first.

giggs-beckham

Hope we try this at some advanced stage in the comp aswell:

foster

rafael vidic ferdinand fabio

ronaldo anderson possebon nani

rooney tevez

(That team wouldve been 2-0 up at half time v the team we started with tonight!)

Elliott

Indeed. Welbeck is the most worthy of the lot.

lao

Ferdinand would feel a little bit out of place on the left side though.

REd FUn DevIl

He was ok today but he isnt ready for Sunday against the big boys.

Brown will be the best option. The problem will be the RB.

Hargreaves will be needed on midfield if we want to at least fight the possesion.

devilish

He showed flashes of brilliance but his lack of experience was exposed when Rio went out from the defensive line and Villareal nearly scored. He is great in set pieces though.

Brwned

And we would've lost the match 3-2 in the end. Stupid idea.

Brwned

"if he's helping to keep clean sheets against these very good teams, YES!!!" That implies you were talking about tonight. And yes, an Andorran international could have kept a clean sheet in this match too.

Striker10

or you could just be quiet and stop responding when i log off . You got no point to make clearly

Striker10

first of all the nevilles, rios, evra's of this world are expereinced pro's who'd feature on sunday anyway so forget them. It's not even an issue. Oh and you say it's 'bloody obvious' I'd have thought those trio being experienced and therefore it not being an issue was bloody obvious...

What exactly did neville do wrong? He attacked fine, crossing wasn't great but again he wasn't shown up defensively. The zenit games gone, yesterday he was 'comfortable'

You never read all my posts so I wouldn't expect you to know what I was saying. People priased evans and he did ok but wasn't tested. If that had of been rafael a lot of people would have pointed out he hadn't been tested defensively.

Tony7

i really thought evans was the highlight of last night it was great to see him play so well i've not seen a great deal of him before and was impressed

Pat_Mustard

So you're accusing me of not recognising the gulf in experience between Rio and Evans, while you steadfastly ignore the fact that Evans has accumulated considerably more experience than Rafael?

My main issue with your original post was that I thought you were suggesting that people were judging Evans only on the evidence of last night which isn't the case. Last night was just another positive step in a pretty much immaculate start to his career. Then in your other post you started contradicting yourself, stating that Fergie and Villareal thought he had proven himself to be a competent centre back after you had offered absolutely no acknowledgement of his experience with Sunderland and Northern Ireland.

I thought Neville looked slow, tentative and rusty last night, and his delivery was awful. And believe me I was cheering for him every time he got the ball.

So to recap. I feel Evans has proven himself far more than you originally acknowledged, and that there was no need for your derisive attitude towards those that were praising him . And also that against Chelsea in a less than ideal situation (no Vidic) Evans relative lack of experience is not necessarily a greater handicap than Neville's lack of form and rustiness.

KingEric7

Looks a very special defensive prospect if i'm being honest. It's difficult to be reserved when you see an academy lad of his quality breaking through and standing his own ground and in some cases excelling against teams such as Spain, Sweden and Villareal.

Red Indian Chief Torn Rubber

I want him to face Chelsea personally. As long as Rio is there he will be fine. For We need Brown's defending at right back and Hargreaves in midfield vs them.

KingEric7

Agreed, Chief. It would be wonderful to see Evans play against Chelsea.

DiaboliQue

I'm affraid he's not ready for such a test yet. Btw how come nobody wants Neville at RB for this game?

KingEric7

Why? He's put in some collosal performances prior to tonight, not least against Spain for an inferior team to the one he would play for against Chelsea. He would also be playing alongside the best defender on the planet.

If anything, you could argue that Neville is not ready, yet i'd have no qualms with him playing.

The Law of Denis

His crossing was conference level..

Don16

If Drogba isnt playing, then I'd like to see Evans.