A luxury player? Rio? Nah, proved himself again in the last 8 games despite many thinking he was finished. If you are looking for luxury players in our squad you need look no further than Giggs imo.
Jonny Evans | 2011/12 Performances
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Nah, sorry, that's not right. Rio is still absolutely class. If we had a fully fit squad (never going to happen), and the CL final tomorrow, it would be Ferdinand and Vidic at centre back.
Evans has been our best defender this season and if there is CL final tommorow, then Evans should play on merit.
You see, this is what I don't get. Yes, he's been brilliant this season, but he hasn't really been any better than Rio. The only reason people are praising him more is because this has been the best form of his career and he has really stepped up his game.
I dunno I would say defensively he and rio have been equally good but the attacking play Evans has added to his game has been quality. Very good use of possession, smart runs and really he's been unlucky not to get a few more goals. Shame he doesn't have a agger/carvalho shot on him
yo ash guess who's back?
Lol, good to be back?yo ash guess who's back?
Indeed but I'm going back to work. I'll be on later (around noon your time)
Pretty ridiculous that he's not up for young player of the year, he was 23 when the season started so he's eligible, no?
I don't watch much of City, but I've heard about a lot of bad save attempts by Hart this season.
I don't watch much of City, but I've heard about a lot of bad save attempts by Hart this season.
Improved though Evans has been it is fantasy to think that we would have shipped so many goals as we did today with a Vidic and Rio partnership.
He's not that good hey.
Teams that actually attack us show him up every time.
He's come on a lot this season but today's performance reminded me of his mare against Liverpool. In a couple of big games he's come up well short
The usual idiots have come out of their holes now that he's had one bad performance.
None of our players could handle giant afro man.
He's been pathetic in two of our last three games. Needs to be dropped for the City game or he'll quite possibly cost us it.
and he's STILL doing that fecking thing about 20 times a game where goes for balls that aren't his to win and then leaves himself open.
Cowards performance from him today.
Rafael and Evra were far more culpable for the goals.
Yeah he has but he'll still get picked for City.
No chance
Who'll you play instead of him?
Smalling is lacking match fitness, and Jones at center back is terrible.
We always struggle against Fellaini, not only Evans... he was great this season, one of our best performers.
First poor performance in months and months, and the knives are out.
He was poor, he'll get over it.
He was poor, he'll get over it.
This is madness.
Fergie should probably hold off on the praise, doesn't seem to do him any good.
One bad game and we are jumping o his back again?
That's the thing, it's make or break for Evans in the next 3 games.
This. Evans hasn't had a great game but he shouldn't be dropped because of it. Especially as, like you say he is preferable to the alternatives at the moment. Hopefully he won't let his performance get to him and will try and move on from it.
Rafael in particular. For both their last two goals.
I hope his recent performances make people realise that they've maybe been overrating him a bit. He's a very good defender who has had a good season, however he's had some awful games at the worst times possible.
Evans was at fault for City's 3rd, going to head a ball that he was never going to win. It was Ferdinand's man.
Everton's 4th was Rio's fault, standing in no man's land. Staring at the ball.
But will you drama queens shut the feck up. They've been fantastic all season, and they will remain our starting CBs until the end of the season.
Everton were fantastic.
Everton's 4th was Rio's fault, standing in no man's land. Staring at the ball.
But will you drama queens shut the feck up. They've been fantastic all season, and they will remain our starting CBs until the end of the season.
Everton were fantastic.
Play poorly in big matches and thats what will happen.
He's performed very well but when it comes to a big match we dont really know what we're going to get from him. He's had other big matches where he's done well, but in some of them he's been awful. You cant have everything from your backup CB, we just need to remember thats what he is. Roll on the day Vidic is back
Wigan away?
Tbh I don't really think he played that bad at all. He got put in to some tough situations with people passing him in the ball in awkward situations. The bigger problem was Evra at fall back constantly coming inside too much and leaving way too much room on the left and the last goal, Rafael completely left his man.
he has had a bad performance but this is the real test now vs Manchester City next week, then swansea and finally sunderland. If he can get his head together for these 3 seasons and forget about today then he will be great but now is the time for him to step up!
Ferdinand was just as bad today, if not worse IMO.
I don't want to be right about Evans not being good enough, really I don't.
The difference will be whether he can pick himself up and shake it off this season.
Last season he was yanked once, lost his confidence, and was finally yanked for a longer period by SAF.
This season we can't afford for him to have a bad spell at the money end of the season.
The derby match next week will be a defining one for Evans.
The difference will be whether he can pick himself up and shake it off this season.
Last season he was yanked once, lost his confidence, and was finally yanked for a longer period by SAF.
This season we can't afford for him to have a bad spell at the money end of the season.
The derby match next week will be a defining one for Evans.
Smalling has to play. Jones is out of form while Evans has been a liability against Wigan and today...and the games in between he's literally had no defending to do.
You just can't leave someone in the team when they're as out of sorts as he's looked whenever he's had defending to do of late. He's absolutely gone to fecking pieces.
It'd be like sticking with the same keeper after he fumbles in an own goal and then lets a back pass roll under his foot.
Rafael had nothing to do with the 4th goal. Evans came out with Fellaini to hold him up and then he allowed a player with a large turning circle to turn and cross from inside the area. As a CB he should never be allowing that all he needed to do was block any potential cross and force him to move the ball away from goal. It was way too easy and yes Rio might have made a last ditch saving tackle, but he shouldnt have needed to.
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