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35
Season Average Rating
- Appearances
- 17
- Clean sheets
- 9
- Goals
- 0
- Assists
- 0
- Yellow cards
- 1
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At least he's alive
I wouldn't be wasting my time with football when Helen is waiting at home. 
Helen is at work....Jonny is always injured and has time for the baby at homeI wouldn't be wasting my time with football when Helen is waiting at home.
A few days ago a guy on the Norwegian page for United fans referred to him as "the Nesta of Northern Ireland" 
According to official site (daily live blog), he will possibly play tomorrow for reserves vs Blackburn.
Will he come straight back into the first team once he plays a few reserve games? Assuming we go back to a back four then I am not sure he comes straight back in. He doesn't displace Smalling and McNair has been quite solid.
He's two footed so maybe van Gaal will give him the LCB spot.
great to have him back although we need an in form jonny evans. he has been very poor this season obviously.
unless he is back to his best i don't think he will replace any of smalling or mcnair anytime soon.
unless he is back to his best i don't think he will replace any of smalling or mcnair anytime soon.
Started for reserves no? How did he get on
He had a good game but he (and the defenders) were not really tested. I wouldnt start him over Paddy
I can see Evans getting the nod over McNair as soon as he's deemed fit enough.
McNair has been great but his wayward passing was a feature of Arsenal's domination in the first 30 minutes, then you had Welbeck leaving him for dead and his contribution to the Giroud goal. He's taken his chance better than any of us (and, presumably, Van Gaal?) dared hope but he's still a kid with a lot of developing to do. Evans is a class above and shouldn't have any bother getting his place back.
If him and Smalling can somehow stay fit long enough to play a run of games together then maybe, just maybe...
McNair has been great but his wayward passing was a feature of Arsenal's domination in the first 30 minutes, then you had Welbeck leaving him for dead and his contribution to the Giroud goal. He's taken his chance better than any of us (and, presumably, Van Gaal?) dared hope but he's still a kid with a lot of developing to do. Evans is a class above and shouldn't have any bother getting his place back.
If him and Smalling can somehow stay fit long enough to play a run of games together then maybe, just maybe...
As soon as Evans is physically fit enough to play in the Premier League then he should be in alongside Smalling. McNair has done well, but Evans alongside Smalling makes for a more experienced back line. They've had some very good games together, too.
I'd play McNair. He's earned his chance. Evans has been shocking this season.
That opinion will have been massively influenced by him playing in the CC fiasco and generally only getting games as part of the three man defence when absolutely everyone looked shocking at various times behind a porous and ineffective midfield. Stick him back in a familiar formation with Carrick screening the back four and he'll immediately look a far better player. You shouldn't read too much into a very small sample of games.
I think he should be starting our games along with Smalling/Jones whoever is available. Rojo, currently, seems very error prone and Evans might bring that experience/calmness in our backline which we have sorely missed. I still think he is the best CB we have currently and a couple of poor games should not make people forget his wonderful performances just over a season ago.
Should and will start when fit IMO
Exactly.
You don't even need to back to the season before last. He was one of very few players that looked really good last season, until injuries derailed his campaign.
Yep, this is first poor run of games in years. Deserves a chance to set it right. The only knock people can justifiably use is his tendency to get injured too often in recent seasons.
I'm not even sure he has been THAT bad this season. Apart from that horror show at MK Dons which is probably the worst I've seen him play. Really hoping him and Smalling start this weekend with Blackett and Valencia as fullbacks. Hope it can be the start of an injury free run
I agree, many have tried to blame him for mistakes or errors that weren’t even his fault this season. I’ve no idea why he’s hated as much as he is by some, maybe it’s because he’s not Vidic or Rio, saying that not many players are.
He was absolutely horrendous, individually, in the CC game to be fair. Spectacularly crap. Will take a few decent performances (which I think he's capable of) to get rid of the stigma from that horror show.
It was doubly unfortunate as he came in when we had been having injuries (shock) and he was hopefully going to come in and steady the ship and provide some consistency and reliability. Instead he looked even worse than any of the previous CBs had done.
Didn't he then also make that horrendous back pass against Burnley in the game right after MK Dons? Got away with it that time unlike the CC game.
It was his third game in a row with exactly the same mistake including his last pre-season game against Liverpool.
It was his third game in a row with exactly the same mistake including his last pre-season game against Liverpool.
He also cleared a certain goal in the QPR game when we were 1-0 up
Need him back alongside Smalling if he is fit. He makes a good pairing with Smalling when he is focused and not making stupid mistakes.
Let's hope he's remembered how to pass the ball again once he comes back.
Also he let Uchoa free for Leicester's first goall.. he was at fault for that goal too..
If we're going to play 5 at the back, I'd keep Blackett in there and play Young as the wingback. If it's going to be 4 at the back, maybe play Smalling and Evans in the centre with Blackett at fullback. Bottom line is that, on this season's form, I'd favour Blackett over Evans given the chance (particularly with the 3/5 at the back where Evans looked totally lost and Blackett was quite at home).
He was out for quite a while and LVG won't play him if he isn't one hundred percent fit. Maybe 50-60 minutes for a start would do good to avoid risk of another injury.
He needs solid run of games though but sometimes I just think that McNair is a bit better alternative at this point, at least to the time of Rojo's return.
Prove us wrong Jonny.
He needs solid run of games though but sometimes I just think that McNair is a bit better alternative at this point, at least to the time of Rojo's return.
Prove us wrong Jonny.
I just hope he can stay fit.
If we're doing that Caf thing where every oppo goal is attributed to the defensive mistake of one player, Rojo would have to take the blame for that one.
I don't know whats wrong with him, he makes stupid mistakes like that too often. His concentration is shit
I blasted him after his sending off against city a few years ago. I said he wasn't good enough. Then I started to watch him a little closer and he went on an amazing run of form and I saw great he was with the ball and how much he improved defensively. He shut me up completely. He is very good.
Is he the top ball playing central defender in the British Isles? He's got to be close. Most just hoof. He can really play.
Is he the top ball playing central defender in the British Isles? He's got to be close. Most just hoof. He can really play.
Anybody know how many games he started in our ridiculous clean sheet record a few seasons back?
Five starts through a streak of 14 matches and 1311 minutes. Always thought the 3-0 at Stamford Bridge in January 2009 vs Drogba and co. was his breakout performance.
From what I've seen, both him and Cahill have been a level above every other British & Irish defender in the Isles in terms of their ability on the ball. If have to say who the best is on the ball, I'd have to say Evans given how calm he is on the ball. However, others can argue that Cahill's better and allude to his great strikes and volleys for that.
Still, though, he's one of the top 2 in terms of on-the-ball ability for a defender from the British Isles, at least. Defensively, he's very good as well, though he not the best at players running at him or physically bullying him.
Never really rated him, had a brief period a few years ago where he was good but for the most part he's been a liability, when he hasn't been injured,which is most of the time.
He has had two excellent seasons since his promotion. That's 2 out of 6 or 7; which is a shame as he has done well whenever he got an uninterrupted injury free run. Always felt that Evans needed a strong leader alongside him to perform at his best.
Southampton 1:2 Man Utd
Absolute crap tonight so far, looks half asleep for most things, isn't United quality and needs to be sold this summer.