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2014-15 Performances

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4.7 Season Average Rating
Appearances
17
Clean sheets
9
Goals
0
Assists
0
Yellow cards
1
Its pretty clear he needs a leader to perform
marlowe78 said:
What troubles me more than anything is how he gets caught watching play develop around him without taking any kind of action. On Sunday there was more than one instance where Liverpool had gotten into our box or on the edge of it and Evans is just standing there, not marking, just standing and trying to figure out how to get involved. His main problem besides injuries is that he's too afraid to make a quick decision and carry it out. Is fairly good when playing with strong defenders next to him, but we don't look as solid when he's leading the backline. Smalling is 100x more of a leader than he is.
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This. We need to sell this imposter while we can still squeeze a decent amount for him. 5-7 M would be a decent return, we won't get more. Come on Hull City make a cheeky bid!
 
He's going to be 27 , supposedly into his peak age for a defender and he plays like he is still in the U18's... fecking embarrassing player, ship him out asap :lol:
 
The worst thing about this was that it was so predictable. Inevitable really.
 
Did nothing wrong. Shielded the goal. Just an incredible finish. Scapegoating is over the top.
 
Can't believe Evans is getting blamed for that goal :lol: and he's not a scapegoat.
 
Jev said:
Did nothing wrong. Shielded the goal. Just an incredible finish. Scapegoating is over the top.
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Wouldnt say hes completely free from blame. He miss judged the flight of the ball and ending up trying to arc himself back to get something on it. I also felt he dived in a bit where he could have given away a pen. I just feel when Evans is on the ball hes going to do something stupid that could cost us.

He wasnt completely to blame for the goal but i think he should have done better
 
It was a good shot, but poor defending leading to it. He should be doing a LOT better.
 
OneUnited24 said:
Wouldnt say hes completely free from blame. He miss judged the flight of the ball and ending up trying to arc himself back to get something on it. I also felt he dived in a bit where he could have given away a pen. I just feel when Evans is on the ball hes going to do something stupid that could cost us.

He wasnt completely to blame for the goal but i think he should have done better
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It was going in irrespective of how much better he did.
 
Raoul said:
Knee jerking already. It was a sublime, unstoppable strike.
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The strike was good yes but any decent CB wouldn't have given benteke the space to get the shot off in the first place, benteke made Evans stumble 3 or 4 times just by doing fake shots.

Not good enough.
 
dannyrhinos89 said:
The strike was good yes but any decent CB wouldn't have given benteke the space to get the shot off in the first place, benteke made Evans stumble 3 or 4 times just by doing fake shots.

Not good enough.
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Nonsense. Benetke deserves all the credit for that. The knee jerk scapegoating of players during matches is utterly embarrassing.
 
Cant watch the game so im making due with livescore from my phone. Can someone tell me if we`re playing good enough to nick a draw?
 
Raoul said:
Knee jerking already. It was a sublime, unstoppable strike.
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Which could have been prevented, if he hadn't misjudged the long ball and therefore was closer to Benteke. He drops off way too much and it is poor defending. Somebody could have helped him out though.
 
vibe said:
Cant watch the game so im making due with livescore from my phone. Can someone tell me if we`re playing good enough to nick a draw?
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Got a lot of the ball, doing absolutely feck all with it. Villa look more dangerous on the break.
 
Raoul said:
Nonsense. Benetke deserves all the credit for that. The knee jerk scapegoating of players during matches is utterly embarrassing.
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Nobody is going to argue the quality of the finish, no chance of saving that one.

The issue is what happened before he took the shot, and it's typical Johnny Evans to give too much space away as he's worried about his pace. He needs to be much closer to Benteke to prevent him taking the shot in the first place. As soon as Benteke gets the ball Evans is struggling to keep up, feints a move and Evans is long gone. John O'Shea used to do the same against wide players, he'd stand off and instead of them going past they'd have plenty of time to put in a cross.

You'll see it when players are running towards Evans with the ball, he's not very good at closing down gaps to force them away from goal.
 
Wait, of course Evans is at fault for that goal. Credit to Benteke for finishing that the way he did, but he shouldn't be given nearly enough space as Evans has afforded him let alone the fact that Evans should be clearing or at the very least defending the initial ball in. Not to mention the fact that he's constantly hesitant on the ball and shits himself if anyone pressure him.

It's the same old story with Jonny, same old excuses too. You can count how many good games he's had in the last two years on one hand.
 
I love his ten yard sprints with the ball nowhere near any pressure then as soon as an opponent comes to close down he either passes it backward or hoofs it to nowhere.
 
Johnny Evans can't deal with big, strong, athletic strikers. We've known that for years.
 
Whenever I see him in the lineups I feel uneasy and usually those feelings are confirmed during the match. If he was 18 years old I'd understand some of his decisions, but he's 27 and supposed to be reaching his peak ffs. On top of that he is injury prone like the rest of our defense which is already bad enough on its own.

If we had to get rid of one of Jones, Smalling, and Evans, it has to be Evans. Right now I don't see what's to gain from keeping him.
 
Ole's_toe_poke said:
How was he at fault for the goal?
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Other than missing the header and failing to stop benteke's shot?

Absolute shit really. Has mistakes in him every match. Needs to go. At the very most he is defensive cover. Although I guess with Smalling and Rojo out he is doing his part?

We really need to get rid because he just cant play in a back 3. Not much better in a back 4 either.
 
Terrible defending from Evans for the goal. Misjudged the flight rather spectacularly given that it was played from about 30 yards away, and compounded that by not getting remotely close enough to Benteke and buying the dummy very easily. Beyond that, he looks very shakey all day in my opinion. Nothing to do with scapegoating, that simply wasn't good enough defending.
 
He misjudged the flight of the ball, and then maintained a position a yard away from Benteke for a few seconds allowing him to get his tremendous shot away It's a great goal, but it is poor from Evans.
 
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