Is this serious?
We sold Pique (granted he wasnt from our academy) as we could not afford him gametime - we have had Rio and Vidic for almost the last decade, making it impossible for any other CB to break through. We signed Smalling and Jones, as well as having Evans - all young and very promising CBs.
We now have Blackett coming through and looking excellent as well as the above, and you are suggesting that somehow the academy/scouting has failed? What exactly did you expect, that a pair of 18 year old phenomenons would displace two of the greatest CBs of the premiership era?
The very criticism that was being made of Moyes last season, and even of SAF, was not giving the younger CBs enough playtime - Jones and Smalling were both played out of position regularly and have only now been getting consistent starts at CB, and you expect them to instantly and seamlessly replace Rio and Vidic?
edit: This isnt defending Evans' performance tonight so much as just pointing out that we are now paying for mistakes made over the last 2-3 seasons in not giving Evans/Jones/Smalling enough gametime at CB.