To be fair, Evans has been shite. No scapegoating about it.
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- Goals
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- Yellow cards
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To be fair, Evans has been shite. No scapegoating about it.
I still don't know what outstanding defensive attributes he actually has or ever had to be rated so highly?
He, again, let the ball get past him as a central defender, he simply has to head it away and he's let it bounce fecking again with having absolutely no idea who's behind him, just like when he's got outplayed by Diouf 2-3 times in just one run.
His awareness is non-existent.
Has 6months to save his United career.
It's unfeasible that we won't look to strengthen centre back, and you'd have to say Smalling, Jones and Rojo are ahead of him in the pecking order, with the youngsters quickly catching up.
He must be the one to go if he doesn't show some good form soon
It's unfeasible that we won't look to strengthen centre back, and you'd have to say Smalling, Jones and Rojo are ahead of him in the pecking order, with the youngsters quickly catching up.
He must be the one to go if he doesn't show some good form soon
Good response as usual, are you trying to say he didn't?
He hasn't got any.
Its more the fact he has spent half his career sat on the injury table that has allowed to creat this myth of some awesome defender that is just waiting to be unleashed when fit.
He's a bit pants and always has been.
If he plays another aimless ball straight at Begovic 
Cliched at it may sound, a lot of Evans' problems are in his head. To be a consistently good performer at the highest level you need to have incredible mental fortitude and a personality to handle and overcome adversities because even the greatest can go through some rough patches. He was a more than able deputy with Ferdinand or Vidic or Evra because they took command of the backline and that sense of confidence seeped into Jonny's game. Some of his relative defensive deficiencies were masked when they were around to mop up the slack.
But now, the roles have been reversed and Evans is expected to lead the likes of Smalling, Rojo, Jones, Shaw, Rafael, McNair as the senior-most and experienced member of our defense. Whether he has the were withal to accomplish that in the near future has to be seen. But right now, he doesn't seem to be showing any promise in that regard and it might prove to be a case of too little too late if this form continues through the season because Van Gaal has shown a ruthless streak in terms of disposing players who can't perform upto expectations. Infact I feel more secure with a central defensive partnership or Smalling or Rojo or Jones or even McNair in that order which is a rather poor reflection of Evan's current standard in all honesty.
Will he get bogged down with the Cleverley syndrome and fail to live up to his potential because of an innate inability to man up and work out the bulk of his flaws, be it technical or tactical ? Or will he overcome a barrage or criticism and take his game to another level ala the once maligned Fletcher or to a certain extent De Gea. The next few months are quite possibly make of break time for him.
But now, the roles have been reversed and Evans is expected to lead the likes of Smalling, Rojo, Jones, Shaw, Rafael, McNair as the senior-most and experienced member of our defense. Whether he has the were withal to accomplish that in the near future has to be seen. But right now, he doesn't seem to be showing any promise in that regard and it might prove to be a case of too little too late if this form continues through the season because Van Gaal has shown a ruthless streak in terms of disposing players who can't perform upto expectations. Infact I feel more secure with a central defensive partnership or Smalling or Rojo or Jones or even McNair in that order which is a rather poor reflection of Evan's current standard in all honesty.
Will he get bogged down with the Cleverley syndrome and fail to live up to his potential because of an innate inability to man up and work out the bulk of his flaws, be it technical or tactical ? Or will he overcome a barrage or criticism and take his game to another level ala the once maligned Fletcher or to a certain extent De Gea. The next few months are quite possibly make of break time for him.
I honestly hope Blackett will start to get the nod ahead of him. He's just not good enough. Not strong enough. Not clever enough. At least Blackett can progress and is already quite a beast.
How are we scapegoating him? He didn't cost us the goal. He's just not good enough. That's not scapegoating. He's not being blamed for anything, apart from simply not being deserving of his place in the team.
Hope we get rid of him this summer.
Another abject Evans performance. He shouldn't be in the team
Really hate it instead of taking ownership he will lash out at younger players
Feel like I'm saying this after every game now. He really needs to go.
Another game, another crap performance. Nothing else to say.
We will sell him at the end of the summer and it's the right decision imo. Smalling is better and while I don't rate Jones either right now, he is of course a few years younger. Evans should be in his prime now, but he is a real liability instead. Evans and Fletcher are the negative standouts in our squad for me, which we have to replace with quality players.
I was surprised he had a go at Shaw after he himself elected not to head the ball that was his to deal with.
The irony was that Shaw cleared the ball away for a corner.
The irony was that Shaw cleared the ball away for a corner.
Utter crap. Playing in a world of his own. Worse, doesn't take responsibility.
He is not good enough but TBH we all know that and probably LVG think the same. I can see him leaving us in the summer.
He is nothing more than a constant liability.
Needs another one of those after today.
Absolute wank and his mistakes/lack of confidence destabilize the team.
one word - liability
he just causes anxiousness
he just causes anxiousness
He hasn't played well or decent or okay in a single match this season.......poor and terrible.
There's a reason why we are defending and looking nervous in every match because of players like Evans.
It's a shame because he looked fantastic in his early years. Could've been great.
Not that I expect him to actually defend well bit at least he could stop to pretty much give away huge chances every game
He was rated for moments of Rio like positional sense and quiet confident possession alongside Vidic and the odd dominant header alongside Rio. All the parts of a decent defensive profile seemed to be there, he's just never brought them together. Years later and he's the same player as when he started.
Shite mistake there with Diouf, true, but I don't think he was that for the rest of the game.
Looks like he lacks the quality to meet the expectations of the club unfortunately. Interesting to see if he has any improvement in him yet, I hope so.
I think it's fair to say Jonny seems like a determined character who will work hard to get better and not give up without a fight.
However I'd be lying if I said he couldn't be improved on.
I think it's fair to say Jonny seems like a determined character who will work hard to get better and not give up without a fight.
However I'd be lying if I said he couldn't be improved on.
He shouldn't start anymore, gives heart attacks to every fan.
I've never rated him. Could never tell what Fergie (and now LVG) saw in him.
Didn't Fergie once famously say he was the best defender in the country ?
What does he do in training that enables him to remain in the squad? he's awful and creates panic when he plays against other teams
He said that about Wes Brown too
He's surely got to go, he may not be suited to the back 3 more so than any of our other CB's, but he just looks a total liability.
He is not that young and inexperienced anymore, and it looks like he has reached his ceiling. Its a real shame, but I think its time for him to move on.
I think he's being unfairly singled out again today. Fair enough he deserves some criticism but not the level of criticism he is getting. Like I said at half time apart from letting the ball bounce that time in the first half which led to him getting into all sorts of bother he hasn't really done much else wrong. He actually saved our arses in the opening 10 minutes by making a good run back to intercept a Stoke player that was more or less ready to go on a run with the ball and take on De Gea 1v1. Fingers can't be pointed at him for the goal either.
Wes Brown without his injuries would have been world class.
But I always thought whenever Wes had a run of games he was brilliant.