Shame about how he's fallen from what he was 3-4 years ago. Our worst defender atm, even more than Valencia a converted RB. Slipping, sliding an getting nutmegged - he made one great tackle and then messed up trying to pass it off.
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Must have been the pitch quite a few players on both sides slipped.
Can remember Jones slipping 2-3 times and Shaw also i think.
If the rumours about him being in danger of being sold this summer are true then he did himself no favours tonight.
I saw that too and surprised it wasn't mentioned by others. That was piss poor, but he was lucky.
With all the talks about Hummels and God knows who else (Laporte?), I would certainly not be surprised if Evans is sold soon.
He's regressed horribly. I won't be unhappy if he gets sold.
The 'play' when he turtled along the touchline and gave Palace a run at goal is why I can't have any sympathies for him. Not only does he make poor decisions but he also completely bottles challenges that any defender with one testicle would make. Should be the first to go this summer.
Evans has this unique ability, I don't know how to explain it, but whenever he's on the pitch, we have zero composure in defence. I've never rated him even when he was having a purple patch. At one time, he had a good tackel, recovered the ball, lost it, then got nutmegged - just how incredibly stupid can these lad be?
He is not good enough for this club, but he is not worst player on pitch today.
he had some serious competition, but nobody else makes you shit yourself as much as our Jonny
I've said it earlier, but the best thing about having Evans is his wife working at MUTV.
The situation is simple. LVG shall perform miracle therapy on him like he did with Fellaini or we're gonna shit bricks when he'll play against Champions League firms next season.
His injury record isn't helping though as he constantly look not focused enough when trying to reach some kind of a form.
His injury record isn't helping though as he constantly look not focused enough when trying to reach some kind of a form.
I'm sorry, but he's fecking appalling these days.
The abuse he was getting on social media (and I'm assuming on here too) was truly embarrassing. Ok, he isn't Rio or Vidic but he has done well for a player who came through the system, it doesn't happen that often these days so we should support the players when they do. In fact, support should just be the done thing, I really feel sorry for him. I remember all the players slipping and it was down to the pitch, Evans slipped, it was because he was shit? I just don't get it.
I have seen people blaming him today, we fecking won, he didn't cost us the game, stop acting like he did only because you want it to be true.
I have seen people blaming him today, we fecking won, he didn't cost us the game, stop acting like he did only because you want it to be true.
When he'd comically fallen over twice within about 3 minutes of being on the pitch you knew he would be way off the pace and of course he was.
I think it's a real shame how much he's struggled, there have been periods here and there where he's looked really good and even been a decent goal threat but he looks a mess now.
Can't see him being here next season.
I think it's a real shame how much he's struggled, there have been periods here and there where he's looked really good and even been a decent goal threat but he looks a mess now.
Can't see him being here next season.
What about Blackett? Evans isn't that bad! His confidence is at minus now however and it permeates the entire defence when he's in there... if/when we buy this summer he'll be permanently benched or sold.
All our away fans (including me) had this 
face as he come on.
face as he come on.His defending has been bad enough but his indecisiveness really does my head in. He has this routine of holding up the ball for about 10 seconds longer than he needs to before he either hoofs it up or loses the ball as was the case yesterday. Just clear the fecking ball.
Aye, it's a strange game to be turning on him. Admittedly, his first five minutes were pretty terrible but once he got up to the pace of the game he was actually quite solid. Won as many aerial duals and made as many headed clearances in his 50 minutes as Smalling did in 84 minutes. Twice as many tackles too.
Evans is that bad and has 7-8 years on Blackett. As soon as he came on yesterday you could see there was a mistake there waiting to happen. There was one piece of defending in the first half which was so comical it made me think "why dont defenders do that against us!" Evans was running onto a ball he was favourite for but somehow slipped allowing the Palace winger to pick it up and run at Smalling in the box. I thought he didnt do all that bad after but hes the type of defender where you know theres a mistake in there. When he was in his early 20s you would say hes young and learning, add a few comparisons with Rio at that age but now hes just not good enough for us.
Its a shame but a few seasons ago i really thought he'd be the first name on the teamsheet he was composed on the ball and could read the game very well, i thought he was on course to develop into a great CB. Now i just see him as a liability.
This pretty much. Can't fault him much for the slipping either as that was the pitch. Can only remember the losing the ball to Zaha incident after that period.
I blame him for causing panic in the defence. He comes on and starts making panic gestures with his hand when he can't find a pass. At one point he also stopped playing to appeal for a handball that the ref didn't give. Palace almost got a clear run on goal because of that.
He did a nice tackle on Zaha at one point but then tried to dribble away and got tackled himself by Wilf! Palace had a dangerous attack as a result. He did plenty wrong in fairness.
What the hell is a "panic gesture" and how is it different to trying to organise the defence?
It is waving your hands in a panic motion, he does it all the time. He does it as soon as he can't find an easy pass and the opposition start to get close to him. Nothing to do with organising the defence.
Appears we have already begun replacing Helen on MUTv too. I saw a new blonde on there on Thursday.
Taking into account his age and performances, I think he will not be playing for United next season.
While some of the stick he got was unfair and over the top, he does not help himself does he? Homegrown or not, hes been very poor for a long time now and needs to be moved on.
There is poor and there is not up to fans high expectations. And to be honest, I think many of his performances fall under the latter category.
I admit, he hasn't been great this season and out of all the defenders, he should be the first to be moved on (as much as I like him) but he is one of those players who won't get praised, only criticized.
Some of the grief he gets from our fans is way ott, just like Tom I think he will do well in a team where he can play regularly under less pressure. Fans sadly have this habit of developing a picture of a player in their mind and unless you have a Fellaini - Young level comeback it never seems to change
He causes panic across the whole defensive line. He shouldn't be here next season, he would still do a decent job at a mid table premier League side.
When Rio, Vidic and Evra were around Evans, Smallimg and Jones looked quite good. Now they've gone all three have gone through hell but Evans has been left behind. His decline in form over the last two seasons has been tragic. I genuinely think, if a solid CB was on board all three would find their form restored.
What exactly is "panic gestures"? Can you show some examples.
It is waving your hands about saying 'who is on, where are you?'. Just watch him next time he plays.
Think some of the criticism he has got has been over the top (and I am not his biggest fan at all).
Well he wasn't playing the Everton game when we were all over the place defensively, even Yesterday Valencia gave away lots of silly free kicks, Smalling conceded one for the goal and Blind was absolutely awful in the wall and yet it's Evans who supposedly caused the panic
the good thing about Evans is his past record for Sunderland and us would suggest that he still holds a decent transfer value - I think he could rekindle some form at a lower table team
I think a team like Sunderland would pay 10 million plus for him
it sickened me to hear we sold Kagawa for 6 million
I think a team like Sunderland would pay 10 million plus for him
it sickened me to hear we sold Kagawa for 6 million
You are criticizing him for the sake of it now. So if he is being closed down, he will obviously wave out to his team mates to make themselves available for the pass. If that spreads "panic" among paid professionals at the top level, then God help us.
Just watching the match again, the basic defensive errors he makes are shocking. Why is he always ball watching? But for De Gea, Murray would've scored and we'd be looking at the barrel of a fourth consecutive defeat. Evans, meanwhile is marking their DM Jedinak, who he loses anyway. Smalling wasn't much better yesterday either.
I am only speculating on that point. I accept that. Watch him next time he plays, in away games it gets the opposition crowd a little bit roused when he does it and he turns back passes backwards. It makes us look on the back foot.
That aside he still made too many mistakes for me.
Jesus asking your teammates to position themselves for a pass is a panic gesture now?
What should he have done then just lumped it up the pitch?