Dodgy again today but worth being patient and getting him back to his best, top defender when he's on a run of form
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- Appearances
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- Clean sheets
- 9
- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
- 1
Far from being out best defender. Always good for a blunder our Johnny
Still doesn't look good enough to step up in the way we really need him to. Unfortunately we have yet to see if any of Jones, Smalling or Rojo can make that step up either so we're probably going to be relying on him quite a lot this season.
Evans should ideally be no more than a squad player.
Evans should ideally be no more than a squad player.
More dodgy back passes to De Gea but did well in preventing Qpr's sole chance on goal.
He has mistakes in him which is very worrying given our lack of options at CB.
Don't get the criticism? Thought he had a good game? Brilliant anticipation to bail Rojo/De Gea out after a woeful brain fart.
He had a good game but sometimes he is a bit worrying in possession and distribution.
He's more comfortable when he's not expected to be the main man, which doesn't help much right now with the personnel we have.
Apart from the dodgy backpass. Then him running up front and giving the ball away, which forced RVP to get a booking.
He started the season poorly but hasn't played much - thought he did well today
I'd say so far this season, Jones has certainly proved he can make that step up. I think he and Rojo could strike up a decent partnership in my opinion
Yeah, if Rojo kicks on from today's performance they could be a really exciting partnership.
I agree with this. I didn't notice him do anything wrong (my stream went a bit wonky at the end, so perhaps I missed something.) I think people have selective memory regarding Evans. Yes he had a dreadful game recently, one which brought back uncomfortable memories of that dodgy patch he went through 4-5 years ago. But really, his biggest issue in recent seasons has been his health, not his performance.
I can't get why so many posters on the post match thread are panning him. He had a couple of iffy back passes, but seemed very good otherwise!
Which, ironically is the main thing that he was praised for so much before this season. Strange.
He's had a couple of iffy back passes in practically every game he's played this season.
That's the problem, although I feel he generally did a good job defensively today.Exactly, he looks like the young Evans who was afraid of his own shadow, i don't understand.
He used to look excellent on the ball, but recently, his passing in dangerous areas has been awful. He should just hoof it, to be safe. Looked okay otherwise, but hard to judge either of the two centre backs, as QPR didn't really have a sniff. It was great defending as a unit, especially now we have good protection from midfield in Herrera and Blind.
He is still my first choice CB. Dont like those underhit back passes seeping into his game. Only a minor issue. Dont expect to see it happen again.
Haha maybe he's overrating his ability on the ball.He's had a couple of iffy back passes in practically every game he's played this season.
It's Evans. He can do no good.
I just never feel confident when he's supposed to be the leader of the back 4. I don't know, maybe it will get rubbed in my face come the end of the season but I still think we'll need to buy a truly top CB before the start of next season.
Pretty baffled reading some of the posts in here, regarding Jonny's performance today. Granted he didn't get much of a test defensively, he made some crucial blocks and interceptions, and apart from his under hit pass to De Gea, his ball distribution was really good, in my opinion. I thought he had a really good game.
Good peformance. He's not looking as good on the ball as he used to. I wonder if that's down to Blackett and rojo being very comfortable on him and Evans looking relatively worse now.
He was okay. Even against Burnley he didn't do much wrong apart from perhaps one or two iffy passes. Defensively, we have been good in both the QPR and Burnley games.
Thought he was good. Looks more comfortable in a 2 than a 3. Opposite of Blackett.
Thought he was good, shaky at times but the intent was there from him, just poor execution, that save from De Gea and Rojo's mix up was crucuial.
He underhit a couple passes to Raf in the first half, but other than that he had a good game. Better passing as the game went on, solid defending, even brought up the ball and won a foul in QPR's half.
Well, it was a lot better than the League Cup game
For being our best defender on the ball (which I believe he is), he has looked really nervy and uncomfortable since he got back. Thought he was better though, still not great. Seems to be an improving with every game he has played since returning so hopefully that rend continues.
Unfortunately, he's shaping up to the next scapegoat (or spacegoat) for the caf. He's a genuinely good defender, he's playing his first match and for whole 90 minutes. Jones has time on his side, he's 22 and he's learning the game. Defenders are good when they reach 26 or 27 and with some more match time, I hope he strikes up a good partnership with Rojo and he's given the chance. He hardly had a bad game, especially considering he was thrust into the match due to Jones injury without having minutes on the pitch.
Criticism in the match day thread is always over the top as it's minute by minute, but can't understand the criticism here. Or I'm extremely biased towards Johnny Evans.
Criticism in the match day thread is always over the top as it's minute by minute, but can't understand the criticism here. Or I'm extremely biased towards Johnny Evans.
It's not his first match. It's his 3rd of the season I think.
His first match after injury, correct? I don't think he played for Northern Ireland either.
I know he wasn't tested much, and he did make a key 'goal-line' clearance - but I also felt he looked 'poor' yesterday. He seems to have lost something.
His fitness, he was out for ages.
He played against MK Dons and Burnley.
I would give him one more game and if looks as shake and Shaw is fit - go for Blackett-Rojo-Shaw
How long is Smalling out for? He has missed a few weeks now. If Evans still struggles then I can see Rojo moving across or Smalling coming back in.
Yeah, I think so. With Smalling, Jones, and a past-it Rio/Vidic partner, Evans was always going to look a lot more comfortable on the ball. I guess it has given us the impression that he really is a ball playing defender, but now he is with these types of players, he seems fairly above average in his distribution. He has the vision and the ability to play on both feet, but his execution and power is really lacking.