[RedC]

Depends what experience you’re talking about. Maguires experienced, so is lindelof. So is dalot. Shaw. You don’t have to be 40 years old to provide experience

We are trying to shift Maguire and Lindelof, and Evans would be on a small salary, as a backup player. Of all the things to moan about...

 

[ROFLUTION]

Now sign Smalling as his backup

 

[DJ_21]

We are trying to shift Maguire and Lindelof, and Evans would be on a small salary, as a backup player. Of all the things to moan about...

Wasn’t really moaning as such. Just thought we’re going into a new era. Let’s clear deadwood out and sign fresh players

 

[SparcMac]

New CB, New CB, Martinez, Kambwala, Evans

With Lindelöf & Maguire leaving. Or if Maguire stays, then Kambwala maybe going on loan.

 

[NotChatGPT]

Wasn’t really moaning as such. Just thought we’re going into a new era. Let’s clear deadwood out and sign fresh players

You do know we're coming off a season where for a long period of time Evans was pretty much our only available CB, despite him being the likes of Maguire, Lindelof, Martinez and Varane

 

[Tom Van Persie]

Evans was solid for us. He's an emergency fifth choice centre back and offers a lot off the pitch too. We should be bringing him back.

 

[golden_blunder]

Depends what experience you’re talking about. Maguires experienced, so is lindelof. So is dalot. Shaw. You don’t have to be 40 years old to provide experience

How many of them have experience of winning things like Evans has? Besides Maguire and Lindelof may be sold

 

[RedC]

Wasn’t really moaning as such. Just thought we’re going into a new era. Let’s clear deadwood out and sign fresh players

You can't sign so many players in one window that you can replace a third string replacement CB. This approach of keeping someone most likely not to play, and replacing those that are likely to play with more suitable players makes far more sense.

 

[DJ_21]

How many of them have experience of winning things like Evans has? Besides Maguire and Lindelof may be sold

Like that really matters. We’ve had Varane for a couple of years who’s won absolutely everything. Still hasn’t helped us close the gap for the top trophies.

 

[DJ_21]

You can't sign so many players in one window that you can replace a third string replacement CB. This approach of keeping someone most likely not to play, and replacing those that are likely to play with more suitable players makes far more sense.

What about Kambawala? I thought he was pushing on for first team football.

 

[SparcMac]

What about Kambawala? I thought he was pushing on for first team football.

Both Evans & Kambwala have a place in our squad, the latter can go on loan depending on the choice of CBs we have and if he has a very good offer on the table.

The ideal would be to have them both. Martinez & two new CBs.

 

[tenpoless]

He's crap back then among Vidic and Rio
But now he's a god among men

 

[Solius]

Wasn’t really moaning as such. Just thought we’re going into a new era. Let’s clear deadwood out and sign fresh players

This literally just sounds like you want something new and shiny. He's not 'deadwood'. He was one of our better performers last season, despite being 36 and playing more games than he was expecting. He played because we needed him (even playing after failing a fitness test) and did his job well.

He'd be 5/6th choice CB and only play in the lesser games ideally as long as the back line stays fit. He's also won it all with us and is great to have around the team. Low wages too. I see no downsides to him signing on for another year.

 

[John XII]

He's crap back then among Vidic and Rio
But now he's a god among men

He wasn't crap, Rio and Vidic were brilliant and I don't think anyone has suggested anywhere that he should be anything other than a backup. He's a good character to have around the training ground and is perfectly capable of doing a job when required, which hopefully won't be to often.

 

[Brightonian]

He clearly offers something valuable off the pitch in terms of professionalism, his contribution to training etc. We only see a tiny fraction of the working lives of these players. The professional culture for the other 99% of the time will have a huge impact on success on the pitch. Anyone who runs any kind of team (or, hell, works in any kind of team and has their eyes open) knows how much this stuff matters.

He'll be on a cheap, short contract presumably. Meanwhile, he didn't actually play badly this season, but also certainly won't be impacting on their desire to sign one or two top CBs - no one in their right mind considers this a solution to an actual gap in the squad.

Seems like a no-brainer to me.

 

[iHicksy]

Wasn’t really moaning as such. Just thought we’re going into a new era. Let’s clear deadwood out and sign fresh players

I don't think you know what the word deadwood means.

He's cheap, reliable and was our best fit CB. He's happy to play a reduced role as a backup and knows the club and has the right mentality with a ton of experience to pass on to a young squad.

Just because he's "older" doesn't mean he's deadwood. In no way is he deadwood.