He’s going to be a bargain for someone mate. I just think we should be aiming a bit higher that’s all
Jonny Evans available for just 3 million....
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He’s going to be a bargain for someone mate. I just think we should be aiming a bit higher that’s all
Whether he is better or not is debatable, I rate him higher than both but I've said he can offer better service than the ever injured Phil Jones, and an average Marcos Rojo.
If Rojo is average then Evans is worse
Yeah, we know Rojo was one of the best CB a year ago for a period of 10 matches when he should have been sent off twice.
He's shite like.
And Evans looks top class for a side who have 10 behind the ball
Dismissing buying players from relegated teams is stupid.
Shite like what?
Backward step. No point.
We already have Smalling and Blind who are not United quality, with Jones and Rojo who are probably just about good enough to be back ups. We don't need any more sub-par defenders.
We already have Smalling and Blind who are not United quality, with Jones and Rojo who are probably just about good enough to be back ups. We don't need any more sub-par defenders.
He served his time for the club but spitting on Papiss Cisse really didn't help his case of so called 'shit like'.
He was okay when provding backup for Rio or Nemanja. Nothing more, nothing less.
If I heard five years ago that Jones, Smalling and Evans were part of our 5 central defenders next season - I’d probably think the title belonged to someone else. No need for him, we have better defenders
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He's getting hyped up because he plays for West Brom, if he was really good enough, he wouldn't have left United in the first place IMO. I can understand the point in the OP, as replacing say Phil Jones with him would be a decent stop-gap and a very cost-effective one. However, if we were going to sign a CB now, I think we need to be hitting that top class bracket as Evans isn't better than any of our current options realistically. I also doubt he will leave WBA at 30 to go and sit on the bench, unless it's at Man City where he'd probably be well compensated for doing so. He'd be better off at an Everton or a Burnley, though depending on the manager, Arsenal could also be a shout.
If we're selling a CB and want a new one, I think Alderweireld should be top of the list.
If we're selling a CB and want a new one, I think Alderweireld should be top of the list.
Nothing if you're Stoke
How many Roy Keanes have been signed from relegated teams? Name me a few that have had his kind if impact and I'll reconsider my opinion, until then a club like United shouldn't be trying to sign anyone that doesn't improve the squad. We have enough deadwood as it is.
Has improved a lot, he'd be an excellent purchase for that price. We have to sign him.
Yeah, good old 30 year old Keane.
Carrick relegated with West Ham. Rio Ferdinand with QPR.
Is Evans an upgrade on Jones and Smalling? Yes but not by much. Are we signing him? Definitely not as he's not at the level Jose wants to partner Bailly.
Is it utterly brainless to make a sweeping statement such as all relegated footballers are not good enough for a big team? Yes
We bought Carrick from Spurs and Rio from Leeds.
Rio got relegated after he left United you clown.
Yeah, OK.
No, he is not very good.
He has never been very good, and when he didnt have one of the worlds best defenders next to him, he was complete shite.
He has never been very good, and when he didnt have one of the worlds best defenders next to him, he was complete shite.
Evans looked top class for title winning teams also, people seem to forget those performances. On the contrary what has Rojo done to be considered anything but average? 10 good games in a team that finished 6th?
He played next to Rio or Vidic, they were worldclass. Bailly would look like Baresi next to one of those two leading the back four.
He looked good as a 22 year old playing alongside two of the best defenders of the world then. After they left, he looked average to poor for two seasons and then was sold to wba where he put in decent performances over there where they play with CBs at full back and a midfield three where almost all are defensive minded. Let’s all conveniently forgot him being bettered by paddy McNair and Tyler Blackett in his last season
I know, that's why I said no thanks in my first post. Everton is his level.
Johnny Evans must also be one of the few central defenders that has an entire youtube channel dedicated to how shit he is.
If you search "Johnny Evans is shit" there is a youtuber who has catalogued his greatest shits, from the drubbing West ham gave us (where he was super shit) to examples of his brilliant on the ball decision making.......
If you search "Johnny Evans is shit" there is a youtuber who has catalogued his greatest shits, from the drubbing West ham gave us (where he was super shit) to examples of his brilliant on the ball decision making.......
Thats not the point. The point is writing off a player because they have been relegated is silly. You might note that nowhere in this thread have I suggested we should sign Evans. I'm just making the point that writing off relegated players is dumb.
That is nothing but baseless, lazy conjecture. You don’t sign someone for £30m+ without doing your homework, considering the other players we could have signed. Just because he hasn’t shown his qualities yet does not mean he has none - he’s only had one decent run in the team this season.
MK Dons 4-0 United. Never fecking forget! Three nutmegs on Evans that day and that was easily the worst performance i've ever seen a United player put in.
Ferguson absolutely fancies him to this day. Would take him in a heartbeat especially because he will always give 100% for the course and is entering his prime
How many on this thread also didn’t want Matic
Entering his prime? He's about to turn 30 and isn't even close to being one of the best defenders.
I don't care if he's worth £3m or £30m, he isn't good enough.
That was a terrible line up to be fair.
Always thought he was average at best, but lucky to be around when we had a terrific team around him.
But still one of those players you feared seeing in the lineup due to always having a big error in him, very similar to Lindelof and most of his performances.
Buying him back now, years after shipping him out for being average would be an absolutely flabbergasting move.
But still one of those players you feared seeing in the lineup due to always having a big error in him, very similar to Lindelof and most of his performances.
Buying him back now, years after shipping him out for being average would be an absolutely flabbergasting move.
No excuses for that thrashing. That team was much better on paper than the minnows they faced. The only player from that MK Dons team now playing at a high level is Dele Alli. Evans was the most experienced player on the pitch, captained the team and was the absolute worst.
That’s true but it was a total mish mash of players against a team who were obviously playing the game of their careers.
Can Jonny afford to pay a club 3 million quid?
A 'mish mash' of United players never lost that badly in the league cup to a team in a similar division. When United drew 0-0 with Exeter at OT under Fergie in 05 a lot of people thought that was the worst game of football they ever saw from a United team. There was simply no excuses.
His best days are when he was partnering Vidic or Ferdinand, IMO. Without them, he's no better than our current CBs tbh.
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