Patrice Evra | 2012/13 Performances

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kouroux said:
If it was "just" QPR then why did the entire team find it difficult to play against for the entire first half and some of the second half ? You're being completely weird with your reaction.He could have played against a League 2 team that I would still praise him if he played well.
Besides he didn't get any "special" praise, just the usual stuff when one of our players does well.
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Our team found difficult to create chances and not to defend. Eventough we conceeded one goal, QPR weren't that dangerous in attack at all.

I am not saying he was poor, he was okay, but he had better games where he didn't get praise, and for example, our two CB's plus rafael probably deserved more praise then him in this game.
 
Amar__ said:
Our team found difficult to create chances and not to defend. Eventough we conceeded one goal, QPR weren't that dangerous in attack at all.

I am not saying he was poor, he was okay, but he had better games where he didn't get praise, and for example, our two CB's plus rafael probably deserved more praise then him in this game.
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Buy maybe not in the Patrice Evra thread! :cool:
 
Amar__ said:
Our team found difficult to create chances and not to defend. Eventough we conceeded one goal, QPR weren't that dangerous in attack at all.

I am not saying he was poor, he was okay, but he had better games where he didn't get praise, and for example, our two CB's plus rafael probably deserved more praise then him in this game.
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This thread is about Evra so it makes sense that I praise him and not other players right :confused: ?You're talking as if a lot of other members jumped in my bandwagon and went OTT with the praise but none of that happened.The other players have their own threads and they were mentioned there.
You must really hate him or something
 
Thought he had an average game against QPR. Seems to give the ball away quite often going forward which isn't normally like him. Though no complaints about his defending from this game
 
kouroux said:
This thread is about Evra so it makes sense that I praise him and not other players right :confused: ?You're talking as if a lot of other members jumped in my bandwagon and went OTT with the praise but none of that happened.The other players have their own threads and they were mentioned there.
You must really hate him or something
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Evra is one of my favourite players, I just don't think he put some great performance to be praised about it, because he offered very little in attack.

verminater said:
Buy maybe not in the Patrice Evra thread! :cool:
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Fair enough.
 
The thing about Evra is squeezing the last few seasons out him he is on a downward slide (age waits for no man). He is still a good player but there is a stark contrast in the recovery rates of Rafael and Evra. But he is much better than last season which bodes well for us. Didn't think he was that great against QPR as he gave the ball away more than normal but certainly wasn't poor by any means.
 
I thought Evra was fine going forward. He supported Welbeck and, later, Rooney quite well, and actually threw in a cross or two that beat the first man! As is generally the case he won us a few corners too (which is proving very useful this season) and I'm pretty sure his presence led to the second corner we scored from unless my memory fails me?

Anyway, decent performance from Evra, going forwards and backwards.
 
I thought he was decent/good and one of our only outlets coming forward. He's been good this season, according to whoscored's player marking formula (which is obviously not a perfect science) he's been joint 4th best fullback in the league this season which sounds about right to me. Doing a lot better, still obviously some way from when he was at his best but he's no longer the liability he was before.
 
Amar__ said:
Evra is one of my favourite players, I just don't think he put some great performance to be praised about it, because he offered very little in attack.



Fair enough.
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It shouldn't take a great performance for fans to praise their players.That's what's wrong with your logic
 
kouroux said:
It shouldn't take a great performance for fans to praise their players.That's what's wrong with your logic
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That is an excellent post, and I applaud thee! It takes a mediocre performance to slate somone, but it obviously takes a world class performance to praise the players whom we support in here. Weird logic, isn't it?

When Evra goes forward well, he is slated for poor defending. When he defends well, he loses the ball too much going forward, yet a poster above said he had 90% pass completion. We see what we want to see, and usually repeat what the poster above posted.
 
Robson Kanu roasted him like never before in a United shirt imo. Got 8 balls crossed in from that side and a lot of the corners we couldnt defend. Also got in behind Evra several times.

Personally I'll give Evra a pass on this one because he's been so much better than in the past couple of years. But this was a worrying performance. Dont go shit again.
 
True he did get forward well, I should have mentioned that. And Young having his best game this season helped with that. Coming forward they do have a pretty good understanding
 
Am I deluded to think that Evra actually played well yesterday? I thought he defended quite well, certainly intercepted the ball on numerous occasions, won several headers against bigger opponents and drove us forward on several occasions. Also had a couple of really nice old-school Evra raids down the wing that deserved a goal (especially the one that landed to Rooney). His assist was a beauty too. I thought he looked really fast also, almost like Evra of old - look at his assist and that run for the cross to Rooney.

I think too much is made of him being skinned once or twice; all fullbacks are, even when they are having the game of their life. I remember Clichy having a terrific game against Valencia, but yet I counted ten crosses or so from Valencia (stats are probably wrong, this was last season I believe, or the one before).
 
Where was he for their first?

As shit as Evans clearance was surely he should take blame for the fact Kanu was completely free in the box.
 
NinjaFletch said:
Where was he for their first?

As shit as Evans clearance was surely he should take blame for the fact Kanu was completely free in the box.
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Evra had yet another player to worry about, and that clearance of Evans was so shit that no player in the would could foresee that; I'm amazed that Kanu could! Evans' blame entirely!!
 
The relative quietness of this thread is proof in itself that Evra is having a good season this time round. Maybe the presence of Butters has had some effect on him.
 
Jimy_Hills_Chin said:
The relative quietness of this thread is proof in itself that Evra is having a good season this time round. Maybe the presence of Butters has had some effect on him.
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That's so true and such a shame. Unfortunately, it seems that when Evra og Rio plays well, there will be a couple of posters paying attention to that and giving them their deserved praise. On the other hand, once they play badly or less than satisfactory, then all hell breaks lose in their respective threads. That's why I created the what's wrong with us supporters thread. A lot of people on here are more intent on bashing than supporting.
 
He's been quite solid and has stopped getting himself so exposed while at the same time improving his contribution in terms of end product going forward.

It's safe to say competition will do that to any player that's grown accustomed to playing whenever he wants.
 
marjen said:
He's been quite solid and has stopped getting himself so exposed while at the same time improving his contribution in terms of end product going forward.

It's safe to say competition will do that to any player that's grown accustomed to playing whenever he wants.
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True, but at the same time, one should not overlook the fact that Ferguson stated that he played with injuries last year, which was quite obvious from his lethargic running where snails would overtake him on the turn.

This year, he is looking physically much sharper than last year. No doubt the competition has probably given him a shake, but there are other factors too.
 
Independent saying we are tempted by an offer by PSG and Evra is keen on the idea.
 
Baxter said:
Independent saying we are tempted by an offer by PSG and Evra is keen on the idea.
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Can we return Fabio from loan in January? Anyway, Evra has improved a lot this season, but this could be our last chance to get some money from him. Surely is bollocks though, and I don't particularly think that it is a good idea to sell him in January.
 
It was £5m they said was the fee. I can see why that is tempting because its virtually the same fee we got him for. I'd perhaps let him go at the end of the season, but not next month.

Sorry for not posting the article, but I'm on my phone.
 
Why would we let him go when he is rediscovering his form? He's been quite good this season. 5 million is peanuts for a player like him, even at his age. Not worth it.
 
That's just terrible. To even contemplate upon selling Evra just because it's the 'last chance to get some money from him' is baffling. He is one of the most experienced players in the squad, been with us since 2005. Probably one of the most popular guys in the squad and also amongst the fans.

Sometimes football isn't all about the finances, it's the team spirit and supporting your favourite players and club legends.
 
£5m for him won't be bad if we are able to lure away Baines from Everton. An attacking full back in Baines will help us on the left as all our attackers are right footed and like to cut inside. Baines crossing and attacking play is better than Evra's at the moment.
 
We'll only sell him if we think he's no longer good enough and we can get a better replacement. An amount of £5m is peanuts to us and nothing tempting about it.
 
I know Vidic is our captain, but he's been out for a while now and Evra has been the captain in his absence. I don't think United has ever sold their captain, so the idea we'd even sell our vice-captain seems a bit out there.
 
Do not like this news at all.

If it his wish to join PSG and retire there, fair enough. But surely not in Janaury.

Ideally I would prefer him to stay, he has another couple of good seasons in him.
 
gooDevil said:
I know Vidic is our captain, but he's been out for a while now and Evra has been the captain in his absence. I don't think United has ever sold their captain, so the idea we'd even sell our vice-captain seems a bit out there.
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Keane was our captain when we sold him, wasn't he?
 
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