It's Quiet - a new dawn

[mosssideblue]

Exactly, and if our transfer staff took that approach, I'm sure Evans wouldn't have even been on that dart board to begin with. It seems apparent to me that he is the stop gap for a season or 2 to give Stones time to grow into his role and spare time for suitable CB targets to become available. I'm not that familiar with him, but if he's the anchor for a West Brom defense that doesn't concede all that much, he has to have some sort of quality at the back (although that may be a result of the system/strategy Pulis uses rather than Evans's quality). My only issue with going after him for the price quoted is the difficulty it will be to sell him for at least that price when we find no further need for him.

Fully agree, but as I mentioned previously, many are getting bent around the axle with speculation about his price - truth is, we don't have a clue what figures we might proffer

 

[mosssideblue]

Get what your saying mate. But if he signs, which neither of us want, and has a nightmare start will see if being an ex rag is irrelevant.
I see nothing to indicate any upgrade on the Otter or Mangler, infact I would rather have kept Kolarov as a back up cb. But I am a weird un :)

He isn't an upgrade on Otta (far from it IMO). But sadly, the Mangler isn't any good for us. Kolarov requested to leave

 

[pbueno16]

Fully agree, but as I mentioned previously, many are getting bent around the axle with speculation about his price - truth is, we don't have a clue what figures we might proffer

For me, it doesn't matter if we pay the original 18m we bid or the 30m quoted by West Brom. He's already 29 and may be we with us until he's 31. Either way, we'll be lucky to get 15m for him at that point in time. There haven't been any other links/rumors about other targets, so I'm guessing Pep has found someone who is good enough to learn the role and rise to the occasion if needed. He's not the shiniest toy on the shelf, but if Pep thinks he's good enough to do the job, then we'll have to take his word for it.

 

[mosssideblue]

For me, it doesn't matter if we pay the original 18m we bid or the 30m quoted by West Brom. He's already 29 and may be we with us until he's 31. Either way, we'll be lucky to get 15m for him at that point in time. There haven't been any other links/rumors about other targets, so I'm guessing Pep has found someone who is good enough to learn the role and rise to the occasion if needed. He's not the shiniest toy on the shelf, but if Pep thinks he's good enough to do the job, then we'll have to take his word for it.

I think if he were avail on a free transfer, many would be a lot happier about it

 

[snorky]

He isn't an upgrade on Otta (far from it IMO). But sadly, the Mangler isn't any good for us. Kolarov requested to leave

Agree with you there on the Otter mate. I knew his time with us was up and I didn't really rate Kolarov at cb, which shows how little I think of evans

 

[simon23]

Fully agree, but as I mentioned previously, many are getting bent around the axle with speculation about his price - truth is, we don't have a clue what figures we might proffer

dont care about price...dont care he is ex rag

i do care about his ability which is very questionable.

his defensive record playing for westbrom is negatted by the fact that he is playing for a much more defensive team....he will have to defend very differently with us and i truely believe he isnt capable

 

[mosssideblue]

dont care about price...dont care he is ex rag

i do care about his ability which is very questionable.

his defensive record playing for westbrom is negatted by the fact that he is playing for a much more defensive team....he will have to defend very differently with us and i truely believe he isnt capable

That is your opinion and I respect and share it. As I said earlier though, I'm sure there is a reason his name is in the frame

 

[simon23]

That is your opinion and I respect and share it. As I said earlier though, I'm sure there is a reason his name is in the frame

the worrying bit (as you mentiined before) is that this has been thought about and its a choice and not a panick buy....our history of buying centre halves s8nce kompany and lescott pairing was split aint been very good at all

 

[OrigamiNinja]

dont care about price...dont care he is ex rag

i do care about his ability which is very questionable.

his defensive record playing for westbrom is negatted by the fact that he is playing for a much more defensive team....he will have to defend very differently with us and i truely believe he isnt capable

I am meh to the potential transfer but in fairness to him, you would expect he has to do a lot less defending with us.

 

[flobo]

That is your opinion and I respect and share it. As I said earlier though, I'm sure there is a reason his name is in the frame

We are told there are no alternatives...that's why his name is in the frame
It seems Pep doesn't have much choice...It's Evans or we go with what we have