I thought LVG got rid.. because Evans ****cope with--pressure/complex tactics/rotation
What could possibly go wrong if he signs for us
The only people who seem happy about this are fucking rags. That says a lotThe only people who seem surprised by this in a negative way are City supporters. Says a lot.
And so now we're holding up Louis Van Gaal as a person who makes good decisions as a manager?
That's far too cogent an argument on this subject for my liking, mate.Haha.
I always think it's good from time to time to step out of the myopic tribalism that surrounds football and actually go and talk to people who know more than you. I did just that about Evans and am now pretty excited about his signing. Say what you want but there's a lot of Midlands journalists and West Brom supporters who are taking the piss out of the reactions from some City fans. Our centre halves in the last few seasons have hardly covered themselves in glory whereas Evans has been outstanding for West Brom for two seasons now. Granted their expectations are much lower than ours, but most people credit him with being their consistently best player during the period he's been with them. Certainly he's going to bring the kind of stability we rarely saw whenever Otamendi/Stones for example played together.
Appreciate that he played for the rags but considering the number of ex rags that have come through the door that shouldn't really be an issue.
This and hes ex unitedSuper. We're back to being silly little City fans because we don't see this as some kind of master stroke. Fuck all to do with seeing how we play as a team and having watched Evans think his attributes may be found wanting a little. His lack of pace, strength or arial ability will have no bearing because he's homegrown and can pass.
He's bigged up by the media because he's British.
Haha.
I always think it's good from time to time to step out of the myopic tribalism that surrounds football and actually go and talk to people who know more than you. I did just that about Evans and am now pretty excited about his signing. Say what you want but there's a lot of Midlands journalists and West Brom supporters who are taking the piss out of the reactions from some City fans. Our centre halves in the last few seasons have hardly covered themselves in glory whereas Evans has been outstanding for West Brom for two seasons now. Granted their expectations are much lower than ours, but most people credit him with being their consistently best player during the period he's been with them. Certainly he's going to bring the kind of stability we rarely saw whenever Otamendi/Stones for example played together.
Appreciate that he played for the rags but considering the number of ex rags that have come through the door that shouldn't really be an issue.
Yep, Tony Pulis renowned for his love of weak defenders who can't win an aerial battle!Super. His lack of pace, strength or arial ability will have no bearing because he's homegrown and can pass.
[QUOTE="Pablo1, post: 10422113, member: 42226"His lack of pace, strength or arial ability will have no bearing because he's homegrown and can pass.
My argument isn't irrational - it's based on the player Jonny Evans is. Just because he's playing for a manager who would normally go for brute strength doesn't make it any less so.Yep, Tony Pulis renowned for his love of weak defenders who can't win an aerial battle!
When you say stuff like that it just highlights how irrational your argument actually is.
That's far too cogent an argument on this subject for my liking, mate.
Ban yourself, sine die, immediately :-)
The only people who seem surprised by this in a negative way are City supporters. Says a lot.
I'd agree that Pulis does prefer a rough and tumble type of CB who is good in the air and strong. Evans is an exception to the rule though because he isn't any of those.[/QUOTE]Yep, Tony Pulis renowned for his love of weak defenders who can't win an aerial battle!
because pogba is fucking class? and evans is bang averageIf we sign Evans, Sanchez and Martin we will have had our best transfer window since 2010. The only issue City supporters can realistically have is Evans rag history and that doesn't matter a damn to me at this point. No City supporter would have blinked if we signed Pogba so why the issue with Evans?
I'd agree that Pulis does prefer a rough and tumble type of CB who is good in the air and strong. Evans is an exception to the rule though because he isn't any of those.
If we sign Evans, Sanchez and Martin we will have had our best transfer window since 2010. The only issue City supporters can realistically have is Evans rag history and that doesn't matter a damn to me at this point. No City supporter would have blinked if we signed Pogba so why the issue with Evans?
I don't see the defender you do.
I like Evans and if it wasn't for injuries over the years he might well still be at United. But, if we knew we were in a situation like this why didn't we go after Keane before Everton got him? You could say the same about Pickford too.
My argument isn't irrational - it's based on the player Jonny Evans is. Just because he's playing for a manager who would normally go for brute strength doesn't make it any less so.