Jonny Evans

[Don Karleone]

Jonny will enter the hallowed column inches of the RDAHMeedya in the same way as Scotty, Adam and Jack. They were fine at X, Y or Z club. The second they sign on the dotted line for us they become the Devil's spawn and they have sold their careers for a mess of pottage!

Without a doubt.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Hummels imo, would guarantee us missing the title.

We have only had 3 decent cbs imo. Kompany, Lescott & Demichelis for half a season. Lescott only suited Mancini's style, then Mancini decided to change his style (end of Mancini).

The rest of the time the cbs have been average to shit. Or moreover, Otta/Stones average, Kolo/ Mangala occasionally average, the rest, to a man, complete & utter fucking dogshit and nowhere near even close to the level required.

I think it's down to all 3 managers having the same weakness in different ways, ie: they just aren't great at picking central defenders.

Bit harsh. I thought Nastasic was ok in his first season especially considering his age. But trying to operate in Pellegrini's system did for him. Mind you even Kompany looked dreadful a fair amount of the time in that system. I use the word system fairly loosely.

 

[Nightmare Walking]

He was twice the player & part of the best cb pairing we have ever had at City. We have never even come close to replacing him & it will end up costing a billion.

Barry is nowhere near Fernandinho as a footballer, just better at defending space, at which he was the all time best. Fernandinho is better at literally everything else & 4 yards faster.

Lescott benefited from the defensive wall set up in front of him and the way we played. Mangala would have thrived in that Bobby Manc team. He was not a good footballer.

As for Gaz Baz and Fernandinho. Fernandinho maybe quicker and more mobile that Gaz Baz but that's all he has on him. Gaz Baz may have been slow on foot but he was quick in head. He was better with the ball and far more intelligent. Fernandinho has gone hill imo since the World Cup.

 

[Cityfan]

Bit harsh. I thought Nastasic was ok in his first season especially considering his age. But trying to operate in Pellegrini's system did for him. Mind you even Kompany looked dreadful a fair amount of the time in that system. I use the word system fairly loosely.

It was a system that won us the title in his first season.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Bit harsh. I thought Nastasic was ok in his first season especially considering his age. But trying to operate in Pellegrini's system did for him. Mind you even Kompany looked dreadful a fair amount of the time in that system.

I thought he was a complete fraud & looked 'good' because he basically didn't do any defending, at all, just picked the ball up if it happened to drop where he was stood.

Proper 'stat's defender. 50 free headers & loads of 'interceptions' of fresh air. We keep signing blokes of moderate strength, with no pace.

I thought Mangala might be the one, but nerves seemed to get the better of him. What we need, is a 'good' Mangala. Then we are sorted imo.

 

[BlueRockape]

Jonny will enter the hallowed column inches of the RDAHMeedya in the same way as Scotty, Adam and Jack. They were fine at X, Y or Z club. The second they sign on the dotted line for us they become the Devil's spawn and they have sold their careers for a mess of pottage!

Accrington to some on here who believe every word these hacks come out with Johnny is an excellent piece of business.
You watch the ****s turn if he puts pen to paper

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

fuck me.
you go away for a few days and return to 400 pages about jonny evans.

not much point in commenting, no doubt it's all already been said and re-said,
but i'll take a wild guess this news hasn't gone down too well will some, haha.

The bigger the blue, the worse they've taken it.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Lescott benefited from the defensive wall set up in front of him and the way we played. Mangala would have thrived in that Bobby Manc team. He was not a good footballer.

As for Gaz Baz and Fernandinho. Fernandinho maybe quicker and more mobile that Gaz Baz but that's all he has on him. Gaz Baz may have been slow on foot but he was quick in head. He was better with the ball and far more intelligent. Fernandinho has gone hill imo since the World Cup.

barry was absolutely not better with the ball than Fernandinho, he kicked mostly sideways or diagonal with one foot. The best ever reader of a game, average footballer.

Lescott hardly ever got beat by anybody anywhere.

When he did a bunch of ****s on here who had it in for him, hung him on every single occasion, but it was so infrequent, even they were short of ammo, until Mancini fucked the system up with a back 3, which hardly any of them could play & effectively blamed Lescott, but then had to sack it off, without Lescott.

I remember him changing to it one game v Wigan & they ran fucking rings round it so he changed it back.

 

[BlueRockape]

The older the blue, the worse they've taken it.

Fixed ;)

 

[Lancet Fluke]

I thought he was a complete fraud & looked 'good' because he basically didn't do any defending, at all, just picked the ball up if it happened to drop where he was stood.

Proper 'stat's defender. 50 free headers & loads of 'interceptions' of fresh air. We keep signing blokes of moderate strength, with no pace.

I thought Mangala might be the one, but nerves seemed to get the better of him. What we need, is a 'good' Mangala. Then we are sorted imo.

He was only a kid really. I never bought into the hype but I thought he was ok and had the potential to improve. Someone genuinely quick would be good, it's pretty clear that dealing with quick forwards on the counter attack is our main issue domestically at least. Evans doesn't really help with that and we can't always rely on the full backs to help who will presumably be at the other end of the pitch.