Jonny Evans

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Cobwebcat said:
You think Stones can learn from Evans? I think Kompany might be a better teacher some how.

I don't understand why this guy is at WBA with all this quality.
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Kompany has his hands full already as captain though.

Evans is the best player at the 10th best club in the league, I'd say that just about equates to the 20th best player at the best club in the league. I think he can handle it.
 
goalmole said:
Because you know and I know that we wouldn't consider Evans to be a first choice CB signing for us, therefore no-one would consider Evans to be in the picture. Now that we know the club are interested, we can extrapolate that the strategy now is that we buy a squad player rather than a first choice. In other words the goalposts have been moved and even you couldn't have predicted that. Under those circumstances, why would you even think that a City fan would have considered wanting Evans before the "news". I'm sorry, I never get personal on here but I thought the whole premise of your original question was a bit smug and unfair.
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I'm sorry I've read that three times and don't know what you're on about. I'm simply asking if anyone who is now saying it would be a good signing has previously verbalised it. It's not that complicated.
 
MarsLlama said:
I agree, although so is Johnny Evans :(
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Personally, I don't think it makes a blind bit of difference to how he would perform for us. He is a professional footballer and will perform to the best of his ability regardless of whet colour shirt he happens to be wearing. if he can't trust himself to do that then I would hope he has the integrity to not sign for us in the first place. Lord knows we've had enough non rags who have rocked up and cost us fortunes in fees and wages without ever giving us anything in return.
If Evans ever pulls on a sky blue shirt then I for one will cheer and applaud him as I would any other City player.
 
We've spent years watching error-prone young, promising players struggle to adapt to the Premier League (Mangala, Nastasic) or past-it defenders with no pace left (Demichelis). Evans is right in the sweet spot between the two. I can certainly understand the reasoning- a reliable backup and we don't need to worry about if he'll be up to English football.
 
MarsLlama said:
Kompany has his hands full already as captain though.

Evans is the best player at the 10th best club in the league, I'd say that just about equates to the 20th best player at the best club in the league. I think he can handle it.
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I doubt Kompany is too busy to help Stones in training. I also doubt Evans could teach Stones much as Stones is the better player already. I'm not sure the rest makes sense.
 
goalmole said:
Personally, I don't think it makes a blind bit of difference to how he would perform for us. He is a professional footballer and will perform to the best of his ability regardless of whet colour shirt he happens to be wearing. if he can't trust himself to do that then I would hope he has the integrity to not sign for us in the first place. Lord knows we've had enough non rags who have rocked up and cost us fortunes in fees and wages without ever giving us anything in return.
If Evans ever pulls on a sky blue shirt then I for one will cheer and applaud him as I would any other City player.
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Totally agree with all of that, my comment was intended to be tongue-in-cheek, I always did give myself more credit than I deserve in the humor department ;)

The only difference him supporting the Salford lot should make is that he won't celebrate when he scores against them at Old Trafford. We can all live with that.
 
Cobwebcat said:
I doubt Kompany is too busy to help Stones in training. I also doubt Evans could teach Stones much as Stones is the better player already. I'm not sure the rest makes sense.
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On the contrary I believe there's a whole lot Evans could teach Stones, about things like positioning, tackling, when to clear the ball. I can't claim to know much about defending but I think Stones could find Evans' experience very valuable.

But you're right, the rest makes no sense. The useless rambling of a man running on two hours sleep I'm afraid.
 
MarsLlama said:
Totally agree with all of that, my comment was intended to be tongue-in-cheek, I always did give myself more credit than I deserve in the humor department ;)

The only difference him supporting the Salford lot should make is that he won't celebrate when he scores against them at Old Trafford. We can all live with that.
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I cant. I would boo any City player who doesnt celebrate scoring at the swamp, until my head explodes.
 
Marvin said:
It's a surprise but a no-brainer. We need cover for Kompany. He wont play every game. You could go further if you want and try for VVD or a Bonucci like player, but does that leave the finance for a striker? Experienced cover is what we need and it wont cost the earth enabling us to go after a striker.
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We must have one or other of our maiin striker targets boxed off, otherwise I see no sense in this deal at all. Can see your point, and Not againt an experienced cb coming in by any means, just wish it was someone like Robert huth, rather than Evans
 
oakiecokie said:
I think you need to question Pep before being critical of Txiki.Pep holds all the power nowadays in transfer business apart from fees and salaries.
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If Guardiola wants Evans then I WOULD question him Oakiecokie, I cannot believe that we are considering this at all.

The thunder & lightning going on here in Eccles at the moment is somehow related to my disbelief &, dare I say it, anger!! And boy it's a long time since I heard thunder as loud as this. I thought my house was falling down.
 
Salfordian Blue said:
Namely error-prone and past it.
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29 is a good age for a centre-back as a general rule, and I don't think he's got much of a history of bad errors considering he's the captain of a very good defensive team like WBA.

Not past it by any means, not pacey but not horribly slow either, I think he's very capable.
 
GeorgeHeslop'sTackle. said:
We must have one or other of our maiin striker targets boxed off, otherwise I see no sense in this deal at all. Can see your point, and Not againt an experienced cb coming in by any means, just wish it was someone like Robert huth, rather than Evans
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Huth is an average player who had a wonderful season and is now playing poorly once again, like most of that Leicester team. The only one I would argue didn't drop off severely after they lifted that trophy was Shinji Okazaki. Although both are homegrown.
 
Achillias said:
No you've proved that you don't have any ideas to how our transfers now work. You must be daft for thinking that only the manager has the final decision on a transfer. Pep also said it many of times he can give his wishes but he doesn't decide alone. So get your wrong information out of your arse.
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I take it you missed all the discussions on this forum at the back end of the season.Pep has been given carte blanche over incoming and outgoing transfers.Txiki now controls the finer points of salaries and fees.They work as a team but ultimately Pep has the final say with Khaldoon in full support mode along with Soriano.
Do you honestly believe in your tiny mind that Txiki just goes out and tells Pep "Hey signor,we are bringing in Jonny Evans.How good is that for you ?" You must be fucking barmy if you believe that for one second.
 
Pablo1 said:
Do elaborate. Raggish because there's plenty of blues who don't rate him very highly?
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No, because we expect a squad full of top level stars. Every signing has to be a first tier player regardless of cost. How many times do you read on here the comment " I don't care what he costs, it's not my money". Well, there are people whose money it is and they have to be damn careful how they spend it and make sure that we are adequately covered in all positions. Evans may not be the best CB in the world but the management have decided that we either can't afford a top tier CB this year or that that money will have to be better spent elsewhere. Supporting isn't just standing on the terraces cheering (or booing) every Saturday, it's also about supporting the management in doing a very difficult job in difficult circumstances. We all know we're a rich club and we should be thankful for it but we have to think of the guy who has ploughed in a fortune to get us where we are. Under different circumstances, I think we might have been anticipating the signing of someone like Evans with the same relish as that of Sanchez or Mbappe. People have very short memories.
 
MarsLlama said:
He doesn't improve our starting XI but he fills a big hole in our squad depth, our homegrown list and potentially our dressing room. And he could certainly improve Stones and Tosin.
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How ? Apart from "doesn't improve our starting XI" ? You are right there.

He doesn't improve our squad depth unless someone goes.
I guess he improves our home grown list, assuming Delph goes, but not much sign of that.
No idea how he improves "our dressing room".
No idea how he improves "Stones and Tosin", since he isn't a defensive coach, nor that great a defender.
 
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