25 Sep 2013 23:31:36
And that, my friends, is why Jonny Evans has to be first choice with Vidic.

Great game from Ulster's finest.

1.) 26 Sep 2013
I could not agree more. I don't really like Slysports but this is a copy and paste straight from one of their articles about tonight talking about Evans which I completely agree with:

"faced with one of the most dangerous front pairings the Premier League can offer, the Northern Ireland international produced the sort of performance that had you wondering why Moyes feels obliged to ask Rio Ferdinand to hobble around thrice a week. Is the former Everton boss labouring under the misapprehension Evans is a mere understudy? True in 2008 but something of a nonsense five years on. Learning to rotate effectively is imperative at United."

2.) 26 Sep 2013
Jonny is a great defender and i'd have him over Rio

3.) 26 Sep 2013
Redman,

This is not the right site to share your fantasies on! lol

4.) 26 Sep 2013
He's by far better than Rio at this stage and should be starting more often. He did get shoved off the ball too easily by Suarez in one instance and also let a harmless cross go over his head and Suarez would have scored had his first touch been better. But all in all, Evans was good.

5.) 26 Sep 2013
Played well, but he wasn't at his best. Let Suarez through a couple of times. But if he can get the rust off and continue to improve, then I'd be fine with that. But if he doesn't improve he'll always be the 3rd CB to me.

6.) 26 Sep 2013
We need to give Smalling a run of games. For someone who has played very little football in the past year due to injuries, Smalling is always involved and when he finally gets his mojo back he will be a far better option than Rio. I would use Evans to rotate with Vidic and play Jones in midfield at times.

I think if RvP is injured this weekend we may see Fellaini play behind Rooney and Jones and Carrick in midfield. It's not what I would do, but it's something we may see Moyes try.

7.) 26 Sep 2013
Syd, I just think Evans is much more advanced than Smalling at this stage, in terms of knowing their craft. He has to be first choice at the minute.

I like Smalling, but we're soon going to get to the stage where we have to face the conundrum of choosing between Evans, Smalling and Jones. Someone's going to have to lose out. Tough decisions ahead.

To those who are nitpicking over Evan's performance, I'd ask you to remember he was stepping into one of the biggest games there are, on his first start of the season, pressure on, and tasked with holding together a ridiculously young defence, and against a nearly full_strength Liverpool team in good form.