15 Jul 2015 12:50:53
Back to the Evans debate:

Evans benefited from having Ferdinand beside him on one side and Evra on the other. They made a decent player look much better than his natural ability would indicate. He is not a leader or of the playing quality to stand in their shoes. He is not, as they say, pari passu. When given the opportunity rather than carpaying the diem, he fluffed his lines. Just like O'Shea really. A good squad player when surrounded by great team mates, but you wouldn't want to throw all your eggs in that basket unless you have a yearning to become Sunderland.

Verdict: Not good enough for United in the post- Ferdinand/Vidic era.

Like Cleverley, let's say thanks and wish him good luck, confident in the expectation he will not come back to haunt us, even if by some chance he does a Welbeck on us and scores. Aaah, the irony of that moment. Let's hope we can cut out the sloppy stuff this year.

1.) 15 Jul 2015
15 Jul 2015 13:02:02
I actually hope he stays put and proves to the fans he can replicate the form that made him a starter a few years back. He is one of our own from the academy, homegrown and is not on a significant salary compared to others I assume.

If he wants to leave for first team football regularly then fair enough but for example if you put Evans and Di Maria on the same pitch at Old Trafford I know which one would do his damnest and work his socks off for 90mins.

And no I am not comparing Evans and Di Maria's ability before I get executed lol.