Barclays Premier League 2014/15

K3V0

18 years ago

3 years ago

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03 Dec 2014 16:16:23

I think he's potentially a very good defender, but he'll be 27 in January so he really does need to stop getting injured. The same really with Jones and Smalling for me, although they're obviously much younger.

Ninja

16 years ago

9 years ago

5,341

03 Dec 2014 17:55:47

By Poe | On 03 December 2014 - 15:20 PM

I thought Evans was good?

Depends who you ask.

I tend to think he's hideously over-rated because he's Irish and we have a large Irish contingent in our fan base as well as looking decent on the ball and being a youth product. He definitely looked promising when he broke through, but I think his proper debut season here was also arguably his best and he just hasn't improved as you would expect. I genuinely think he's pretty average and with an injury record as poor as his I think we're better off getting rid.

Slashman X

20 years ago

2 years ago

6,000

03 Dec 2014 18:14:37

Evans is 27?!?!?!?!

Also, he isn't Irish

Ninja

16 years ago

9 years ago

5,341

03 Dec 2014 18:24:20

By Slashman X | On 03 December 2014 - 18:14 PM

Evans is 27?!?!?!?!

Also, he isn't Irish

Fine he's British if you're going to be being pedantic, but I'm not sure that calling someone born in Belfast 'Irish' is incorrect from a purely geographic point of view.

Slashman X

20 years ago

2 years ago

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03 Dec 2014 18:25:56

By Ninja | On 03 December 2014 - 18:24 PM

Fine he's British if you're going to be being pedantic, but I'm not sure that calling someone born in Belfast 'Irish' is incorrect from a purely geographic point of view.

Geographic? No, that'd be grand. Culturally? Massively incorrect, unfortunately.

But your point still stands about the large Northern Irish support base, likely from Best?

hammer9

18 years ago

1 hour ago

176,377

03 Dec 2014 18:41:00

Feel good, West Ham got 3 points again!....looking forward to see Chelsea game, hope they will get first lost!!

Ninja

16 years ago

9 years ago

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03 Dec 2014 18:43:07

By Slashman X | On 03 December 2014 - 18:25 PM

Geographic? No, that'd be grand. Culturally? Massively incorrect, unfortunately.

But your point still stands about the large Northern Irish support base, likely from Best?

Presumably. Also wouldn't mind betting a lot of less well off Irish/Norn Irish people came over to work the docks in both Manchester and Liverpool during their boom years and took back their allegiances to those English clubs when they returned home and passed them down. Pulled that out of my arse though, so could be complete bollocks.