I can't quite understand why people think Evans will be shown the door upon Jones's (if it goes ahead) arrival.
Have people forgotten at just 20 years old he was thrust into replace Rio or Vidic in the world's best defensive partnership and was probably the key denominator in most of our clean sheet record?
Yes, he had a poor first half of the season. Correction, woeful. Understandably, his form and even his technique was questioned but to doubt the boy who kept Drogba (who was the world's best striker a few seasons ago) under lock every single time he came in opposition to him seems ludicrous.
Everyone is rightly impressed by Smalling and how he has performed in his first season. Looks a tremedous player and will be England's regular centre back for many a year to come but Evans was probably better than that when he first broke into the first team.
This isn't a Evans love in, all I'm asking is that some people need to accept that young players, especially those that play in the most frenetic and hot positions cannot be so quickly judged, especially how some people are quick to throw him away when he has put in plenty of fantastic performances.
I know I'll get some abuse from some people that have innate prejudices against players no matter what but for the most part, I hope that you'll acknowledge that we, if Jones does sign, have potentially the 2 England centre backs for years to come and with Evans, 3 of the best British defenders in years to come.
Have people forgotten at just 20 years old he was thrust into replace Rio or Vidic in the world's best defensive partnership and was probably the key denominator in most of our clean sheet record?
Yes, he had a poor first half of the season. Correction, woeful. Understandably, his form and even his technique was questioned but to doubt the boy who kept Drogba (who was the world's best striker a few seasons ago) under lock every single time he came in opposition to him seems ludicrous.
Everyone is rightly impressed by Smalling and how he has performed in his first season. Looks a tremedous player and will be England's regular centre back for many a year to come but Evans was probably better than that when he first broke into the first team.
This isn't a Evans love in, all I'm asking is that some people need to accept that young players, especially those that play in the most frenetic and hot positions cannot be so quickly judged, especially how some people are quick to throw him away when he has put in plenty of fantastic performances.
I know I'll get some abuse from some people that have innate prejudices against players no matter what but for the most part, I hope that you'll acknowledge that we, if Jones does sign, have potentially the 2 England centre backs for years to come and with Evans, 3 of the best British defenders in years to come.
