FoyleFox 782 Posted 2 October 2020 Report Share Posted 2 October 2020 On 30/09/2020 at 16:31, Heskey94 said: Injury probably means he wont play for NI in the playoff In the NI squad for the PO https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54385271 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blueharmie 449 Posted 2 October 2020 Report Share Posted 2 October 2020 Evans number one starter for me at the back everytime. I should imagine if cags goes next season we have young wes to step in, I'm sure he will get plenty of game time this season with all our fixtures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StanSP 26,310 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
honeybradger 604 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 29 minutes ago, StanSP said: 1 year left on his contract and no talks yet. Would be incredible mismanagement on our half if we let him go for a free this year considering our lack of depth at centreback. Doesnt seem to be showing any signs of declining yet either, he could definitely be one that keeps going till he's 35/36. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Leicester_Loyal 4,834 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 Can't see him leaving, this is probably him pushing us publically to start talks ASAP. We gave 4 year contracts to Matty James and Andy King (no disrespect to them), so not giving Evans a 2 year extension would be insanity. Can't see him being anywhere else other than here at the start of next season Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfox 4,364 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 Get him in for another 2 years (at least)…. He’s our best centre half and we have some very good ones at the club… 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sampson 3,007 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 As soon as I saw this thread bumped I thought he was injured again and we really were ****ed... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blue and white 245 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 13 minutes ago, honeybradger said: 1 year left on his contract and no talks yet. Would be incredible mismanagement on our half if we let him go for a free this year considering our lack of depth at centreback. Doesnt seem to be showing any signs of declining yet either, he could definitely be one that keeps going till he's 35/36. 6 yellows, a red and alot of goals conceded in his last 6 games for us suggests he may have declined, and thats not including the nightmare at Bournemouth. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hejammy 1,429 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Sampson said: As soon as I saw this thread bumped I thought he was injured again and we really were ****ed... same! Was thinking oh FFS! 4 minutes ago, Blue and white said: 6 yellows, a red and alot of goals conceded in his last 6 games for us suggests he may have declined, and thats not including the nightmare at Bournemouth. Oh behave! How many of these were his fault? The red was at the end of a very frustrating game! Edited 21 October 2020 by hejammy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
honeybradger 604 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 1 minute ago, Blue and white said: 6 yellows, a red and alot of goals conceded in his last 6 games for us suggests he may have declined, and thats not including the nightmare at Bournemouth. Poor form =/= declining, i dont see any phsyical limitations coming into his game just mental, at worst he's the ideal 3rd choice centreback who has heaps of experience, who wont cost us a transfer fee if we renew and from what ive gauged from his personality he seems like a great player to have in the dressing room as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UHDrive 644 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 I'm very surprised we haven't dealt with this at pre season stage at the latest. There are no excuses and I can only think that there were some informal talks between Evan's & Club at some point. The only matter that could've halted this was the late incoming of Fofana, but I highly doubt this what with Morgan finishing this season anyway and our need for a senior CB such as Evans quality. Maybe the club already have another player in mind for the January transfer window, who knows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ric Flair 20,333 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 2 hours ago, StanSP said: Rodgers publicly said its something he wants to happen, let's see what happens. Would be a peculiar thing to not sort ASAP. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majaco 916 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 2 hours ago, Blue and white said: 6 yellows, a red and alot of goals conceded in his last 6 games for us suggests he may have declined, and thats not including the nightmare at Bournemouth. What happened at Bournemouth was hardly down to him. Schmeichel errors and Caglar short-fuse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paninistickers 2,163 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 Id imagine the only stumbling block is his huge wage. He won an artificially high deal due to arriving on a free. Maybe we're reluctant to award the same top tier deal, but instead a level below 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
st albans fox 8,300 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 2 hours ago, hejammy said: same! Was thinking oh FFS! Oh behave! How many of these were his fault? The red was at the end of a very frustrating game! But look at the knock on of that red …… we could have left wilf to manage his groin with no tear rather than pressing him into playing CB. experienced players need to lead the way - cags at Bournemouth was a rush of blood but he is relatively young for a CB and he was provoked. 7 minutes ago, Paninistickers said: Id imagine the only stumbling block is his huge wage. He won an artificially high deal due to arriving on a free. Maybe we're reluctant to award the same top tier deal, but instead a level below this - i imagine there are other clubs that would pay him 80k for three years if he's on a free. if we are only prepared to pay him 60k then he misses out on 3 million quid - plus if he goes down a level then he will probably play quite a lot in years two and three whereas if we can stay at a top 7 level then he may not be a first choice by season two. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
reynard 1,274 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 Need to sort this out. To replace him with a similar calibre player would cost more than renewing his contract and mean money really more required for other areas of the pitch would be tied up in the centre back position again. Whether another 3 years is justified is perhaps in question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxile5 2,418 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 3 hours ago, honeybradger said: 1 year left on his contract and no talks yet. Would be incredible mismanagement on our half if we let him go for a free this year considering our lack of depth at centreback. Doesnt seem to be showing any signs of declining yet either, he could definitely be one that keeps going till he's 35/36. I'd keep him. He's fantastic. Better than Morgan of the same age and that isn't an attempt to denigrate Morgan any. No brainer with two young center backs at the club. The impact of an old head should be perfectly obvious to us. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxile5 2,418 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 Just now, foxile5 said: I'd keep him. He's fantastic. Better than Morgan of the same age and that isn't an attempt to denigrate Morgan any. No brainer with two young center backs at the club. The impact of an old head should be perfectly obvious to us. It's worth the extra wedge for the in-game management and development WF and CS would be privy to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dahnsouff 5,210 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 Seeming madness not to tie him down for a couple of years, but could be many things at play, such as the length of contract he wants, wage due to signing for nearly nowt, just do not know. Hope he signs obviously. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ric Flair 20,333 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 Club probably think they can get Tarkowski for £10m next summer and thst he'd be an upgrade financially on Evans. I would still rather Evans and Tarkowski as 3rd/4th choice 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom12345 1,173 Posted 21 October 2020 Report Share Posted 21 October 2020 4 hours ago, StanSP said: Come on! What is going on? Our best CB and “steal of the century” and we can’t even offer him a renewed contract on higher pay? He is on like 70k a week - should at least be on par with Madders or even Kasper! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gwyn 329 Posted 22 October 2020 Report Share Posted 22 October 2020 Just like to say I picked up on this pre season and was met with derision Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baldeagle 1,571 Posted 22 October 2020 Report Share Posted 22 October 2020 19 hours ago, Paninistickers said: Id imagine the only stumbling block is his huge wage. He won an artificially high deal due to arriving on a free. Maybe we're reluctant to award the same top tier deal, but instead a level below I sure he didn’t arrive a free we paid West Brom £3.5 million for him Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Earle 1,026 Posted 22 October 2020 Report Share Posted 22 October 2020 18 hours ago, Ric Flair said: Club probably think they can get Tarkowski for £10m next summer and thst he'd be an upgrade financially on Evans. I would still rather Evans and Tarkowski as 3rd/4th choice It'd be one hell of a back line that didn't have Evans as 1st choice!!! If we lose Cags next year I can see Tarks coming in - so Evans Fofana & Tarks as first three choices, Amartey and either Benko or AN Other as 4th & 5th. Can't see Tarks coming to battle with little Wes for 3rd & 4th... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Babylon 28,508 Posted 22 October 2020 Report Share Posted 22 October 2020 23 hours ago, StanSP said: So there have been informal ones then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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