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We need to talk about Jonny Evans

By Facecloth, in Leicester City Forum

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Now this isn't a reaction to the OG, I've been saying this for a while, but it just get brushed under the carpet. He's been extremely poor for months, like pre first lockdown. 

 

At first I clocked his poor distribution, which was putting us under pressure each game. Not just a few wayward passes to knowhere, but playing the ball straight the opposition midfielders. A cleanly struck ball, but just to the wrong player. Overtime he's then been making more and more defensive errors, getting caught for pace, being out of position, losing his man. He's been a liability for Northern Ireland recently too. I know he's carried a knock recently, but its been going on way before that.

 

People love to talk about him as Rolls Royce defender, but he's more like a clapped out Reliant Robin of late. Massive improvement needed or imo that contract that's running down can run down.

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Tielemans63

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Just now, Facecloth said:

Now this isn't a reaction to the OG, I've been saying this for a while, but it just get brushed under the carpet. He's been extremely poor for a mongh, like pre first lockdown. 

 

He's not been great but a bit harsh to call him this.

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honeybradger

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Excellent 3rd choice option for me, heard a lot of 'leicester fans will tell you evans was actually our best defender' last year but didnt really see much separating him and soyuncu tbh, now that we have fofana you can see what a superior defender to soyuncu looks like and it's not evans, they both have their flaws but you can argue soyuncu's mistakes and erratic play was due to it being his first PL season whereas evan's weaknesses like lack of pace and ability on the ball cant really be improved upon. I do rate Evans but he's not our defensive talisman like a lot of fans think he is and wouldnt be surprised nor overly upset if soyuncu does replace him in the lineup.

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1 minute ago, Walkers said:

Would you be starting this topic if it wasn't for the own goal though

Said it wasn't to do with the OG. I've actually said this numerous times in the past on another thread about him but people brush it off, say he's our best defender.

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Have to agree he seems to be on the decline or has something bothering him. Not been impressed  for a while.

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Sir Shep

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Yeah well he cost us a 1/22 of the price of Maguire so I’ll forgive him! Seriously though we have cags and fofy so I’m sure he’ll realise he needs to up his game sooner rather than later. 

Stinkenzo

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4 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

Said it wasn't to do with the OG. I've actually said this numerous times in the past on another thread about him but people brush it off, say he's our best defender.

No I know you said that but safe to say the OG triggered the post, wouldn't be writing it if we were 2-0 up

 

FWIW I agree with you

 

 

EastAnglianFox

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I honestly posted about this just after Christmas last year that he had started to lose the plot. 

 

I don't expect everybody (idiots) to belive it but a few rep points will make me realise that I'm no4 the only one that thought it

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Leicester_Loyal

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Hasn't been as good this year as he was in 2019, I don't think the slight niggles he's had have helped either, especially when he's playing in all of NIs international games too. Probably just needs a week or two off, got to remember he's nearly 33.

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