17-08-2017, 12:16
The more I think about this, the more I think we can use this situation to our advantage.
Like most of us I like Evans a lot and don't want him to leave. However if he wants to go and the price is right, money, as it usually does in football, will talk.
If, for example, we really want Delph, this affords us with an excellent opportunity to get him.
Good player though he is, Evans is not irreplaceable. My feeling is that the style of play at the Baggies where defenders are expected to operate in a relatively small area of the field, protected by one, if not 2, holding midfielders, and then hare upfield for set pieces, has enabled Evans, Macauley and Dawson to flourish. I don't really worry about defenders coming into the club because Pulis will give them the tools to make them better players. So, for the sake of argument, we could replace Evans, with say, Flint from Bristol City and the change could be relatively seamless. As has been said Hegazi is already showing signs of benefiting from "the Pulis way", then WBA can move upwards and onwards.
Like most of us I like Evans a lot and don't want him to leave. However if he wants to go and the price is right, money, as it usually does in football, will talk.
If, for example, we really want Delph, this affords us with an excellent opportunity to get him.
Good player though he is, Evans is not irreplaceable. My feeling is that the style of play at the Baggies where defenders are expected to operate in a relatively small area of the field, protected by one, if not 2, holding midfielders, and then hare upfield for set pieces, has enabled Evans, Macauley and Dawson to flourish. I don't really worry about defenders coming into the club because Pulis will give them the tools to make them better players. So, for the sake of argument, we could replace Evans, with say, Flint from Bristol City and the change could be relatively seamless. As has been said Hegazi is already showing signs of benefiting from "the Pulis way", then WBA can move upwards and onwards.