UPDATE 3pm: Patrice Evra has passed his medical and has signed a deal until the end of the season.
I’m not quite sure that Patrice Evra is the answer to the myriad of problems that beset our club at the moment. Are we really that desperate that we have to sign a 36 year old player who has some anger management issues? Needs must, I suppose, but given that Antonio and Arnautovic are soon to return I really question whether we are so badly off down the left hand side.
If the idea is to play him as a left back with Cresswell moving forward, I’d say that was odd, given that we seem to play a back three most of the time now, and with Winston Reid available again, we can adequately staff a back three. If Evra is only being bought as cover, do we not have young players capable of playing that position who we could blood if absolutely necessary? I am not familiar enough with the the Under 23s and youth setup to know what the possibilities might be, but feel free to tell me I’m barking up the wrong tree in the comments!
As we prepare for Watford on Saturday it has to be said that after a reasonable period of success, the performances against Palace and Brighton were not up to scratch, and we need to put in a shift at the weekend.
#COYI