Spire-Power, on 02 April 2015 - 08:19 PM, said:
I'm not spending time trawling through your posts, it should be obvious to all who read the forum regularly that you have bigged up Evatt this season (until a few facts belatedly hit you in the face) and put a massive downer on Hird. Hird isn't big for a CB but he isn't small. He has a reasonably good leap and, importantly, good timing in the air. He isn't fast, but he's no slow carthorse either. He is a reasonable L1 CB, not a weak player simply brushed aside by strikers. Your belittling of him is absurd. I'll ask you a couple of straightforward questions: Would it be fair to say that (1) your opinion of Evatt has fallen and (2) your opinion of Hird has improved ?
If you want to allege that I've praised Evatt unduly - or bigged him up, as you put it - and you've built an entire argument complete with insults around that allegation, then it isn't too much to ask that you produce a bit of evidence, instead of running for the usual cover of, "it should be obvious to all who read the forum". That's beyond pathetic, as you should have known when you started.
Would I play Evatt before Hird? About 90% of the time -yes. Do I think either of them can be replaced by better, faster and probably cheaper - yes.
My opinion of Evatt hasn't changed from fairly low, and Hird has improved from his original extremely poor performances. How much of that is due to being shielded by an excellent midfield you must judge, but I'd be looking for replacements for both next season as a priority.
And if that's the best you can find to say about Hird, so I imagine would you.