Regarding our central defence: Smalling & Evans have now played six matches in central defence this season and we have won every game, although this did include the recent 2-1 "match win, tie loss" against Sunderland. A loss, but they didn't partner up for the away game which is where we really lost that tie as far as I'm concerned. They've got 6/6/3 for games/wins/clean sheets, too. I think we should just stick with them for a while now, time to let Rio & Vidic be backup (Jones can remain a DM/DC option and our "third choice central defender"). Let Rio leave at the end of the season, too, as let's face it, the guy no longer warrants his paycheck. But I really hope we give Smalling & Evans a chance to continue their successful run. If they've yet to let us down, I'd say there's no reason to mess with 'em just yet.
Also, RVP is unbeaten in games he's scored in since joining United. Not bad.
Nice to see both Rooney & RVP back at the same time Mata joins us. If we can solidify our back line (RB/LB the bigger concerns for me) and get a quality CM that can play deep, we'll be sorted.
