Really. First two years in this league 71 games 13 goals and he hardly broke into a sweat/
Whether or not Evans does well for us this season remains to be seen. Far too early to say one way or the other.
However, it isn't really fair to judge him as likely to fail just because of his previous record here at this level. Just as it would be unfair to suggest that Sharp was likely to fail because of his record when last playing here at this level.
Billy Sharp was here from 2007-9 and playing at this level. He made 51 league appearances and scored 8 goals.
Ched Evans was playing for us at this level from 2009-11. He made 67 league appearances and scored 13 goals. Not a brilliant strike rate, but better than Sharp.
Both players were about the same age when they previously came here.
Sharp is match fit and has got off to a good start. Certainly a much better start than when last here. The fact that this time he is being played in his favoured position probably helps, unlike last time when he seemed to spend most of his time out on the wing!
When fully match fit, it isn't beyond the bounds of possibility that Evans might also do better than last time. Both players are after all older and (hopefully) wiser.
One of the common denominators when they were last here at this level was that they were both managed by Kevin Blackwell for a significant period of time ! Sharp for 2 seasons and Evans for one.
I hope Evans does well. He is a different type of player to Sharp and could give us a different option. He might fail, but let's not decide he's rubbish based on what he did 6-8 years ago when he was a much younger man and playing under a very different manager.
