Evan Ferguson F Roma (loan from Brighton) b.2004

[Eirambler]

Literally not a single poster on this forum today writing him off.

[rebelmusic]

Delighted for him, hopefully the spark for a good run now leading up to March. I think it would be a huge risk to start both of them but great option to spring from the bench.

Tom Cannon also breaking his duck this weekend so could very well be the three of them as our squad options. Would love to see a direct challenge on Idaha's squad place and see if he can raise his game as well.

Going to be a very interesting few months!

[John83]

Remember.. we'd Parrot written off at 20.. strikers could be mid 20s before they really mature.. hopefully the manager will give him time to mature, because he's potentially a serious striker..
I don't know how many people had him written off. Not none, mind, but plenty of people were saying he needed to develop. Then he did. I don't think anyone's writing off Ferguson. It's reasonable to be anxious about where his long term fitness is going and how that might impinge on his development. Should they not discuss that? Is this a forum or a cheerleading section?


Love the fact that even when he scores, he's effectively being written off by some of the doom merchants yet again.

Its great to see him score and almost add a second.
You know, I never liked tets old habit of insisting that posters **** or get off the pot, but I'm really tired of this.

[pineapple stu]

I think we need a tets-style ultimatum. 24 hours to show any posts writing Ferguson off (especially specifically since he scored)

[Nesta99]

A Tet offensive!

[nigel-harps1954]

I think we need a tets-style ultimatum. 24 hours to show any posts writing Ferguson off (especially specifically since he scored)

A sh!t Sunday night after a few pints. I'm happy to retract the statement that anyone was writing him off.

[pineapple stu]

Hmmm. You must be new here Nigel - that's not how things work online:p

[SkStu]

Yeah...the only acceptable thing to do is double-down and obfuscate.

I'm disappointed in your overly-reasonable response here and, therefore, am calling for an immediate ban.

[nigel-harps1954]

Hmmm. You must be new here Nigel - that's not how things work online:p

I disagree entirely.

[John83]

Yeah...the only acceptable thing to do is double-down and obfuscate.

I'm disappointed in your overly-reasonable response here and, therefore, am calling for an immediate ban.
Nigel banned. Nigel, and his children, and his children's children. For three seconds.

[Nesta99]

Yeah its all to rational and civil, Sooo one goal a goalscoer doesnt make, useless!

[Eirambler]

Taken off at half time at home to Napoli after a poor first half. He looks very one dimensional as a striker these days to be honest. When teams sit deep as Napoli did in the first half he seems to just succumb to it, he did more or less nothing other than run in a straight line from half way to the Napoli box and back all half. Not much effort to drop wide to get on the ball more or anything like that. Now, he could be being told to play that way, but it's been a feature of his game over the last year or so playing for Brighton, West Ham and Roma. At this point I'd like to see him drop down to a lower level where he can be more effective and then hopefully build himself back up over time, as Parrott is doing. Whether his contract/wage allows that to happen is questionable though.