Luxembourg v Republic of Ireland - Tuesday, 10th June 2025 - Friendly

[CraftyToePoke]

As an Ireland fan, I think you'd want Evan to have a similar move to Troy. If I'm Brighton, I'm working out three separate plans

The Cullen / Parrott / Idah or similar pathways were already covered though in the discussion & you're not Brighton, any more than this is a Brighton forum.

If I'm Brighton, I'm working out three separate plans

Have you considered perhaps writing to Brighton ?
A strongly worded advice letter.

Make as many plans as you ( or Brighton ) like, they're all of Canhamesque power point presentation relevance if the lad doesn't remember how to do what he's paid to do really soon, very much like your layers of valuations & pure speculation earlier.

What he's worth to his club will be dictated by how he recovers from this very long blip, what he's worth to his club is an irrelevance on an Ireland forum, his form, his goals & assists are.

[Razors left peg]

Im as big a fan as any, but right now there's no one paying close to 30 million for him. That move to West Ham was as poor a move as possible and did massive damage to his reputation. It made me even wonder if hes going down the wrong road. However, a good season somewhere, and all of a sudden hes a 21 year old hot prospect again... but another season like this one and he might never recover

[elatedscum]

Im as big a fan as any, but right now there's no one paying close to 30 million for him. That move to West Ham was as poor a move as possible and did massive damage to his reputation. It made me even wonder if hes going down the wrong road. However, a good season somewhere, and all of a sudden hes a 21 year old hot prospect again... but another season like this one and he might never recover

That’s exactly the point. Almost no one at the level he needs to go can afford the money Brighton would want. But there’s so much potential that Brighton won’t sell him crazy cheap, he still has 4 years left on his deal. Financially, I theoretically could see a big side gambling on him, had Chelsea not signed Delap for example, they buy Evan for €30m on a 7 year contract and loan him to Strasbourg for a season and hope they strike gold.

Brighton themselves have just spent €35m and €25m on two teenage Greek strikers who had 7 and 14 league goals in their careers to their name across the Greek league and German second division, neither has ever been capped for their countries.

The loan was awful for Evan’s reputation and development, although Brighton did receive “a significant fee”. I kinda still think you’re picking Evan over them.

Given all of the above, a loan seems the likely option, either to Europe, to a promoted side or a championship side.

[Acornvilla]

I think he's as likely to have a good pre season and be back starting for them as he is to be loaned out tbh. We just don't really know where he is physically or if there's an underlying issue, but he seems like a fella that takes a while to get up to speed, missing pre season is something it looks like his body currently can't afford to do. On a level playing field I'm hopeful he'll show Brighton he's very much worth persisting with, those Greek teens will probably need a year or two to bed in themselves in any case, they're not his competition just yet.

As said further down, Mark O' Mahoney is probably the one who needs the loan.

[osarusan]

I think it'd be worth stepping down to whatever level he can be more or less guaranteed to be banging in 20+ goals a season.

Gets him game time, gets him noticed, a better club will take a punt on him.

[Razors left peg]

I think he's as likely to have a good pre season and be back starting for them as he is to be loaned out tbh. We just don't really know where he is physically or if there's an underlying issue, but he seems like a fella that takes a while to get up to speed, missing pre season is something it looks like his body currently can't afford to do. On a level playing field I'm hopeful he'll show Brighton he's very much worth persisting with, those Greek teens will probably need a year or two to bed in themselves in any case, they're not his competition just yet.

As said further down, Mark O' Mahoney is probably the one who needs the loan.

Hes been trying to get up to speed for the best part of 18 months now. However he does it he needs to figure out a way to get super fit this summer and develop a bit of a selfish streak.

This might sound a bit stupid, but he actually comes across as too nice. I would have liked to have seen a bit of a tantrum at how West Ham went. I'd like to hear a few leaks from his camp about how he might have been treated badly or something. Some stories that might defend his reputation, even if its just spin. Have a bit of fight. Theres just nothing at all, we never see him boll0cking anyone for not making the right pass etc. There just seems to be an acceptance of everything. Even Idah in the last camp was complaining about game time, even if it was a bit of nonsense from out point of view Idah fully believes hes Irelands best striker and should be starting. I know that Ferguson is younger, but he needs to get that arrogance that he is entitled to be playing and if hes not picked its outrageous. Last week in the NL final Yamal kinda blanked Ronaldo when shaking hands, my 1st thought was "cocky little cnut", and he is, but the self confidence is off the charts and he doesnt care who he upsets....Ferguson needs to start ruffling a few feathers this summer

[tetsujin1979]

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