Seems to be banging them in against the Civitavecchia Under 14s, or whoever it is that he's playing against in a training match tonight.
Here is a video of him scoring a lot of goals against some very poor opposition.
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Seems to be banging them in against the Civitavecchia Under 14s, or whoever it is that he's playing against in a training match tonight.
Here is a video of him scoring a lot of goals against some very poor opposition.
Won't say no to the confidence boost or the fans comparing him to Maradona in the comments :D
Pretty sure I saw a flagon of Scrumpy Jack on the sideline.
Be worse if the video showed him being sh1te against themQuote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Who is it actually against?
Serie D side UniPomezia, there's a friendly against Kaiserslautern on Saturday
Game is live on Premier Sports 2
In fairness there was still a couple of very sharp looking finishes in there. The 4th goal in particular looked like Ferguson of 2 seasons ago
Starts and scores against Kaiserslautern.
Watching this friendly game against Kaiserslautern. Roma wearing that beautiful third kit. Ferguson just nicked one off the keeper and tapped it in. Looks sharp, seems to have gotten back that extra yard he was short of with West Ham. Some observations from the first twenty, he’s deployed purely up top, there’s no dropping into midfield to collect it. He’s sitting on the shoulder of the centre half and making little runs in behind and finding space. He hasn’t really been found yet, but I suppose his new team mates are getting used to him. Out of possession he’s man-marking the centre-half. Only coming back into his own half to defend corners so far.All very positive.
If you are good enough a forward, you shouldn't have to do too much defending ~ The opposition should be far more worried, about defending against you !
His manager will be happy with the pressing from the frontQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
I didn't see it, did he look lighter and fitter?Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
I didnt see anything other than the goal tonight, but from the training match a few days ago he definitely looks trimmerQuote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
Hopefully it goes well for him, would be great to have an Irish player playing and scoring regularly at a huge European club. I remember last season listening James Horncastle talking to James Richardson about Roma and how it's the hardest club in Italy to play for. They were saying about 80% of Rome supports them, with newspapers and radio stations run by fans talking roma 24/7. Fans put massive pressure on players but what an opportunity for him, live in Rome and play in front of 62 thousand every home game.
Ferguson has the potential to hit the ground running in Italy and tear it up for the season.
Wouldn't it be nice. We could argue about whether it was more he's that good or Serie A has fallen that far. Would beat the hell out of arguing over whether his injuries are still holding him back or whatever. Maybe we could have an Evan Ferguson goal of the season competition, voting for them in a bracket.
Talk of Roma now selling Dovbyk, not sure will this mean that they see Ferguson as the number one or will they bring in another forward.
https://www.footitalia.com/news/arte...news-besiktas/
He was their only player to get double figures last season with 17, they was more than twice what any other player managed.
I just seen a picture of Evan on Romas Instagram and it made me think of this question Liamoo.Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
https://www.instagram.com/p/DMs9cJVo...RlODBiNWFlZA==
Its pic 4 of their post.... hes been eating the gym. Lad looks in incredible shape
https://www.instagram.com/p/DMdScLyISWS/Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
He's never looked more imposing
Roma obvious need a better artist, might be worth sending them a CV Barry :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Acornvilla
played the second half v cannes and got himself a late goal. a fine beginning for him.
Goal is here, another tapin but shows he's poaching
Not starting tonight against Aston Villa, but Roma taking a first half pasting in his absence. While it's just a pre season friendly, it maybe still gives an indication of the difference in standard between a top 6 Premier League team and a top 6 Serie A team.
I wouldn't look too much into pre-season. Last season, looking at their Europa league results, looking purely at the bigger leagues and bigger teams (not including the 3-0 win against Braga, but including the knockout against Porto):Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
1. They drew with Spurs
2. They beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0
3. They lost across 2 legs to Bilbao 4-3, having won the home leg and lost the away leg.
4. They beat Porto across 2 legs, with a draw and an AET win.
Overall, they came 5th in Serie A and I'd honestly say they're probably about the same level as Brighton who came 8th in the Premier League and a better side than West Ham. I know Italian football isn't at its strongest but at the same time, you had Napoli winning Serie A, Inter reaching the Champions League final, go back 12 months and you had Atalanta beating Liverpool and Leverkusen on the way to winning the Europa League. Roma as it happens reached the semi final and Evan Ferguson's last game in Stadio Olimpico was losing 4-0 to Roma in the last 16.
Jesus man, trying to make comparisons in preseason is a bit much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
Ferguson came off at ht at the weekend and it looks like he might not get on here. I wonder if he picked up a knock
Interviewed in the Gazzetta dello Sport(article in Italian)
https://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/Serie...e-20-gol.shtml
Interesting to see Ferguson specifically stating that he likes what 'the Friedkins' have in mind in response to the question 'why Roma?'
To be fair I did specifically caveat that it was just pre-season. But a 4-0 beating is a 4-0 beating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
But looking at elatedscum's counter argument, the only game against a Premier League team was a draw against the team that finished 17th (granted the focus on Europe for Spurs probably cost them a couple of places in the league) and the other results of note were against teams from other European Leagues. I'm not convinced that Roma squad would break the Top 10 in England. Which, arguably, is why Ferguson is there - it gives him a hopefully slightly more forgiving environment to develop in.
I assumed that was either:Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator
a) a reference to Roma's US owners
b) a reference to some random Roma Ultra group
c) a translation bobble.
:-)
You love these league comparisons. Its irrelevant where Roma would finish in the English league. The argument could probably be made that Inter wouldn't make Top 6 in England, but yet they made Champions League final.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eirambler
I dont particularly rate Scott McTomminay, very average in Premiership but has been brilliant for Napoli and has found himself today in the Balon D'Or nominations. If Ferguson does anything close to that we should all be buzzing. Different styles of football suit different players. Not everything has to be always compared to the pace and athletisicm of English football.
Dropped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Apparently had a bit of thigh strain from the weekend, but back in training today. Be interesting to see if him and Dybala come back into the starting lineup for Everton on SaturdayQuote:
Originally Posted by SkStu
To be honest, I think it would have been great man-management to drop him for this game. All his confidence issues have been playing in the UK and if he had played here and played badly it would have been a kick in the balls for him mentality wise.
Considering Gaspereni's reputation for managing young strikers I'm going to take this as a positive sign