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That may well be that for him at Roma. There were already reports before the game that they were looking to send him back to Brighton at the earliest opportunity, he really needed a goal last night which might have seen things start to turn around for him there. Instead he got injured right at the start of the game.
Interesting that he was starting last night after the comments from manager. Disaster that he got injured almost immediately. Wonder if same ankle. Hes as likely to get game time at Roma as anywhere else at moment so hopefully back soon.
Hes been carrying this ankle all season, and yet the manager is still trying to get him into team. It does seem that he may have to take some time off to get it fixed properly though.
will miss the next games but injury not as bad as first thought, looks like only out for 2/3 weeks.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/...-41733921.html
The problem is that it is the same ankle that caused problems at Brighton - and Brighton did not manage the injury properly. A loan club is not going to give him the time to heal properly and his contract with Brighton runs to 2029 so he is badly caught between a rock and a hard place at the moment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Hang on a second, was it not being trumpeted that he had a full pre-season and had done extra work etc and was in prime condition heading to Roma?
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Originally Posted by Kingdom
He was great in preseason, but it is possible to re aggravate an old injury. Its starting to get worrying now though that its dragging on this long.Does he need another surgery to fix it at the cost of another season out? That would be disastrous
Fails to make Roma's matchday squad.
https://www.the42.ie/evan-ferguson-r...69275-Nov2025/
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Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Yes very bad news. and it seems this will be a recurring injury.
Time to step up Troy, this is your moment to shine!
Celtic apparently (and inevitably) waiting in the wings if and when Roma send Ferguson on his way in January.
I spoke and Troy listenedQuote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
Off the bench against Cremonese and he finally breaks his Serie A duck with a simple finish.
First Irish scorer in Serie A since Brady or has anyone else scored there?
Must be.
Keane only scored 3 goals for Inter, all in the Cups afaik.
first Republic of Ireland player to score in Serie A since Liam Brady scored a penalty for Inter against Torino in December 1985
Has another goal ruled offside. He probably should have been able to stay onside there in truth.
Undoes some of his good work by getting easily beaten in the air for a Cremonese consolation goal. He was miles off with the timing of his jump there.
So many people convinced that Roma want rid of him in January.. unless Roma have an injury crisis, the fact he's playing in a game that sends Roma to the top of Serie A, means he must have some trust of the manager..
Ferguson has injury issues, we all know that... but the young lad is still growing ffs.. he's got undoubted quality, but he's also 20..
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..
At International level.. we've a top class keeper.. a defence that's finally maturing, and two of the best young strikers in Europe.. we're not far off a really decent International team
They have a shortage of strikers which is contributing to him getting minutes.
The current view coming from Italy seems to be that, unless he turns it around in the next month he'll be going back to Brighton, that's coming from media outlets who seem to have a lot of info on what is going on at Roma. But there is time for him to turn things around and hopefully today might be a starting point.
In terms of where Ireland are at, midfield remains the big gap in the team. Cullen can do a bit protecting the defence, Azaz when played centrally looks more than good enough as a 10. But we need at least one of not two more midfielders in between them to step up. That said, Scotland have just qualified for a World Cup with a squad that I would say lacks any top class goalkeepers, centre backs or centre forwards. So, it is possible to hide weaknesses if the rest of the team plays to their best and - like Scotland did - you get a string of lucky breaks just when you need them.
It seemed when he went off after a few mins a month ago that he might be out for months so great to see him back. Good to get the goal. Roma don't create alot so chances are at a premium. Him and Troy as a 2 might have something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Insidetherock
Possibly our two best outfield players - scored 8 of our 9 goals in qualifying. We probably need to find a way to accommodate both.