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

[tetsujin1979]

Shot cleared off the line and a header into a turn and shot for Ferguson in the highlights

[rebelmusic]

That would have been some goal (around 1:50)

[CraftyToePoke]

Starts v Lecce. 5pm KO.

[tetsujin1979]

Game is on DAZN.
Corrie Ndaba on the bench for Lecce. Not sure two Irish players have ever faced each other in Serie A

[pixiehead]

That's a good goal. Great reaction from ball deflected to him. Well done Evan.
https://streamin.me/v/302f6b9a

[The Fly]

He’s been very good in this match so far. Much more mobile and confident.

[Fixer82]

He's up for player of the match too.

[pineapple stu]

5 goals in the last 10 games - and maybe more importantly he's started 5 of the last 6. Would be great if this is the start of his resurgence

[yurt]

Was a shame to see him taken off on the hour mark. He was much less influential in the second half after a great first half.

That's 3 starts in a row and he looked comfortable leading the line. I'm not sure what the most amount of games in a row he's ever started is but I don't think it'd be much more than 3. Hopefully he continues starting games and the goals keep trickling through. His aim has to be to be Roma's top scorer this season.

[irishfan86]

I’ve been critical of his hold up play but his first half was basically a perfect target man performance with an excellent finish for his goal. Ran out of gas on the hour mark but he seems to be turning the corner. Hopefully he can tough it out and help Roma compete for a title.

[samhaydenjr]

Was a shame to see him taken off on the hour mark. He was much less influential in the second half after a great first half.

That's 3 starts in a row and he looked comfortable leading the line. I'm not sure what the most amount of games in a row he's ever started is but I don't think it'd be much more than 3. Hopefully he continues starting games and the goals keep trickling through. His aim has to be to be Roma's top scorer this season.

Interestingly, his replacement, Dovbyk, was taken off injured 25 minutes later. Might mean less competition up front in the coming weeks

[Exgrad]

I’ve been critical of his hold up play but his first half was basically a perfect target man performance with an excellent finish for his goal. Ran out of gas on the hour mark but he seems to be turning the corner. Hopefully he can tough it out and help Roma compete for a title.

Theyre 5th at moment, 3 points off the top having played two games more, so don't think they are in title race, don't seem to be playing particualrly well either at moment. Gasparini rowing with club over transfers and blanked media after game last night. They will be doing v well to challenge for CL place.

[Eirambler]

Local media in Rome now reporting that Ferguson's recent for for Roma has brought about interest from...Roma.

https://romapress.net/ferguson-to-st...emain-at-roma/

[yurt]

It seems like a pretty weird situation in Roma at the minute. Gasparini seems so desperate to sign an alternative to Ferguson/Dovbyk that he is actually not happy that they've started to turn a corner form wise in the past few weeks.

Refusing to do media after both of them scored because of the lack of funds available to sign a striker isn't a great sign. He's just starting to gather starts and goals/form but it feels to me at least that his manager doesn't really want him to succeed.

Hopefully he can get another 80+ mins and a goal or two tomorrow and Gasparini might start to see the solution to his problems are already in front of him.

[Kingdom]

It seems like a pretty weird situation in Roma at the minute. Gasparini seems so desperate to sign an alternative to Ferguson/Dovbyk that he is actually not happy that they've started to turn a corner form wise in the past few weeks.

Refusing to do media after both of them scored because of the lack of funds available to sign a striker isn't a great sign. He's just starting to gather starts and goals/form but it feels to me at least that his manager doesn't really want him to succeed.

Hopefully he can get another 80+ mins and a goal or two tomorrow and Gasparini might start to see the solution to his problems are already in front of him.

Italian football is beyond Machiavellian at times, particularly when it comes to transfers. Gaspareni might know something about the situation involving both that the fans do not. Sure wasn't it Hurzeler who said only a couple of weeks ago that recalling Ferguson could be an option for him - which his CEO has said is not an option!

[elatedscum]

I could be wrong but the time he was most critical of Ferguson, I believe, was when Capello asked a question with implied criticism of Gasperini. Something like “Ferguson was excellent, why haven’t we seen more of him?” To which Gasperini did a Martin O’Neill

[pineapple stu]

Subbed off in the first half of Roma's game this evening. Can only assume that's injury-related - and just as he was staying to find a bit of form too...

[nigel-harps1954]

Subbed off in the first half of Roma's game this evening. Can only assume that's injury-related - and just as he was staying to find a bit of form too...

Took a knee to the back early on in the game and didn't recover.

[elatedscum]

Bad (intentional) knee to the back/arse from the CB, was struggling with it and then.

Then 20 mins later, he was pulled to the floor and landed awkwardly on the same point

As long as he didn’t slip a disk, which you can do there, but yen it shouldn’t be anything serious or long term

[irishfan86]

That wasn’t a disc/back injury. Looks like a glute (butt) strain. Was trying to play through it then stretched for a volley and landed hard on the exact spot he’d been favouring since the knee in the ass.

Definitely a muscular injury.