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

[Bottle of Tonic]

It's a nice composed finish. I wouldn't call it simple exactly. I'll give him credit where it's due. He also more or less made the third with a couple of great involvements in the build up. Its good to see. I will hold my hands up and say I've been leaning towards the idea that he might not turn out as we hoped. But recent events have only reminded us all that there are a lot of twists and turns in football and general life and we shouldn't be too hasty to write young lads off.

Disappointed to hear he was easily beaten in the air for a goal, I didn't see it. But it's something I noticed an awful lot of in recent Ireland games. I would hope it's lack of match sharpness and not something innate. I know I was hopeless under a high ball and just couldn't judge the flight correctly.

[Eirambler]

Simple in the sense that he had plenty of time and space to pick his spot. I'd be disappointed if he didn't score from there.

I wouldn't be rushing to jump on the bandwagon in terms of finding a way to start both Parrott and Ferguson as things stand. It's a squad game. Start Parrott, Ogbene and Azaz and have Ferguson on the bench in reserve because I'd be a lot happier seeing Ferguson coming on after an hour rather than Adam Idah.

[Trequartista20]

Roma have only scored 12 goals in their last 11 league fixtures btw. So not a prolific team that serves up lots of chances. Ferguson gets nothing like the space that Parrott enjoys in the Eredivisie.

As an aside, that white Roma away shirt is lovely.

[tetsujin1979]

Have we time to rig this election?

[~YTM~]

Possibly our two best outfield players - scored 8 of our 9 goals in qualifying. We probably need to find a way to accommodate both.

Didn't England likely weaken themselves with this mentality that Gerrard and Lampard had to be accommodated in the starting XI?

I think both should be played together again sometime just because I'd like to see what Ogbene could offer at RWB because Festy is absolutely woeful. God help us whenever Coleman decides to retire.

But I'd be trying that out in friendlies not competitive games. Unfortunately for Ferguson he just needs to be patient and take his chance when it next arrives like Parrott took his this November with Ferguson injured.

[pineapple stu]

Didn't England likely weaken themselves with this mentality that Gerrard and Lampard had to be accommodated in the starting XI?

That's exactly what I was thinking. We don't need to accommodate them both. If one comes on after an hour for the other then that's fine - bit like Cascarino and Quinn back in the day.

Great to see Ferguson off the mark, though he's a long way to go yet to come close to challenging Parrott for the starting spot for me.

[Eirambler]

Have we time to rig this election?

That really would be a rigging because there was no way he was Roma's best player today.

[liamoo11]

That really would be a rigging because there was no way he was Roma's best player today.

https://x.com/EireVideos/status/1992...FeRiRqDEw&s=19 nice compilation of his involvement s today.

[nigel-harps1954]

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.

[pineapple stu]

Who's writing him off?

[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

[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

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.