I think all those nippy through balls will be meat abd drink from Evan. Hoping for a decent season for him having watched today's friendly. He's a finisher.
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[Albion] Evan Ferguson
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Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75
- Oct 4, 2003
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From looking at the image posted by Pervis
And then this one posted by John Haddad when he was working with Erling Haaland it certainly looks like we are using his services to rehab some of the players as @Han Solo suggested a few posts back.
AZ Gull
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Yep, they are at the Marbella Football Center. Looks like Dominic Calvert-Lewin has also just been there:-
London Irish
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This really baffling situation is bound to provoke some speculation though and that will (by its very nature) be pretty haphazard. I can’t recall a previous case where an Albion player had such a precipitous decline from very good to very ordinary while nominally regarded as being fit for selection (and playing)
- Oct 17, 2008
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I can - not only another Albion player, but another Irish striker of a similar age.
- Jun 27, 2012
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Really ? Players carry injuries all the time. And players form varies- all the time. For the Albion and everyone else. Trossard, Murray, March , Adingra etc etc
Ofc - if you had the definitive answer to why then share - but it’s not baffling or surprising that playing in a struggling team, carrying an injury, alongside 2nd choice wingers, or being relatively young might contribute. And it’s, afaik, nobody’s fault.
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Yep. Jose Izquerdo had the same trajectory, carrying an injury.
Whilst not talking about Ferguson specifically, I have it on very good authority that there was concern that RDZ's training methods may have contributed to last season's injury woes, but not in the way some have speculated about previously.
Instead of overworking players in training, the training load was relatively light - lots of stop/start tactical sessions and fewer intense sessions than might be expected. As such, the players just weren't best conditioned for 90+ minutes of intense Premier League football.
Instead of overworking players in training, the training load was relatively light - lots of stop/start tactical sessions and fewer intense sessions than might be expected. As such, the players just weren't best conditioned for 90+ minutes of intense Premier League football.
Be interesting to see if there's any repeat at Marseille.
Ha! Not enough fitness instead of the over training claimed. Too intellectual instead of too emotional? Who’d have thunk it? Not NSC.
Back to Ferg and another tidbit I was told by someone with no reason to lie was that a lot of his absence / drop off was illness rather than injury last season.
Machiavelli
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I did wonder what this lot got up to and, by the sounds of your post, the answer might have been not much.
Marcattilio Marcattilii, Vincenzo Teresa and Agostino Tibaudi
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- Oct 17, 2008
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Laying out cones, warm ups and warm downs…
Machiavelli
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Both glandular fever and an ankle injury have been widely circulated. One of those would explain the drop-off in form, both would be compelling.
Yep that’s the illness I’ve also heard about. He’s certainly got an ankle problem now.
el punal
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- Oct 17, 2008
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Glandular fever can be very, very nasty. Sometimes people (wrongly) compare it with a generic sore throat as part of a cold, but GF if not given time to fully recover (such as, say, with a professional sportsman desperate return to action when still under the weather) can be very serious indeed. Can lead to anemia, issues with liver, kidneys and even neurological issues.
That’s one thing I never understood - what exactly all of those people did.
Didn’t question it at the time as Potter hardly left us overstaffed.
Machiavelli
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It drains sufferers of energy and dwells.
Flounce
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- Nov 15, 2006
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Interesting. I was one of those who thought over working players was probably the cause, never even considered the option you have suggested. It makes just as much sense though
