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[Albion] Evan Ferguson **Loaned to West Ham 03/02/2025**
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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Good luck Evan, score a shitload of goals! 
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For West Ham to finish above us, Ferguson will have to start banging in goals. So we win either way.
If he wants to go there (and not to any other potential suitors) then that’s fine as long as West Ham are prepared to pay the sticker price for what would then be a proven young PL goal scorer.
We can’t get precious about players. We are not at the top of the food chain. Even Liverpool have to fight off Saudi interest in Salah.
METALMICKY
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- Jan 30, 2004
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Can I presume he's not eligible to play tonight? Shame as would be interesting as would waiting/praying for a Sanchez howler if Chelsea manager bravely keeps him between the sticks.
oldboyroy
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Agree.
The Fits
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Grim.
At least he looks happy. Been a while.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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If he does well and wants to move at the end of the season, it's big money for the club.
If he does well and wants to come back (and is wanted), it's good news for the club and next season (potentially).
If he doesn't do well and WHUFC don't want him, then it presents a bit of an issue for the club and possibly suggests that a loan to try and get his mojo back *might* have been the right move.
Players come and go. If EF goes, there might be another striker through the door who is better than him. I don't get the sentimentality around footballers. Sure, I've got favourite players and I can think that they are amazing, but when they go, all I see is another opportunity for another player. It makes no ACTUAL tangible difference to fans if he stays or goes, so
If he does well and wants to come back (and is wanted), it's good news for the club and next season (potentially).
If he doesn't do well and WHUFC don't want him, then it presents a bit of an issue for the club and possibly suggests that a loan to try and get his mojo back *might* have been the right move.
Players come and go. If EF goes, there might be another striker through the door who is better than him. I don't get the sentimentality around footballers. Sure, I've got favourite players and I can think that they are amazing, but when they go, all I see is another opportunity for another player. It makes no ACTUAL tangible difference to fans if he stays or goes, so
No way is he coming back.
I was suspicious that he wasn't injured in January and was maybe agitating for a move, and seeing how he looked so fit / in good shape - so much so that the TV commentary picked it up - after a supposed month long ankle injury, I believe he couldn't wait to leave.
The Fits
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- Jun 29, 2020
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Undoubtedly.
Question is why I guess.
Kind of backs up the rumours about Fab being too harsh on him. Even if it's come from a good place - to try to motivate him - it certainly didn't work. I think someone said he wants to enjoy his football again (which I assume means he wasn't here) and it was reported he couldn't see a future under the manager.
The Fits
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Not sure it worked under RDZ too.
Sounds like he’s been poorly managed by both. Possibly misread his size and nature for being a lot stronger (mentally and physically) than he is.
Anyway good luck to him. A top kid and a real talent.
Quite - one size doesn't fit all with motivating people. It's okay, now he has GP with his degree in emotional intelligence
Behind Enemy Lines
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I maybe wrong but under Potter, I think Ferguson will score goals at West Ham and will then want to stay. Yes, we might then get a decent fee if that happens but I'm sad that one of our very few homegrown/academy players who has "made it," particularly a striker, has had to leave.
The Fits
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Absolutely spot on. Arm around him. I’d be amazed if he doesn’t score more league goals than Welbeck and Joao Pedro combined over the rest of the season.Quite - one size doesn't fit all with motivating people. It's okay, now he has GP with his degree in emotional intelligence
origigull
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Didn't we try 10 attackers against NF on Saturday. Look where that got us.
Mate, I have no idea about the line up for any game these days.
Not just The Albion.
But if you saw a particularly glaring bit of weirdness, fair enough.
Had I been paying attention, had I noticed our midfield comprised of:
Little Jack Horner and...
I think it was Tomb Thumb....
I may have raised an eyebrow.
Greg Bobkin
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- May 22, 2012
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There IS a way he'll be back, given he's a Brighton player and out on loan. Whether he plays for the club again? Who knows. I certainly wouldn't like to make that call right at this moment though.
Seems to fit in with the rumours of a bust up with Hurzeler . Such a shame if he never pulls on the Albion shirt again. He could be gone and Hurzeler as well.