[Albion] Evan Ferguson **Loaned to West Ham 03/02/2025**

[ROSM]

My point, again, is you do not know it was glandular fever.

And I have never stated as fact that it was.

 

[Han Solo]

And what causes a high temperature in a human adult?

It's a bacterial or viral infection, heat stroke, reaction to medication such as anaesthetic or antipsychotics or a more chronic illness.

So assuming it isn't 3 or 4(both of which could cause a loss of form eh) and it wouldn't have been 2 then it's more likely to be 1


But in reality you are dancing on a head of a pin here.

Or mythbusting.

From what you know about glandular fever, does it seem likely to you that a player suffering from it will play a game on the 16th, miss out on fever on the 21st and then be in the starting eleven on the 24th? Does that seem realistic to you?

To me it seems like he had a cold and that people who 18 months later blame this cold for his poor appearances don't know what they're talking about.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

And I have never stated as fact that it was.

Apologies, I misunderstood then. So we both agree we do not know what has caused his dip in form. All good!

 

[Flounce]

Or mythbusting.

From what you know about glandular fever, does it seem likely to you that a player suffering from it will play a game on the 16th, miss out on fever on the 21st and then be in the starting eleven on the 24th? Does that seem realistic to you?

To me it seems like he had a cold and that people who 18 months later blame this cold for his poor appearances don't know what they're talking about.

If it wasn’t diagnosed immediately then…yes

 

[Me and my Monkey]

A cold is a virus. Just throwing that in there...

 

[ROSM]

A cold is a virus. Just throwing that in there...

Yes, yes it is

 

[ROSM]

Or mythbusting.

From what you know about glandular fever, does it seem likely to you that a player suffering from it will play a game on the 16th, miss out on fever on the 21st and then be in the starting eleven on the 24th? Does that seem realistic to you?

To me it seems like he had a cold and that people who 18 months later blame this cold for his poor appearances don't know what they're talking about.

Mythbusting by creating another myth

Ok, off you go then

 

[Han Solo]

If it wasn’t diagnosed immediately then…yes

So four months after the Covid pandemic, we let a player with fever on to the pitch without running extensive tests on him?

He then kept starting virtually every game for months and months after that until f***ing up his ankle, meaning it seems no one every found out about this virus? Or that we kept playing him despite knowing he had a severe virus?

And not even when people on this board created a rumour that then spread to Reddit, Twitter etc, the club just felt "nah, no need to test it, just keep playing him".

Does any of this sound more likely than that he had a cold and missed a game?

 

[Me and my Monkey]

And in other news, Brighton (like dirty vultures picking at the carcass of a dead wooly mammoth) have poached Man Utd's medic Jim Moxon. Maybe he's our new Mystery Illness Specialist.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Yes, yes it is

So most likely he had an ickle cold.

 

[Han Solo]

A cold is a virus. Just throwing that in there...

Yes.

But people have it and when they can't score for 18 months, no one says "its because he missed a game with a cold 18 months ago".

So clearly thats not what people have meant until about five minutes ago. Especially as glandular fever has REPEATEDLY been mentioned here.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

Yes.

But people have it and when they can't score for 18 months, no one says "its because he missed a game with a cold 18 months ago".

So clearly thats not what people have meant until about five minutes ago. Especially as glandular fever has REPEATEDLY been mentioned here.

That's exactly my point. If Evan missed a game once because he had a virus....well, the most common virus out there us the cold virus

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

I'm getting confused now.

Is it a fact that Fergy had some sort of illness that affected his game?

Or is it fact that he has been hoofing and toofing all night long?

Or is it fact that his football mojo suddenly evaporated for unknown reasons?

Or is it a fact that we just don't know?

I want facts, man. Facts.
Fact.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

I'm getting confused now.

Is it a fact that Fergy had some sort of illness that affected his game?

Or is it fact that he has been hoofing and toofing all night long?

Or is it fact that his football mojo suddenly evaporated for unknown reasons?

Or is it a fact that we just don't know?

I want facts, man. Facts.
Fact.

And was De Zerbi sacked?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

And was De Zerbi sacked?

Definitely sacked.

 

[dadams2k11]

The facts are, only a few people will know what the issue is, if there is an issue.

 

[ROSM]

I'm getting confused now.

Is it a fact that Fergy had some sort of illness that affected his game?

Or is it fact that he has been hoofing and toofing all night long?

Or is it fact that his football mojo suddenly evaporated for unknown reasons?

Or is it a fact that we just don't know?

I want facts, man. Facts.
Fact.

That's because you are a SCIENTIST

And also because like me you can be belligerent

But it seems those wanting facts are quick to create their own conspiracy theories

 

[ROSM]

So most likely he had an ickle cold.

Yes, yes that's right. It was just a little cold that his own agent has lied about to make it sound so much worse whilst breaking his ankle just like the original Goalkeeper in escape to victory so Hutch could play instead

 

[Han Solo]

That's because you are a SCIENTIST

And also because like me you can be belligerent

But it seems those wanting facts are quick to create their own conspiracy theories

My theory is that he isn't as good as a footballer as his early goal record indicated. If thats a conspiracy theory... I'm not sure who is conspiring..?

 

[Han Solo]

Yes, yes that's right. It was just a little cold that his own agent has lied about to make it sound so much worse whilst breaking his ankle just like the original Goalkeeper in escape to victory so Hutch could play instead

What did his agent say about that cold then?