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

[darkwolf666]

It’s very odd, you don’t just “lose it” unless you have gone off the rails or have medical/psychological problems do you? He played enough PL games to show that he is a talented football and comfortable at this level unlike Aaron who only shone in a couple of first team games.

I think I read that he’d had glandular fever which can take ages to recover from fatigue?

Every time I have seen him play since injury he looks like he has lost energy. He looks to me as though he is not stretching himself which was a big part of his game when he came on the scene.

Is it possible that he still has fatigue a year on from glandular fever? I find it hard to believe that he is just going through the motions for Ireland, the Albion and WHU. If it was just us I could believe that maybe it’s just that he has become a misfit here, but it’s for three different teams.

As I said, it really is an odd one

The common consensus appears to be that fatigue from glandular fever can take up to 6 months to recover from, which would appear to be out of Evan's timeframe. Having said that, everyone is different and recovery from illnesses vary from person to person - hence Long Covid sufferers!

 

[Silverhatch]

Absolutely flying then badly crocked. All conjecture regarding other physical conditions. He has a good family and a dad in football. He needs all the support he can get.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Is Evan's glandular fever an actual thing? NSC whipped up the same homespun yarn about James Wilson when he was here. In fact it might have been me that did it

 

[abc]

The common consensus appears to be that fatigue from glandular fever can take up to 6 months to recover from, which would appear to be out of Evan's timeframe. Having said that, everyone is different and recovery from illnesses vary from person to person - hence Long Covid sufferers!

Took me two years when I was a teenager before I could get back to proper sport and that was just at schoolboy fitness level

 

[darkwolf666]

Took me two years when I was a teenager before I could get back to proper sport and that was just at schoolboy fitness level

Yep, as said, everyone is different.

My wife still suffers from brain fog from chemotherapy, which the experts say should clear up after a few months - she finished it 3 years ago!

 

[The Mole]

The common consensus appears to be that fatigue from glandular fever can take up to 6 months to recover from, which would appear to be out of Evan's timeframe. Having said that, everyone is different and recovery from illnesses vary from person to person - hence Long Covid sufferers!

I remember my sister being ill for almost a year with glandular fever. An athlete would take even longer to get back to peak fitness. I imagine his confidence has also taken a big knock if he has had a long term illness. If that is the case, we know there is so much potential That we may need a little more patience

 

[Sarisbury Seagull]

It’s very odd, you don’t just “lose it” unless you have gone off the rails or have medical/psychological problems do you? He played enough PL games to show that he is a talented football and comfortable at this level unlike Aaron who only shone in a couple of first team games.

I think I read that he’d had glandular fever which can take ages to recover from fatigue?

Every time I have seen him play since injury he looks like he has lost energy. He looks to me as though he is not stretching himself which was a big part of his game when he came on the scene.

Is it possible that he still has fatigue a year on from glandular fever? I find it hard to believe that he is just going through the motions for Ireland, the Albion and WHU. If it was just us I could believe that maybe it’s just that he has become a misfit here, but it’s for three different teams and managers.

As I said, it really is an odd one

It has never been confirmed that Ferguson had glandular fever. It is something someone said on here and lots of posters have run with it as if it is fact to fit a narrative.

Looking at the broader picture, it just shows how easy it is to spread misinformation online!

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Yes. They were dogshit.
He has inherited a crap squad and a wankerish recruitment team.
How did he manage to do so well with us?
Hang on.....

Not that crap a squad on paper…. (And better than ours when he joined I would suggest)
Just on the pitch…. (Though apparently not versus Arsenal)

I get your point, but it will take any manager a summer and then some to sort things into their style.

 

[Han Solo]

Is Evan's glandular fever an actual thing? NSC whipped up the same homespun yarn about James Wilson when he was here. In fact it might have been me that did it

The idea that he had glandular fever was invented on NSC:

Ferguson 5

Top quality finish, otherwise still work in progress. My suspicion based on nothing is that he may have had Glandular fever, rather than Covid.​

However, people like to believe random shit random people say on the Internet so its now some sort of truth in the most suggestive minds.

 

[East Staffs Gull]

It’s almost as if Evan has developed stage fright. I’d still love him to succeed at the Albion.

 

[phoenix]

Did you watch it? He didn’t get involved at all. Bizarrely it was v West Ham in 23 that EF came on and his energy turned the game, that energy is nowhere now.

Of course i watched it . ive watched every minute he's played for West Ham (when avaliable) which isn't many. He runs into space and doesn't get the pass. I will say he doesn't seem to know what he's supposed to be doing. Thats mainly down to the manager. A team of individuals much like the club in Manchester.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Took me two years when I was a teenager before I could get back to proper sport and that was just at schoolboy fitness level

Same for my daughter in her late teens.

 

[Han Solo]

Most likely, the truth about Evan Ferguson is that he's a promising striker who should be at loan with some Championship club, like a normal 20-year-old striker.
He came into the team when everything was going our way, rode that success and scored a bunch of goals, and when the team started to struggle a bit more, the true current level of this player emerged out of the darkness.

He is no doubt a lethal finisher but he needs A LOT of help getting into those chances because his overall play just isn't great and never really was.

 

[P.C. Beard]

He'd have had a medical before joining West Ham which surely would have flagged any problems.

 

[Justice]

Did you watch it? He didn’t get involved at all. Bizarrely it was v West Ham in 23 that EF came on and his energy turned the game, that energy is nowhere now.

He busted a gut away at Arsenal only for Kudus to pass the ball behind him. Seemed to have plenty of energy then.
Albion fans are expecting way to much from the lad because Alan Shearer said he’s worth £100m once on MOTD.

 

[Hiheidi]

He came into the team when everything was going our way, rode that success and scored a bunch of goals, and when the team started to struggle a bit more, the true current level of this player emerged out of the darkness.

This actually makes the most sense! Add in the hype he got at the time from the likes of Alan Shearer, massive pressure put on him by Ireland, and then the social media focus on his drop off, can't have helped.

 

[Machiavelli]

It has never been confirmed that Ferguson had glandular fever. It is something someone said on here and lots of posters have run with it as if it is fact to fit a narrative.

Looking at the broader picture, it just shows how easy it is to spread misinformation online!

In order for it to be misinformation, you'd need to have the evidence/information that Evan categorically has not had glandular fever. So either you're wrong on this particular point or, alternatively, you can provide that evidence.

 

[El Turi]

He doesn’t get involved in the game enough. Every time I’ve seen him over the last year or so, he seems to barely touch the ball. You cant afford a passenger in your team at this level.

We should have sold him in January when we had the chance. I can’t see him going for much in the summer now.

 

[lost in london]

Classic case of someone being too good too young, and also being from a country without a massive player base. If he had developed a bit more slowly - league 1 loan, championship loan or two, then into premier league as a reserve etc we would view him very differently.

His problem is that we all see him as an international player who has banged in some Premier League goals and wonder why he isn't scoring for fun for us / West Ham now.

In reality he is a kid / young adult in the best league in the world against the best defenders in the world. Only the very most exceptional can break through in those circumstances, particularly strikers. There's a reason there are so few good ones, it's a bloody hard job. Look at Darwin Nunez - five years older and still finding his way, Chris wood - having his best ever year at 33, Kai Havertz - leading the line for Arsenal but generally regarded as not good enough etc etc.

I have no idea whether he will make it or not in the Premier League, but he needs a few more years before he is written off.

 

[Me and my Monkey]

In order for it to be misinformation, you'd need to have the evidence/information that Evan categorically has not had glandular fever. So either you're wrong on this particular point or, alternatively, you can provide that evidence.

My dog can talk. Unless you can categorically prove otherwise, then you'll have to accept it is true.