[Albion] Evan Ferguson

[dejavuatbtn]

reminds me of a young Shearer

I saw a very young Shearer (17) play against our youth team at Lancing college. If you had seen him that day you wouldn’t have posted. A hat trick and nobody got near him. I think he had already scored a hat trick for their first team by then. He was just miles ahead.
Ferguson is pretty good though.

 

[Pevenseagull]

Am I the only one who thinks people are getting carried away here?

Some of us, quite possibly.
I got excited when we signed Lawrence Davies.
And even more excited when we signed Cherif Diallo.
And nearly got a shirt with Bergkamp on it.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

-Carry on my wayward son-

Carry on Ev Ferguson
Goal machine from Bohemians
We know he's better than the rest
We know he will score

 

[Nialler]

Jamie Mullins to Brighton from the same academy as Evan. Also the same schoolboy club. Lovely midfielder and loves a goal.
Thought he was off to Chelsea all along. Another good pickup. Would have had Zefi too if not for Brexit. Brighton are not missing a trick over here.

 

[The Fits]

Watch that absolute thuggary on (I think) Guaye when Mitoma was down. This chap isn't a normal 18 year old.

 

[Garry Nelson's Left Foot]

I like his interviews. He's such a big unit and talks with such classic down to earth Irish common sense/understatement that you can easily mistake him for a 28 year old prop forward but then he breaks into a boyish grin and reminds you that actually if he wasn't ace at football he'd probably still be at school studying for his A levels(or whatever the Irish equivalent is).

What a prospect he is shaping up to be, if he gets close to fulfilling this early promise he'll be a fantastic player.

It was also nice to see Moran make his premier league debut. At one point or another in the game we had four teens on the pitch, three players who came through the academy, two local players, six players 21 or under, 7 players 22 or under and a world cup winner. And a failed Gross turn.

 

[banjo]

 

[faoileán]

Evan Ferguson looks the real deal to me, the player we've been wanting to sign for the last 5 seasons

 

[rool]

I like his interviews. He's such a big unit and talks with such classic down to earth Irish common sense/understatement that you can easily mistake him for a 28 year old prop forward but then he breaks into a boyish grin and reminds you that actually if he wasn't ace at football he'd probably still be at school studying for his A levels(or whatever the Irish equivalent is).

What a prospect he is shaping up to be, if he gets close to fulfilling this early promise he'll be a fantastic player.

It was also nice to see Moran make his premier league debut. At one point or another in the game we had four teens on the pitch, three players who came through the academy, two local players, six players 21 or under, 7 players 22 or under and a world cup winner. And a failed Gross turn.

Talks very well and doesn't use 'you know' after every sentence like many footballers.

 

[fly high]

Pascal Gross was able to out sprint Everton's lumbering centre backs last night (I can't quite believe I just wrote that).

It was an amazing sight

 

[Bold Seagull]

Am I the only one who thinks people are getting carried away here? He looks a good player but so did Connolly, and there is an argument to say we ruined him by keeping him in the Premier League when he wasn't ready for it. I'd get Ferguson out on loan to a Championship, or even League One club for the rest of the season. Get him banging in the goals and continuing to learn away from the pressure of the Premier League. We gambled on Connolly because we hoped he might be the answer to our goalscoring problems, and it didn't pay off. We don't have those problems now (despite what the SING A STRIKER brigade think), we are the 5th top scorers in the league.

We need to play the long game with this lad, like we do on everything else.

I would suggest you don't base any of your strategic thinking on Aaron Connolly.

You are basically saying we can never get excited about a young player because of what happened to 1 young player, and we base all future development plans for young players on what happened to 1 young player.

Ferguson's development and progress needs to be structured and managed for Ferguson, not on what happened to other players. If he is ready, the manager feels he is ready, then get him in the side.

Should Dortmond and England not be playing Jude Bellingham?

 

[dejavuatbtn]

It was an amazing sight

A Gross turn of speed! Who’d have thunk it?

 

[dazzer6666]

Am I the only one who thinks people are getting carried away here? He looks a good player but so did Connolly, and there is an argument to say we ruined him by keeping him in the Premier League when he wasn't ready for it. I'd get Ferguson out on loan to a Championship, or even League One club for the rest of the season. Get him banging in the goals and continuing to learn away from the pressure of the Premier League. We gambled on Connolly because we hoped he might be the answer to our goalscoring problems, and it didn't pay off. We don't have those problems now (despite what the SING A STRIKER brigade think), we are the 5th top scorers in the league.

We need to play the long game with this lad, like we do on everything else.

Guess we can’t unless we recruit (and DeZ has esse said this already) - only got Welbeck and Fergie if we want to play a beast up top.

 

[raymondo]

I like his interviews. He's such a big unit and talks with such classic down to earth Irish common sense/understatement that you can easily mistake him for a 28 year old prop forward but then he breaks into a boyish grin and reminds you that actually if he wasn't ace at football he'd probably still be at school studying for his A levels(or whatever the Irish equivalent is).

What a prospect he is shaping up to be, if he gets close to fulfilling this early promise he'll be a fantastic player.

It was also nice to see Moran make his premier league debut. At one point or another in the game we had four teens on the pitch, three players who came through the academy, two local players, six players 21 or under, 7 players 22 or under and a world cup winner. And a failed Gross turn.

Adding up that lot we had 23 players on the pitch...no wonder we scored 4

 

[Clive Walker]

Think people are getting very carried away on here.

 

[Zeberdi]

Jamie Mullins to Brighton from the same academy as Evan. Also the same schoolboy club. Lovely midfielder and loves a goal.
Thought he was off to Chelsea all along. Another good pickup. Would have had Zefi too if not for Brexit. Brighton are not missing a trick over here.

It was a shame the way John Morling left BHA but I’m pretty sure having returned to the FIA as a senior football consultant, he is the one that has continued to be the catalyst in channeling some of these top Irish academy/U21 players to Brighton - yet another testimony to the Club’s longterm strategy when it comes to cross age youth development and the commitment to international scouting and recruitment.

- dug up an old piece in the Irish Sun (when Morling was still at Brighton) which puts the Mullins catch into perspective

Brighton academy's John Morling on different approaches for Irish youngsters

JOHN MORLING describes Brighton’s development plan by referencing the different approach for two Irish players — Evan Ferguson and Andy Moran. The Seagulls academy director said: “You’d never think…

www.thesun.ie

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

Not sure if it’s been mentioned already, but check out the lads movement for Sollys goal. I think we should be cautiously excited. The young irishman is a proper centre forward.

 

[HalfaSeatOn]

I liked when he scored his first ever EPL goal, a momentous occasion and he just focused on getting the ball back to the centre spot. Said a lot about him.

 

[dazzer6666]

Think people are getting very carried away on here.

Luckily they’re always balanced by those seeking to cast a bit of doubt, caution or gloom over literally anything connected with the club

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

four teens on the pitch, three players who came through the academy, two local players, six players 21 or under, 7 players 22 or under and a world cup winner. And a failed Gross turn.

It needs a bit of work if it's going to rival the 12 days of Christmas but its a good start.