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Indeed, they'd be in Bundesliga etc. for the most part and thats fine, but there's a lot of nations in Europe with that kind of quality. Far more than in Irelands latest "glory days" some 20 years ago. Things look ok for the future with the quality of the league improving steadily and a handful...

I think they have a really bad team and if they were located next to.. Hungary or something, they'd have very few if any players in the PL. England and Greece are way too good for them and I suspect they'll struggle to beat Finland as well.

I really don't see the issues with him going and getting 40 minutes of football, regardless of how good or bad he was (its certainly hard to measure the quality of a non-match fit player playing in a League One team against Championship teams). Its a lot better if he makes his first half of...

Regardless what the club might have thought or felt, Ireland are allowed to call him up, thats how it works. Didn't see their game yesterday but anyone judging the first sub appearance (8 minutes, 2 touches on the ball) need to look in the mirror and ask themselves if they are reasonable people.

Because, clearly, we're very intelligent around here.

According to the stats, he made a pass in the 82nd minute and found his team mate with it it. He also failed to control a long pass in the 89th minute and lost the ball. And thats all. Think we should all accept these eight minutes of football as the ultimate answer to all our questions, put...

Yeah its not the easiest player. RDZ started last season with him as target player until Lewis Cook ate him alive in the first half home against Bournemouth. From that game, the first pass from the defenders upwards never went to Ferguson, he was just supposed sit around the penalty box waiting...

Probably not making more than 45 minutes in a game where they're likely to have 2 or 3 shots on target. Bad odds.

How does Evan Ferguson function in a team where the central striker is supposed to make runs from a midfield position and get it while moving, rather than station up somewhere in the penalty box and wait for a cross or pass? Will be interesting to see. Danny Welbeck is a very good runner...

Is it though? They don't seem to be very good at it. Few years ago they went to Spain on a short trip in January and February and there was a video where they appeared to be inhaling fun stuff from balloons. Soon turned out that someone had reversed the video and they were actually blowing the...

Ye nothing says "intellectual" like avoiding all sports science ever produced. "I watch scout players on Youtube", "don't really give a shit about set pieces", "don't know how to periodise training"... I've heard the rumour about Evan Ferguson and glandular fever all of last season. It makes...

...and to expand on this... John Haddad is known inside football (and he's had some media publicity as well IIRC) as someone who with slightly unconventional but very high tech methods can solve complicated issues in athletes. He also helps them optimise how they run and move to prevent further...

Good. He's most likely in the hands of John "The Fix" Haddad who is a very competent man.

Given that Ferguson looked like a disconnected fridge for about five months and that all of these Albion people have seemingly been told to f*** off, there's certainly some indication that someone should have known something better.

It is very common in football.

I have a memory about him playing on injections was mentioned somewhere when he was ruled out for the rest of the season, but can't find it so maybe its my mind ghost. Mr Archivist might know. @AZ Gull ?

I'd like to think that every single element at the club that played a part in allowing Evan Ferguson to play on pain killer injections (at a point where the season was pretty dead) have left the club.