Michael Walker: Evan Ferguson is a natural who has us all drawing breathy comparisons via IrishTimesSport
No, this was the return to club action of World Cup-winner Alexis Mac Allister, and his two goals as a second-half substitute rather dominated attention. Ferguson’s effort ended after 64 minutes, when he was replaced by Danny Welbeck, noteworthy in itself. The score was 3-1; the contest was over.
You found your tongue running away with itself, forming words such as ‘certainty’; you became conscious of the need to employ restraint; automatically you reached for comparisons and names flowed in.Three days later you’re on the phone checking with an experienced former Premier League manager about what you have seen. He, too, was at Middlesbrough and at Everton; he, too, was so impressed he made breathy comparisons.
Long and others knew that in Ferguson’s case, age is just a number. His selection has been validated. This is a serious coach at a serious football club and if columns like this tip-toe too far, too soon, it is good to know Ferguson is in an environment overseen by the appropriately-named Brighton owner-chairman Tony Bloom.
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