Republic of Ireland General Discussion Thread 2026

Petty man but he did give us sum good days

I do wonder what Gasperini's are referring to regarding fitness and training. Is it the reoccurring injury, or lack of effort? I find it hard to think it could be the latter.

why would a move to Celtic kill his career?

Surely a wind up? They're 8 points behind in what has been a 1 horse league to a club with 25% of their wage bill with a 73 year old caretaker boss who hasn't worked in 6 years. Even the most hardcore of Celtic fans must know it would be a crap move for Evan Ferguson.

Ya but he shouldn't go to a fluffer team which is what Celtic are at the minute. Struggling in the second tier European competition and struggling in the SPL. Even if he goes there, scores 20 goals, so what? Idah did it. Kyogo did it. Both are Championship players now.

Roma are below Celtic in the league phase of that second tier European competition. Why you think that matters or why he shouldn’t be there because of Celtic struggling but in the qualifying positions I haven’t a clue.

You thinking scoring 10 goals for Celtic from January on wouldn’t matter….i think that would be fantastic personally and how people try to think it wouldn’t I don’t know.

This surely has to be a wind up account but sure look I'll bite. A point, they're a point ahead of Roma and they're both -1 GD. Celtic would be a bad move same as Roma is turning out to be. Yes I absolutely believe scoring 10 goals for Celtic scored in places like Paisley and Livingston from January would not matter one jot to Fergusons career or prospects of a better move. I've already covered why with 2 clear examples.

if his next move is to the championship and he only scores 2/3 goals then his confidence would be shot, ditto the eredivisen.

your point is applicable no matter which second rate league he goes to so your point is kind of pointless with respect

A move to Celtic would be a no brainer. He SHOULD be able to score in Scotland and wont have fierce competition to have a starting role at Celtic.

If he could string 15 - 20 appearances together and score maybe 8 - 10 goals it'd be a major boost to him.

What would that prove? He's a championship level player like Kyogo and Idah? Or worse he doesn't score enough and the Paradise brigade turn on him. They've currently got the knives out for Johnny Kenny. His career would be in tatters. I see what the Portuguese league in particular does for young players and surely it's somewhere Ferguson should be looking to. Gyokores would have found it much harder had he stayed in England playing 46 league game a year with Coventry and Samu was shown the door at Atleti and he's currently lighting up for Porto, capped for Spain and interest from big clubs like Chelsea.

The right move is so important to a players career and after West Ham and now Roma, Celtic would be the final nail in the coffin. Tierney is probably the last young player they nurtured and that must be a decade ago.

many irish players seem to have found their level at Preston North End over the years