3 days Ago
His debut didn’t end with the dream finish he’d envisaged but Evan Ferguson is confident that his game will benefit from a “fresh start” and life on loan to West Ham. Ferguson was reunited with former Brighton boss Graham Potter as he played his first game for the Hammers since he sealed a loan move, coming off the bench for the second half but the game at home to Brentford ended in a 1-0 defeat. "I feel all right, to be fair.
I think it's good that I'm in a new place, a new environment and sort of having that fresh start,” Ferguson said. “It's been good to work with him [Graham Potter] again. I obviously know him well from his time at Brighton, but he's come in and has new ideas, so it's been a positive start, and I feel I've settled in well.
It's been all I could've asked for, and now it's time to let my football do the talking. “For me personally, it was good to get back out there and make my debut for the club, but I think as the game goes, we all know as a squad and as a unit that it needs to be better,” he added. “I think after the first half, we knew it was probably hard to get worse than it was, so as a substitute, you want to come on and make an impact, and I think the three lads that came on, we gave the team a lift.
If you are going to lose a game, you lose it by playing like we did in the second half. “It was tough work, but I think I've played against teams like that before, and I knew what to expect and was well prepared as we had worked on it during the week.” Another London derby is on the cards as United’s next fixture is against Arsenal.
“We’re looking forward to it. They [Arsenal] are a big team, and they're flying at the moment, but hopefully we can get a result,” said the Meath native.
