Duncan Ferguson Moving On

[Ibby]

Sad day but it was on the cards.

 

[tim gabbott]

Wish him all the best…Sad that people slating him..

 

[Cels]

Not sure exactly what Duncan Ferguson did at the club but I wish him every success for the future.

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Good luck Big Man

 

[Furey1878]

Fair play to the guy, had a job for life here, he loves the club so it would have been hard to walk away.

I think he's doing the right thing though. He's a bit late to the management game but there's no reason he can't go and make a good career for himself.

 

[Dublin blue 75]

He leaves with his head held high. However the prima Donna Chairman and charity CEO are still here. If there is a purge ongoing then it needs more focus on the principal point of failure. Who appear to remain impervious to being called to account.

 

[MrGrumpy]

@davek bet u got a hang over this morning

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

Whatever it was, it wasnt enough.

What is was, was a salary up there with the highest paid players, like Bergkamp, Shearer and Keane, despite nowhere near the return.

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

He literally won us our last trophy.

scored one goal in the whole competition, didn’t play in the semi, not selected in the final and came on when we were 1-0 up (in a game that remained 1-0 and looked far more likely to become 1-1 than it did 2-0) so, yeah spot on that.

 

[COYBL25]

@davek bet u got a hang over this morning

Doubtful, as his hard on still hasn’t gone down.

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

Sounds like you really don’t like the guy mate.

Was it you who vandalised his mural?

He polarised opinion a lot more than his die-hard fanbase realise, but they were so ingrained in the Cult of Duncan they didn't notice all those fans hugely dissatisfied with his return. While I did appreciate his impact in 94/95 (I went to his first game away to Portsmouth, Durrant also made his debut) and could understand that the crowd were crying out for a swashbuckling hero…by 96/97 many of us could no longer understand their fascination with a player so consistently underperforming and, quite frankly, only occasionally putting a decent shift in- especially with such poor results and fighting relegation 'again'.

But maybe that’s for another thread, as despite not rating him that highly as a player, I wish him well, seems a decent fella and obviously loves Everton. Who knows, he may become a decent manager, this remains to be seen.

 

[allen]

Wish him all the best…Sad that people slating him..

Agreed.

His biggest flaw is loving the club so much he didn't want to leave to further his career. But even that can't be levelled against him now, because he's just done that.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

What is was, was a salary up there with the highest paid players, like Bergkamp, Shearer and Keane, despite nowhere near the return.

How much was he paid?

 

[Stevie Nicks Bootleg]

How much was he paid?

Well, i can't remember the exact figures but when Shearer was the highest paid on around £35k per week, he was in the next group of highest paid players on around £30k+ p/w. Obviously his didn't rise that much i imagine when Keane's went up further still to £80+k p/w by around 2001, but by then Dunc even less fit than he was previously...but still being one of the highest paid players in the league.

 

[davek]

Not sure exactly what Duncan Ferguson did at the club but I wish him every success for the future.

Swung his shirt round his head and scored a couple of derby goals.

Better known for battering burglars than football.