JimJams

Free agent this summer.

He might have a Lampard like resurgence!

Leeds were interested in December...

I'd be surprised at that, but I'd be all for it cos West Ham pay up.

You say that, but are we better than Leuven? Cos if we're not then there's no point testing players there...

Not Premier League but Dele Alli made his debut for Como earlier, almost 2 full years since his last appearance. He came off the bench and within 10 minutes was sent off...

Was just coming here to post this!

You watch a lot of Parma then do you?

He's shit. He's always been shit. Did ok for Bologna in a comparably piss easy league as a wing back. And did so OK that they didn't want to by him even with a CL qualification windfall.

Well if you want to see a Leicester player score a goal, watching Cardiff might be your best bet.

We've offered next to fxxk all at the other end of the pitch all game, so who's arsed?

I'd rather look abroad for ones we can more likely make permanent if we go up. Prem clubs either take them back and so you're having to replace them to get back to square one or they're charging you a ridiculous premium.

Hamza being used as a DM and RB a fair bit. Getting the minutes in. Hopefully Wilder wants to keep him on as a utility man.

Comedy is all about.... Erm...

Nobody's conceded yet, so it's nothing like watching one of our matches.

Fair enough. The reason the comparisons are with Man City is because they are (one of) the clubs we are having to compete with to keep the player. If it was a Palace, West Ham, it might not be as much of an issue.

Ok, but that's not relevant to the player. "We were shit at something 20 years ago, in the last 10 years we got better" It's not exactly selling it. If it's Man City we're up against they've recently brought through Foden, Bobb, McAtee and Lewis as first team players. Not to mention the swathes of players they sold or loaned out to other good clubs. It might be interesting, but again, not largely relevant. We're not going to lose him to a premier league club of our size.

You think that's going to be relevant when convincing a player that wasn't even born in the beginning of that timeframe?

And donkeys at the back...

Yeah when they got rid of Martin.

I should imagine to a degree a lot of the sorts of clauses many of us have mentioned would actually be illegal as you're restricting the freedom of movement to somebody who isn't even old enough to sign a contract. I think you're just going to have to accept that this is how it goes. And Mongas career trajectory, should he leave us, will be incredibly important to the future of our academy. If Nyoni nad Monga establish themselves at the top end of the game, they'll solidify the idea of moving to the elite clubs at a young age as being the best course of action. If they do fxxk all and fade into obscurity whilst we keep, develop and bring through other young players like Evans into the side, then it'll make a case for players to stick with us. We need consistent examples of players that can break into the team and make names for themselves, equally we'll lose a few who will go on to bigger and better or go into obscurity, but at present the examples of young players, under 21, are scant.

No but he got a move to Chelsea off the back of being a highly rated prospect at Man City. Like Sancho to Dortmund. I think when you get the chance to move to one of the bigger clubs you generally just take it. Then you''re moving in those circles even if you don't play for them.

We are pissing this...

Monga replacement?

Well we'll still have a chance I suppose. But it'd mean offering him more than Citeh will be offering plus first team assurances. Bit much for a 15 year old innit?