Jeremy Monga

[PhillippaT]

6 minutes ago, ALC Fox said:

Genuinely if he, Evans and the other really talented youngsters he's been giving bench time and minutes to stay and become genuine options for us over the next few seasons, that could be bigger than surviving the drop would have been this season and could set us up for future success and get our finances back on track either by selling a few of these lads for big sums down the line or if they stay here and propel us towards our next period of success.

 

Maybe that could be RVN's legacy at this club.

Don't do that.. Don't give me hope  

[An Away Move]

18 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Any source which proves your point? 

Look at the clubs socials before he signed his new contract. Being sent out to lift The Championship trophy. On the open top bus. Made to feel an important part of next (last season). As soon as that contract was signed Ayew, Cordova-Reid and Bilal brought in and not a sniff. He was being courted. Just like Monga is being courted now. 

Edited 5 May 2025 by An Away Move

[coolhandfox]

9 minutes ago, An Away Move said:

Look at the clubs socials before he signed his new contract. Being sent out to lift The Championship trophy. On the open top bus. Made to feel an important part of next (last season). As soon as that contract was signed Ayew, Cordova-Reid and Bilal brought in and not a sniff. He was being courted. Just like Monga is being courted now. 

So you are just guessing and making stuff up.

 

[Chelmofox]

7 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

So you are just guessing and making stuff up.

 

Works for me 🤪

[stevostadium]

On 04/05/2025 at 15:18, Ric Flair said:

Can't believe I forgot about Abdul, if he also stays we have so many options. Ayew and BDCR need to be moved on to ensure we give proper gametime to Alves, Evans and Monga.

Totally agree with you Ric, but can you really see anyone taking on DVD Recorder (BDCR)  or Ayew?

No prem league will touch them and they be on serious cash so they going nowhere.

Actually think Ayew could help these young uns in there development.

 

Again it all depends on whose in charge come start of season

[Finn Claw II]

Ayew at least is an option up top where we have no depth.  BDR is just surplus to requirements and was when we signed him.

[LVFox]

19 minutes ago, stevostadium said:

Totally agree with you Ric, but can you really see anyone taking on DVD Recorder (BDCR)  or Ayew?

No prem league will touch them and they be on serious cash so they going nowhere.

Actually think Ayew could help these young uns in there development.

 

Again it all depends on whose in charge come start of season

This is the worst nickname I've ever seen on here, and it's a low bar

[Ric Flair]

22 minutes ago, stevostadium said:

Totally agree with you Ric, but can you really see anyone taking on DVD Recorder (BDCR)  or Ayew?

No prem league will touch them and they be on serious cash so they going nowhere.

Actually think Ayew could help these young uns in there development.

 

Again it all depends on whose in charge come start of season

I do think a naive PL side comes in for Ayew with just 12 months left of his deal. Reid has MLS interest but can well see us being lumbered.

[PhillippaT]

23 minutes ago, stevostadium said:

Totally agree with you Ric, but can you really see anyone taking on DVD Recorder (BDCR)  or Ayew?

No prem league will touch them and they be on serious cash so they going nowhere.

Actually think Ayew could help these young uns in there development.

 

Again it all depends on whose in charge come start of season

Surely he's a Blu-ray DisC Recorder, instead  /s

Edited 5 May 2025 by PhillippaT

[An Away Move]

52 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

So you are just guessing and making stuff up.

 

Weird take. 

[Phil Mitchell]

Last time I saw a young lad with such promise, my Ben started biting pillows. It’s the hope that kills you. Phil

[LCFCJohn]

1 hour ago, stevostadium said:

Totally agree with you Ric, but can you really see anyone taking on DVD Recorder (BDCR)  or Ayew?

No prem league will touch them and they be on serious cash so they going nowhere.

Actually think Ayew could help these young uns in there development.

 

Again it all depends on whose in charge come start of season

At least BDR has no book value. Perhaps Bristol City if they go up would bring him home!

[murphy]

1 hour ago, LVFox said:

This is the worst nickname I've ever seen on here, and it's a low bar

Little Cabbage is worse (kapusta), Vesty is worse, but nothing beats the horror of grown men referring to Castagne as  Timmy Chestnuts. 

[JimJams]

24 minutes ago, murphy said:

Little Cabbage is worse (kapusta), Vesty is worse, but nothing beats the horror of grown men referring to Castagne as  Timmy Chestnuts. 

I don't think Vesty is worse.  It's just the quickest way to shorten his name without activating the swear filter.

[murphy]

1 hour ago, JimJams said:

I don't think Vesty is worse.  It's just the quickest way to shorten his name without activating the swear filter.

'Vesty' sounds to me like an affectionate pet name, a term of endearment that he hasn't earned.  I will stick to the long version. 

[Bluearmyfox28]

7 hours ago, LCFCJohn said:

If he stays and wants to be a number 10, that’s great as we do seem more stocked in the wider areas.

 

R - Fatawu / Evans

C - Bilal / Monga

L - Mavididi / Alves

 

Obviously there are questions over the futures of Monga, Evans and Bilal but imagine that 6 as our options!

If he’s not sold McAteer thrown in the mix too.

[Finnegan]

I think I'm turning in to Ric. 

 

I literally had a dream last night where Evans and Monga had signed contracts. 

 

[slymunn]

15 hours ago, murphy said:

Little Cabbage is worse (kapusta), Vesty is worse, but nothing beats the horror of grown men referring to Castagne as  Timmy Chestnuts. 

Little cabbage is the translation of Kapusta, so is Castagne to Chestnuts. As much as I didn't like them its correct as a name/nickname.

 

At least we haven't had 'Ralph Rabbit Hutch' as manager yet 

[Finnegan]

15 hours ago, murphy said:

Little Cabbage is worse (kapusta), Vesty is worse, but nothing beats the horror of grown men referring to Castagne as  Timmy Chestnuts. 

 

Timmy Chestnuts was absolute horrendous cringe. 

 

Vesty is just shortening a fairly long surname, particularly if you're typing on a phone. I don't particularly have any issue with that. 

 

The Leicester dialect is spectacularly lazy, so everything generally gets shortened to hell (hence chissits.)

 

[murphy]

9 hours ago, slymunn said:

Little cabbage is the translation of Kapusta, so is Castagne to Chestnuts. As much as I didn't like them its correct as a name/nickname.

 

At least we haven't had 'Ralph Rabbit Hutch' as manager yet 

I know that Castagne translates as chestnuts, that doesn't make it right or proper.  You don't translate people's names, particularly if it becomes so mawkish that it makes your teeth itch.

 

[ACF]

Timmy Chestnuts was like his New York Mob name

 

“Leave the gun, take the chestnuts”

 

[davieG]

https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ruud-van-nistelrooy-issues-jeremy-10161657

 

Ruud van Nistelrooy issues Jeremy Monga reminder amid calls for Leicester City starlet to start
The 15-year-old has now played four Premier League matches in what has been an astonishingly quick rise for a player who still has to bring his school uniform to training

Sport
ByJordan Blackwell

Jeremy Monga’s confidence is growing but Leicester City manager Ruud van Nistelrooy is keen to stress he’s still just a schoolkid who needs time to process his astonishingly quick rise to the Premier League.

Fifteen-year-old Monga has now played four senior matches for City, his 20 minutes as a substitute against Southampton marking his longest outing yet.

Van Nistelrooy says those minutes are “vital” for his development, but it’s not enough for some fans who want to see Monga, as a potential superstar of the future, in the starting 11.

But van Nistelrooy, who promoted Monga to the first team after scrapping his initial plan to protect him until next season, is bearing in mind how overwhelming the situation may be for such a young player.

“I agree that he looked more confident,” van Nistelrooy said, assessing Monga’s appearance against Southampton. “He took on a couple of players, he got himself out of tight situations, he was defending, as well, with the full-back.

“Of course, he’s a 15-year-old kid who is preparing his GCSEs, showing up for training with his school uniform and his tie.

“Can you imagine what that does if you’re in the Premier League? Can you imagine how you have to process that at such a young age?

“It's his fourth appearance and those appearances help him to settle. The experienced players help him a lot. Those are vital minutes for him and his development.”

Monga became the second-youngest player in Premier League history when he made his debut last month, behind only Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri.

However, Nwaneri did not play again until he was 16, and so Monga is forging a new path for young talents in the Premier League.

His ability has attracted widespread interest with Manchester City understood to be favourites to sign Monga should he leave Leicester. But he can’t sign a professional contract anywhere until he turns 17 in July 2026.

He’s not the only young talent coming through at City. Sixteen-year-old forward Jake Evans made his home debut against the Saints.

Van Nistelrooy added: “Jake’s minutes were another step for him to get used to the level and the stadium. He did a practice interview after the game, so we’re preparing them in all ways possible.”

[BKLFox]

@davieG

We all know that he is still in school but this has certainly got lost within this forum, the mental pressure & sheer explosion within his headspace must be crippling to a seasoned pro in any walk of life let alone being 15 & playing in the premier league
 

“Of course, he’s a 15-year-old kid who is preparing his GCSEs, showing up for training with his school uniform and his tie.

“Can you imagine what that does if you’re in the Premier League? Can you imagine how you have to process that at such a young age?

[Chelmofox]

35 minutes ago, BKLFox said:

@davieG

We all know that he is still in school but this has certainly got lost within this forum, the mental pressure & sheer explosion within his headspace must be crippling to a seasoned pro in any walk of life let alone being 15 & playing in the premier league
 

“Of course, he’s a 15-year-old kid who is preparing his GCSEs, showing up for training with his school uniform and his tie.

“Can you imagine what that does if you’re in the Premier League? Can you imagine how you have to process that at such a young age?

Right now - he's probably on cloud 9 and has bundles of energy and thinks he can do everything. 

 

Its the effect this will have on him later on that i worry about. Sometimes pressure and stress get to you later. Furthermore, when he has his first bad game or a moment that actually cost us something. The camoes so far haven't had anything riding on them, which is why you ease them in.

[Noahfence]

It’s probably the best time to actually expose him to Premier League football. All our games are dead rubbers. Gets him used to the game day environment without the pressure of it being an important game