Jeremy Monga

[st albans fox]

1 minute ago, turkish14 said:

He looked proper gutted at the final whistle, unsure what to read into that 

He had a chance to win it and also missed a pass to vards

thats probs why 

[splinterdream]

1 minute ago, turkish14 said:

He looked proper gutted at the final whistle, unsure what to read into that 

He had that shot saved, that's probably what it was

[cropstonfox]

Forest relegation fodder next year

 

 

[LCFCJohn]

3 minutes ago, turkish14 said:

He looked proper gutted at the final whistle, unsure what to read into that 

Probably because he had a couple of chances to win it and in his youthful excitement, was disappointed not to have.

[waddadamadda]

2 minutes ago, cropstonfox said:

Forest relegation fodder next year

 

 

I said the same. I reckon they’ll struggle a fair bit. 

[Lesta2014]

Give us a full year in championship please at least 

[Guest Bilo]

14 minutes ago, waddadamadda said:

I said the same. I reckon they’ll struggle a fair bit. 

They'll lose at least one big player, won't be able to build the squad depth they need due to PSR or adequately replace said big name player and it's hard to see how the manager-chairman relationship ever fully recovers from what happened at the end.

 

They will probably lose Gibbs-White, and a lot of their energy in midfield with him, possibly one of their big two at the back and be forced to choose between either replacing one of them with a big name of equivalent quality(hard to do with PSR restrictions and no UCL football) or do what they did in 22-23 and bring in a bus load of pony for depth. 

 

Slow start, do OK against the dross in either the UEL or UECL but come up short against the bigger beasts and NES is under pressure by January with them languishing in the bottom half and/or out of Europe. 

[Hamilton Fox]

29 minutes ago, Bilo said:

Monga's potential is ludicrous. To be doing what he's doing when he's barely started his GCSEs is incredible. 

 

If we can ease him in next season, who knows? He might just be a precocious talent everyone's talking about in a couple of years. 

And this is why he will be at a top club, they will all be offering him the world and we’ll be offering him the championship 

[JimJams]

Mav, Monga, Fatawu behind Evans...

 

Job done.

Edited 11 May 2025 by JimJams

[filbertway]

26 minutes ago, turkish14 said:

He looked proper gutted at the final whistle, unsure what to read into that 

Probably cus he missed a fairly simple chance that would likely have been the winner. 

[FrankieADZ]

1 hour ago, JimJams said:

Mav, Monga, Fatawu behind Evans...

 

Job done.

dont give me hope, that front 4 would be something special i reckon

 

just hope Monga signs a deal here, 

[dmayne7]

1 hour ago, splinterdream said:

I have a family link to someone who used to coach our U16's, and he told me that when we tried to keep Trey, we offered him a decent contract, but what sold Liverpool to him, was the path they laid out in his development to the first team. Hopefully we've learned our lesson.

Sounds so illogical doesn't it, but sadly it isn't. The pathway to a make a handful of appearances for us is far more obscure than it is at a Man City/Liverpool etc. Hopefully all this game time for Monga is paving the way.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

I think he'll be gutted he didn't score that.

[filbertway]

58 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

I think he'll be gutted he didn't score that.

Absolutely, he over thought it and played it safe. I imagine if he was more confident he laces that either side of the keeper.

 

Well I hope so anyway

 

[TheFiveTime]

the footballing iq, the skills, the confidence, the control. Really is a gem and hope we see more of him next season

[AjcW]

11 hours ago, filbertway said:

Absolutely, he over thought it and played it safe. I imagine if he was more confident he laces that either side of the keeper.

 

Well I hope so anyway

 

I know it's because we have nothing to play for, but part of me just thought "yeah fair ****ing play" for trying to lob the keeper at 15 years of age in front of a massive crowd in a local derby  

[Chelmofox]

In a parallel universe, that shot goes in and he became the youngest PL scorer in history. Now that would have been a good episode of Sliders. 

[filbertway]

11 minutes ago, AjcW said:

I know it's because we have nothing to play for, but part of me just thought "yeah fair ****ing play" for trying to lob the keeper at 15 years of age in front of a massive crowd in a local derby  

I think crediting with an attempt to lob is pushing it a bit to be fair mate

 

I think he's focused so much on hitting the target that he's just mishit an incredibly tame side footed shot. That being said, if he had spawned one over the keeper and it landed in the back of the net it would have been glorious haha. Even now when I watch it back and just expecting him to hit a crisp shot into either corner

 

If that curling effort a few minutes before had have gone in though he'd be getting compared to Yamal and have about 50 clubs contacting his family this week haha.

Edited 12 May 2025 by filbertway

[AKCJ]

I thought he looked electric. On another day, maybe with a few more first team opportunities under his belt, he scores that chance at the end.

 

I was worried he would buckle and didn't think bringing him on was the right move because he's 15 and they were very aggressive in their challenges in what was a hostile atmosphere at 2-1 but he looked at home and Neco Williams (admittedly a fairly average fullback) couldn't get near him.

 

I really thought that Sels didn't get enough on that save to palm it round the post, I really thought it was doing to drop into the net.

 

Ah well, he has to start next week IMO. I thought Ayew and McAteer did well enough but we should go after Ipswich.

[AKCJ]

3 minutes ago, filbertway said:

I think crediting with an attempt to lob is pushing it a bit to be fair mate

 

I think he's focused so much on hitting the target that he's just mishit an incredibly tame side footed shot. That being said, if he had spawned one over the keeper and it landed in the back of the net it would have been glorious haha. Even now when I watch it back and just expecting him to hit a crisp shot into either corner

 

If that curling effort a few minutes before had have gone in though he'd be getting compared to Yamal and have about 50 clubs contacting his family this week haha.

Yep. Likely good for us that he didn't score that haha. He'd have gone to Man City for a £2m compensation.

 

Really hope we can keep him because he could be our ticket our of PSR issues. Let alone being able to watch him rinse the Npower.

Edited 12 May 2025 by AKCJ

[ClaphamFox]

6 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Yep. Likely good for us that he didn't score that haha. He'd have gone to Man City for a £2m compensation.

 

Really hope we can keep him because he could be our ticket our of PSR issues. Let alone being able to watch him rinse the Npower.

There have been one or two posters on here claiming that Monga to Man City was a 'done deal' months ago and that anybody hoping he might stay was deluded. RVN's comments yesterday would appear to suggest otherwise, but I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.

[AKCJ]

1 minute ago, ClaphamFox said:

There have been one or two posters on here claiming that Monga to Man City was a 'done deal' months ago and that anybody hoping he might stay was deluded. RVN's comments yesterday would appear to suggest otherwise, but I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.

It might be done or it might not be. I don't really see what we gain from playing him if it's a done deal though. Ruud continuing to play him in the league suggests that he's got a future here (as it stands).

[st albans fox]

Done some reading and seems that players can be offered a scholarship contract for 3 years which delivers a salary once they turn 17.  So whilst you can’t pay them much at 16, you could make that scholarship contract pay 40k/ week beyond 17 y o which effectively means the kid is paid 30k/week for the three years.  Once he’s 17, that contract could be renegotiated upwards if necessary. 
 

no doubt this is what other clubs will be approaching him with. 

[LCFCJohn]

8 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

It might be done or it might not be. I don't really see what we gain from playing him if it's a done deal though. Ruud continuing to play him in the league suggests that he's got a future here (as it stands).

Yes, playing him and comments he made about contracts yesterday would suggest it is not already a done deal. Not to say it won’t be but currently doesn’t appear so.

[filbertway]

6 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Done some reading and seems that players can be offered a scholarship contract for 3 years which delivers a salary once they turn 17.  So whilst you can’t pay them much at 16, you could make that scholarship contract pay 40k/ week beyond 17 y o which effectively means the kid is paid 30k/week for the three years.  Once he’s 17, that contract could be renegotiated upwards if necessary. 
 

no doubt this is what other clubs will be approaching him with. 

You got a link to that, would be interested to read that because every source I've tried has said that a professional deal can't be agreed until the player turns 17.