Ben Nelson

[Chelmofox]

Guys a unit. 

[Kuredufox]

As my lad said he’s like a Rolls Royce.

[James_lcfc]

If you had to design a CB in a lab he’d come out looking like Nelson wouldn’t he.

 

 Best to start Faes instead.

[Stormfox]

On 03/08/2025 at 21:05, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Just don't play them! We've got to pay them whether they're playing or not!

Cheaper if they don't play, no match bonuses

[HarryDee8]

Must not be fit enough im guessing?

Edited 10 August 2025 by HarryDee8

[LCFCJohn]

1 minute ago, HarryDee8 said:

Must not be fit enough im guessing?

Why is he on the bench if that’s the case? Looks like he is fourth choice.

[HybridFox]

Just now, LCFCJohn said:

Why is he on the bench if that’s the case? Looks like he is fourth choice.

Took the number 4 literally

[LCFCJohn]

Feel for Nelson. Should be pushing for a loan move away again so he can be first choice as he is at the age now where he needs to be playing.
 

If I’m his agent, I’m also advising him not to sign a new contract with us as it expires in 2027 and he will be able to be much more successful in his career by moving elsewhere. But he can’t sit and get a

splinters and stagnate until then so let the lad go somewhere and play.

[lanefox]

25 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Feel for Nelson. Should be pushing for a loan move away again so he can be first choice as he is at the age now where he needs to be playing.
 

If I’m his agent, I’m also advising him not to sign a new contract with us as it expires in 2027 and he will be able to be much more successful in his career by moving elsewhere. But he can’t sit and get a

splinters and stagnate until then so let the lad go somewhere and play.

It's only the first game , by the end of the season he'll be one of the starting cb's

[LCFCJohn]

38 minutes ago, lanefox said:

It's only the first game , by the end of the season he'll be one of the starting cb's

Doubt it. It will be Vestergaard and Faes. God help us if we do go up and it’s them pair again!

 

I just said on another thread, I can see Bournemouth before the end of the window as a good fit for Nelson. They already lost Huijsen and Zabarnyi is on the verge of PSG. They will be looking to replace them with young centre backs who will in turn make them a bit profit so this would be a great move for him. 

[CosbehFox]

1 hour ago, LCFCJohn said:

Feel for Nelson. Should be pushing for a loan move away again so he can be first choice as he is at the age now where he needs to be playing.
 

If I’m his agent, I’m also advising him not to sign a new contract with us as it expires in 2027 and he will be able to be much more successful in his career by moving elsewhere. But he can’t sit and get a

splinters and stagnate until then so let the lad go somewhere and play.

He’s being protecting because of an injury. He had a big lay off with Oxford and a niggle on the same injury over pre season 

Edited 11 August 2025 by CosbehFox

[LCFCJohn]

3 minutes ago, CosbehFox said:

He’s being protecting because of an injury. He had a big lay off with Oxford and a niggle on the same injury over pre season 

I don’t believe that personally. i don’t think he’d be in the starting 11 regardless. I think we are falling into the trap of thinking Vestergaard and Faes are the answer again. Which won’t be helped by the fact they were the goal scorers yesterday.

[Gazza M]

Nelson is coming back from injury. Sensibly being managed at the moment. Expect he will start against Huddersfield and probably end up partnering Vestergaard as first choice pairing. Faes hopefully to be at least loaned out before end of month. 

[kingston_fox]

15 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

I don’t believe that personally. i don’t think he’d be in the starting 11 regardless. I think we are falling into the trap of thinking Vestergaard and Faes are the answer again. Which won’t be helped by the fact they were the goal scorers yesterday.

It's first game of the season! Let's see where we are when the window closes - if anything some poor club might take a punt on Vestergaard and Faes after yesterday!

[LCFCJohn]

1 minute ago, kingston_fox said:

It's first game of the season! Let's see where we are when the window closes - if anything some poor club might take a punt on Vestergaard and Faes after yesterday!

I hope they do.

 

But I think it is more likely that a sensible club like Bournemouth see a home grown 21 year old available on the cheap, that they can turn a profit in, and take a chance on him. 

[Tommy Fresh]

18 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

I don’t believe that personally. i don’t think he’d be in the starting 11 regardless. I think we are falling into the trap of thinking Vestergaard and Faes are the answer again. Which won’t be helped by the fact they were the goal scorers yesterday.

You're moaning after one game, just wait and see ffs

[LCFCJohn]

9 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

You're moaning after one game, just wait and see ffs

It’s literally one thing I am commenting on. Get a grip! It’s not like I’m moaning abut the 16/17 year olds needing to start. 
 

Sorry I can’t stand the idea of another season watching Vestergaard and Faes!

[Globalfox]

This club just cannot grow young talent if we do not give him game time soon he will be seeking an exit and cannot say I blame him. He has just over 10 years of a career left and he should have ambitions beyond the bench or another loan move.

[LCFCJohn]

4 minutes ago, Globalfox said:

This club just cannot grow young talent if we do not give him game time soon he will be seeking an exit and cannot say I blame him. He has just over 10 years of a career left and he should have ambitions beyond the bench or another loan move.

I’d hope 15 years but the rest of your point stands. This is the point I am making whilst getting piled on by the ‘wait and see’ crowd!

 

I use Bournemouth as an example, once Zabarnyi moves to PSG, they’ll have made like £120mill this summer from 20

and 22 year old centre backs. That’s how they are reinvesting and maintaining their place in the top flight.

 

Meanwhile here, let’s just wait and see and play Vestergaard and Faes in the meantime!

[Lesta Legend]

21 minutes ago, Tommy Fresh said:

You're moaning after one game, just wait and see ffs

Exactly. The basis of your opinion and evidence is one game. Jeez. 

[Twitcher]

47 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Doubt it. It will be Vestergaard and Faes. God help us if we do go up and it’s them pair again!

 

I just said on another thread, I can see Bournemouth before the end of the window as a good fit for Nelson. They already lost Huijsen and Zabarnyi is on the verge of PSG. They will be looking to replace them with young centre backs who will in turn make them a bit profit so this would be a great move for him. 

Yes, why persist with a team we know aren't good enough for the Premier. We need fresh faces.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

He'll be off if he doesn't get 25/30 apps this season imo

[RowlattsFox]

I'm confident if he proves to the manager he's good enough, he will play. Might have to wait for his opportunity but then has to take it. I still think one of Faes or Okoli will leave before the end of the window.

[LCFCJohn]

11 minutes ago, Twitcher said:

Yes, why persist with a team we know aren't good enough for the Premier. We need fresh faces.

Yep this. Whilst I hate thinking Rodgers was right about something (as I think he down tools and could have done much better with what he had) you have to freshen things up or it goes stale. The season before relegation, we brought in a back up goalkeeper and a panic by centre back in Faes. That cost us our place as an established top flight side and now for the foreseeable future, yoyo ing is probably the best we can hope for.

 

Now there’s time in the window for us to do some business still but as of now, eerily familiar with just a back up goalkeeper.

 

If business in is to be limited due to finances, we risk going stale again but this time have a crop of young talents that can provide that spark. And Nelson is the most established. 
 

The amount of people sucked in by Faes and Vestergaard is amazing. They weren’t even that good last time in the Championship. We were very dodgy defensively that season for a side that got promoted. And they are a disaster in the Prem.

 

We just need to be careful as if we let it go stale again, one slip and we miss promotion. Suddenly in the same way we went from established to yoyo in one bad season due to it becoming a closed shop, we could quickly become bogged down here like Norwich, West Brom, Stoke, Blackburn and the rest.

[Tommy Fresh]

34 minutes ago, LCFCJohn said:

Yep this. Whilst I hate thinking Rodgers was right about something (as I think he down tools and could have done much better with what he had) you have to freshen things up or it goes stale. The season before relegation, we brought in a back up goalkeeper and a panic by centre back in Faes. That cost us our place as an established top flight side and now for the foreseeable future, yoyo ing is probably the best we can hope for.

 

Now there’s time in the window for us to do some business still but as of now, eerily familiar with just a back up goalkeeper.

 

If business in is to be limited due to finances, we risk going stale again but this time have a crop of young talents that can provide that spark. And Nelson is the most established. 
 

The amount of people sucked in by Faes and Vestergaard is amazing. They weren’t even that good last time in the Championship. We were very dodgy defensively that season for a side that got promoted. And they are a disaster in the Prem.

 

We just need to be careful as if we let it go stale again, one slip and we miss promotion. Suddenly in the same way we went from established to yoyo in one bad season due to it becoming a closed shop, we could quickly become bogged down here like Norwich, West Brom, Stoke, Blackburn and the rest.

Who's sucked in by Faes and Vestergaard, I imagine most if not all want Ben Nelson to be playing but it's one game, if Faes and Vestergaard are both starting every week and we're in December then fair enough.

 

Also I don't think we were dodgy defensively were we really last time, we had the best defence in the league.