Louis Page signs Pro Deal

[funkyrobot]

Looks the real deal. I think Page has come on loads since his first start against Charlton early this season.

 

Still find it strange that as a club we’ve loaned out the older aged reserve players like Braybrooke and Alves and then rely on 16/17 year olds to cover for the inevitable injuries/loss of form within the senior squad. 

[lcfc sheff]

12 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

Looks the real deal. I think Page has come on loads since his first start against Charlton early this season.

 

Still find it strange that as a club we’ve loaned out the older aged reserve players like Braybrooke and Alves and then rely on 16/17 year olds to cover for the inevitable injuries/loss of form within the senior squad. 

Strange or are page and Monga deemed better already?

[coolhandfox]

19 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

Looks the real deal. I think Page has come on loads since his first start against Charlton early this season.

 

Still find it strange that as a club we’ve loaned out the older aged reserve players like Braybrooke and Alves and then rely on 16/17 year olds to cover for the inevitable injuries/loss of form within the senior squad. 

Maybe because they are older and adults, and Monga are still children and that make them less suitable to loan out. 

Edited 21 January by coolhandfox

[Finnegan]

It's pretty normal to not send teenagers away from home on loan deals tbf. Monga isn't even allowed to go on loan yet, is he? 

 

I doubt many other clubs are sending 17 year olds off round the country away from home and their education to go play at other clubs? 

 

The most effective loans we've sent players on were in their early 20s ready to break in to the first team around 22/23 which is fair? 

 

Obviously different if you have a Walcott, Rooney, Bale kinda prodigy but Barnes and KDH weren't that. Even Monga isn't really, for a start he's far too small. 

 

[RedSoxUK]

14 minutes ago, funkyrobot said:

Still find it strange that as a club we’ve loaned out the older aged reserve players like Braybrooke and Alves and then rely on 16/17 year olds to cover for the inevitable injuries/loss of form within the senior squad. 

I don't think that's strange, it's quite rare for 17 year olds to be loaned out. Spurs did sent a 17 year old to Rangers this season, though he's 18 now, Page won't be till the season ends.

 

Page is good enough to be on the bench and arguably good enough to start, so there's no reason for us to loan him out, same for Monga.

Braybrooke and Alves both need to be playing constantly for their own development / attract interest.

 

If Page doesn't push on / or we recruit more, he will probably be on loan next season. 

[jimsmallman]

I think he'll go on to have a better, more consistent career than Monga.  I like them both, but there's something about Page that shows maturity beyond his years and I can see him playing at the very top level by the time he's in his early twenties.  Got a bit of fight about him.

 

Now to hope that the people advising him encourage him to stay with us (and play lots) rather than end up somewhere like Man City's reserves until he's 22 then move to the Bundesliga on a free.

[adam95581]

Not sure what everyone is seeing in Page - haven’t really been impressed with him so far. He’s done nothing wrong but I can’t really see what he’s good at yet - he’s not a dribbler, doesn’t seem to find the exciting pass, don’t think he has a great shot / eye for goal. 
 

What am I missing? 

[ParkerPen]

1 hour ago, adam95581 said:

Not sure what everyone is seeing in Page - haven’t really been impressed with him so far. He’s done nothing wrong but I can’t really see what he’s good at yet - he’s not a dribbler, doesn’t seem to find the exciting pass, don’t think he has a great shot / eye for goal. 
 

What am I missing? 

positives I've seen are

 

often gets in a position to receive the ball in space

good touch & balance

plays with his head up if you'll forgive the phrase 'intelligently' - plays progressive passes when possible

 

these things are doubly good because of his age and experience - he should only get better

 

[Rubbersoul]

21 hours ago, adam95581 said:

Not sure what everyone is seeing in Page - haven’t really been impressed with him so far. He’s done nothing wrong but I can’t really see what he’s good at yet - he’s not a dribbler, doesn’t seem to find the exciting pass, don’t think he has a great shot / eye for goal. 
 

What am I missing? 

To me he hasn’t actually done anything outstanding but what has impressed me is the difference between Page at the start of the season & now. 
 

When he was in the side at the start he did look a bit lost, poor touches & passing was a bit ropey definitely looked like a 17 year old being exposed to senior football for the first time. 
 

Now he looks more settled, calmer on the ball making braver passes and most importantly I think he looks more physical. 
 

I don’t think anyone is thinking he’s going to save our season but it’s pleasing to see the improvement in a young player in such a rotten season 

[Foxes1]

20 hours ago, ParkerPen said:

positives I've seen are

 

often gets in a position to receive the ball in space

good touch & balance

plays with his head up if you'll forgive the phrase 'intelligently' - plays progressive passes when possible

 

these things are doubly good because of his age and experience - he should only get better

 

After watching him at Cheltenham he can take a decent corner as well

[lcfc sheff]

I think he just had an unfortunate start to this season, he showed in preseason he was physical enough but maybe his confidence became low for some reason?

[Gamble92]

On 21/01/2026 at 11:27, funkyrobot said:

Looks the real deal. I think Page has come on loads since his first start against Charlton early this season.

 

Still find it strange that as a club we’ve loaned out the older aged reserve players like Braybrooke and Alves and then rely on 16/17 year olds to cover for the inevitable injuries/loss of form within the senior squad. 

Braybrooke didn't get a game at Dundee. He needed to go away and show he can do it. They've both suffered massive setbacks with the ACLs. 

 

Alves is one id have personally kept because there was chance for him to make the 10 position his own earlier on in season. But BDR was always going to play once he become fit. Rightly or wrongly. 

[SafewayFox]

On 21/01/2026 at 12:15, adam95581 said:

Not sure what everyone is seeing in Page - haven’t really been impressed with him so far. He’s done nothing wrong but I can’t really see what he’s good at yet - he’s not a dribbler, doesn’t seem to find the exciting pass, don’t think he has a great shot / eye for goal. 
 

What am I missing? 

Fair enough comment, I think Page has this ability that not many of our CM’s have.

 

The ability to carry the ball and use his body in an intelligent manner.

 

Not sure if he’ll be our CM for the next 10 years but oddly feel more confident in him making a positive difference right now over Monga.

[Richmondfox]

On 21/01/2026 at 14:15, ParkerPen said:

positives I've seen are

 

often gets in a position to receive the ball in space

good touch & balance

plays with his head up if you'll forgive the phrase 'intelligently' - plays progressive passes when possible

 

these things are doubly good because of his age and experience - he should only get better

 

And all this with one of the most tactically lacking managers around. The youngsters are just getting thrown on and left to their own devices. Page has shown he’s a team player where as Monga is still making IG clips skinning his boys. Thats not his fault but the coaching staff and manager. 

[Rubbersoul]

18 hours ago, SafewayFox said:

Fair enough comment, I think Page has this ability that not many of our CM’s have.

 

The ability to carry the ball and use his body in an intelligent manner.

 

Not sure if he’ll be our CM for the next 10 years but oddly feel more confident in him making a positive difference right now over Monga.

Whilst Monga has to take responsibility it’s certainly easier to be a central midfielder in this side than a winger

[kenny]

21 minutes ago, Rubbersoul said:

Whilst Monga has to take responsibility it’s certainly easier to be a central midfielder in this side than a winger

Our set-up totally nullifies our wingers. Its the exact opposite of what Enzo wanted, which was always to make sure they had space.

 

Its really hard to judge our players at present as the set-up is so poor and devoid of ideas, you can't tell if its them or not.

[Vowels]

4 minutes ago, kenny said:

Our set-up totally nullifies our wingers. Its the exact opposite of what Enzo wanted, which was always to make sure they had space.

 

Its really hard to judge our players at present as the set-up is so poor and devoid of ideas, you can't tell if its them or not.

Yes; this is spot on. We still see glimpses of it when we get quick turnovers and teams are a little over-committed forward against us; but in the regular patterns of play our wide players in total; wingers and full backs are entirely nullified.

[Richmondfox]

6 minutes ago, Vowels said:

Yes; this is spot on. We still see glimpses of it when we get quick turnovers and teams are a little over-committed forward against us; but in the regular patterns of play our wide players in total; wingers and full backs are entirely nullified.

It’s so annoying to see as their strengths are being ignored for whatever Marti thinks is good football. It’s not working so stick with the same thing over and over. Good management skills. As soon as Monga came on he was dropping back to the halfway line to get the ball with his back to goal, rather than looking to run ahead into the space and the full back just dink it over.  
 

Page looks more like a team player at the moment, shame the forwards look like they have never played football before or don’t want to pass to anyone else. 

[Stueyt74]

What I've been so impressed with lately is his desire to get on the ball. Unfortunately I made the trip on Tuesday and it was so clear how much he was showing for and demanding the ball from the CBs, which is something we desperately lack without Winks (not saying I want him in the team at all). 

 

For as much as I've been pleased with Skipps improvement, he's never going to dictate the tempo of a game with his passing. I'd actually be very intrigued to see Skipp start at CB and Page in Skipps role, which I realise is a completely insane thing to say, but it can't be worse than what we've seen this season... Can it?

 

Either way, Page's improvement is one of the very few positives to come out of this season so far!

[Sol thewall Bamba]

I think one of the biggest travesties of the demise of the club is that we won't get to see the youth that we invested so much in come to fruition.

 

Imagine if we'd cemented our position in the top half of the prem properly and got to see peak Monga, Page etc week in week out, on top of what we had in Barnes, KDH.

 

As it is we'll likely see them as kids and then depart to raise funds to keep us afloat.

 

It's unforgivable.

[Stadt]

4 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

I think one of the biggest travesties of the demise of the club is that we won't get to see the youth that we invested so much in come to fruition.

 

Imagine if we'd cemented our position in the top half of the prem properly and got to see peak Monga, Page etc week in week out, on top of what we had in Barnes, KDH.

 

As it is we'll likely see them as kids and then depart to raise funds to keep us afloat.

 

It's unforgivable.

There's a small chance Barnes could have reached 100 PL goals for us. We just threw it away, not because of anything external, just entirely blew ourselves up 

[Finnegan]

1 minute ago, Stadt said:

There's a small chance Barnes could have reached 100 PL goals for us. We just threw it away, not because of anything external, just entirely blew ourselves up 

 

He didn't even want to leave

 

[Stadt]

15 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

He didn't even want to leave

 

I occasionally daydream about what he'd have done to the Championship under Enzo. 30 goals from the wing would have been posible 

[Vowels]

16 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

 

He didn't even want to leave

 

I'm not actually sure that's true; but accept your source may be better than mine.

[Finnegan]

2 minutes ago, Vowels said:

I'm not actually sure that's true; but accept your source may be better than mine.

 

My source is the usual people on foxestalk claiming to know family of his. 

 

So basically completely made up. 

 

But I want to believe it. 😔