Louis Page signs Pro Deal

[honeybradger]

20 minutes ago, whoareyaaa said:

Doubtful he will feature Friday then unless they are getting his match fitness up

Taken off early so maybe.

[HarryDee8]

Must be for minutes that he was playing for the u21s

Edited 23 September 2025 by HarryDee8

[moore_94]

Did we genuinely just play him in a few games to get him to sign a pro deal and then boot him to the bottom of the squad pecking order?

[Ric Flair]

2 minutes ago, moore_94 said:

Did we genuinely just play him in a few games to get him to sign a pro deal and then boot him to the bottom of the squad pecking order?

Yes

[ronnup]

We've had his pants doen poor lad

[Noahfence]

Replaced by Reid & Kristiansen on the bench once he’d signed a new deal haha brutal 

[beepee1984]

Just now, Noahfence said:

Replaced by Reid & Kristiansen on the bench once he’d signed a new deal haha brutal 

I heard he was injured... but not heard any details yet

 

 

[HarryDee8]

Is he no longer good enough, has he been demoted back to the u21s?

[coolhandfox]

5 hours ago, moore_94 said:

Did we genuinely just play him in a few games to get him to sign a pro deal and then boot him to the bottom of the squad pecking order?

To be fair he was a passenger in the games he's played.

 

He played because we where thread bare, at 17 he's ahead of schedule.

 

He's time will come again.

Edited 27 September 2025 by coolhandfox

[filbertway]

F**king hell I was only joking about exiling Page to the u21s Marti 

 

[TJB-fox]

On 27/09/2025 at 01:05, coolhandfox said:

To be fair he was a passenger in the games he's played.

 

He played because we where thread bare, at 17 he's ahead of schedule.

 

He's time will come again.

Oooh you’re not allowed to say these things about Page you’ll get piled on

[Ric Flair]

On 27/09/2025 at 01:05, coolhandfox said:

To be fair he was a passenger in the games he's played.

 

He played because we where thread bare, at 17 he's ahead of schedule.

 

He's time will come again.

Not won a game since he was dropped mind you. Whilst I agree he was very raw, we were winning the ball much higher up the pitch when he played. Not seen enough of that yet from anyone else. Hopefully James slots in next to Winks and we get the 3 behind the striker correct to be more of a goalscoring threat. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

3 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Not won a game since he was dropped mind you. Whilst I agree he was very raw, we were winning the ball much higher up the pitch when he played. Not seen enough of that yet from anyone else. Hopefully James slots in next to Winks and we get the 3 behind the striker correct to be more of a goalscoring threat. 

Ah that's a big big reach mate. 

[Ric Flair]

9 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Ah that's a big big reach mate. 

Put it this way, if academy players were in and we'd gone from winning to not winning, that would have been used as a reason.

[GrobyLCFC31]

Not as frustrated with this one as the Ben Nelson situation, 

 

Page came in and looked pretty ok, but it also looked like senior football had arrived a little too soon for him especially at Charlton- in a important position where you have to provide that link between midfield and attack

 

He’s only 17 so he’ll have his time for sure, great talent for our future and I’m sure towards Easter he’ll be in and around the first team more ( especially if we get rid of a couple of bodies in Jan) but I think he’ll benefit more from playing consistent minutes at 21’s at the moment than 10-15 for first team every 3-4 games, 

 

Monga and Nelson look more prepared for the first team minutes in my opinion 🦊 

 

 

[coolhandfox]

18 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Not won a game since he was dropped mind you. Whilst I agree he was very raw, we were winning the ball much higher up the pitch when he played. Not seen enough of that yet from anyone else. Hopefully James slots in next to Winks and we get the 3 behind the striker correct to be more of a goalscoring threat. 

Also got us the point as Oxford as well as it prepared us for playing with 10 men.

 

 

 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

13 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

Put it this way, if academy players were in and we'd gone from winning to not winning, that would have been used as a reason.

Maybe, but to say that we've stopped winning (we also haven't lost since he was dropped so you can cut it either way) becasue we've dropped him is a stretch imo, there are a lot of factors in the Oxford and Cov game inparticular which are much bigger reasons for not winning those games.

Edited 30 September 2025 by Sol thewall Bamba

[honeybradger]

17 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Also got us the point as Oxford as well as it prepared us for playing with 10 men.

 

 

 

Not much you can do when subbed off at 56 minutes whilst playing as a 10 in this system which is pretty isolated.

 

Will be interesting when Ramsey is back, not sure he is going to fare much better.

[James_lcfc]

I get the desire to promote youth and start relying more on the academy, but the clamoring for Page is a little strange.

 

I watched him closely in the games he played and his first touch was really poor and he pretty much always played safe. Even his assist was a bad pass to Fatawu.

 

He just looked nowhere near ready yet, which is fine considering he's not long turned 17. You just need a bit of patience with some players whilst others are ready earlier.

[studentofthegame]

1 hour ago, James_lcfc said:

I get the desire to promote youth and start relying more on the academy, but the clamoring for Page is a little strange.

 

I watched him closely in the games he played and his first touch was really poor and he pretty much always played safe. Even his assist was a bad pass to Fatawu.

 

He just looked nowhere near ready yet, which is fine considering he's not long turned 17. You just need a bit of patience with some players whilst others are ready earlier.

For me it is more that I would like to see him on the bench and coming on in games to develop with more minutes

He shouldn't be starting though I agree

[Richmondfox]

2 hours ago, Ric Flair said:

Not won a game since he was dropped mind you. Whilst I agree he was very raw, we were winning the ball much higher up the pitch when he played. Not seen enough of that yet from anyone else. Hopefully James slots in next to Winks and we get the 3 behind the striker correct to be more of a goalscoring threat. 

He’s got a lot of energy and was always willing to get the ball. Being involved in the goal with Fatawu must have felt great for him.

 

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, honeybradger said:

Not much you can do when subbed off at 56 minutes whilst playing as a 10 in this system which is pretty isolated.

 

Will be interesting when Ramsey is back, not sure he is going to fare much better.

It's was a joke mate.......

[LCFCJohn]

8 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Ah that's a big big reach mate. 

I mean it’s a fact is is not!

[Sol thewall Bamba]

1 minute ago, LCFCJohn said:

I mean it’s a fact is is not!

So it's a "fact" that we didn't win against Oxford, Cov and West Brom because we dropped Page? 

 

Please quantify that.

[Nolucklcfc]

7 hours ago, James_lcfc said:

I get the desire to promote youth and start relying more on the academy, but the clamoring for Page is a little strange.

 

I watched him closely in the games he played and his first touch was really poor and he pretty much always played safe. Even his assist was a bad pass to Fatawu.

 

He just looked nowhere near ready yet, which is fine considering he's not long turned 17. You just need a bit of patience with some players whilst others are ready earlier.

Completely agree.