Richard Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 Flowers Impey Sinclair Elliott Taggart Guppy Izzet Lennon Savage Cottee Heskey (left in March 2000) Manager: Martin O'Neill vs Schmeichel Albrighton Wasilewski Huth Morgan Schlupp Cambiasso James Mahrez Ulloa Vardy Manager: Nigel Pearson The former finished 8th in the Premier League, but in a different era. The latter has put together one of the best run of results of the Premier League era. Which one is the better side? Who'd win in a match? Who of the '99/00 squad would you bring into today's and for who?
weller54 Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 Izzet for James /King.... Elliot for Wes /Was.... That's it!
bovril Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 We have threads like this every so often. Still the O'Neill team by a long way, with a deeper squad that 99/00 team could have finished in the top 6. Flowers, Elliott, Lennon, Izzet, Heskey, Cottee would all get in. Possibly also Sinclair. They stayed up comfortably and won silverware. This team is potentially more exciting, though.
shailen Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 I was slaughtered for suggesting this a few weeks ago when we were losing. I feel over the whole season this team has played better than the MON team over a whole season. The MON team was much more resilient and knew how to grind out results. We have not done that enough this season otherwise we'd be easily mid table. However technically this team is something else. The work rate coupled with the quality of some of the players we have is actually a recipe for success. The way the team demolished the Championship last season after possibly the biggest setback with that Watford play off semi final. We have grown as a team, kept the same spine for the last few years adding one or two players of quality. We are in for one hell of a period in our history if we can keep this team together.
Mickyblueeyes Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 Flowers/Kasper Albrighton Guppy Elliott Huth Taggart Izzet Cambiasso Lennon (Bit harsh on James and Drinkwater) Heskey Vardy (just as TC was a great finisher)
bovril Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 I was slaughtered for suggesting this a few weeks ago when we were losing. I feel over the whole season this team has played better than the MON team over a whole season. The MON team was much more resilient and knew how to grind out results. We have not done that enough this season otherwise we'd be easily mid table. However technically this team is something else. The work rate coupled with the quality of some of the players we have is actually a recipe for success. The way the team demolished the Championship last season after possibly the biggest setback with that Watford play off semi final. We have grown as a team, kept the same spine for the last few years adding one or two players of quality. We are in for one hell of a period in our history if we can keep this team together. Not at all. Firstly the O'Neill team was so much more than 'resilient'. They had serious quality. I know some fans of other clubs had us down as a sort of latter-day Wimbledon, 'honest pros' playing above themselves. I'm amazed any Leicester fans would fall into that trap. Secondly the current team have been garbage for 2/3rds of the season.
wight88 Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 The 99 team would now be called Stoke City if that helps.
ScouseFox Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 Cambiasso and maybe albrighton probs the only two who'd get in on paper.
Fox92 Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 You've got to ask yourself how many players now would get in that team? For me, Cambiasso and that's probably it.
shailen Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 Not at all. Firstly the O'Neill team was so much more than 'resilient'. They had serious quality. I know some fans of other clubs had us down as a sort of latter-day Wimbledon, 'honest pros' playing above themselves. I'm amazed any Leicester fans would fall into that trap. Secondly the current team have been garbage for 2/3rds of the season. Fair point. I think we have been garbage for around 1/3 of the season when we had that 11 game run without a win. Apart from that we have played well and haven't got the points for our performances until now. I'm not trying to say that the 1999 team was a poor one and just resilient. Obviously we did more than that, finishing top ten consistently and the cup wins. It's just that I feel this team has more potential. I genuinely think that. Obviously the team needs to fufill its potential, but I think this team coupled with two/three signings are good enough to make a mark in this league. Also the league now is a lot harder than what it was fifteen years ago. We now have the top seven and there is a mini league with the rest of the teams. It used to be just United/Arsenal back then and the rest would fluctuate. That's why our recent results are more remarkable.
Benguin Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 We refer to it as the glory days as that is just what it was, a glory. That said, getting home today from the stadium and opening a cold beer has never felt better. We are equal to the top four clubs currently, we are a joy to watch and the crowd is reliving the atmospheres of back in the day. As Mahrez got his second and the stadium felt as though it was about to give way, I have honestly never felt better watching football in all my life! I am so excited for next season now! I'd like to think we are good enough for top ten.
ADK Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 Thing is, we are now looking like a team, as we did under O'Neil. Fans always talk about players "getting in" a particular side, but it doesn't work like that. I think some players would improve either side. In absolute terms I think sports science has advanced and our present team would win due to be physically a little fitter, but if you go by relative ability: For Pearson's team I'd bring from O'Neil's team: Lennon for James Elliot for Wasilevski Heskey for Ulloa For O'Neils's team I'd bring in from Pearson's team: Huth for Sinclair Both teams are good though.
dmayne7 Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 That 99 was 2/3 players away from competing right at the top of the table. Obviously this team has more pace so the style is completely different. Whilst we're on a cracking run, let's not forget we're still 3 points above the drop zone and that O'Neill team was finishing top 10 and getting to cup finals. In a year or 2, it could potentially be this side but at the moment, no way.
Steve Earle Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 You've got to ask yourself how many players now would get in that team? For me, Cambiasso and that's probably it. Agreed! Magic would be the only player from this squad in a 'best of' XI from the last 20 years...but we're improving and who knows how good people like Mahrez, James & Drinky might become?
Babylon Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 Why compare it to that team, at the moment the more realistic one is the team that stayed up the first season. The team above was exceptional for us.
Gerard Posted 9 May 2015 Posted 9 May 2015 Not a lot of decisions there to make for me, only the GK's and LWB were not a straight forward choice. Schmichael Albrighton Guppy Huth Elliott Taggart Izzet Lennon Cambiasso Heskey Vardy
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