Izzy Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Not sure if this has been done before, but talk on the clap or boo Kante thread has regularly bought up the term 'legend'. For me, a City legend is someone who's spent a significant amount of time here, whilst also doing/winning something of note. Although Kante undoubtedly helped us win the PL, I'm struggling to call someone who's 419th on our all time appearance list a 'legend'. Since the early 80's when I started following Leicester, I'd probably name only 4 what I would class as club legends over the last 35 years: Walshie, Muzzie, King and Lineker (for his goals, but also for how he's put our city on the map ever since). So who are the true Leicester legends in your opinion, and more importantly, how do you define the term 'legend'?
filbertstreet Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Everyone in the 15/16 squad for me, they managed to win the bloody premiership, never thought I'd ever see that happen in my life
AKCJ Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Everyone is going to have a different definition for the term legend. A bit like "world class" for me you've got to have a combination of a few of these; League title/Cup winner Hard worker Be a part of an iconic moment, goal or game 200/300 odd appearances Go above and beyond in terms of appreciating fans
Fox92 Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Don't have to be here for a long time or play 500 games but just achieve something. You can't take anything away from any of our 15/16 squad because they won us the top flight. Simple. But in terms of appearances and doing it all, yeah the likes of Walsh and Izzet are legends. Lineker and Heskey will always be for, not only what they did here, but for what they did off the pitch too in terms of using their own cash during admin. I always maintain Elliott is a legend because of his two goals in a cup final. Claridge too, who scored two of our most important goals ever.
Izzy Posted 8 January 2017 Author Posted 8 January 2017 5 minutes ago, filbertstreet said: Everyone in the 15/16 squad for me, they managed to win the bloody premiership, never thought I'd ever see that happen in my life I get your point but I'm not sure when I look back in 30 years time that I'll class the likes of Kramaric, Inler and Nathan Dyer as true Leicester City legends.
yorkie1999 Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 thought a bit about this myself and obviously players like lineker Walsh Heskey Elliot worthington etc are club legends but who would be rated as a legend out of cambiaso or Kante, if either, which one would go down in club folklore the most. For me cambiaso simply because of his on pitch character and that bow when he scored his last goal.
Koke Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 The key players in rhe O'Neil side and the Ranieri side are legends in my eyes. In other words, Ulloa isn't a legend but Izzet is. The legend debate is the same aa the world class debate. You'll have 50 different views on it.
Fox92 Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 3 minutes ago, yorkie1999 said: thought a bit about this myself and obviously players like lineker Walsh Heskey Elliot worthington etc are club legends but who would be rated as a legend out of cambiaso or Kante, if either, which one would go down in club folklore the most. For me cambiaso simply because of his on pitch character and that bow when he scored his last goal. Cambiasso is not a legend. He came for a season and left. A season in which we spent 75% bottom of the league. Kante, although he was also only here for a season, was a major part of the side that won us the top flight... The obsession with Cambiasso is strange.
harpendenfox Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Leo may not be a legend, but his coolness under pressure to nail that pen is surely legendary
harpendenfox Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 And that pass from Mahrez to Vardy, and Vardy's extraordinary shot that extraordinary night against Liverpool is perhaps the moment of my Leicester City life, which stretches back to the early 1970s.
Koke Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 1 minute ago, harpendenfox said: Leo may not be a legend, but his coolness under pressure to nail that pen is surely legendary Leo Ulloa got more bottle than the entire Arsenal squad combined. Balls of steel that man. I love him.
StanSP Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Longevity and success. The latter either as part of a team or individually whilst with us. Loyalty and constantly giving 100% for the club no matter what. King - will always go down in club folklore for being there through the ultimate low and doing his part as part of the ultimate high. League One champion to Premier League champion. Izzet, Walsh, Elliot, Heskey - that era of late 90s success and these guys were instrumental in it. I wish Heskey stayed with us longer but all 4 of these stand out for the silverware we won and the high Premier League finishes. The whole 15/16 squad (aside from King) - legends, for me, but not at the same level as those above (yet) . They're sort of current legends. I just hope they continue to create history in whatever way on top of last season (minus Kante of course) - maybe they win the FA Cup for the first time and break that 'curse'?. That whole squad of last year will never, ever be forgotten if you managed to experience it. I can't see the feat being eclipsed any time soon. And just for the sheer magnitude of the achievement and method of overall victory kind of means they're legends in their own right. I wish I was old enough in some way to see the likes of Lineker, Worthington, Weller, Banks etc. Other true legends of the club but I can't justify them to their true extent because I never saw them play for the club.
Stadt Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 There's no cut and dry definition, for me however players that have performed consistently well and achieved some form of success for us are legends. Out of the current squad in my opinion the definite legends are Schmeichel, Morgan, Drinky, King, Mahrez and Vardy. Another thing with legends is that you hear about them growing up and they have that mystique shrouding them because you didn't get to see them play and you hear tales of their ability and magic but we all saw last season with our own eyes and perhaps retrospectively we'll appreciate and remember the current crop more fondly because the 'fall from grace' is on our minds at the minute. The likes of Esteban, Knocky and Leo are cut heroes in my book, not quite the same longevity but still great affection for them.
Beliall Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Lots of appearances, fan favourite, many years at the club,
Great Boos Up Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 2 minutes ago, Fox92 said: Cambiasso is not a legend. He came for a season and left. A season in which we spent 75% bottom of the league. Kante, although he was also only here for a season, was a major part of the side that won us the top flight... The obsession with Cambiasso is strange. Exactly what you just said, but the opposite. Dunno why I feel that way, just do. It's a good OP.
pSinatra Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 A lot of the players that have been referred to as legends on here, I would more likely call mercenaries. Not meaning to be negative, but they were paid a hell of a lot of money to do a job. A job they did well, but a job nonetheless. Somebody like Walsh, came here to do a job, ended up staying for a long time & became a legend. The fans & the player developed a mutual respect for each other. He was our's & we were his.
Fox92 Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Close the thread. People actually think Cambiasso is a bigger legend than a man who played in the side that won us the top flight. Yeah fair play Kante was only here for a season too but a huge huge part of what we achieved for the first, and probably only, time.
yorkie1999 Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 8 minutes ago, Fox92 said: Cambiasso is not a legend. He came for a season and left. A season in which we spent 75% bottom of the league. Kante, although he was also only here for a season, was a major part of the side that won us the top flight... The obsession with Cambiasso is strange. Yes but he gave us moments never to be forgotten. West Ham and the start of the great escape for one. The guy was one of the worlds greats who played for the biggest clubs in the world and he picked little ole Leicester and put his heart and soul into keeping us up.
Fox92 Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Just now, yorkie1999 said: Yes but he gave us moments never to be forgotten. West Ham and the start of the great escape for one. The guy was one of the worlds greats who played for the biggest clubs in the world and he picked little ole Leicester and put his heart and soul into keeping us up. Last season gave us more and better moments never to be forgotten. I appreciate what Cambiasso did here but he's far from a legend.
Guest CityFan 06 Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Schmeichel, Morgan and King particularly standout for me, as club legends. You could argue every member of the 2015/16 team are club legends, and I'm more inclined to believe that than not. A "club legend" in my book is an individual who stays at a team for a long period of time, appreciates fans, and is successful overall. Also being included in trophy wins goes a long way.
m4DD0gg Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 1) Kasper Schmeichal 2) Christian Fuchs 3) Robert Huth 4) Wes Morgan 5) Danny Simpson 6) Danny Drinkwater 7) N'Golo Kante 8) Marc Albrighton 9) Riyad Mahrez 10) Jamie Vardy 11) Shinji 12) Leo 13) CR
katieakita Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 Regarding Cambiasso and legend status in years to come looking back on the great escape will people talk about the team led by Wes or Cambiasso and the team staging a remarkable turnaround to keep us up. The footnote to the start of our fairy tale season was Leicester staged the great escape to stay up and we started the new season without our best player who left for Greece. So a lot depends on how you define a legend, happy to consider him a legend and also a class act topped off by the goal and bow to the adoring fans. Think it is hard to argue he didn't instill confidence in the others in the squad and it is refreshing in this day and age for a player who has achieved so much in the game and coming to the end of his career put so much into the season. We can all names dozens of greats who went to a club for one last paycheck and watched their career come to a close while pocketing big bucks. He was/is a model professional footballer and also had the good grace to leave when his time was up. He helped set us on the way to becoming Premier league champions.
majaco Posted 8 January 2017 Posted 8 January 2017 I used the term legend. The initial post on this thread makes great points but I think the 11 impossibles and Ulloa qualify for winning the title. King is a legend for his career.
Izzy Posted 8 January 2017 Author Posted 8 January 2017 Some interesting and wildly differing opinions on what defines a legend - glad I put it out there. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I think the term 'legend' is vastly overused and thrown around like confetti these days - as are the terms 'world class' or 'great'. I guess there'll never be a definitive answer or definition as to what determines a 'legend' but it's fun to debate none the less....
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