SystonFox Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 1 hour ago, Fox92 said: A legend plays every game. A legend is indispensable. King is a hero, not a legend. Possibly so in terms of definitive legend. But to me he is a legend. My my reaction is not a dig at wymsey as a poster but the first reply on an Andy king post is someone essentially slating him. im not saying he should be starting 38 games next term but h deserves a place in this squad. He isn't good enough to start for us but that's lcfc as a club has grown. He can only grow so much. the only player to win three top leagues in England's modern era edit : AND WITH THE SAME CLUB
Wymsey Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 24 minutes ago, dmayne7 said: No he wasn't. His statement was a sarcastic dig. The actual content of his post was an attempt to be ironic (on the basis Andy King would miss his own testimonial) My comment was supposed to have been a 'tongue-in-cheek' one. My apologies if it was taken the wrong way.. There's been threads like this in the past, and the content of my initial post was used by other members for those particular threads.. I do value King and, of course, he's been a true servant - and he deserves some form of recognition for his time towards both the club and the supporters. It's rare for this type of loyalty to happen in football, and that's quite sad really.
SystonFox Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 As an aide. One of my favourite Andy king goals was a 91st min winner against Plymouth around Christmas time many years ago. 1-0 win
ScouseFox Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 the biggest legend this club will ever have. deserves two testimonials. been in our our first team squad for nearly half my life, was there at the bottom, still there at the top. probably still be there in ten years time when we're back at the bottom. how anyone can say he's not a legend of our club is just crazy.
AKCJ Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 Not quite sure how anyone can say that an academy lad that has gone on to win three league titles at a club like ours isn't the dictionary definition of a club legend.
RODNEY FERNIO Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 Ok we've all agreed he deserves one. Let me know when it is ... I will attend. Just the one testimonial though ... not the three or four that Sir Alex managed to get
PaulW Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 1 hour ago, Fox92 said: A legend plays every game. A legend is indispensable. King is a hero, not a legend. Where did you get that definition from? The man has been playing for the Club longer than most people on here have been 'supporting' the Club. In a world where loyalty is almost a dirty word, he is a legend.
Tuna Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 King is the one constant throughout all our success through the years, irrespective of where he fits in now within the setup, the man is clearly a legend.
UniFox21 Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 The guy was slogging it out in the reserves when i first started watching at the old hinckley ground, and he's been in the squad basically every year, entire squads have come and gone and yet king stays and as said above is the only player to have won the top 3 tiers of English football, and with the same club!
Fox92 Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 22 minutes ago, PaulW said: Where did you get that definition from? The man has been playing for the Club longer than most people on here have been 'supporting' the Club. In a world where loyalty is almost a dirty word, he is a legend. It's my own definition. That's clear. And why the 'supporting' thing? I've been going home and away before King was at the club. Am I a supporter now? Where do you get that definition from? Andy King is an absolute hero man. Scored some of the best goals and given me some great times - the two at Upton Park I was right behind the goal and they were superb (they're my favourites of his, @SystonFox). But 'legend' is an overused word nowadays thus we've all got different definitions.
sm1 Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 2 hours ago, RODNEY FERNIO said: Think King was more effective when played in a more advanced role. Used to be great when he ghosted into the box. He's scored 61 goals for City ... not far off Vardy ... but well over half of those goals were before he was 22. Successive managements have played him in a too withdrawn role. Thats the one thing that i find most perplexing about how King is used now. Hes gone from our very own Lampard to just sitting infront of our defence hitting sideways balls. I think hes a better finisher then okazaki.
ithuriel Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 3 hours ago, SystonFox said: ONE POST. it took one post about a club LEGEND for people to start bashing him. Four posts in and 50% of the posts are bashing him. a club LEGEND. He's won it all. He's played his part in a lot of that. He's not Conrad FVCKING LOGAN. leicester fans sometimes man Can't believe your dissing Conrad
Kitchandro Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 1 hour ago, dmayne7 said: Yep. That was very firm. He didn't want to leave. Liverpool and Villa (when they were decent) both pursued him around that time too Did any of them put in a bid though? If loyalty is something we congratulate him on, it's more to do with the fact he could have played far more football if he'd left for a worse team. But he obviously sees LCFC as home.
Ian Nacho Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 They normally have testimonials within a year of the player's exit from the club so I wouldn't expect it anytime soon but it definitely should happen at some point.
davieG Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 1 minute ago, gcxttle said: They normally have testimonials within a year of the player's exit from the club so I wouldn't expect it anytime soon but it definitely should happen at some point. I thought it was normally 10 years service.
ajthefox Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 3 hours ago, Fox92 said: A legend plays every game. A legend is indispensable. King is a hero, not a legend. So Gerrard wasn't a Liverpool legend in his last couple of seasons because he played less?? Jog on. Ridiculous logic.
Fox92 Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 Just now, ajthefox said: So Gerrard wasn't a Liverpool legend in his last couple of seasons because he played less?? Jog on. Ridiculous logic. Well that's a ridiculous comparison so jog on yourself. King is 28 - probably in his prime - at that age Gerrard was indispensible to Liverpool. His last season he was about 36 (yet still played more than 30 times anyway).
ajthefox Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 1 minute ago, Fox92 said: Well that's a ridiculous comparison so jog on yourself. King is 28 - probably in his prime - at that age Gerrard was indispensible to Liverpool. His last season he was about 36 (yet still played more than 30 times anyway). You said a legend plays every game and is indispensable. Gerrard wasn't either of those for 2 years. I'm not comparing the two I'm just applying your logic to another situation.
Fox92 Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 Just now, ajthefox said: You said a legend plays every game and is indispensable. Gerrard wasn't either of those for 2 years. I'm not comparing the two I'm just applying your logic to another situation. I did. But you've taken my logic out of context because it's obvious once a player gets to 30+ he isn't going to play every game. Gerrard was indispensable to Liverpool during his peak - not just the fact he dragged them to two cup final victories. King is not indispensable to us, not like a player such as Izzet was. We've all got different opinions/definitions so that's good.
onekeithweller Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 4 hours ago, Fox92 said: A legend plays every game. A legend is indispensable. King is a hero, not a legend. best3_3251922b.jp2
Bamba's Babes Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 5 hours ago, SystonFox said: ONE POST. it took one post about a club LEGEND for people to start bashing him. Four posts in and 50% of the posts are bashing him. a club LEGEND. He's won it all. He's played his part in a lot of that. He's not Conrad FVCKING LOGAN. leicester fans sometimes man No, he's not Conrad Logan and that is why he isn't adored. Only one player has my heart and that is our Conrad!
dmayne7 Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 3 hours ago, Wymeswold fox said: My comment was supposed to have been a 'tongue-in-cheek' one. My apologies if it was taken the wrong way.. There's been threads like this in the past, and the content of my initial post was used by other members for those particular threads.. I do value King and, of course, he's been a true servant - and he deserves some form of recognition for his time towards both the club and the supporters. It's rare for this type of loyalty to happen in football, and that's quite sad really. Sorry mate; dig was a bad choice of words. I was just pointing out the difference between irony and sarcasm. I let too much bad grammar/interpretation of it go, and I being a miserable git, I couldn't take it anymore . It'll be next summer I believe.
Izzy Posted 30 July 2017 Posted 30 July 2017 Must dig out that thread I started a few months ago titled "How do you define a Leicester legend?" Some good posts on there and an interesting debate which resulted in the fact it's all subjective and there's no right or wrong answer. P.S. Andy King is right up there for me and fully deserves a testimonial. Loyalty is a rare thing in football these days and he deserves to be rewarded IMO
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