Wes Morgan - 1 Year Contract extension

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

I reckon Wes would do very well as a coach, in the near future.

[Les-TA-Jon]

26 minutes ago, RowlattsFox said:

Love Wes and despite a couple of good performances this season, I still would have let him go in the summer. He is a major part of the dressing room but Benkovic and Soyuncu need opportunities next season if we rate them. 

 

Would love to have seen the reaction if this happened a few weeks ago. Not sure it would be as positive. 

The squad is bereft of experience outside of Kaspar and Vardy. I’m not sure there’s much value in shipping out one of the few remaining experienced players. 

[Legend_in_blue]

To be expected, but the club captaincy role needs a lot of thought for next season.  

 

 

[Paninistickers]

1 hour ago, Nicolo Barella said:

 

Mega legend. That said, I sincerely hope he doesn't get in the way of Benkovic, Soyuncu and co's development. 

Forgive me for being a bit facetious.... But I DO hope Wes blocks Soyuncu from making the team.

 

Much as I'd like to be wrong, I think he's a disaster. And I suspect both his managers so far think the same.

 

But, this is a positive thread to celebrate Wes. I'm made up for the guy. A colossus and wonderful.LCFC servant

[Paninistickers]

37 minutes ago, OhYesNdidi said:

Think he might go out on loan

I hope so!

[Corky]

1 hour ago, Foxy Mofo said:

Just a quick reminder that this guy cost us 1 million pounds.

And he replaced Matt Mills who cost £5 million. You could reverse the valuations and one would still be a bargain and the other overpriced for what they've offered.

[smr]

I didn't think we'd get a bigger captain than Walshy, but for me Morgan is the best captain we've ever had.

[StriderHiryu]

1 hour ago, foxes21 said:

Fantastic news, hopefully he stays on as a coach when he hangs up his boots.

 

Keeping legends around after they retire, be it as a manager, coach or in the youth set up is a step in the right direction. 

 

Ole, Zidane, Carrick, Bergkamp and Van Der Sar at Ajax, Zanetti at Inter, Nedved at Juve. Even Eddie Howe at Bournemouth.. All of them have performed well in their roles and have the clubs best interests at heart.. 

 

Would love to see Huth and Wasilewski back at the club, even if it’s just in the youth set up. Kasper/Vardy when they retire too...

 

Wes Morgan, a true Leicester legend. 

I’d be shocked if Wes and Kasper don’t join our coaching team in the future. I could even see them as managers / assistants here one day. 

[Bluetintedspecs]

Very sensible move.

[urban.spaceman]

Might do a poll for everyone’s favourite Wes moment. 

[KrefelderFox666]

2 hours ago, spacemunky said:

Simply the best.

Better than all the rest?

[KrefelderFox666]

Superb player for us over 7 years. Yes he is getting on a bit, and PL has caught up but he can still do a job as Saturday showed. Hopefully he'll be more off an off the pitch captain and influence and help bed newer, younger players in while getting a few games here and there.

 

Created lots of great moments at this club. I remember bumping into him at Leamington pre-season 2014 I think. Top man.

[coolhandfox]

We are going to losing a lot of experience in the summer Fuchs, Simpson, Okizaki.

 

We have a very young squad and need some old heads in the camp, so good business.

[Edingleyfox]

I think we do need Wes for his experience and he seems to do well alongside Evans. We are not sure If Benkovic or Soyuncu will make the grade or whether another bid for Maguire will come in. Sensible and well deserved.

[mucfox]

Great news. I'm very happy for our legend Captain Morgan. 

 

Brendan Rodgers knows who he can rely on and we need Wes so we can play for places 5 to 6 next season.

[TeamRocket]

5 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

According to this stat he should be considered the greatest footballer OF ALL TIME but because he plays for little ****ing Leicester the media will never tell you. 

 

 

According to my calculations that’s a goal every 3.6 minutes. A hat-trick every 10. 25 goals a match!

 

One of the best ever footballers in the world. 

 

Shocking we didn't get him to sign a 5 years more

[ScubaBlue]

3 hours ago, urban.spaceman said:

Might do a poll for everyone’s favourite Wes moment. 

Surely there’s only going to be one winner!

 

 

[ThingsCouldGetMessi]

Mixed feelings about this. He has been great for the club and certainly a legend after being captain for the league title. History shouldn't be anything to do with this though and hopefully it wasn't. If he is good enough to play then fine but if not then he needs to accept that his role will be different. If the idea is to use him to help develop some of our own other defenders and to help him get into coaching then I would be very happy about this. 

[Bob Weasel Fox]

3 hours ago, Bluetintedspecs said:

Very sensible move.

I. Agree 

 

easing the youngsters through and playing a big part in dressing room morale etc

 

winner all around 

[urban.spaceman]

35 minutes ago, ScubaBlue said:

Surely there’s only going to be one winner!

 

 

Guess which idiot forgot to put it on the ****ing poll?!

[Vardinio'sCat]

Big Wes is the new Big Was, and I'm happy he is prepared to stay and keep the young lads honest.

 

I don't think he was expecting to play much this season, but you never quite know how these things will turn out. I guess that the Maguire situation will have a bearing on how much of Wes we will see, but his string of confident performances alongside Evans gives me hope that he could still do a job, if we had injury problems.

 

Got a round of applause from the lads after the game apparently.

 

 

[Collymore]

Never known a person who swings so wildly in and out of form. Just when he looks finished, he turns back into a world class beast. 

 

 

[dayday]

Just confirms Wes is a Blue.

[foxes21]

15 minutes ago, Collymore said:

Never known a person who swings so wildly in and out of form. Just when he looks finished, he turns back into a world class beast. 

 

 

Think a lot of it is to do with tactics.

 

In a low block defensive, counter attacking set up, Wes is a brick wall. Our wins against Chelsea and Man City are good examples of Wes at his best.

 

However in a high line he is suspect, as are all our CB’s tbf apart from Evans maybe due to his reading of the game. 

 

[oadby.fox]

13 hours ago, Paninistickers said:

Forgive me for being a bit facetious.... But I DO hope Wes blocks Soyuncu from making the team.

 

Much as I'd like to be wrong, I think he's a disaster. And I suspect both his managers so far think the same.

 

But, this is a positive thread to celebrate Wes. I'm made up for the guy. A colossus and wonderful.LCFC servant

Why do you think he's a disaster? 

 

I don't think we've seen enough of him to comment either way but I thought he's done okay in the games he has played - even at Fulham away when he made a mistake which lead to the goal, he looked decent aside from that. He also seems more willing and comfortable to play the ball out from the back which is what we would need from our CBs moving forwards.

 

I am delighted for Morgan to stay, provided he is happy to take a back seat and step in when needed. Our younger CBs will definitely need bedding in but it would be harsh to discount them for coming into the team and making isolated mistakes, especially when they rarely play. Evans, Maguire and Morgan have all been pretty sloppy all season and surely both Evans and Morgan are on their way out. I would like to see us prepare for the future in that respect, whilst retaining some experience just for the stability.