Which midfield is better

[Fox992]

Which midfield is better? The current one or the Martin O`neil one of Savage, Izzet, Lennon, Guppy. 

For me it's the latter as we were consistently a top 10 Finnish. 

[Fox92]

Fox992?

[murphy]

3 minutes ago, Fox992 said:

Which midfield is better? The current one or the Martin O`neil one of Savage, Izzet, Lennon, Guppy. 

For me it's the latter as we were consistently a top 10 Finnish. 

O'Neill's team never finished outside the top ten.

 

edit - ignore me - I misunderstood what you were saying.

 

 

[Langston]

You can't use the "consistent top 10 finish" stick to beat the current lot with given they've only been together for a season, you could argue less than that. It's impossible for them to have achieved that given how time works.

The potential of the current squad is frightening, but I can't see them sticking together for the same amount of time as that 90s unit was - and you could argue that's partly to do with their talent.

[Poznan34]

2 minutes ago, Fox992 said:

Which midfield is better? The current one or the Martin O`neil one of Savage, Izzet, Lennon, Guppy. 

For me it's the latter as we were consistently a top 10 Finnish. 

[The Blur]

3 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Fox992?

 

Which is better Fox92 or Fox992?

[ARM1968]

At our peak with Junior Lewis. Downhill since then tbf. 

[JamesfromlondonLCFC]

19 minutes ago, Langston said:

You can't use the "consistent top 10 finish" stick to beat the current lot with given they've only been together for a season, you could argue less than that. It's impossible for them to have achieved that given how time works.

The potential of the current squad is frightening, but I can't see them sticking together for the same amount of time as that 90s unit was - and you could argue that's partly to do with their talent.

also we have been consistently finishing top 10... literally only finished outside of it once in 4 years, and we got to a ucl quarter final that year so yano

i understand this midfield has only been a part of it for about a year, but still

[Kopic]

40 minutes ago, The Blur said:

 

Which is better Fox92 or Fox992?

 

[Walshy5]

Albrighton, Kante, Drinkwater, Mahrez. Better than both for obvious reasons.

[Stadt]

The current one. 

[49er]

48 minutes ago, The Blur said:

 

Which is better Fox92 or Fox992?

There’s only one way to find out.......fight!!!

[HybridFox]

59 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Fox992?

 

[SystonFox]

So many fans have blue tinted specs over that late 90s side. Don’t get me wrong we were very good but let’s not kid ourselves if we think Lennon is even fit to lace Wilfs boots or if Izzet is even half the talent Maddison is. 

 

Again, I’m huge fans of the two mentioned 90s players but the talent we currently possess is huge. We are being spoken about as breaking into the top 6, possibly even 4 in English footballs most prominent time. 

[StriderHiryu]

I think it’s quite an interesting question!

 

It most likely is the current one but the midfield 3 under O’Neil won two trophies and reached another final on top of those consistent finishes. Muzzy Izzet was super talented and a cult hero for a reason and IMO it was the loss of Neil Lennon that put us on the road to relegation (mind you Peter Taylor replaced him with Junior Lewis FFS!). Robbie Savage was the only average one and even then he did a good job in his role. 

 

Another thing to keep in mind was who that midfield 3 played with. I loved that MON team but imagine if they had a 20 goal a season man like Vardy? They’d look a lot better that’s for sure!

 

Ultimately where our current midfield aces the old one is in technique and creativity. Tielemans and Maddison in particular make lot of chances and are great at making space. But even then I think Izzet and Lennon at their peak would be pushing hard for a place. Both were terrific players! 

[foxile5]

1 hour ago, The Blur said:

 

Which is better Fox92 or Fox992?

Fox992 by 900.

[AKCJ]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

Fox992?

Fox991 was taken.

[HankMarvin]

1 hour ago, Fox92 said:

Fox992?

The Aldi version 

[ARM1968]

1 hour ago, Walshy5 said:

Albrighton, Kante, Drinkwater, Mahrez. Better than both for obvious reasons.

Mate pipe down, we’re winning the league again #nofear

[Fox42]

1 hour ago, The Blur said:

 

Which is better Fox92 or Fox992?

Me. I’m earlier.

[TJB-fox]

2 hours ago, Fox992 said:

Which midfield is better? The current one or the Martin O`neil one of Savage, Izzet, Lennon, Guppy. 

For me it's the latter as we were consistently a top 10 Finnish. 

He’s not finished he’s only 28!

[Will1981]

2 hours ago, Fox992 said:

Which midfield is better? The current one or the Martin O`neil one of Savage, Izzet, Lennon, Guppy. 

For me it's the latter as we were consistently a top 10 Finnish. 

We never played with a midfield 4 under MON it was always a 352, 532 with wing backs.

[SpacedX]

7 hours ago, SystonFox said:

 but let’s not kid ourselves if we think Lennon is even fit to lace Wilfs boots or if Izzet is even half the talent Maddison is. 

 

Classic FT.

 

6 hours ago, Will1981 said:

We never played with a midfield 4 under MON it was always a 352, 532 with wing backs.

In honour of the title winning season, I'm currently contemplating changing my member name to 'Fox442' - anyone know if it's taken?

[ThaiFox]

9 hours ago, Fox992 said:

Which midfield is better? The current one or the Martin O`neil one of Savage, Izzet, Lennon, Guppy. 

For me it's the latter as we were consistently a top 10 Finnish. 

You just can't compare eras.

 

The way Savage & Lennon played we'd have often ended up with 9 men in today's protected P/L.

 

[Sir Shep]

Izzet half the talent of Madders, steady on! Both players are fantastic but Izzet was consistently brilliant throughout his time here.