Guest Markyblue Posted 20 October 2019 Posted 20 October 2019 6 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said: Congratulations on a fantastic achievement. 300 games is no joke and he's been here through our best ever period as a club. It will be interesting to see what he does at the end of the season. Will he retire or will he go down a league (or even to the USA) for one last swansong? He has a degree in Business Management I believe and it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up working for the club either as a coach or possibly even on the commercial side of things. I even wonder if he's interested in being a coach or manager? Sadly there isn't enough representation for black players in management, but with the way the Leicester City family is setup, I could see him being given a shot as development squad or even U21 coach. A good player doesn't make for a good manager but everyone says he's a great leader and that's a great start. Really hope he doesn't drop down a division, retire at the top please wes.
sishades Posted 20 October 2019 Posted 20 October 2019 Has anyone mentioned what a legend this bloke is? A true blue god amongst the red abyss.
Spudulike Posted 20 October 2019 Posted 20 October 2019 And not one of those 402 apperances for the Snotties were in the Premier League. Westley Morgan is a blue, is a blue...
Ian Nacho Posted 20 October 2019 Posted 20 October 2019 I remember when we signed him thinking, why do we need him... How wrong was I.
Vacamion Posted 20 October 2019 Posted 20 October 2019 I loved it that for ages Sky used a slo mo of him sliding on his knees celebrating a goal.
wokinghamfox Posted 21 October 2019 Posted 21 October 2019 Wes, Vards and Kasper. City's three musketeers. To think we bought the lot for under 5 million combined.
Mint23 Posted 21 October 2019 Posted 21 October 2019 I’ve got to put my hands up here and be honest, when we signed him I was a little critical, I knew we were building towards promotion and I thought all Wes was capable of was a decent championship/league 1 career and would never be fast enough or good enough for premier league football. How wrong I was! 300 games later and a premier league winners medal as well as captaining us in the champions league I’ve never been happier to be wrong!
OntarioFox Posted 21 October 2019 Posted 21 October 2019 The man's staying power is remarkable too - Just when you think he's fading away as a part of our setup something happens to show he's still got it. Having him come out of deep freeze to score in back to back games last year, one a late winner when we were down to 10 men and the other a Puskas-worthy backheel?!? We almost had a similar "WTF Wes" moment with his one-two against Luton this year. He's put in some of the best individual defensive performances an LCFC player has ever mustered, come up with some crucial goals, captained us to the Premier League title and the quarters of the Champions League, and all from being a squad addition some of us questioned the merits of at the time of signing. Legend. I mean, there's not much else to say. Regardless of whether it was the right sub or not yesterday, Wes Morgan is guaranteed a broken liver whenever walks into a bar in this city for the rest of his life. PS - Can we please have Captain Morgan and Admiral Muskwe on the same pitch before he retires please? We could build a team of pirates.
PaulW Posted 21 October 2019 Posted 21 October 2019 Must admit I thought we'd signed him as somebody who'd be content to sit on the bench, filling in during the odd injury crisis. Certainly never saw him as a captain. Maximum respect to the big man.
Guest Cujek Posted 21 October 2019 Posted 21 October 2019 The Squad from the year we signed him No. Nationality Name Position Joined Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Kasper Schmeichel GK 2011 Leeds United 21 Chris Weale GK 2009 Bristol City 25 Conrad Logan GK 2004 Youth 31 Adam Smith GK 2010 Middlesbrough Patrick Lane* GK 2011 Unattached Defenders 2 Lee Peltier RB / RW / CB / DM 2011 Huddersfield Town 3 Paul Konchesky LB 2011 Liverpool 4 John Paintsil RB 2011 Unattached 5 Matt Mills CB 2011 Reading 6 Sol Bamba CB 2011 Hibernian 12 Sean St Ledger CB 2011 Preston North End 15 Bruno Berner# LB / CB / DM 2008 Blackburn Rovers 16 Michael Ball* LB 2011 Unattached 26 Wes Morgan CB 2012 Nottingham Forest 30 Tom Kennedy LB 2010 Rochdale 32 Tom Parkes CB 2009 Youth 33 Aleksander Tunchev CB / LB 2008 CSKA Sofia 34 Liam Moore CB / RB 2011 Youth 36 George Taft CB 2011 Youth Cian Bolger CB 2009 Youth Midfielders 8 Matt Oakley CM 2008 Derby County 10 Andy King CM / DM / AM 2006 Youth 11 Lloyd Dyer LW / RW 2008 Milton Keynes Dons 16 Danny Drinkwater CM 2012 Manchester United 17 Michael Johnson* CM Loan Manchester City 18 Franck Moussa CM / RW / LW 2010 Southend United 19 Richie Wellens CM 2009 Doncaster Rovers 22 Yuki Abe* DM / RB 2010 Urawa Red Diamonds 22 Ben Marshall RW / LW / AM 2012 Stoke City 23 Neil Danns CM / RW 2011 Crystal Palace 26 Gélson Fernandes* DM Loan Saint-Étienne Jason Banton* LW 2011 Unattached Shane Byrne CM 2011 Youth Moreno* DM / CB 2010 Vitória de Guimarães Dany N'Guessan* LW 2009 Lincoln City Oliver Norburn CM 2011 Youth Forwards 7 Paul Gallagher AM / RW / CF 2009 Blackburn Rovers 9 Steve Howard CF 2008 Derby County 13 Darius Vassell CF / RW 2010 Unattached 14 Martyn Waghorn CF / RW 2010 Sunderland 15 Harry Panayiotou CF / AM 2012 Youth 20 Jermaine Beckford CF 2011 Everton 24 Nathan Delfouneso* CF / RW Loan Aston Villa 27 Jeffrey Schlupp CF / RW 2010 Youth 35 David Nugent CF / RW 2011 Unattached 37 Tom Hopper CF 2011 Youth Elliott Chamberlain CF 2010 Youth Leon Crnčič* CF 2010 Atalanta Yann Kermorgant* CF 2009 Stade Reims For perspective.
UpTheLeagueFox Posted 21 October 2019 Posted 21 October 2019 Had some doubts when we signed him. These disappeared when he captained us to the Championship. Had some doubts in his first PL season. These disappeared when he captained us to the Premier League. Had some doubts last season. He's still here, still plays a big role in the dressing room (and to a lesser extent on the field) and we should be grateful for all he's done for us. Million quid very very well spent.
Lambert09 Posted 22 October 2019 Posted 22 October 2019 On 21/10/2019 at 09:35, Cujek said: The Squad from the year we signed him No. Nationality Name Position Joined Signed from Goalkeepers 1 Kasper Schmeichel GK 2011 Leeds United 21 Chris Weale GK 2009 Bristol City 25 Conrad Logan GK 2004 Youth 31 Adam Smith GK 2010 Middlesbrough Patrick Lane* GK 2011 Unattached Defenders 2 Lee Peltier RB / RW / CB / DM 2011 Huddersfield Town 3 Paul Konchesky LB 2011 Liverpool 4 John Paintsil RB 2011 Unattached 5 Matt Mills CB 2011 Reading 6 Sol Bamba CB 2011 Hibernian 12 Sean St Ledger CB 2011 Preston North End 15 Bruno Berner# LB / CB / DM 2008 Blackburn Rovers 16 Michael Ball* LB 2011 Unattached 26 Wes Morgan CB 2012 Nottingham Forest 30 Tom Kennedy LB 2010 Rochdale 32 Tom Parkes CB 2009 Youth 33 Aleksander Tunchev CB / LB 2008 CSKA Sofia 34 Liam Moore CB / RB 2011 Youth 36 George Taft CB 2011 Youth Cian Bolger CB 2009 Youth Midfielders 8 Matt Oakley CM 2008 Derby County 10 Andy King CM / DM / AM 2006 Youth 11 Lloyd Dyer LW / RW 2008 Milton Keynes Dons 16 Danny Drinkwater CM 2012 Manchester United 17 Michael Johnson* CM Loan Manchester City 18 Franck Moussa CM / RW / LW 2010 Southend United 19 Richie Wellens CM 2009 Doncaster Rovers 22 Yuki Abe* DM / RB 2010 Urawa Red Diamonds 22 Ben Marshall RW / LW / AM 2012 Stoke City 23 Neil Danns CM / RW 2011 Crystal Palace 26 Gélson Fernandes* DM Loan Saint-Étienne Jason Banton* LW 2011 Unattached Shane Byrne CM 2011 Youth Moreno* DM / CB 2010 Vitória de Guimarães Dany N'Guessan* LW 2009 Lincoln City Oliver Norburn CM 2011 Youth Forwards 7 Paul Gallagher AM / RW / CF 2009 Blackburn Rovers 9 Steve Howard CF 2008 Derby County 13 Darius Vassell CF / RW 2010 Unattached 14 Martyn Waghorn CF / RW 2010 Sunderland 15 Harry Panayiotou CF / AM 2012 Youth 20 Jermaine Beckford CF 2011 Everton 24 Nathan Delfouneso* CF / RW Loan Aston Villa 27 Jeffrey Schlupp CF / RW 2010 Youth 35 David Nugent CF / RW 2011 Unattached 37 Tom Hopper CF 2011 Youth Elliott Chamberlain CF 2010 Youth Leon Crnčič* CF 2010 Atalanta Yann Kermorgant* CF 2009 Stade Reims For perspective. who the heck is Patrick Lane, somebody has just added themselves to this list havent they
Guest Cujek Posted 23 October 2019 Posted 23 October 2019 16 hours ago, Lambert09 said: who the heck is Patrick Lane, somebody has just added themselves to this list havent they was at Leicester apparently. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/patrick-lane/profil/spieler/81159 also played for Hinckley.
ScouseFox Posted 23 October 2019 Posted 23 October 2019 bloke even changed nationality in the time he was with us. baller.
Guest Cujek Posted 23 October 2019 Posted 23 October 2019 4 minutes ago, ScouseFox said: bloke even changed nationality in the time he was with us. baller. he needs his own appreciation thread.
UniFox21 Posted 4 November 2019 Posted 4 November 2019 Well the club think he's only just reached 300 appearances for the club. Assume this is the usual community shield debate?
Mark Posted 4 November 2019 Posted 4 November 2019 2 minutes ago, UniFox21 said: Well the club think he's only just reached 300 appearances for the club. Assume this is the usual community shield debate? Even if it is, he's on 302 by our stats
treer Posted 4 November 2019 Posted 4 November 2019 He can get another 50 appearances yet if he is content at seeing out games for the last 10 minutes. It is a Rodgers masterstroke, 10 mins for a fresh Wes at the end of a game, against tired strikers. Priceless
UniFox21 Posted 4 November 2019 Posted 4 November 2019 10 minutes ago, Mark said: Even if it is, he's on 302 by our stats Guess somewhere along the line something's gone wrong for someone 2 minutes ago, treer said: He can get another 50 appearances yet if he is content at seeing out games for the last 10 minutes. It is a Rodgers masterstroke, 10 mins for a fresh Wes at the end of a game, against tired strikers. Priceless 50 appearances is like 2 seasons which would take him to 37/38. Thats a long time to ask, personally can't see him staying beyond this year or a final year as a player/coach on the new training ground
treer Posted 4 November 2019 Posted 4 November 2019 We are going to have plenty of players next season with no CL experience, I think he will decide to stay to help them.
Dan Gliballs Posted 4 November 2019 Posted 4 November 2019 Monster of an old school Defender alongside Huth, the two brought out the best in each other. An absolute crime he was never selected for England as Harry Redknapp said...
UniFox21 Posted 4 November 2019 Posted 4 November 2019 16 minutes ago, treer said: We are going to have plenty of players next season with no CL experience, I think he will decide to stay to help them. But we also have a fair few who have played in the CL. Kasper, Evans, Ndidi, Youri and Vardy all having played in it. Barnes and Chilwell also having an appearance or two under their belt. That's 7 of our starting 11 having played in the competition before Edit: Forgot Ricardo as well, so that's 8.
urban fox Posted 4 November 2019 Posted 4 November 2019 Big up to Big Wes. Like many others I wondered why we had wasted good money on a Forest clogger. So glad to have been proven completely wrong. The man is a mountain and legend. Captain fantastic. Never missed a single minute of the championship season. Himself and Huth the best centre back pairing in the league. Always conducted himself with class and dignity. Hope he stays at the club in some sort of coaching or mentoring capacity. It is obvious that our direction is that of youth development (either in house or bought in) and someone with his experience, both on and off the field would be invaluable as part of the backroom staff as an example of what it means to be a leader and a professional. I know he has several business interests outside of football but hopefully he can be tempted to stick around the club for a bit yet, even if not on a playing contract. Whatever he decides to do though I wish him nothing but success in his chosen path
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