Wes Morgan - 300 Club Appearances!

[Guest Markyblue]

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]

Has anyone mentioned what a legend this bloke is? A true blue god amongst the red abyss.

[Spudulike]

And not one of those 402 apperances for the Snotties were in the Premier League. Westley Morgan is a blue, is a blue... 

[Jonezy]

Westley Nathan Morgan - I love you! 

[Ian Nacho]

I remember when we signed him thinking, why do we need him... How wrong was I.

[M0901]

My captain 💙😍

[Vacamion]

 

I loved it that for ages Sky used a slo mo of him sliding on his knees celebrating a goal.

 

 

[wokinghamfox]

Wes, Vards and Kasper. City's three musketeers. To think we bought the lot for under 5 million combined.

Edited 21 October 2019 by wokinghamfox

[Mint23]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

bloke even changed nationality in the time he was with us. baller. 

[Guest Cujek]

4 minutes ago, ScouseFox said:

bloke even changed nationality in the time he was with us. baller. 

he needs his own appreciation thread.

[UniFox21]

 

Well the club think he's only just reached 300 appearances for the club. Assume this is the usual community shield debate?

[Mark]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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. 

Edited 4 November 2019 by UniFox21

[urban fox]

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