Nugent Interview: Didnt want to leave Leicester :'(

[Sampson]

He and Vardy were an unreal strikeforce in the Championship.

 

Also think people forget that he had s good season in the great escape season playing as an attacking midfielder. Mahrez didn't oust him until the last few games and he was ahead of Mahrez at the beginning of the great escape run.

Edited 21 November 2019 by Sampson

[Jaspa]

1 hour ago, coolhandfox said:

Love Oki, but if I'm honest I sure Nugent could have done just as good in the title winning side! 

Not having that.

 

Superb player for us, put years of graft in to get us up but to be honest in the Prem he was showing age and struggling to make as much of an impact. Great finishes away at Liverpool & that volley against Tottenham particularly, the pen to get it back to 2-3 against United is also a great moment.

 

He came through a tough start here, Sven brought him in when the fanbase just wanted the striker to bang goals in, we were still after Nicky Maynard when we'd already signed Nuge on a free and it was a game against Maynard's Brizzle City where he scored his first goal for us(in a grounding defeat). Then he went through the Pearson filtering process of Sven's team; only King, Kasper, Dyer, Konch & Nuge made it through from a whole squad, and he grew with us into the lethal 20 a season Championship goalpoacher we craved, and it was him spearheading the Club to win the Championship, it seemed every night game on Sky at home he'd score the vital goal.

 

Seems a healthy personality. He's a part of what the Club has built up and is today.

 

Also he had a silly run style where he kept his top half really stable and moved knees down at rapid speed.

Edited 21 November 2019 by Jaspa

[foxfanazer]

23 minutes ago, Sampson said:

He and Vardy were an unreal strikeforce in the Championship.

 

Also think people forget that he had s good season in the great escape season playing as an attacking midfielder. Mahrez didn't oust him until the last few games and he was ahead of Mahrez at the beginning of the great escape run.

Will always remember that goal against QPR in the promotion season. Nuge wins the flick on, Vardy takes his first touch around the defender and fires it across the goalkeeper for a game winning goal. I think I knew it was going to be a great season from that point

Edited 21 November 2019 by foxfanazer

[Leicesterpool]

Forever a legend, never could acuse him of being lazy always gave 110%. Surprised when he left, felt he had one more season in him. Deserved a premier league medal.

Edited 21 November 2019 by Leicesterpool

[Wolfox]

Brutal at times isn’t it?

 

Nobody can claim it was the wrong decision…

 

He was amazing for us and clearly a lovely bloke to boot… shame he wasn’t their for the history defining season…

[Samilktray]

What a bloke 

[tom27111]

I was massively underwhelmed when we signed him (as I was with Tony Cottee), shows what i know!

 

One of my all time favourite players, a true cult hero.

 

Had the pleasure of meeting him briefly in town. Top bloke and played the game in the right way.

 

He might not have a Premier League winners medal, but he was a massive part of the build up.

[Sunbury Fox]

Very decent player and seems like a genuinely good guy. Will always receive a good reception whenever he comes back to the KP. Hearing that interview it is no wonder that players rarely display loyalty to clubs when, if it suits them, clubs are willing to force them into transfers they don't want.

[Pliskin]

Will forever be one of my favourite players. Top player and will for we go down in the history books. Such a shame we couldn’t keep him for one more season, he deserved something like that for all he did for us.

[Trav Le Bleu]

1 hour ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

I am gutted he doesnt have a prem winners medal but gokhan inler does

I have a third-party t-shirt celebrating City's Prem triumph, listing the squad on the back. It annoys me no end that Inler is on there, but not Lloyd Dyer, who made a far bigger contribution.

 

Also, Nuge was fantastic for us. 

[Ric Flair]

Got a lot of time for Nugent, was a very intelligent and important player for us.

[Sampson]

I remember an interview with both Nugent and Dyer I think when Derby played Button a couple of years back in some paper and they both said Leicester was by far and away the most enjoyable times of their career and Pearson was the best manager they both played under and we were the team who they both looked out for the results for the most.

 

Both were brilliant players for us over a number of years, but they both seemed to go up an extra gear and have the season of their lives in our Championship winning season.

Edited 21 November 2019 by Sampson

[fuchsntf]

2 hours ago, Wolfox said:

Brutal at times isn’t it?

 

Nobody can claim it was the wrong decision…

 

He was amazing for us and clearly a lovely bloke to boot… shame he wasn’t their for the history defining season…

Sort of the 5th Beatle scenario....

[The Horse's Mouth]

2 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I have a third-party t-shirt celebrating City's Prem triumph, listing the squad on the back. It annoys me no end that Inler is on there, but not Lloyd Dyer, who made a far bigger contribution.

 

Also, Nuge was fantastic for us. 

Yeah, like I'm sure inlers a nice lad but I dont see the title win as just a season, it's the past 3 years into one, Lloyd Dyer definitely deserved one, all played pivotal roles into getting us into that position and is quite sad him and Nuge especially missed out, especially Nuge who actually played a decent part in keeping us up just a few months before

[Stadt]

He interviews well.

 

 

He used to live near my (non-football supporting) mate and he says that he was an absolutely lovely bloke. Heard from a few others too that he’s a gent.

 

Mad that a lot of us have more of an affinity with the 13/14 squad than the 15/16 one. 

[NZ_Foxile]

I remember watching this video just after he’d left us to sign for Middlesbrough and thinking that he really looked like he didn’t want to be there at all. Sounds like that wasn’t far from the truth 

 

 

[Collibosher70]

Fantastic and a honest player...Will always be welcomed back here.

[Predator595]

Definitely Sven's best two signings nuge and kasper, I think my favourite goal was that half volly against Middlesbrough when only a quarter of the stadium was there and vards gave away that penalty that kasper saved.

[TheUltimateWinner]

Love Nuge 

[Footballwipe]

11 hours ago, Jaspa said:

Not having that.

 

Superb player for us, put years of graft in to get us up but to be honest in the Prem he was showing age and struggling to make as much of an impact. Great finishes away at Liverpool & that volley against Tottenham particularly, the pen to get it back to 2-3 against United is also a great moment.

 

He came through a tough start here, Sven brought him in when the fanbase just wanted the striker to bang goals in, we were still after Nicky Maynard when we'd already signed Nuge on a free and it was a game against Maynard's Brizzle City where he scored his first goal for us(in a grounding defeat). Then he went through the Pearson filtering process of Sven's team; only King, Kasper, Dyer, Konch & Nuge made it through from a whole squad, and he grew with us into the lethal 20 a season Championship goalpoacher we craved, and it was him spearheading the Club to win the Championship, it seemed every night game on Sky at home he'd score the vital goal.

 

Seems a healthy personality. He's a part of what the Club has built up and is today.

 

Also he had a silly run style where he kept his top half really stable and moved knees down at rapid speed.

Thank god you pulled this up. I'm all for nostalgia but the thought that he'd have done just as good a job as Okazaki is absolute BS, a complete whitewash of his contribution to our title win just for a few misty-eyed memories.

 

What a man and what a player he was for us at the time, but come on.

[Finnaldo]

10 hours ago, Sampson said:

I remember an interview with both Nugent and Dyer I think when Derby played Burton a couple of years back in some paper and they both said Leicester was by far and away the most enjoyable times of their career and Pearson was the best manager they both played under and we were the team who they both looked out for the results for the most.

 

Both were brilliant players for us over a number of years, but they both seemed to go up an extra gear and have the season of their lives in our Championship winning season.

 

This is what I loved about Leicester City 2013-16, It feel as though the majority of the squad under Pearson and the first half of Ranieri's reign loved being at Leicester. More than anything the players seemed to want to play for the badge and Pearson seemed to really encourage and cultivate that alongside the Sports Science, it was a band of brothers more than a team and what we achieved in those three seasons goes to show that.

[rn9013]

A good player for us at the time, but after the 14/15 season was the right time to part ways. Interesting to read the Redknapp feud though, perhaps he's not the perfect nice guy the media likes to portray him as these days. 

[Lambert09]

6 hours ago, rn9013 said:

A good player for us at the time, but after the 14/15 season was the right time to part ways. Interesting to read the Redknapp feud though, perhaps he's not the perfect nice guy the media likes to portray him as these days. 

C'mon mate, we've all had bosses that didnt like us.  

 

Edit* (making a habit of having to do this ) You meant Redknapps not the nice guy didnt you.  May as well comment on that if I have to. He just wasnt his type of player... nothing personal im sure. 

Edited 22 November 2019 by Lambert09

[whoareyaaa]

Shame he wasn't around for the following season deserved a league medal after being promoted with us and helping keep us up, always ran his socks off and had a goal in him

[HybridFox]

One of my favourite players at Leicester. Arguably the most down-to-earth footballer I've met. Always had time for the fans and also did the business on the pitch. Was sad to see him leave