True legends of the club.

[gerrytaggart 1,666]

1 hour ago, Mike Oxlong said:

His actions led to the most dramatic and memerable year in sporting history.  True club legend. 

[Voll Blau 9,379]

1 hour ago, reynard said:

Well I'm probably going to get laughed at here but Susan Whelan. As the CEO of our club she's overseen the most succesful period in the club's history, managed Vichai's death with a great deal of management skill and is one of the few women to succeed at the top level in this sport.

 

I've never met her and don't really know much about her but I like the way she goes about her  job quietly and without the need to court mainstream media like Karen Brady.

 

Quite possibly one of the most important "assets" we have and I think she will go down in the club's history as one of the most important of our off-field characters.

Efficient businessperson? Yes. Club legend? Behave.

 

Modern football's even more screwed than I thought if supporters are going to start affording that status to beancounters instead of goalscorers.

[Sampson 3,099]

Lived through the Bloomfield era and MON era. But most of them come from the last 5-10 years if we're honest.

People forgot about the bad performances with time and forget about any baggage players had off the field (e.g. Shilton was just about the most hated ex-Leicester player ever in the late 70s/early 80s when he was at Forest and his extra-marital affairs where in the newspapers, but that has faded now) and romanticise pretty inconsistent mid-table players by just remembering their best games over say, the team, which finished 5th last season.

The 2015-16 and 2019-present teams have been our best.

Even the Puel team which we all found frustrating was better than Bloomfield's or MON's team at their peaks really.

People have things they don't like about Mahrez now, but that will be forgotten in about 15 years for example - and, as someone who watched Weller plenty, Mahrez was the much better player - people just remember Weller's good games and good moments in time now. 

Matt Elliott, Graham Cross and Steve Walsh also used to have plenty of stinkers a season which get forgotten and conceded a lot more goals than our current crop and their peaks were not as high as Wes Morgan's, Robert Huth's, Jonny Evans' or Caglar Soyuncu's have been in recent years if we're also honest. Though they obviously had the longevity which only Wes of those 4 has had.

Vardy is unquestionably the best and most iconic player I've seen in a Leicester shirt. Never known a player who is so idolised by the support and who has won us so many games of football and given us so many iconic moments.

Mahrez, Morgan, King and Schmeichel are the other players you'd 100% put in that list from recent years.

Players like Albrighton, Simpson, Huth, Ndidi, Ricardo, Okazaki and Fuchs should probably be considered there too now. 

Maddison, Evans, Soyuncu and Tielemans almost certainly will be as well after another season or two if they keep it up. Barnes and Praet have definite potential to be if they can kick on as they have the ability but just need to show it more consitently.

Kante and Cambiasso if you can be on a single season.

Then going back players like Walsh, Izzet, Elliott, Lineker, Smith (who I see people slate all the time here for his commentary?), Wallington, Cross, Shilton, Nish, Weller, Worthington, Glover.

I'm sure players like Gibson, Banks, Rowley, Chandler etc. before that should be up there too.

Edited 27 October 2020 by Sampson

[surrifox 2,553]

Found the most perfect owners for us 

[Mickyblueeyes 2,561]

3 hours ago, Manini said:

Im at a bit of a loss that it’s even an argument to be considering Muzzy a legend. Before 2016 he was the absolute epitome of the word in modern times. 

This exactly. I can’t understand how he wouldn’t be classed as a legend. 

[Foxaholic ME 110]

4 hours ago, Mickyblueeyes said:

I’d add Gary Mills to the list. Played well over a hundred games. Player of the season a few times. Played in two play off finals, captain in one of them. Missed the 93/94 play off final due to injury but still led us out. 

What about real old timers Arthur Chandler  Arthur Rowley Sep Smith  I wonder how Vardeys record compares with the first two

[Oxfordfox83 976]

13 minutes ago, Foxaholic ME said:

What about real old timers Arthur Chandler  Arthur Rowley Sep Smith  I wonder how Vardeys record compares with the first two

None of us will ever know how they compare in the flesh.

 

Records? Depends whether Dixie Dean is the greatest striker in English history I suppose. 
 

Hopefully, wherever he features in the record books, people will spell Vardy’s name properly...

[onekeithweller 740]

That could be.... the winner from Claridge. It is!!

 

[Fox92 11,720]

8 hours ago, onekeithweller said:

That could be.... the winner from Claridge. It is!!

 

Page 3 until someone mentioned him. Claridge always gets overlooked!

 

A goal in a cup final and a play off final. Legend, without doubt.

[ScrumpyJack 173]

Big Matty Elliott. 

 

Apparently smoked a pack of cigarettes the evening before a game. He used to live near me in North Leicestershire when his children were younger. Often saw him driving around tight country roads in a massive Hummer. 

 

Was a decent player on the pitch too. 

 

Ledge.

 

 

  

12 hours ago, Sampson said:

Thesis

I tend to believe that a player's performance or talent on the pitch is not the only thing that contributes to legend status. Sometimes the stories that the mere thought of a player conjure up grant an epic otherness. For example, remember Sol Bamba marauding sprints up the pitch from defence? Absolute lad.

Edited 28 October 2020 by ScrumpyJack

[Aus Fox 8,566]

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57 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

Puels gone a bit grey.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo 7,793]

17 hours ago, Babylon said:

Kasper

Simpson

Fuchs

Morgan

Huth

Drunkwater

Kante

Mahrez

Albrighton

Okazaki

Vardy

 

I'd add to that an honorary legend position to Nathan Dyer, for practically breaking his neck to score us the winner in the 3-2 against Villa

[Mint23 285]

2 hours ago, ScrumpyJack said:

Big Matty Elliott. 

 

Apparently smoked a pack of cigarettes the evening before a game. He used to live near me in North Leicestershire when his children were younger. Often saw him driving around tight country roads in a massive Hummer. 

 

Was a decent player on the pitch too. 

 

Ledge.

 

 

  

I tend to believe that a player's performance or talent on the pitch is not the only thing that contributes to legend status. Sometimes the stories that the mere thought of a player conjure up grant an epic otherness. For example, remember Sol Bamba marauding sprints up the pitch from defence? Absolute lad.

Matty is 100% a legend to me. I still bump into him from time to time in and around Desford and he’s always got tome for a chat and a pint. Still smokes like a chimney too but he was the first defender I’d ever watched that could actually play football. I remember his debut where he was demanding the ball off the midfield to spread passes around and I thought it was like us signing Maldini!

[Corky 13,519]

18 hours ago, bmouth_fox said:

Always thought the Birch is a bit of a hanger on myself.

 

His on pitch stuff is a bit shit now and had it's day. Off the pitch he represents the club well and does a hell of a lot of work going to functions, funerals etc.

[Royston. 1,883]

Obviously the 15/16 team although i appreciate some off them wont be appreciated until 50 years time.

 

[deanolegend1989 850]

Vardy, Heskey, Linekar, Elliot, Muzzy, Lennon, Kasper, Morgan, Walsh.

Pearson, ONeil, Ranieri

Kante and Mahrez to a lesser extent.

[lcfc81 163]

Andy King?

Won L1, Champ and Prem?

 

[Wymsey 4,677]

Some former pupils of Wyggeston School.

[UpTheLeagueFox 10,294]

23 hours ago, Sampson said:

Even the Puel team which we all found frustrating was better than Bloomfield's or MON's team at their peaks really.

[Pliskin 2,743]

Whoever came up with “that whistle” in the Kop whenever an opposition fell over or dropped a bollock. Absolute genius. 
 

And Martin Reeves. The most astonishingly ordinary person ever to grace Leicester. 

Edited 28 October 2020 by Pliskin

[Stevosevic 3,415]

Vardy

 

Everyone else somewhere below.

[KFS 3,096]

On 27/10/2020 at 17:18, gerrytaggart said:

His actions led to the most dramatic and memerable year in sporting history.  True club legend. 

We’ve had a few arseholes at our club but this is the most impactful. Cleanest and all...

[Foxhateram 1,418]

13 hours ago, Fox92 said:

Page 3 until someone mentioned him. Claridge always gets overlooked!

 

A goal in a cup final and a play off final. Legend, without doubt.

Nah he's an arrogant git! Never says anything good about us when he's being a pundit. To be a legend you need to love this club! He never did. 

[HighPeakFox 11,367]

20 minutes ago, Foxhateram said:

Nah he's an arrogant git! Never says anything good about us when he's being a pundit. To be a legend you need to love this club! He never did. 

Where do you get this stuff?