Better Off Elsewhere 11

[Golden Fox]

We like to think players will acquire some of the same affinity as us fans do for Leicester City: we are the best place for their careers - and they will retain links to Leicester for the rest of their careers & it will be a disaster for them to move on...

 

But what about the best 11 on paper that it just didn't happen for at Leicester?

 

Could be young players whose careers took off after turning out for us, big names nearing the end of their careers that we thought would add needed experience, or just big signings who were a bust...

 

                                         Spider Kalac

              John Curtis*       Martin Keown         Matt Mills  

Jason Wilcox       Dennis Wise          Andre Silva       Jesse Lingard

                                       Andrej Kramaric

                            Dion Dublin           Harry Kane

 

Subs
Allan Clarke (before my time), Ayoze Perez (this is FT!), Roberto Mancini (bit unfair to put him in as it was really just a cameo), Andy Russell (see the 1st name 11 thread)

 

Manager

Sven-Goran Eriksson

 

*based on his own estimation of himself

 

Really, I could have just listed the squads from 2004 until we went down to tier 3, but in different circumstances, I think this side packed with internationals and Premier League winners would have been quite a proposition, although the defence does need a bit of beefing up...

[StanSP]

No wonder it didn't work for Lingard if he's played as a LWB! 

[Foxmeister]

I still can’t face watching Homes Under the Hammer because of Dublin’s woeful performances for us.

[OadbyBlue]

Gökhan Inler, can’t remember a single thing he did for us, other than a half impressive cross field ball on his debut.

[Foxmeister]

Gary Charles, Wayne Clark, Martin Hodge, Kevin Pressman, Akinbiyi………….

[Aus Fox]

Jermaine Beckford in for Dion Dublin

[Motty]

6 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

Jermaine Beckford in for Dion Dublin

We should have won the league playing 12😀

Sorry was trying to quote topc not you Aus Fox

Edited 14 October 2021 by Motty

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Harry Kane was better off on loooan

[lgfualol]

Big Slim probably would have done well at another Prem club when we signed him. He did ok in his few appearances for us, but obviously wasnt a good fit.

[ealingfox]

That's Champions League winner Spider Kalac to you 

[Finnegan]

Harry Kane and Jesse Lingard were kids sent on brief loans. They weren't even that terrible they were just only ever brought in as fringe cover. 

 

I'm not entirely sure they count. People make a bigger deal of their loans than they should. 

[tickler28]

Jason Mcateer.....Michael Johnson.....Carl Cort

[Golden Fox]

24 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

Jermaine Beckford in for Dion Dublin

Looking at the numbers, Beckford was at 0.53 goals per game before he came & managed a paltry 0.21 goals per game for us.

 

I'm surprised that Dublin's goalscoring rate is quite a bit lower than that. He always seemed to score for Coventry, but that period was by some way the best goalscoring period for him. 0.9 goals per game makes him a shoe-in for this 11 though.

I just can't believe he played as many as 58 times for us.

 

 

8 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

Harry Kane and Jesse Lingard were kids sent on brief loans. They weren't even that terrible they were just only ever brought in as fringe cover. 

 

I'm not entirely sure they count. People make a bigger deal of their loans than they should. 

I'd tend to agree with this... so Beckford should probably get in over Kane & Gokhan Inler over Lingard...

 

Just got another striker though with a career rate above Dublin's but couldn't reach the heights of Dublin's 0.9 GPG for us... I give you Nathan Blake!

[davieG]

There aren't that many that Were better off elsewhere after they left us.

[Golden Fox]

6 minutes ago, tickler28 said:

Jason Mcateer.....Michael Johnson.....Carl Cort

Carl Cort 

 

(Did I miss something... Can't remember Jason McAteer at Leicester??)

[Langston]

4 minutes ago, Golden Fox said:

Carl Cort 

 

(Did I miss something... Can't remember Jason McAteer at Leicester??)

 

McAteer was done from memory, or at the very least as close as you can get to done, had photos on the pitch, with the shirt and stuff. The official site even announced it (I'm certain) before pulling it down, think he went to Tranmere instead. Not sure what scuppered it, would've been 04 or 05? Under Adams.

[Saxondale]

I have to be honest, when Lingard was on loan with us, I judged that he didn’t have a career ahead of him in professional football. He was so lightweight and out of his depth, more so than any young loanee I can remember. Obviously I was very wrong about this. 

 

Kane always had something, but he used to come on at 75 mins and look knackered by 80. Also, Pearson used to put him on the left wing if I remember! I haven’t got a bad word to say against Kane. He’s a fantastic striker, a decent guy and a model pro.

 

Weird isn’t it that some young players can look terrible, but go onto be superb; conversely some young players look absolutely exceptional, yet don’t even end up playing full professional football. 
 

This just goes to show that - despite what us fans like to think - club coaches and scouts know a hell of a lot more than us about spotting genuine talent!

[Guest]

27 minutes ago, Golden Fox said:

Looking at the numbers, Beckford was at 0.53 goals per game before he came & managed a paltry 0.21 goals per game for us.

 

I'm surprised that Dublin's goalscoring rate is quite a bit lower than that. He always seemed to score for Coventry, but that period was by some way the best goalscoring period for him. 0.9 goals per game makes him a shoe-in for this 11 though.

I just can't believe he played as many as 58 times for us.

 

 

I'd tend to agree with this... so Beckford should probably get in over Kane & Gokhan Inler over Lingard...

 

Just got another striker though with a career rate above Dublin's but couldn't reach the heights of Dublin's 0.9 GPG for us... I give you Nathan Blake!

Dublin played centre half here that’s why 

[HybridFox]

Mark Schwarzer . Way past his sell by date when he came to us

 

Same goes for Ricardo (the goalkeeper) 

Edited 14 October 2021 by TK95

[OadbyBlue]

Zieler is a shout, was very highly rated at Hannover but looked miles off Kasper here.

[Pliskin]

I’ll try…

 

 

GK Zieler - actually a decent goalie but just couldn’t settle into our way of playing, was a bit too relaxed.

 

LB - John Paintsil - one of the championship heavyweight signings, again flashes of looking decent, but on the whole was majorly disappointing.

 

CB - Matt Mills - I think we all saw him as the answer to our problems, but didn’t heed the warnings from Reading, turned out to be bobbins…..

 

CB - Damien Delaney - looked pretty decent when he first emerged, but probably fell foul of Taylor’s dismantling of our club. 
 

RB - Ben Chilwell - he isn’t a right back I know before we start, but he really needs to be here, showed such promise initially, but something went badly wrong, got his £50m move to Chelsea and is definitely better off away from the KP. 
 

 

RM - Cengiz Under - cold have been brilliant, was absolute bobbins, just again couldn’t adapt to the premier league or us. 

 

CM - Michael Johnson - High hopes of resurrecting his career, but again due to his personally troubles just couldn’t settle.

 

CM - Junior Lewis - literally better off anywhere, even McDonalds wouldn’t have been a bad shout. 
 

 

LM - Mark Davies - came in for a short (very short) loan spell in league one, and took the piss game after game, was far too good to play in that division. 

 

ST - Harry Kane - goes without saying really. 

ST - David Connolly - was a miserable twat, always felt he felt he was too good for us, I met him once at a signing event and he barely looked interested. 

[MrsJohnMurphy]

Ashley Ward was useless for us, went on to have a decent career

[Dan]

Roman Bednar.

[Nalis]

2 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Harry Kane was better off on loooan

Do do-do.

Do do-do do do do-do.....

[Foxxed]

Gray? He's a starter sitting fifth in the table. We're plummeting downwards.