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Leicester’s best 11 - with one caveat

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Phube

Phube

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To keep our minds off Sunday, a little fun (though really difficult).
 

Shamelessly stolen from twitter:


 

 

My picks so far (the unusual 2-4-4 formation!):

 

Banks (59-67)


Taggart (98-04)

Kisnorbo (05-09)

 


The Birch (71-77)

Kante (15-16)

Maddison (18- )

McAllister (85-90)
 

Linekar (77-85)
Rowley (50-58)

Chandler (23-35)

Claridge (96-98)

 

 

This Wiki page is invaluable:

List of Leicester City F.C. players

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RumbleFox

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Haven’t googled this at all so probably wrong but I can’t be arsed. But I’ve tried to at least keep it an actual formation……

 

Banks

 

Fofana

Elliott

Tunchev

Grayson


Cambiasso

Kante

McAllister

 

Chandler

Lineker

Rowley

 

(Grayson and Elliott may have just overlapped?)

 

 

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CountesthorpeFox1

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I would be all over doing this but for our success has been our own demise for me. 
 

it’s the title winning season that ruins this for me, obviously as everyone else has done it would have to be Kante but leaving Vardy and Mahrwz out hurts too much 

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Sampson

Sampson

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18 minutes ago, bmt said:

#justiceforvardy

I tried to make one and fit Vardy in but it’s just easier to put Kante in because he was only here 1 year, you can’t put in people like Cambiasso or Evans if you put Vardy in

Death by Football

Death by Football

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1 minute ago, Sampson said:

I tried to make one and fit Vardy in but it’s just easier to put Kante in because he was only here 1 year, you can’t put in people like Cambiasso or Evans if you put Vardy in

Not sure why you would want to put Evans in. 

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Phube

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The problem is (apart from Kanté and Cambiasso) anyone who can be classed as best/legend has been here for a long time ruining it. It’s a nightmare.

Sampson

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1 minute ago, Death by Football said:

Not sure why you would want to put Evans in. 

Well he was a very good defender for us for 2-3 seasons and he fits in with dates, people have put in Fofana, but Evans was definitely a better player for us than Fofana.

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Death by Football

Death by Football

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2 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Well he was a very good defender for us for 2-3 seasons and he fits in with dates, people have put in Fofana, but Evans was definitely a better player for us than Fofana.

Yeah I get that - was just being flippant. The difficulty is that some of our best defenders were here for years (Walsh, Elliott, Big Wes) so they exclude a load of other players. 

CountesthorpeFox1

CountesthorpeFox1

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27 minutes ago, CountesthorpeFox1 said:

I would be all over doing this but for our success has been our own demise for me. 
 

it’s the title winning season that ruins this for me, obviously as everyone else has done it would have to be Kante but leaving Vardy and Mahrwz out hurts too much 

Oh I can’t help myself. 
 

                            Banks 

 

Norberto salono fofana  maguire. Keown

 

                  Izzet  cambiasso kante

 

                               Birch 

                Lineker.         Les Ferdinand  

  
 

ive cheated a bit as I’ve assumed all players were in there prime and not when they played for us (well full backs & Ferdinand) also was really struggling for a left back hence the CB at left back. Also can’t be bothered to google if keown and Ferdinand played together 

Guest Electric Yetis

Guest Electric Yetis

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Banks

 

Rowett

Evans

James

 

Kante

Draper

Cambiasso

L Dyer

 

Lineker

Heskey

Ferdinand

 

 

RumbleFox

RumbleFox

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1 minute ago, Death by Football said:

For me it’s 

Banks


fofana

Elliott

Maguire

 

cambiasso

kante

gary mac

lloyd dyer

 

linekar

chandler

rowley

 

Probably the correct answer. /close thread. 

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bmt

bmt

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21 minutes ago, Sampson said:

I tried to make one and fit Vardy in but it’s just easier to put Kante in because he was only here 1 year, you can’t put in people like Cambiasso or Evans if you put Vardy in

Yeah I get that but he's our best ever player so it feels cheap haha.

lcfceed

lcfceed

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Not sure of the criteria, for example, players in the olden days couldn't match todays athleticism, but were good in the day.

 

Kasper - shot stopper supreme, leader.

Ricardo - before lockdown, Ricky was absolutely lethal bombing down the right, excellent tackler too. Energy that could lightup the whole city.

Evans - he's like a nasa geek regards organising, quietish but would perfectly compliment...

Walsh...this chap, who will run through every brick wall in front of him if it means winning.

Justin - extremely underated, never let city down, can play LB no problem, even with desperate injuries, he keeps going, qualified for England with city.

Tielamans - bags of energy, can find a killer pass, can score incredible goals from an unadvanced position. Teams need a Tielamans. FA Cup Winner.

Kante - more energy that the electric grid, one of the 3 main players that won the title, first season in a different country, excellent tackler and ball winner, magic.

Mahrez - he's got that twinkle in the eye you don't know what he'll do, just edged past Steve Lynex but only just.

Madisson - on his day he can open almost any door, excellent passer, you're on the front foot with him and thats the best for of defence.

Izzet - one of city's best ever players, ooodles of skill, lots of energy, good passer and link-up play. Had he been at a Liverpool or a man utd, he would of played for England he WAS that good.

Vardy - when Vardy finishes at Leicester, there will be the greatest, loudest and noisest round of applause you will ever hear. The term edge of seat should be on his headstone, as he lifted people, he lifted other players, his energy and desire galvinated tens of thousands of people to BELIEVE. Jamie Vardy IS Leicester City. He scores when he wants. The 11th in a row V Man Utd, that Liverpool goal, the brace at West Brom, these were moments that created unimaginable terror in opposition defences.

Subs, Shilton, Fofana, Lennon, Claridge, Heskey

 

What they did for city, how they influenced games, made impacts, and how they would gell together, is my criteria.

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Nalis

Nalis

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1 hour ago, Death by Football said:

For me it’s 

Banks


fofana

Elliott

Maguire

 

cambiasso

kante

gary mac

lloyd dyer

 

linekar

chandler

rowley

 

Decent shout this

Paninistickers

Paninistickers

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1 hour ago, Death by Football said:

For me it’s 

Banks


fofana

Elliott

Maguire

 

cambiasso

kante

gary mac

lloyd dyer

 

linekar

chandler

rowley

 

I'm gonna replace Shilts with Banks to allow room for Derek Dougan replacing the prehistoric chandler

 

Also, the other old dinosaur Rowley can be replaced with Emile. Means dropping Matty Elliott, who I'd replace with a dark horse of Gareth Macualey 

Bert

Bert

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3 hours ago, HesNotGudjonsonn2 said:

Having a go with no online checks.

 

Banks

Elliott

Chilwell

Mills

 

 

 

Cambiasso

Kante

Gary Mac

 

 

 

Yakubu

Lineker

Worthington

Chandler

Rowley

 

It is a very attack minded formation.

Wouldn’t have picked Matt Mills myself but each to their own :ph34r: 

Sampson

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48 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

I'm gonna replace Shilts with Banks to allow room for Derek Dougan replacing the prehistoric chandler

 

Also, the other old dinosaur Rowley can be replaced with Emile. Means dropping Matty Elliott, who I'd replace with a dark horse of Gareth Macualey 

Strange to call Rowley a dinosaur but call up Dougan. Dougan was playing for Portsmouth while Rowley was still at Leicester. Their careers overlapped by quite a few years and were essentially from the same era. It’s just that Dougan is remembered mostly for his time later in his career at Wolves in his 30s.

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