Our 12 greatest ever wingers (Ranked)

[urban fox]

I remember singing "we got Marty, Marty Feldman, Marty Feldman on the wing". For anyone under 50y.o google Rodney Fern and Marty Feldman

[Sampson]

2 hours ago, Death by Football said:

Albrighton has to be above Guppy.  Guppy was fantastic for a season.  Albrighton has won the Premier League, FA Cup, Charity Shield and played in several European campaigns for Leicester including scoring in the Champions League.  It's no contest for me.  Technically Riyad was better and had more of an impact in his time here so I can accept him at No1 but Albrighton has got to be right up there.

And agree with the Lloyd Dyer shouts as well.  Cracking player for us.

It’s an interesting debate with Albrighton vs Guppy. Guppy used to get a lot of stick (often unfairly) in his time and seems to be one of those players who gets more and more appreciated and more and more talked about as time goes on.
 

Same with Albrighton in many ways, has got written off many times over the years (also often unfairly) and often answered those critics. But I feel like he’s one of those players that will get more appreciation over the next 10-20 years like Guppy has. Especially with his Champions League goals vs Sevilla and Copenhagen which will probably go down as 2 of the most iconic goals in the club’s history in years to come. 
 

One could argue Guppy had a higher peak sustained over a season or two but Albrighton had greater longevity and more iconic individual moments and better individual performances. 
 

I think if you did this same list in 15 years time, Albrighton would be #3 after Mahrez and Weller. 

Edited 20 September 2023 by Sampson

[Lesterlad]

3 hours ago, Sampson said:

I mean come on… some of those names played a couple of seasons for us in the second tier and that’s it. Some others are squad players in relegation battling sides and clearly just reaching
 

Even without some of the older players that were before my time, there’s no credible argument that the likes of Steve Kember, John Farrington, Bobby Smith were genuinely as good as players for us as Harvey Barnes.
 

I mean Kember was an ok player for a season or so in a bottom half side and Smith was great for us in that season we got promoted but struggled a bit in the top flight, claiming either were as good as Barnes is either reaching or nostalgia baiting to the extreme.

Maybe so bug jt wasn’t difficult to name 20 players. My argument is Barnes does not get in top 10 city best wingers. Jackie Sinclair was far superior so was jack Froggart and Johnny Morris. On his day Barnes was class but he was very inconsistent. However out of the 3 main players who left in summer him Youri and Maddison I truly hope Barnes does better then the others.