10 year gap, who wins ?

[ronnup]

Who wins, this team at that point or the current one ?

[Aus Fox]

13-14 wins comfortably for me, a young Vardy, Mahrez and Knockaert to open up the defence.Nugent would finish a lot of the chances we give away each game.

 

[Bert]

6 of these played a massive part in us winning the premier league. It’s comfortably 13/14. 

[Stadt]

2 minutes ago, Bert said:

6 of these played a massive part in us winning the premier league. It’s comfortably 13/14. 

They weren’t the same players in 13-14 though, Vardy scored 17 (off the top of my head) that year.

 

That 442 wouldn’t be able to cope with our current midfield and style of play. Plus Konchesky and De Laet couldn’t cope with the wingers now 

[Sampson]

Dyer was our best winger in 13-14, not Knockaert or Mahrez. Knockaert played right wing but was replaced by Mahrez in January.

 

Also Liam Moore played more than Wasilewski from memory, although they rotated a lot. 

[KFS]

Loved this team

[lcfcsnow]

2013/14 would do this team on the counter. We were better than all of the possession obsessed teams, and carried that on eventually in the Premier League. Now when we go up we'll just be another possession obsessed team.

[kyleolly]

What most of that team went on to achieve you can’t really compare the two but I think we are stronger now in certain positions than we were back then.

 

[Soar Fox]

13/14 pisses all over this current lot.

[murphy]

I thought that man for man 13/14 was far superior.  Then I made a combined XI and was surprised to see that only   Schmeichel,  Morgan and Mahrez made the cut.

[Sampson]

6 minutes ago, murphy said:

I thought that man for man 13/14 was far superior.  Then I made a combined XI and was surprised to see that only   Schmeichel,  Morgan and Mahrez made the cut.

Opinions and all that but im not sure what you’re smoking if Drinkwater and 13/14 Vardy don’t make the combined XI, they were our best 2 players that season.
 

Winks, Ndidi and KDH have all been great, but Drinkwater is 100% the first name in that combined midfield, he had the most passes in the Championship that season and we completely played through him. He won our POTY by a mile for a reason - because he was the best player in the championship that year. 

 

Also I’d definitely have Dyer over Mavidi for sure and i felt much safer with Konchesky than I do Justin.

Edited 25 November 2023 by Sampson

[Sol thewall Bamba]

A lot overlooking the general improvement in the game over the last decade. I think it would be interesting never the less.

[murphy]

2 minutes ago, Sampson said:

Opinions and all that but im not sure what you’re smoking if Drinkwater and 13/14 Vardy don’t make the combined XI, they were our best 2 players that season.

 

Also I’d definitely have Dyer over Mavidi for sure and i felt much safer with Konchesky than I do Justin.

Of course I'd pick Vardy but he is in both teams so the point is moot.

 

I think I;d take Winks over Drinky.

[leicesterlad1989]

I keep seeing this team. The disrespect of Lloyd Dyer is baffling. He was just as  important as both Mahrez and Knockaert. 

[Sampson]

3 minutes ago, murphy said:

Of course I'd pick Vardy but he is in both teams so the point is moot.

 

I think I;d take Winks over Drinky.

Think people are forgetting just how good Drinkwater was that season, he was hands down the best player in the division, had by far and away the most passes and touches iirc of any player in the division and completely ran games for us.
 

He was definitely better than even Winks, although Winks has been great. It’s not an either/or though, there’s 2-3 midfield spots.

Edited 25 November 2023 by Sampson

[Sampson]

For me:

 

Schmeichel

 

Ricardo

Morgan

Faes

Konchesky

 

Winks

Drinkwater

Dewsbury-Hall

 

Dyer

Vardy (in his 13-14 form)

Mahrez

 

Or

 

Schmeichel

 

Ricardo

Morgan

Faes

Konchesky

 

Mahrez

Drinkwater

Winks

Dyer

13-14 Vardy

Nugent 

 

That’s 7-4 or 8-3 to 13/14 depending if you’re using the 13/14 or 23/24 formation

Edited 25 November 2023 by Sampson

[tom27111]

I'd say the current team.

 

Most of the 13/14 team are nearly in their forties now.

 

Morgan, Nugent, Drinkwater and Wasilewski are all retired.

[Mark_w]

Mahrez wasn't here at this point, and King over James is weird. Stick Matty in for King in the starting line-up and I reckon 13-14 probably win a one off game. Not so sure with a central midfield of Drinky/King.

[Aus Fox]

Combined team would be unstoppable!

 

Kasper

 

Ricardo 
Morgan 

Faes

Justin

 

Winks

Drinkwater

Ndidi

 

Mahrez

Young Vardy

Dyer

 

Manager: Nigel Pearson

 

[TrentFox]

Perhaps a more challenging question is which playing style  would you prefer to watch? 13/14 all day long for me. 

[LCFCJohn]

2013/14 for me. Hard to compare with different formations etc, one striker not two now for example, so you can only really look generally at positions.

 

The only obvious ones from this year that get into 2013/14 for me, are Ricardo and Winks. I liked De Laet but Ricardo is so far superior and Winks is above this level.

 

Others are a matter of opinion. I’d take Dyer, Mahrez and Knockaert over our current wing options. Dyer was a superior Mavididi for me.

 

As someone says above, without looking, I’d have said Liam Moore played most alongside Wes. They were great that season so I’m not sure I’d swap out Liam for this seasons options but I understand many will. 
 

Nugent was great. Again he would either be a victim of our current formation or be the central forward but apart from Vardy who is in both years, he is far better than our other options now.

 

I like a left footed left back so probably keeping Konchesky to be fair but he was very good that year.

 

Central midfield not easy as some good options there. Drinkwater and Winks for sure. For that balance again, I might have KDH and Drinkwater either side of Winks but harsh on Ndidi.

[LCFCJohn]

4 hours ago, TrentFox said:

Perhaps a more challenging question is which playing style  would you prefer to watch? 13/14 all day long for me. 

Agreed. Dyer scared defences shitless, Knockaert/Mahrez was their magic feet. Nugent and Vardy clinical. The full back also got forward a lot. 
 

We put up some big wins that season where we put teams to the sword which we haven’t done (yet) this season.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

9 hours ago, leicesterlad1989 said:

I keep seeing this team. The disrespect of Lloyd Dyer is baffling. He was just as  important as both Mahrez and Knockaert. 

Dyer got 15 goal contributions that season, I wonder if any of our wingers will get that this season.

[Sampson]

I think the wings in general is one part of the pitch where 13-14 were clearly better. It’s been one of our weaker areas so far this season and really all 3 of our wingers in 13-14 were a step above what we have now. 

[Fox92]

Wait to see what happens this season first.