How do you define a club legend?

[whoareyaaa]

You could probably have two Legend category's for players like Vardy, Kasper, Albrighton, King, Walsh, Elliot, Taggart, Muzzy etc who are with the club for a long period and bring success.

Edited 12 January by whoareyaaa

[murphy]

3 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

But does it lower the bar and it’s not even prestigious is it? It’s a bit of fun. People have legends for different reasons. The first player you saw score. The first player you met. The player that came into the team at the same time you started watching. The player that used to get you off your feet and made you love Leicester city. The player you pretended to be with your mates. The player who was a big cvnt. It doesn’t make Vardy less of a legend in my eyes if some nobber from Syston wants to have Ian Ormondroyd in his hall of fame because he was 8 when he first saw him play and he scored the winner in the first match he attended. 

It's an exclusive club.  Ian Ormonroyd's name is not on the list, h's not coming in.  I don't care how many 8 year olds that might upset.

[RumbleFox]

1 minute ago, murphy said:

It's an exclusive club.  Ian Ormonroyd's name is not on the list, h's not coming in.  I don't care how many 8 year olds that might upset.

Haha I mean I fully get what you’re saying and I agree to an extent but for me football is about emotions. Seeing Matt Elliott turn Desailly on a sixpence then scoring is enough to make him a legend in my eyes even if that’s all he ever did. I’ll remember that forever.

[Corky]

8 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Vardy is more than a club legend at this rate. 

 

Loyalty, longevity and delivers the goods season upon season. 

 

It's almost an injustice to him to put him in the same bracket as other players that do fit the 'legend' category. 

There is something in this. I loved the likes of Izzet, Elliott and Heskey but they were very good players in our history. Vardy has been one of the best in the country in the last decade. Banks went beyond the club, too.

[RumbleFox]

I agree with others that Vardy is out on his own in front. No one else even come close. And YES, that includes Lee Philpott.

[murphy]

I think that some players might get the honour bestowed upon them after they have retired.

 

Youri for instance, cup winning goal scorer and integral part of our most successful team in living memory (miracles aside).  He should be a legend but for many (me) he queered his pitch by appearing to go through the motions and run his contract down, watching on as the ship sank.  Mahrez, for me at least, similar.  You can't be a legend for a club you disrespect.  

 

Perhaps, in time, that will all be forgotten.

 

[urban fox]

Not necessarily the headline grabbers. For me the likes of Andy King, Marc Albrighton et al are the true legends for their attitude, professionalism, respect of their peers, service to the club and achievements over a sustained period of time. I would also put Vardy, Kasper, Graham Cross and a few others into this category.

Ultimately it is a personal thing and different attributes mean different things to different people

[Mickyblueeyes]

Legends are players for me who pass down over the generation. In 20/30 years you’ll talk about them to your kids/grandkids as people who did extraordinary things for the club. 
 

I think who makes that list, except in exceptional circumstances (I.e. Vardy) can be very subjective.

 

There is also an argument that an exceptional moment becomes legendary but whether that makes the person legendary is another thing.  Again, subjective. 
 

 

[Mr.Bingles]

Dennis Wise? 

[murphy]

3 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

Haha I mean I fully get what you’re saying and I agree to an extent but for me football is about emotions. Seeing Matt Elliott turn Desailly on a sixpence then scoring is enough to make him a legend in my eyes even if that’s all he ever did. I’ll remember that forever.

Love Elliott.  Defo legend for me, but if it was for one single thing, it would be for twatting Craig Bellamy. 

[TeamRocket]

For me, it starts with loyalty with that comes respect and honer for the club/the fans. After this attitude of the player, for the clubs/fans and a person who doesn't think they are too big for the club.

 

Personally winning stuff for the club or getting magical last min goals, etc, doesn't  make a club legend.

 

Also, understand some time players want a move or whatever it is, but do it with respect and the right attitude as most fans would love to see them do well anyways.

[FoxesFourLife]

8 minutes ago, Bezzanator89 said:

I don't think a club legend can be tied down to one particular category or criteria.

 

Naturally, the 2015-16 squad can all be perceived as such. That triumph never should have been able to happen, but it did. Every player in that squad made that possible, so they all meet the legend criteria.

 

Loyalty is another, so Graham Cross is another. No-one will likely ever surpass his appearance record. In terms of goalscorers, Jamie Vardy is only surpassed by Arthur Chandler and Arther Rowley, so they meet the criteria. Players who did the iconic piece of magic, or skill to achieve something wonderful, so despite his last season shenanigans, Youri Tielemans meets that criteria.

 

Managers like Martin O'Neill, Claudio Ranieri and Nigel Pearson, who helped the club accomplish so much and brought everyone together. The club truly felt as one during these times, compared to now where it has now never felt more divided.

 

Putting this all aside, any player that anyone could recall for something truly outstanding and memorable, could also be so considered a club legend, but this is very subjective. There are others that played before I was even born that are considered club legends, and I accept them for what they achieved based on what I have read and the stories my Dad told me growing up.

 

Is there truly a definition for club legend? No, there are many definitions. And people may disagree, because we are good at that. But one thing we can all agree on, anyone who helped take our club momumental steps forward to success or did something we can never forget or stop being thankful for, comes closer to meeting that criteria than anyone.

I agree completely with this longevity and loyalty, achieving or surpassing club records and something that helps the club and fans realise a dream.

[Foxdiamond]

Players well before our time but in the record books must qualify. Black, Chandler, Rowley. All the 2015-16 team and yes Youri. By the way that is a great montage at Arsenal where the greats are linked arm in arm with names on the back

[RowlattsFox]

Different types of legends for me. There is not a single definition. Some are for achievements, some for ability, some for loyalty and some because they cared and were my favourite players at that time. In Vardys case it's all of the above 

[ithuriel]

There are legends and then there are LEGENDS,  peeps who support a club are going to call players and personnel legends and other clubs supporters or just  the average person in the street might not know who they are, then you have those players or managers etc., that pretty much near everyone will know in some manner, basically an Icon.

Has for the title winning team, the team itself is legendary but maybe not all the members are?  the first  group of games from that season had  different right/left backs and  you had some important subs too, Shinji and Vardy are what pretty much everyone knows but Ulloa ploughed in with some important goals for example.

 

[davieG]

17 minutes ago, urban fox said:

Ultimately it is a personal thing and different attributes mean different things to different people

This, it's really not definable for some it will be the first player who made them fall in love with football, others because they admire their sublime skills, then there's their loyalty and length of service. It's all so subjective.

 

I don't even think in terms of legends I think more about players I admire because of those attributes and I don't really rank them I have a long list but will say  Davie Gibson was my first love.

[murphy]

I see no one has mentioned Sir Steve of Walsh yet?

 

Perhaps its cus there's not so many that remember him these days or perhaps it's because he has been reframed as a thug these days.

 

For me Walsh typified the Mr Leicester City role as Jamie Vardy does today.  Great leader, great defender, great striker, Derby-slayer, Play off winner, League cup winner and had that *Botham-esque quality of being able to make things happen.

 

*Ian Botham was a cricketist from the olden days, kids.

[Vlad the Fox]

I’d go longevity, contributions to the team particularly towards success or successful periods. But I’d argue it’s not a personal thing, for a player to be a club legend it needs to be widely accepted by the fan base. No one is going to argue against Vardy, but I thought Lynex was great but would the majority consider him a legend?

[Claridge]

1 hour ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

Think people confuse legends with what you’d call a cult hero. Of our title winning team id probably only consider Kasper, Wes, Mahrez and Vardy in that. Mahrez is a big exception to the rule purely because he we will never have a player of his talent again 

Easily the best football player i have seen play for Leicester in 50 yrs.(although Vardy's achievements are greater) Of course he is a legend as without him we wouldn't of won the league, same goes for that entire team because of what they achieved

[Blue Ed]

These legends in my time following...

 

Steve Walsh

Jamie Vardy

 

 

 

 

Edited 12 January by Blue Ed

[foxfanazer]

1 hour ago, Torquay Gunner said:

So assume Tielemans would make your list? 

He absolutely is. But our fans are weirdos and rank the likes of James Maddison higher

[foxfanazer]

Nobody is at Vardy's level that's for sure. Kasper, Wes and Pearson in the next bracket and then the rest of the premier league winners. The the likes of Muzzy, Elliott, Walsh, Tielemans etc

[Stuntman_Mike]

Might be extremely unpopular, but is Youri a 'legend'?

 

I don't know if it's cus I seen him give up and get out run by a ref, but I kind of see him as more of a hero, moment of magic type. Just as much as I would if Castagne or Amartey had bundled one in that day. Don't get me wrong he was a very good player for us the majority of his time here, but ability doesn't make you more of legend as such. 

 

Likewise I don't see Rodgers or Nacho as legends despite their contribution to the FA cup win. I guess we all view people differently, but for me it's a connection and a lasting one at that. 

[coolhandfox]

Achievement, longevity, loyalty.

 

But the weighting for each element isn't  always the same for every player.

 

It can also be effect by the era they played in.

 

Also some slips in the cult hero bracket. 

[Foxdiamond]

Would most here include Banks and Shilton?  I wonder if Everton fans consider Mike Trebilcock a legend. 2 goals in the 1966 F A Cup Final (after they were 0-2 down) but played less than 2 dozen matches in his time there