Best Leicester 11 of your lifetime (in terms of ability)

[BenTheFox]

Strictly in terms of ability, if you had to put a Leicester team together, what would it be? 

 

As I say, it's based strictly on individual ability, therefore, I'm not going just with the 15/16 team. 

 

I was born in 1994. 

 

I'm going with:

 

Schmeichel

 

Ricardo

Evans

Huth

Fuchs

 

Kanté 

Cambiasso 

 

Mahrez

Madisson

Barnes

 

Vardy

 

Goalkeeper, RW and Striker were the most obvious ones for me. Almost everything else is debatable. I found the centre backs particularly difficult. In terms of all around footballing ability Fofana should be in there. However, Huth is defensively the best CB I've seen and Evans at his best was the most complete. It's also difficult to leave Morgan out of any best Leicester team. 

 

I really wanted to put a couple of players from the Martin O'Neil era in, but I couldn't think who would honesty get in. You could make a case for Izzet in midfield, but we've probably had better midfielders in the past decade. If you wanted two strikers, you could make a case for Heskey upfront with Vardy. 

[urban.spaceman]

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[urban.spaceman]

7 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

Strictly in terms of ability, if you had to put a Leicester team together, what would it be? 

 

As I say, it's based strictly on individual ability, therefore, I'm not going just with the 15/16 team. 

 

I was born in 1994. 

 

I'm going with:

 

Schmeichel

 

Ricardo

Evans

Huth

Fuchs

 

Kanté 

Cambiasso 

 

Mahrez

Madisson

Barnes

 

Vardy

 

Goalkeeper, RW and Striker were the most obvious ones for me. Almost everything else is debatable. I found the centre backs particularly difficult. In terms of all around footballing ability Fofana should be in there. However, Huth is defensively the best CB I've seen and Evans at his best was the most complete. It's also difficult to leave Morgan out of any best Leicester team. 

 

I really wanted to put a couple of players from the Martin O'Neil era in, but I couldn't think who would honesty get in. You could make a case for Izzet in midfield, but we've probably had better midfielders in the past decade. If you wanted two strikers, you could make a case for Heskey upfront with Vardy. 

I was born in 1985 and that is pretty much the XI I'd go for, though I'd probably put Morgan in there instead of Evans for his leadership quality. Muzzy Izzet was a ****ing delight to watch so I'd definitely put him in there with a change of formation

 

Schmeichel

 

Ricardo

Morgan

Huth

Fuchs

 

Kanté 

Cambiasso 

Izzet

 

Mahrez

Madisson

 

Vardy

 

 

[Mark_w]

Kasper

Ricardo
Fofana 
Huth
Fuchs

Kante
Tielemans

Mahrez
Maddison
Barnes

Vardy

I'd be very tempted to shift Mahrez central and replace Maddison with Fatawu but probably can't quite justify it yet. (Born 95)

Edited 3 September 2025 by Mark_w

[urban.spaceman]

Just now, Mark_w said:

Kasper

Ricardo
Fofana  
Huth
Fuchs

Kante
Tielemans

Mahrez
Maddison
Barnes

Vardy

I'd be very tempted to shift Mahrez central and replace Maddison with Fatawu but probably can't quite justify it yet.

 

 

[lanefox]

Kasper

 

Ricky

Fofana

Walsh

Guppy

 

Kante

Izzet

Youri

 

Mahrez

Vardy

Fatawu

 

Guppy and Ricky bombing on, Kante can cover the ground to make up for them marauding 

 

Edited 3 September 2025 by lanefox

[Stadt]

44 minutes ago, lanefox said:

Kasper

 

Ricky

Fofana

Walsh

Guppy

 

Kante

Izzet

Youri

 

Mahrez

Vardy

Fatawu

 

Guppy and Ricky bombing on, Kante can cover the ground to make up for them marauding 

 

I wasn’t old enough to have watched them but I’ve always been under the impression Elliott was the better player between him and Walsh 

Edited 3 September 2025 by Stadt

[GingerrrFox]

Schmeichel

 

Ricardo

Fofana

Evans

Guppy

 

Kante

Cambiasso

 

Mahrez

Izzet

Maddison

 

Vardy

 

*Maddison tucking in from the left to let Gups play high and wide on the left wing from LB

[AKCJ]

Schmeichel

Ricardo Evans Huth Fuchs

Kante Tielemans Izzett

Mahrez Vardy Maddison

 

 

[LVFox]

                      Kasper

Ricardo  Fofana    Elliott    Fuchs

                       Kante

             Izzet.       Tielemans

                      Mahrez

            Heskey.      Vardy

                     

[Mickyblueeyes]

Kasper (but special mention for Flowers who was my favourite when I was younger)

 

Ricardo flying down the right.

Fofana

Elliott - a ball playing proper centre back just lacked pace. (special mention for Morgan)

Fuchs

 

Kante

Izzet (not really where I would play him but one who absolutely have made the team/squad in our recent period)

 

Mahrez

Maddison

Guppy (what a left foot Vards would’ve loved him).

 

Vardy

 

Two things - I’ve written that out and realised only 4 are title winners. I’ll probably change it again later as more people post. 

[Fox-LMA]

Born in 1985 & stated going to games in 1991 - Will try to contain recency bias if I can...

 

Schmeichel

 

Ricardo

Elliott (People forget that he had a fine technique on the ball)

Morgan (A fine 1v1 defender - an undervalued quality)

Fuchs

 

Kante

Tielemans

Izzet (A crime that he never played for England - victim of big club bias)

 

Mahrez

Maddison

Vardy

 

Bench x9

Flowers

G. Mills (massively underrated - Played in a European Cup Final at 17)

Maguire (our version - not the Man Utd one)

Guppy (so adaptable)

Cambiasso (old master)

Draper (would have gone onto big things if not for injury)

Barnes

Lookman

Heskey

 

 

[RumbleFox]

Kasper

 

Ricardo

Huth

Elliott

Fuchs

Kante

 

Mahrez
Cambiasso

Izzet

Maddison

 

Vardy

 

20 minutes ago, Stadt said:

I wasn’t old enough to have watched them but I’ve always been under the impression Elliot was the better player between him Walsh 

I’d say Elliott was the better player.

 

In my opinion Evans should not be near anyone’s team. Not fit to lace the boots of Elliott, Huth, Walsh, Morgan or even Taggart or Sinclair. Personally hold him high in “blame for our relegation”

regard.

[Wolfox]

Waller

Ricardo Elliot Huth Kaamark

izzet Kante Tielemans Mahrez

Lineker Vardy

 

 

I’m desperate to throw prime Mark Draper in there, but he loses out…. I can’t believe there’s not a spot for Heskey either 

[BenTheFox]

12 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

Kasper

 

Ricardo

Huth

Elliott

Fuchs

Kante

 

Mahrez
Cambiasso

Izzet

Maddison

 

Vardy

 

I’d say Elliott was the better player.

 

In my opinion Evans should not be near anyone’s team. Not fit to lace the boots of Elliott, Huth, Walsh, Morgan or even Taggart or Sinclair. Personally hold him high in “blame for our relegation”

regard.

Did the way he conducted himself leave a bad taste? Certainly. But he had it all as a centre back. He was far more complete than any of the central defenders you've mentioned. During the first 6/7 months under Rodgers he was putting in some of the smoothest performances from a centre half imaginable. 

[HankMarvin]

21 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

Kasper

 

Ricardo

Huth

Elliott

Fuchs

Kante

 

Mahrez
Cambiasso

Izzet

Maddison

 

Vardy

 

I’d say Elliott was the better player.

 

In my opinion Evans should not be near anyone’s team. Not fit to lace the boots of Elliott, Huth, Walsh, Morgan or even Taggart or Sinclair. Personally hold him high in “blame for our relegation”

regard.

People sleep on Elliot forget how good he was up the other end.

when you consider some strikers fail to score more than 5 in a season, he has 2 seasons of 7 and 6 goals.

 

22 Goals in 199 prem games 

[whoareyaaa]

                     Kasper

 

  Ricardo  Huth    Morgan    Fuchs

 

                       Kante

 

    Mahrez. Maddison Youri Barnes

                       

                         Vardy

 

Subs: Jakub, Simpson, Izzet, Guppy, Elliot, Walsh, Heskey, Albrighton

[TheFiveTime]

51 minutes ago, lanefox said:

Kasper

 

Ricky

Fofana

Walsh

Guppy

 

Kante

Izzet

Youri

 

Mahrez

Vardy

Fatawu

 

Guppy and Ricky bombing on, Kante can cover the ground to make up for them marauding 

 

don't get me wrong i like fatawu but you have to be a lemming to put him in their in ability in this current moment - he is still a young player and is leagues behind peak barnes

[HankMarvin]

2 minutes ago, TheFiveTime said:

don't get me wrong i like fatawu but you have to be a lemming to put him in their in ability in this current moment - he is still a young player and is leagues behind peak barnes

Lots of players have excelled in the champ and struggled in the prem so it would be a bit early to judge.

 

As for Guppy at left back, he played a lot of games at LM, LW

People probably remember the goals and assists but they were generally from more advanced positions.

 

 

[VG Fox]

Banks

Nish

Smith

Walsh

Elliott

Glover

Kante

Weller

Lineker

Mahrez

Vardy

 

 

Worthington was a close miss, but he probably wasn't at his very best when he played for us.

Larry May was also in my mind

Bobby Smith at left back was ahead of Rofe who again was probably passed his best when he played for us, although still an excellent player with a hell of a shot

 

 

 

 

Edited 3 September 2025 by VG Fox

[RumbleFox]

46 minutes ago, BenTheFox said:

Did the way he conducted himself leave a bad taste? Certainly. But he had it all as a centre back. He was far more complete than any of the central defenders you've mentioned. During the first 6/7 months under Rodgers he was putting in some of the smoothest performances from a centre half imaginable. 

I don’t think he was anywhere near as good as Matt Elliott personally. 

[RumbleFox]

44 minutes ago, HankMarvin said:

People sleep on Elliot forget how good he was up the other end.

when you consider some strikers fail to score more than 5 in a season, he has 2 seasons of 7 and 6 goals.

 

22 Goals in 199 prem games 

I think he’s the best defender we’ve ever had. 

[Vlad the Fox]

Is everyone forgetting Neil Lennon?

[Vlad the Fox]

Parker was also great for us.

[BenTheFox]

8 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

I don’t think he was anywhere near as good as Matt Elliott personally. 

There's a recency bias from my perspective, I'm sure of it.