lavrentis Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 After visiting PNE today and noticing they have a statue of Tom Finney and other clubs having statues etc I think a statue would look good outside the Way. Perhaps Arthur Rowley due to his football league goal record. I think if we get promoted a statue would be a good addition..
Legend_in_blue Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 Who would you have one of though? Robbie Nielson.
samjohnson Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 something along the lines of this Or the equivalent of this year
Ozwin Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 Yeah I was thinking Walshy but imagine the size of his ego if we gave him his own statue!
Salieri Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 I think they should start chiselling out a Nigel Pearson statue, if we we were to gain back to back promotions this year then itd be well deserved.
AmericanScott Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 Let's just blow next season's budget on a huge 50ft gold plate statue of Mandy.
Fosse Boy Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 Think there was a thread on this a while back wasn't there? Agree with the Rowley suggestion.
Sampson Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 I agree with the Rowley suggestion. I never saw him play for Leicester, but my father (who idolized the man) took me to Shrewsbury 2 or 3 times just to see him play. He was a strong skilful player who had a bullet header and a bullet left foot shot. My father always told me he once scored a header from the half way line, not sure I ever really believed him though. I believe there are currently plans to build a Rowley statue outside Shrewsbury's ground as well, so if both club's built one at the same time it would be a great tribute. The best player I ever saw in a City shirt was Gordon Banks, who could also surely be in the running. He wasn't the most exciting player I ever saw (that was Davie Gibson), but in terms of his technical ability in his position he was by far and away the best. I only really saw Lev Yashin on TV in the 66 World Cup and that was at the end of his career, so I've never been able to compare them, but I've never seen a goalkeeper as good as Banks in my life. Dino Zoff was great of course, as was Schmeichel, but Banks had everything: communication skills, shot stopping skills, great command in the air considering he wasn't actually that tall, but most of all his remarkable positioning skills. He always seemed to have the ability to save shots which seemed like they had actually passed him and gone behind him. Unbelievable. The two people who did the most for Leicester though in my lifetime were Matt Gillies and Bert Johnson. Who turned Leicester into one of the best teams in the country, i What with Bert's death over the past year or so, they've never been very well acknowledged by the club for me. I believe Gillies doesn't even have a sweet in the ground named after him. I remember seeing in the programme a few matches back that Gibbo proposed the club name one after him. Actually, I think one of Banks and Shilton together, a bit like that Manchester United one with Law, Charlton and Best would be a nice touch to show where England's greatest goalkeepers came from, maybe from this picture:
ScouseFox Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 If Milan funds it, he'll make it of himself. Like painting himself on the seats at Fratton Park
Sampson Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 The problem with building statues of people like O'Neill and Walsh is that you don't know if their names will last. The whole point of having a statue is that they will be immortalised for ever. Most people still speak of Walsh or O'Neill fondly because they all were around during their success. Whereas most people weren't around for Rowley's success yet his name still survives. It's possible that Walsh and O'Neill's names will only be remembered by old buggers in 40 or 50 years time, in the way people like Davie Gibson's and Colin Appleton's names are now (I'm sure if you asked many people from my generation they will tell you that Gibson was the best outfield player they have ever seen for Leicester. Better than Lineker, Walsh, Worthington, Weller or anyone). and these were regarded as two of the great City heroes at the time and probably for a couple of decades afterwards too, yet their names are probably not known for most of the younger generation. The same could easily happen for O'Neill or Walsh in 2 or 3 generations time. Gibson was easily regarded as as much of a hero to my generation as Walsh or O'Neill were to the current one. Whereas people like Rowley's and Banks' names have already survived generations and now most City fans are not old enough to have seen them play, yet all still know their names.
Salieri Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 If Milan funds it, he'll make it of himself. Like painting himself on the seats at Fratton Park Was thinking earlier about MM and the impact he had on Portsmouth. I was under the impression that he left them in pretty good shape but obviously they're in dire straits at the moment. How much of their current plight is his fault or is it his successor(s) that have culminated in their financial demise?
Bryn Posted 24 April 2010 Posted 24 April 2010 The successors I'd say, that team that won the FA cup was lavishly assembled and they simply couldn't afford the wages.
MPH Posted 25 April 2010 Posted 25 April 2010 Rowley , Banks and Lineker combines action statue... ala style of the one near the clock Toweer would suite me.... The recent Gandhi statue cost 20k so i imagine a sporting one of all three would cost no more than 100k if properly done... still a sizable bit of money that will need to come from somewhere...
carterfox90 Posted 25 April 2010 Posted 25 April 2010 has to be walshy buga his ego he deserves to have one for that goal at wembley alone a pure magic moment
Nick Posted 25 April 2010 Posted 25 April 2010 has to be walshy buga his ego he deserves to have one for that goal at wembley alone a pure magic moment Problem is, we'll have to make lot's of Burberry clad mini-statues to represent the bunch of tool sheep that follow him around.
Sampson Posted 25 April 2010 Posted 25 April 2010 I'm sure I'm probably alone in this. I understand Walshy was at the club a long time and scored one of the most memorable goals in memory at Wembley, but does anyone else not think he gets a tad overrated by some? He was a very good stopper of the ball, but his distribution was not up to much and was also prone to making mistakes. I always thought Matt Elliott, Frank McLintock, Colin Appleton and Graham Cross were better central defenders myself and I think Jack Hobbs is already up there with him ability wise and will get better. I wouldn't really put him among the top Leicester players, as so many others seem to. I'm guessing it's probably just me.
Nick Posted 25 April 2010 Posted 25 April 2010 I'm sure I'm probably alone in this. I understand Walshy was at the club a long time and scored one of the most memorable goals in memory at Wembley, but does anyone else not think he gets a tad overrated by some? He was a very good stopper of the ball, but his distribution was not up to much and was also prone to making mistakes. I always thought Matt Elliott, Frank McLintock, Colin Appleton and Graham Cross were better central defenders myself and I think Jack Hobbs is already up there with him ability wise and will get better. I wouldn't really put him among the top Leicester players, as so many others seem to. I'm guessing it's probably just me. No you're right - great header of the ball too but I agree with your assessment.
Sampson Posted 25 April 2010 Posted 25 April 2010 Oh yes, obviously he was good in the air too. For me though, he was granted hero status during Brian Little's era when we were a Second Division side and while he was a very good Second Division player, he still made some errors (that horrendous 7-1 defeat to Newcastle on the final game of the season springs to mind). When we reached the First Division, he just seemed quite average to me in that division. I always felt it was Elliott who ran the defence under Martin O'Neill. He always seemed like technically a better defender, he was much more consistent (apart from his final season or two here when he was past it) and I always felt he was much more important to the side. I was always much more worried when Elliott was out of the team as opposed to Walsh too. Maybe, Walsh gets slightly over-romanticised because of his "hard man" image and his very vocal attitude, but I always thought Elliott was a much better and more composed player from that era and I always remember him much more fondly. On the other hand, maybe I'm just a mindless git spouting nonsense.
ozleicester Posted 25 April 2010 Posted 25 April 2010 Oh yes, obviously he was good in the air too. For me though, he was granted hero status during Brian Little's era when we were a Second Division side and while he was a very good Second Division player, he still made some errors (that horrendous 7-1 defeat to Newcastle on the final game of the season springs to mind). When we reached the First Division, he just seemed quite average to me in that division. I always felt it was Elliott who ran the defence under Martin O'Neill. He always seemed like technically a better defender, he was much more consistent (apart from his final season or two here when he was past it) and I always felt he was much more important to the side. I was always much more worried when Elliott was out of the team as opposed to Walsh too. Maybe, Walsh gets slightly over-romanticised because of his "hard man" image and his very vocal attitude, but I always thought Elliott was a much better and more composed player from that era and I always remember him much more fondly. On the other hand, maybe I'm just a mindless git spouting nonsense. wouldnt be welcome here otherwise great post... for me, it Banks of England without question. He was/is the greatest keeper in the world and he was ours.
Smudge Posted 25 April 2010 Posted 25 April 2010 The greatest players ever to play for Leicester and deserve a statue are Chandler Rowley Gibson Banks Shilton Weller Especially Graham Cross who played more games for Leicester than anyone. He also played for the County at cricket.
Sampson Posted 25 April 2010 Posted 25 April 2010 The greatest players ever to play for Leicester and deserve a statue are Chandler Rowley Gibson Banks Shilton Weller Especially Graham Cross who played more games for Leicester than anyone. He also played for the County at cricket. I agree with all those names, but don't get me wrong, I'm not one of those annoying old sods you sometimes get who thinks that more modern players aren't deserving of their place alongside those names of the past. I would happily put Neil Lennon and Matt Elliott among them for example and as I said I think someone like Jack Hobbs may well be up there too in the future, just never quite understood the whole furore around Walsh, that's all. Also, a mention to Sep Smith who I never saw, but my father also regularly waxed lyrical about.
Zingari Posted 25 April 2010 Posted 25 April 2010 just a stab in the dark maybe , but what about D J ?
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